1992–93 Croatian First Football League Explained

Competition:Croatian First Football League
Season:1992–93
Winners:Croatia Zagreb
1st Croatian title
5th domestic title
Relegated:None
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Croatia Zagreb
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Hajduk Split
League Topscorer:Goran Vlaović (23)
Biggest Home Win:Croatia Zagreb 8–1 Belišće
Biggest Away Win:Zadar 1–4 NK Zagreb
Belišće 1–4 Croatia Zagreb
Šibenik 1–4 Rijeka
Šibenik 0–3 Osijek
Highest Scoring:Croatia Zagreb 8–2 Radnik
Matches:240
Total Goals:594
Average Attendance:4,264
Prevseason:1992
Nextseason:1993–94

The 1992–93 Croatian First Football League was the second season of the top football league in Croatia since its establishment after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Games were played from 23 August 1992 to 12 June 1993.

HAŠK Građanski (renamed Croatia Zagreb in mid-season), present-day Dinamo Zagreb, won their first Prva HNL championship title. Goran Vlaović of HAŠK was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals scored. At the end of the season no teams were relegated since it was decided that the league would expand to 18 clubs for the 1993–94 season.

Clubs

ClubCity / TownStadium1992 result
BelišćeBelišćeGradski stadion Belišće
CibaliaVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia9th in 1.HNL
Croatia Zagreb1ZagrebStadion Maksimir5th in 1.HNL
DubrovnikDubrovnikStadion Lapad11th in 1.HNL
Hajduk SplitSplitStadion Poljud1st in 1.HNL
Inker ZaprešićZaprešićStadion Inkera4th in 1.HNL
Istra PulaPulaStadion Aldo Drosina7th in 1.HNL
OsijekOsijekStadion Gradski vrt3rd in 1.HNL
PazinkaPazinGradski stadion Pazin1st in 2.HNL-West
Radnik Velika GoricaVelika GoricaStadion Radnik1st in 2.HNL-Center
RijekaRijekaStadion Kantrida6th in 1.HNL
SegestaSisakGradski stadion Sisak4th in 2.HNL-Center
ŠibenikŠibenikStadion Šubićevac12th in 1.HNL
VarteksVaraždinStadion Varteks8th in 1.HNL
ZadarZadarStadion Stanovi10th in 1.HNL
NK ZagrebZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva2nd in 1.HNL

League table

Croatia was admitted to the UEFA at the end of the season. It obtained a place in the preliminary rounds of the two major European competitions, while it was too late for the third one.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Goran VlaovićCroatia Zagreb23
2 Igor CvitanovićCroatia Zagreb15
3 Ardian KoznikuHajduk Split14
4 Robert ŠpeharOsijek / NK Zagreb13
5 Ivan CvjetkovićInker Zaprešić / Segesta12
6 Željko AdžićCroatia Zagreb10
Alen PetrovićOsijek10
Mario StanićCroatia Zagreb10
9 Bakir BeširevićOsijek9
Joško PopovićNK Zagreb9
Giovanni RossoZadar9

European competitions

Croatian clubs were not eligible to compete in European competitions this season, as the Croatian Football Federation did not join UEFA until June 16, 1993.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lista strijelaca (zbirno) . . Udruga profesionalnih klubova Prve hrvatske nogometne lige . 21 October 2009 . hr . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902080853/http://prva-hnl.hr/dokumenti/LISTA-STRIJELACA-ZBIRNO.pdf . 2 September 2009 . dead .