2020–21 Croatian First Football League

The 2020–21 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 30th 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 14 August 2020.

Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 – 15 May 2021
Matches played85
Goals scored239 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerKristijan Lovrić (12)
Biggest home winDinamo Zagreb 6–0 Lokomotiva
Biggest away winVaraždin 1–5 Gorica
Slaven Belupo 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoringGorica 3–4 Dinamo Zagreb
Longest winning runOsijek 6 games
Longest unbeaten runOsijek 11 games
Longest winless runLokomotiva 11 games
Longest losing runVaraždin 6 games
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

The season began with games being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The league is contested by 10 teams.

Teams

On 20 May 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. For the 2020–21 Prva HNL, ten clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Istra 1961, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo, Šibenik and Varaždin. All of these clubs except Šibenik and Varaždin were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.[2] In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage could appeal on the decision. On 17 June 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. Inter Zaprešić and Orijent 1919 were also issued a top level license after appeal process.[3]

The following teams have mathematically secured their place in the 2020–21 Prva HNL.

Stadia and locations
Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961
Stadion Maksimir Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Stadion Poljud Stadion Aldo Drosina
Capacity: 35,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 34,198 Capacity: 9,800
Lokomotiva
Locations of teams in 2020–21 Prva HNL
 Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Stadion Gradski vrt
Capacity: 8,850 Capacity: 17,061
Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varaždin
Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Šubićevac Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 8,279 Capacity: 3,205 Capacity: 3,412 Capacity: 8,850
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebMaksimir35,123[4]
GoricaVelika GoricaŠRC Velika Gorica8,000[5]
Hajduk SplitSplitPoljud34,198[6]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina9,800
LokomotivaZagrebKranjčevićeva18,850[7]
OsijekOsijekGradski vrt17,061[8]
RijekaRijekaRujevica8,279[9]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,205[10]
ŠibenikŠibenikŠubićevac3,412[11]
VaraždinVaraždinStadion Varteks8,850[12]
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2 Koprivnica-Križevci 1 Slaven Belupo
Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Šibenik-Knin Šibenik
Varaždin County Varaždin
Zagreb County Gorica
Istria County Istra 1961

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Zoran Mamić Arijan Ademi Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Siniša Oreščanin Kristijan Kahlina FCG -
Hajduk Split Paolo Tramezzani Mijo Caktaš Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Fausto Budicin Slavko Blagojević Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Jerko Leko Josip Pivarić Adidas -
Osijek Nenad Bjelica Mile Škorić 2Rule DOBRO, Stadler
Rijeka Simon Rožman Franko Andrijašević Joma Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Tomislav Stipić Mateas Delić Adidas Belupo
Šibenik Krunoslav Rendulić Marko Bulat Jako Krka National Park
Varaždin Zoran Kastel Marko Stolnik Legea Radnik, Derma

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Istra 1961 Ivan Prelec[13] Contract expired 14 July 2020 Danijel Jumić (caretaker)[14] 16 July 2020 Pre-season
Hajduk Split Igor Tudor[15] Signed by Juventus 21 August 2020 Hari Vukas[16] 8 September 2020 3rd
Istra 1961 Danijel Jumić (caretaker) Signing of Budicin 26 August 2020 Fausto Budicin[17] 26 August 2020 10th
Osijek Ivica Kulešević[18] Sacked 4 September 2020 Nenad Bjelica[19] 5 September 2020 8th
Hajduk Split Hari Vukas[20] Sacked 4 November 2020 Boro Primorac[21] 4 November 2020 6th
Varaždin Samir Toplak[22] Sacked 7 December 2020 Zoran Kastel 7 December 2020 9th
Gorica Valdas Dambrauskas[23] Signed by Ludogorets 3 January 2021 Siniša Oreščanin[24] 3 January 2021 3rd
Lokomotiva Goran Tomić[25] 9 January 2021 Jerko Leko[26] 9 January 2021 8th
Hajduk Split Boro Primorac Removed from position 18 January 2021 Paolo Tramezzani[27] 18 January 2021 5th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 20 14 3 3 51 22 +29 45 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Osijek 20 14 3 3 33 15 +18 45 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Gorica 18 10 3 5 39 26 +13 33
4 Rijeka 17 9 3 5 24 22 +2 30
5 Hajduk Split 19 7 2 10 23 27 −4 23
6 Šibenik 19 6 3 10 21 25 −4 21
7 Slaven Belupo 18 5 5 8 22 26 −4 20
8 Varaždin 20 5 4 11 19 33 −14 19
9 Lokomotiva 19 3 6 10 16 34 −18 15
10 Istra 1961 18 3 4 11 12 30 −18 13 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[28]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

First round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 3–2 3–1 5–0 6–0 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 4–0
Gorica 3–4 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 17 Feb 0–1 3–2 1–0
Hajduk Split 1–2 2–4 — 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–0
Istra 1961 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 10 Mar 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1
Lokomotiva 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 — 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–2
Osijek 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Rijeka 2–2 0–2 10 Feb 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 2–1
Slaven Belupo 1–5 1–2 0–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 17 Mar — 0–0 2–0
Šibenik 0–2 1–3 0–1 10 Feb 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 — 0–1
Varaždin 1–2 1–5 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 20 Mar 21 Apr 10 Apr 2–0 13 Feb 6 Mar 27 Feb 15 May 8 May
Gorica 12 May — 13 Mar 27 Feb 21 Apr 1 May 3 Apr 10 Apr 13 Feb 7 Apr
Hajduk Split 21 Feb 8 May — 1–0 15 May 10 Apr 24 Apr 14 Feb 20 Mar 6 Mar
Istra 1961 0–1 24 Apr 7 Apr — 8 May 3 Apr 17 Apr 12 May 6 Mar 20 Feb
Lokomotiva 7 Apr 20 Feb 3 Apr 13 Mar — 12 May 2–3 1 May 24 Apr 17 Apr
Osijek 17 Apr 6 Mar 2–0 15 May 20 Mar — 21 Feb 3–0 8 May 24 Apr
Rijeka 1 May 15 May 27 Feb 14 Feb 10 Apr 21 Apr — 13 Mar 2–2 20 Mar
Slaven Belupo 24 Apr 8 Feb 17 Apr 20 Mar 6 Mar 7 Apr 8 May — 19 Feb 15 May
Šibenik 3 Apr 17 Apr 12 May 1 May 27 Feb 13 Mar 7 Apr 21 Apr — 0–0
Varaždin 13 Mar 2–1 1 May 21 Apr 12 Feb 27 Feb 12 May 3 Apr 10 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 6 February 2021[29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kristijan Lovrić Gorica 13
2 Mario Gavranović Dinamo Zagreb 12
Ramón Miérez Osijek
4 Mislav Oršić Dinamo Zagreb 10
5 Franko Andrijašević Rijeka 8
Mijo Caktaš Hajduk Split
7 Deni Jurić Šibenik 7
8 Ognjen Mudrinski Gorica 6
Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
Emir Sahiti Šibenik

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