1992 Croatian First Football League

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Croatian First Football League
Season1992
Champions Hajduk Split
1st Croatian title
10th domestic title
RelegatedNone
Matches played132
Goals scored315 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer Ardian Kozniku (12)
Biggest home win Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik
(11 March 1992)
Biggest away win Zadar 0–4 NK Zagreb
(14 March 1992)
Highest scoring Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik (9 goals)
(11 March 1992)
Average attendance2,881
1992–93 →

The 1992 Croatian First Football League was the first season of the top Croatian football league. It was the inaugural season of the league established following Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia. Affected by the political and social upheavals stemming from the breakup of Yugoslavia and the early stages of the 1991–95 war, the season was drastically shortened and played over the course of less than four months, from 29 February to 13 June.

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The league featured 12 Croatian-based clubs, all of which had previously competed at various levels in the Yugoslav football pyramid. Four of the clubs came from the Yugoslav First League, another four from the Yugoslav Second League, and the remaining four from lower levels.

The format used was a double round robin tournament, with each club playing every other club twice in home and away matches, for a total of 22 rounds. However, five of the clubs based in areas most affected by fighting had to host their matches in other towns around the country, effectively playing the entire season in exile. These were Cibalia and Osijek (based in the eastern part of the country, in the cities of Vinkovci and Osijek) and Zadar, Šibenik and Dubrovnik (based in the southern coastal part of the country, in the cities of Zadar, Šibenik and Dubrovnik).

After four of the five displaced clubs which had played the season in haphazard conditions eventually finished in the bottom four places, the Croatian Football Federation decided against relegating any of them, and opted to expand the format to 16 clubs in the following 1992–93 season.

Clubs

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Locations of teams in 1992 Prva HNL
Club1City / TownStadiumHead coach1990–91 result
Cibalia Vinkovci Mladost 2 Flag of Croatia.svg Mile Petković 8th in Yugoslav Div 2
Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Lapad 2 Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Bonić 16th in Yugoslav Div 2
Hajduk Split Split Poljud Flag of Croatia.svg Stanko Poklepović 6th in Yugoslav Div 1
HAŠK Građanski Zagreb Maksimir Flag of Croatia.svg Zdenko Kobeščak 2nd in Yugoslav Div 1
Inker Zaprešić Zaprešić Stadion Inkera Flag of Croatia.svg Ilija Lončarević 2nd in Yugoslav Div 3 West
Istra Pula Pula Aldo Drosina Flag of Croatia.svg Sergio Scoria 4th in Yugoslav Div 4 West3
Osijek Osijek Gradski vrt 2 Flag of Croatia.svg Stjepan Čordaš 9th in Yugoslav Div 1
Rijeka Rijeka Kantrida Flag of Croatia.svg Marijan Jantoljak 15th in Yugoslav Div 1
Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 2 Flag of Croatia.svg Nikica Cukrov 12th in Yugoslav Div 2
Varteks Varaždin Stadion Varteks Flag of Croatia.svg Branko Ivanković 6th in Yugoslav Div 3 West3
Zadar Zadar Stanovi 2 Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Krešimir Vidov 1st in Yugoslav Div 3 West
NK Zagreb Zagreb Kranjčevićeva Flag of Croatia.svg Ivo Šušak 2nd in Yugoslav Div 2

Notes

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Hajduk Split (C)2216424414+3036
2 NK Zagreb 221453349+2533
3 Osijek 2212373328+527
4 Inker Zaprešić 2210663719+1826 [lower-alpha 1]
5 HAŠK Građanski 2211473221+1126 [lower-alpha 1]
6 Rijeka 2210572622+425
7 Istra Pula 228592227−521
8 Varteks 227693225+720
9 Cibalia 2239101324−1115
10 Zadar 2245132049−2913
11 Dubrovnik 222713436−3211 [lower-alpha 2]
12 Šibenik 2227131841−2311 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Inker Zaprešić–HAŠK Građanski 2−1, HAŠK Građanski–Inker Zaprešić 0−2.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Šibenik–Dubrovnik 0−0, Dubrovnik–Šibenik 2−1.

Relegation

At the end of the season no teams were relegated as it was decided that the league would expand to 16 clubs for the 1992–93 Croatian First Football League season.

European competitions

During the season 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 - Dinamo/HAŠK ended up as runners-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 qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup.

However, due to violent fighting in parts of the country, UEFA ordered both clubs to host their European matches abroad, in Austria. Dinamo played their UEFA Cup first round fixture against Trabzonspor in Klagenfurt on 11 September 1991 (losing the tie 3–4 on aggregate), while Hajduk Split played their Cup Winners' Cup first round match against Tottenham Hotspur on 17 September 1991 in Linz (also losing the tie 1–2 on aggregate).

At the end of the 1992 season, neither Hajduk Split (1992 Croatian league champions) nor Inker Zaprešić (1992 Croatian Football Cup winners) could qualify for European competitions in the following 1992–93 season as the Croatian Football Federation, the league's governing body, had not been accepted as full member by UEFA. Since its application was finally accepted by UEFA in June 1993, the first Croatian-qualified clubs entered European competitions in the 1993–94 season.

Results

Home \ Away CIB DBK HAJ HGR INK IST OSI RIJ ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG
Cibalia 0–00–20–21–01–11–12–00–02–10–10–1
Dubrovnik 0–00–10–30–31–00–00–12–10–00–20–0
Hajduk Split 1–19–0 0–0 0–23–12–03–04–11–02–01–0
HAŠK Građanski 2–02–1 1–2 0–23–12–02–02–04–03–00–0
Inker Zaprešić 0–03–00–02–14–13–03–0 [lower-alpha 1] 6–01–32–10–0
Istra Pula 2–02–00–11–12–01–21–11–02–12–10–2
Osijek 2–11–03–31–22–10–13–23–12–14–01–0
Rijeka 1–03–00–21–00–03–02–02–01–04–11–1
Šibenik 1–10–02–33–11–10–00–21–22–24–00–1
Varteks 2–02–00–14–01–11–10–11–14–04–02–1
Zadar 2–20–00–31–14–30–13–51–11–12–10–4
NK Zagreb 2–13–03–02–02–02–12–01–03–02–22–0
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ The match between Inker and Rijeka was suspended with the scoreline 1–0 for Rijeka. The game was later awarded to Inker and registered with the score 3–0.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Ardian Kozniku Hajduk Split 12
2 Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Cvitanović Varteks 9
Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Špehar Osijek 9
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Vlaović HAŠK Građanski 9
5 Flag of Croatia.svg Željko Adžić HAŠK Građanski 8
Flag of Croatia.svg Renato Jurčec NK Zagreb 8
Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Vučević Hajduk Split 8
8 Flag of Croatia.svg Nenad Bjelica Osijek 7
Flag of Croatia.svg Grgica Kovač Varteks 7
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Mornar Hajduk Split 7
Flag of Croatia.svg Zoran Škerjanc Rijeka 7
Flag of Croatia.svg Dževad Turković Varteks 7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstDate
Flag of Croatia.svg Nenad Bjelica Osijek Šibenik 2 May 1992
Flag of Croatia.svg Dean Ljubančić Rijeka Istra Pula 2 May 1992

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)

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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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