2006–07 Croatian First Football League Explained

Winners:Dinamo Zagreb
9th Croatian title
13th domestic title
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Hajduk Split
Slaven Belupo (via Cup)
League Topscorer:Eduardo da Silva (34)
Highest Scoring:Osijek 6–1 Međimurje
4–3 four matches
Matches:198
Total Goals:561
Average Attendance:3,067
Nextseason:2007–08

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.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
Mile PetkovićStadion HNK Cibalia
Dinamo Zagreb Branko IvankovićZagrebStadion Maksimir
Hajduk Split Ivan PudarSplitStadion Poljud
Kamen Ingrad Dalibor BognarVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad
Međimurje Želimir OrehovecČakovecStadion SRC Mladost
Osijek Ilija LončarevićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt
Pula Stanko MršićPulaStadion Veruda
Rijeka Josip KužeRijekaStadion Kantrida
Slaven Belupo Elvis ScoriaKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici
Šibenik Anel KarabegŠibenikStadion Šubićevac
Varteks Zlatko DalićVaraždinStadion Varteks
NK Zagreb Miroslav BlaževićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva

League table

Results

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.

Relegation play-off

Second leg

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

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Dinamo Zagreb34
2 Ahmad SharbiniRijeka21
3 Krunoslav LovrekNK Zagreb18
4Varteks15
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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