1992–93 Croatian First Football League

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.

Croatian First Football League
Season1992–93
ChampionsCroatia Zagreb
1st Croatian title
5th domestic title
RelegatedNone
Champions LeagueCroatia Zagreb
Cup Winners' CupHajduk Split
Matches played240
Goals scored594 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerGoran Vlaović (23)
Biggest home winCroatia Zagreb 8–1 Belišće
Biggest away winZadar 1–4 NK Zagreb
Belišće 1–4 Croatia Zagreb
Šibenik 1–4 Rijeka
Šibenik 0–3 Osijek
Highest scoringCroatia Zagreb 8–2 Radnik
Average attendance4,264
← 1992

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
Locations of teams in 1992–93 Prva HNL
Club City / Town Stadium 1992 result
Belišće Belišće Gradski stadion Belišće
Cibalia Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 9th in 1.HNL
Croatia Zagreb1 Zagreb Stadion Maksimir 5th in 1.HNL
Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Stadion Lapad 11th in 1.HNL
Hajduk Split Split Stadion Poljud 1st in 1.HNL
Inker Zaprešić Zaprešić Stadion Inkera 4th in 1.HNL
Istra Pula Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 7th in 1.HNL
Osijek Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt 3rd in 1.HNL
Pazinka Pazin Gradski stadion Pazin 1st in 2.HNL-West
Radnik Velika Gorica Velika Gorica Stadion Radnik 1st in 2.HNL-Center
Rijeka Rijeka Stadion Kantrida 6th in 1.HNL
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 4th in 2.HNL-Center
Šibenik Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 12th in 1.HNL
Varteks Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8th in 1.HNL
Zadar Zadar Stadion Stanovi 10th in 1.HNL
NK Zagreb Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva 2nd 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Croatia Zagreb (C) 30 21 7 2 84 27 +57 49 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
2 Hajduk Split 30 16 10 4 53 27 +26 42 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 NK Zagreb 30 15 10 5 50 27 +23 40
4 Rijeka 30 14 11 5 41 24 +17 39
5 Cibalia 30 11 9 10 31 30 +1 31
6 Osijek 30 11 7 12 40 42 −2 29
7 Varteks 30 10 9 11 38 47 −9 29
8 Istra Pula 30 12 4 14 32 35 −3 28
9 Inker Zaprešić 30 9 9 12 35 31 +4 27
10 Segesta 30 10 5 15 31 44 −13 25
11 Pazinka 30 7 11 12 20 28 −8 25
12 Zadar 30 9 7 14 30 48 −18 25
13 Radnik Velika Gorica 30 9 7 14 30 52 −22 25
14 Dubrovnik 30 9 7 14 24 37 −13 25
15 Belišće 30 8 9 13 34 50 −16 25
16 Šibenik 30 4 8 18 21 45 −24 16
Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away BEL CIB CZG DBK HAJ INK IST OSI PAZ RVG RIJ SEG ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG
Belišće 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–2
Cibalia 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–0
Croatia Zagreb 8–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 6–1 3–1 8–2 4–2 6–1 2–0 5–0 4–0 2–2
Dubrovnik 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0
Hajduk Split 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 5–1 2–1
Inker Zaprešić 2–0 4–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2
Istra Pula 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–3
Osijek 4–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Pazinka 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0
Radnik Velika Gorica 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Rijeka 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Segesta 4–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Šibenik 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1
Varteks 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Zadar 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–4
NK Zagreb 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 4–3 2–0
Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Goran Vlaović Croatia Zagreb 23
2 Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb 15
3 Ardian Kozniku Hajduk Split 14
4 Robert Špehar Osijek / NK Zagreb 13
5 Ivan Cvjetković Inker Zaprešić / Segesta 12
6 Željko Adžić Croatia Zagreb 10
Alen Petrović Osijek 10
Mario Stanić Croatia Zagreb 10
9 Bakir Beširević Osijek 9
Joško Popović NK Zagreb 9
Giovanni Rosso Zadar 9

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

References
  1. "Lista strijelaca (zbirno)" (PDF). Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). Udruga profesionalnih klubova Prve hrvatske nogometne lige. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
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