Association football league in Croatia

Football league
The Croatian First Football League ( croatian : Prva hrvatska nogometna liga, pronounced [ pr̩̂ːʋaː xř̩ʋaːtskaː nôɡomeːtnaː lǐːɡa ] ), besides known as Prva HNL or 1. HNL or, for sponsorship reasons, the Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga, is the crown Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. [ 1 ] The winner enters the qualifying stages of the UEFA Champions League while the 2nd, 3rd and the cup achiever enter the UEFA Conference league qualifications. Dinamo Zagreb are the most successful baseball club with 22 titles overall. They are followed by Hajduk Split with six titles. Rijeka and NK Zagreb each have won one style.

Since 2003, the league has been named after its independent patronize, giving it the pursuit names ( Logos see below ) :

overview [edit ]

The league was formed in 1991, following the profligacy of the Yugoslav First League, and is operated by the Croatian Football Federation. Since its formation, the league went through many changes in its arrangement and issue of participating clubs. In the first three seasons two points were awarded for a win, from 1994–95 season this was changed to three points. Each season starts in belated July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month foramen between December and February. presently, there are ten teams participating in the league. The first gear season started in February 1992 and ended in June 1992. A total of twelve clubs contested the league and at the end of the season no teams were relegated as it was decided that the league would expand to 16 clubs for the be temper. This was followed by another expansion to 18 teams in 1993–94 season, highest number of participating teams in Prva HNL history. The following season, number of teams was reduced again to 16. 1995–96 Prva HNL was the first season to feature separate A- and B- leagues, with a complicated two-stage format to the season. Twelve teams contested the A league, while the B league, formally the second base flat, consisted of ten teams. In March, the teams were split into three groups : Championship group ( consisting of first gear five teams from A league and the first-placed team of the B league ), A play-off group ( remaining teams from A league and the second-placed team of the B league ) and B play-off group ( remaining teams from B league ). The beginning two teams of the B play-off group were placed in the A league for the pursuit season, which featured 16 teams in both A and B league. In the 1997–98 Prva HNL, the league consisted of 12 team and a raw format was used. In March, teams were split into two groups of six, Championship and Relegation group, with 50 % of their points taken to this phase of the contest. At the end of the temper, the last team was directly relegated to the Druga HNL and the second-last team went in the relegation play-off, a two-legged affiliation against the second-placed team from the Druga HNL. This system was used for two seasons, followed by 1999–2000 Prva HNL where each club play every other club three times for a sum of 33 rounds. Next season featured a come back of Championship and Relegation group system but without 50 % points shortcut. This system was used until 2005–06 temper, with a brief expansion to 16 teams in 2001–02 season. The 2006–07 season brought back a 33 rounds organization previously used in 1999–2000 Prva HNL. In the 2009–10 temper, the league was expanded to 16 teams. This lasted for three seasons, and in the 2012–13 Prva HNL season, the league was contested by 12 teams playing a entire of 33 rounds. From the 2013–14 Prva HNL season, total of teams was reduced to ten. The league ‘s main patron is T-Hrvatski Telekom, owned by the german telecommunication firm Deutsche Telekom. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Croatian First Football League was ranked seventeenth in Europe. The champions of the 2015–16 croatian First Football League will qualify for the irregular qualify attack of the UEFA Champions League, the runner-up will qualify for the second qualify round of UEFA Europa League, while the third-placed team will qualify for the beginning qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. The winners of the 2015–16 croatian Football Cup will qualify for the third base qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. Until 2021–22, the first tier is the last of croatian first football league in highest football league in croatia. From 2022–23, croatian first gear football league moved replaced by elitna liga .

Clubs [edit ]

The follow ten clubs compete in the 2020–21 croatian First Football League season, the 30th season since the league ‘s establishment. Five of the ten clubs presently competing in the croatian peak level besides had spells in the Yugoslav First League played from 1945 to 1991 before croatian clubs abandoned the competition ( Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka ). Four other Croatian clubs which had appeared in the top Yugoslav league ( Cibalia, RNK Split, NK Zagreb and Trešnjevka ) are presently playing in Croatian lower levels. As of 2020, entirely four of the 12 founding members of the Croatian league have never been relegated : Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka .
† – One of the 12 founding members of the league in the inaugural 1992 season.
‡ – Appeared in all 30 seasons up to and including the stream 2020–21 season.
nb1 – Dinamo Zagreb run includes four yugoslavian and 21 croatian league titles.
nb2 – Hajduk Split run includes nine Yugoslav and six Croatian league titles .

Prva HNL teams in european competitions [edit ]

The separation of Yugoslavia saw top flight league split into several smaller ones. This mean separation of Croatian football association from the Football Association of Yugoslavia and plunge of their own football league. Prva HNL saw its first gear version in 1992. Hajduk Split and HAŠK Građanski took part in european competitions on account of qualification secured at the end of the 1990–91 Yugoslav football season : HAŠK Građanski were runner-up in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League and qualified for 1991–92 UEFA Cup while Hajduk Split won the 1990–91 Yugoslav Cup and entered 1991–92 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup. Due to war both clubs had to host their european matches afield, in Austria. Affected by the ongoing war in Croatia, the inaugural Prva HNL season was held over the class of a single calendar year, from February to June 1992. Neither Hajduk Split ( 1992 Croatian champions ) nor Inker Zaprešić ( 1992 Croatian Cup winners ) could enter european competitions the following 1992–93 temper as the Croatian Football Federation, the league ‘s governing body, was n’t yet recognized by UEFA and officially became its affiliate angstrom late as June 1993. Eight times in history have HNL teams entered the group stages of UEFA Champions League. In the 1994–95 season, Hajduk Split eliminated Legia Warsaw in the stipulate orotund and entered the group stage. They advanced to quarterfinals as group runner-up behind Benfica but were eliminated by eventual winners Ajax. In the 1998–99 temper, Croatia Zagreb qualified over Celtic and finished in irregular place behind Olympiacos, but failed to advance as merely foremost locate teams and two best runner-up went through. The pursue season, Croatia besides entered the group stage after eliminating MTK Budapest in the third gear qualify round. Drawn in the group with Manchester United, Olympique Marseille and Sturm Graz, they finished stopping point, winning only against Sturm and drawing away at Manchester and Marseille. In the 2011–12 season, Dinamo Zagreb advanced through three qualifying rounds and were drawn in the group with Real Madrid, Lyon and Ajax. The come season, Dinamo Zagreb besides advanced to the group stages and was drawn in the group with Dynamo Kyiv, Paris Saint-Germain and Porto. They lost five group matches, drawing with Dynamo Kyiv in the last round. In the 2015-16 season, Dinamo Zagreb entered the group stage and recorded luminary acquire 2-1 over Arsenal. Next season, 2016-17, another qualification followed. Latest entry to the group stage was in 2019-20 where Dinamo Zagreb finished 4th behind Manchester City, Atalanta and Shakhtar with 2 draws five Shakhtar and 4-0 winnings over Atalanta .

UEFA rankings [edit ]

Europe ‘s top football body, the UEFA, ranks national leagues every year according to coefficients calculated based on each nation ‘s club results in international competitions. The ranking takes into report results over the former five seasons to determine the nation ‘s european quota for the follow season, i.e. how many berths in european competitions is assigned to clubs from each of UEFA ‘s 55 extremity associations. As of 2020, Croatia ‘s First Football League is ranked twentieth in Europe with a coefficient sexual conquest of 24.875, meaning four croatian clubs could qualify for european competitions in the 2020–21 season. UEFA besides maintains a separate cabaret rank, based on each club ‘s international results, used to determine seeds in draw for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. This is calculated through a combination of each club ‘s results equally well as the ranking of its national league. As of 2020 Dinamo Zagreb is the top rated croatian clubhouse, ranked 48th in Europe. Source: Bert Kassies’ website (country rankings; team rankings); last updated 17 January 2021

Media coverage [edit ]

In past, only one match in each round ( bowler hat match ) was broadcast on television. In the 2008–09 season there were some changes. croatian national television receiver Network ( HRT ) started the newly television receiver express Volim Nogomet ( I Love Football ), made in affiliation with league ‘s main patronize T-Com. In the show, five matches were air combined on Sunday afternoons, while the bowler hat match was on program at 20.15 CET, so viewers could watch all the matches. There were besides experts in the studio, commenting on matches and other things non-related to football. Main instigator of the project was celebrated croatian football player and then president of the united states of T-Com 1. HNL arrangement Igor Štimac. [ 5 ] Most of the clubs were n’t satisfied with the schedule of fixtures and demanded a be active from Sunday afternoon to Saturday flush. This was done at the begin of the follow season and the only match played on Sunday was the bowler hat meet. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] however, during the mid-season project was cancelled and the old system with one broadcast per round was returned. [ 8 ] In November 2010, broadcasting rights were sold to marketing representation Digitel Komunikacije for a period of five years, beginning with 2011–12 season. After the negotiations fell through with populace broadcasting television HRT, which covered Prva HNL for the past twenty seasons, Digitel signed a deal with T-Hrvatski Telekom. The matches are presently broadcast on Arenasport, a cable television net with five channels, available to subscribers of MAXtv, IPTV solution from T-HT auxiliary T-Com. All matches are broadcast live every week on Arenasport. All highlights are displayed on Sunday evening on RTL 2 and HRT 2. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

attendance [edit ]

Champions [edit ]

Key
0† 0 League champions also won the Croatian Football Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.
a Player received award for top league scorer

Notes on name changes:

  • Dinamo Zagreb changed their name to “HAŠK Građanski” in June 1991 and then again in February 1993 to “Croatia Zagreb”. They won five league titles and participated in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stages carrying that name before reverting to “Dinamo Zagreb” mid-season in February 2000.
  • Koprivnica-based Slaven Belupo were formerly known as “Slaven” until 1992. They were then known as “Slaven Bilokalnik” from 1992 to 1994 before adopting their current name in 1994 for sponsorship reasons, after a pharmaceutical company based in Koprivnica. Since UEFA does not recognize sponsored club names, the club is listed as “Slaven Koprivnica” in European competitions and on UEFA’s official website.

performance by clubhouse [edit ]

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Titles won by club ( % )

 

Dinamo Zagreb – 22 ( 73.3 % )

 

Hajduk Split – 6 ( 20 % )

 

Zagreb – 1 ( 3.3 % )

 

Rijeka – 1 ( 3.3 % )

all-time HNL table [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

Players in the Prva HNL compete for the Prva HNL Top scorer trophy, awarded to the top scorekeeper at the end of each season. Former Dinamo Zagreb striker Igor Cvitanović held the read for most Prva HNL goals with 126 until April 2012. Cvitanović finished among the crown ten-spot goal scorers in 7 out of his 11 seasons in the Prva HNL and won the top scorer championship two times. During the 1997–98 season, he became the first player to score 100 Prva HNL goals. On 14 April 2012, Davor Vugrinec scored his 127th goal and surpassed Cvitanović ‘s record. [ 18 ] Vugrinec retired in May 2015 with 146 goals on his match. lone two other players have reached the 100-goal commemorate, Joško Popović and Miljenko Mumlek. Since the foremost Prva HNL season in 1992, 19 different players have won the exceed scorers title. Goran Vlaović, Robert Špehar, Igor Cvitanović, Tomislav Šokota and Ivica Olić have won two titles each. Dinamo Zagreb provided most top scorers in Prva HNL with 12. Eduardo holds the commemorate for most goals in a temper with 34, done with Dinamo Zagreb in the 2006–07 season. [ 19 ] Six goals is the record individual scoring total for a actor in a single Prva HNL match, held by Marijo Dodik. [ 20 ] Dinamo Zagreb became the first team to have scored 1,000 goals in the league after Etto scored in a 4–0 victory over NK Zagreb in the 2005–06 season. [ 21 ] The highest-scoring equal to date in the Prva HNL occurred on 12 December 1993 when Dinamo Zagreb defeated minnows NK Pazinka 10–1. [ 22 ]

Most appearances in Prva HNL [edit ]

Awards [edit ]

There are three awards for best players in the Croatian First League :

  • Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award, for the HNL footballer of the year, given by the Croatian sport newspaper Sportske novosti, chosen by sport journalists.
  • Prva HNL Player of the Year (Tportal), given by the Croatian website Tportal, chosen by captains of league clubs.
  • Football Oscar, given by the Croatian union Football syndicate, chosen by players and managers of league clubs.

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