2006–07 Croatian First Football League

The 2006–07 Croatian First Football League (officially known as Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 29 July 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Međimurje on Matchday 29, played on 28 April 2007.

Prva HNL Ožujsko
Season2006–07
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
9th Croatian title
13th domestic title
RelegatedKamen Ingrad
Pula
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
UEFA CupHajduk Split
Slaven Belupo (via Cup)
Intertoto CupNK Zagreb
Matches played198
Goals scored561 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerEduardo da Silva (34)
Biggest home winOsijek 6–1 Međimurje
Biggest away winKamen I. 0–6 Zagreb
Highest scoringOsijek 6–1 Međimurje
4–3 four matches
Average attendance3,067

Teams

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Stadia and personnel

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TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
Cibalia Mile PetkovićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia
10,000
Dinamo Zagreb Branko IvankovićZagrebStadion Maksimir
37,168
Hajduk Split Ivan PudarSplitStadion Poljud
35,000
Kamen Ingrad Dalibor BognarVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad
8,000
Međimurje Želimir OrehovecČakovecStadion SRC Mladost
8,000
Osijek Ilija LončarevićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt
19,500
Pula Stanko MršićPulaStadion Veruda
3,000
Rijeka Josip KužeRijekaStadion Kantrida
10,275
Slaven Belupo Elvis ScoriaKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici
4,000
Šibenik Anel KarabegŠibenikStadion Šubićevac
8,000
Varteks Zlatko DalićVaraždinStadion Varteks
10,800
NK Zagreb Miroslav BlaževićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva
8,850
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 19 May 2007.

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Dinamo Zagreb (C)3330218422+6292Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2Hajduk Split3322656025+3572Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3NK Zagreb33184115740+1758Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4Šibenik33147125047+349
5Slaven Belupo[a]33147124037+349Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6Osijek331110124245−343
7Rijeka33126155153−242
8Varteks33126154962−1342
9Međimurje33114184060−2037
10Cibalia3395193353−2032
11Pula (R)33611162840−1229Qualification to relegation play-off
12Kamen Ingrad[b] (R)3334262777−5011Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.
  2. ^ Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.

Results

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The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Home \ AwayCIBDINHAJKAMMEĐOSIPULRIJSLAŠIBVARZAGCIBDINHAJKAMMEĐOSIPULRIJSLAŠIBVARZAG
Cibalia0–10–01–30–33–03–13–42–00–11–20–10–13–01–02–11–0
Dinamo Zagreb4–02–12–04–11–05–11–01–04–34–12–14–03–04–11–01–03–0
Hajduk Split2–02–24–02–03–02–03–02–03–03–12–04–00–12–21–12–03–1
Kamen Ingrad2–20–22–30–21–11–00–11–33–11–41–31–30–10–21–20–6
Međimurje3–12–30–22–02–01–01–20–32–15–12–02–41–11–01–10–11–2
Osijek3–10–41–02–11–10–01–01–11–14–11–12–21–26–12–21–0
Pula0–00–20–02–03–02–22–32–11–11–10–21–20–03–10–02–3
Rijeka4–12–30–14–21–32–22–02–01–32–22–11–22–00–21–13–0
Slaven Belupo2–01–10–12–11–01–01–03–21–13–20–11–00–32–00–13–04–2
Šibenik1–02–11–24–13–01–21–02–22–12–01–02–23–11–03–10–03–4
Varteks1–01–30–13–03–13–10–02–10–02–11–32–33–22–24–31–1
NK Zagreb3–00–33–02–14–02–00–31–03–03–03–01–10–41–12–11–32–1
Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

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First leg

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Zadar3 – 0Pula
Terkeš 12'
Župan 45' (pen.)
Barnjak 67' (pen.)
Report
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg

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Pula2 – 3Zadar
Raić-Sudar 8'
Halilović 72'
Report
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Terkeš 42', 74'
Surać 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Zadar win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2007–08 Prva HNL.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Eduardo da SilvaDinamo Zagreb34
2 Ahmad SharbiniRijeka21
3 Krunoslav LovrekNK Zagreb18
4 Enes NovinićVarteks15
5 Mladen BartolovićHajduk Split12
Davor VugrinecDinamo Zagreb
Zoran ZekićCibalia
8 Tomislav BušićHajduk Split11
Mario MandžukićNK Zagreb
Bojan VručinaSlaven Belupo

See also

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