List of GNK Dinamo Zagreb seasons

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This is a list of all seasons played by GNK Dinamo Zagreb in national and European football, from 1945 (the year the club was officially founded) to the most recent completed season. The club spent its entire existence playing top-flight football (from 1946 to 1991 in the Yugoslav First League, from 1991 onwards in the Prva HNL).

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This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season (note that only goals scored in league matches are taken into account). Players in bold were also top league scorers that season.

Seasons

Key

Divisions

1946–1991

Following the club's formation as the municipal multi-sports club FD Dinamo in June 1945 the club's first competitive success was winning the first post-war Zagreb municipal championship held in January and February 1946 and then finishing as runners-up behind Hajduk Split in the SR Croatia regional championship which doubled as a qualifying tournament for the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League (officially called "First Federal League", Croatian : Prva savezna liga), the first edition of the post-war national top level. Dinamo soon established themselves as one of the so-called "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (along with Hajduk Split, Partizan and Red Star), a quartet of teams who dominated the game in SFR Yugoslavia, by finishing runners-up in 1947, and winning league titles in 1948, 1954 and 1958 and were never relegated from top level until leaving the league in 1991 following Croatia's independence. During the Yugoslav era Dinamo won four league titles and seven Yugoslav Cups. They were only the third Yugoslav side to play in an UEFA-sponsored competition when they appeared in the 1958–59 European Cup (after Partizan in 1955 and Red Star in 1956).

The club's most successful period was between 1960 and 1969, during which they reached the Yugoslav Cup finals six times (winning four) but failed to clinch a single league title (finishing runners-up five times). The club also had two successful campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup during this period, reaching the final in 1963 and 1967 and winning the latter by beating England's Leeds United. This was the only European silverware won by any Yugoslav club until Red Star Belgrade won the 1990–91 European Cup 24 years later. The club's second "golden age" came between 1980 and 1986, when Dinamo reached another five cup finals (winning two) and won the 1981–82 league title, their first league win in 24 years.

In the Yugoslav era three Dinamo players were top league scorers on four occasions: Franjo Wölfl in 1947 and 1948, Dražan Jerković in 1962 (who also went on to become joint top scorer at the 1962 FIFA World Cup that year) and Snješko Cerin in 1982. Cerin went on to become the club's most prolific scorer in the period with a total of 103 league goals for Dinamo between 1976 and 1986. The most successful managers were Milan Antolković who led the club to three cup finals (1960, 1963 and 1963 - winning the first two) and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in 1963; and Miroslav Blažević who led the club to the 1981–82 league win and three cup finals (1982, 1983 and 1986 - winning only the 1983 edition).

SeasonLeague Cup Europe / OtherTop league scorer(s) [B]
DivisionPWD [A] LGFGAPtsPosPlayer(s)Goals
1946–47 1. JSL 261943812642 2nd R2 Franjo Wölfl 28
1947–481. JSL181413562029 1st SF Franjo Wölfl 22
1948–491. JSL18756292519 4th R1 Franjo Wölfl 11
19501. JSL18945231722 4th RU Franjo Wölfl 10
19511. JSL221633451935 2nd W Mitropa Cup 3rd Dionizije Dvornić 11
19521. JSL16835352719 4th [C] R1 Božidar Senčar 9
1952–531. JSL22868323022 7th SF Dionizije Dvornić 9
1953–54 1. JSL261943722242 1st R2 Dionizije Dvornić 16
1954–551. JSL261466544934 3rd QF Aleksandar Benko 16
1955–561. JSL2612410424728 4th N/A [D] Dražan Jerković 9
1956–571. JSL2610610515126 5th R2 Aleksandar Benko
Dražan Jerković
10
1957–58 1. JSL261574533337 1st QF Dražan Jerković 17
1958–591. JSL22949352822 5th QF European Cup R1 Dražan Jerković 7
1959–601. JSL221444482032 2nd W Dražan Jerković 16
1960–611. JSL221075362727 4th R2 Cup Winners' Cup SF Željko Matuš 11
1961–621. JSL221057362325 3rd SFMitropa CupSF Dražan Jerković 16
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2
1962–631. JSL261475523535 2nd WInter-Cities Fairs Cup RU Slaven Zambata 16
1963–641. JSL261295402933 3rd RUCup Winners' Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 12
1964–651. JSL2811413353426 8th WCup Winners' Cup QF Rudolf Belin 7
1965–661. JSL301398493535 2nd RUCup Winners' Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 19
1966–67 1. JSL3015105422140 2nd R1Mitropa Cup QF Slaven Zambata 13
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup W
1967–681. JSL3012117453335 3rd R1Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2 Josip Gucmirtl 14
1968–691. JSL342059753345 2nd WInter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 15
1969–701. JSL3413129474238 6th SFCup Winners' Cup QF Marijan Novak 10
1970–711. JSL341798553243 3rd SFInter-Cities Fairs Cup R3 Josip Gucmirtl 10
1971–721. JSL34111013474032 8th RU UEFA Cup R2 Slavko Kovačić 7
1972–731. JSL34111112394733 8th R1Mitropa CupGS Fikret Mujkić 8
1973–741. JSL3412913343333 7th QFCup Winners' Cup R1 Mario Bonić
Drago Vabec
8
1974–751. JSL3411167383138 5th N/A [D] Zlatko Kranjčar 8
1975–761. JSL3417107382344 3rd RU Balkans Cup W Drago Vabec 19
1976–771. JSL3415118523641 2nd R1UEFA Cup R2 Snješko Cerin 14
1977–781. JSL3412139544937 4th SF UEFA Cup R2 Mario Bonić 10
1978–79 1. JSL342185673850 2nd R1 Snješko Cerin
Zlatko Kranjčar
13
1979–801. JSL3491411434432 12th W UEFA Cup R1 Zlatko Kranjčar 14
1980–811. JSL34121111443835 5th R2 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Abid Kovačević 14
1981–82 1. JSL342095673249 1st RU Snješko Cerin 19
1982–831. JSL3414155564043 3rd W European Cup R1 Zlatko Kranjčar 13
1983–841. JSL3411914585131 12th SF Cup Winners' Cup R1 Snješko Cerin 16
1984–851. JSL3414812473836 6th RU Snješko Cerin 10
1985–861. JSL3411149534336 6th RU Boro Cvetković 12
1986–871. JSL3414911494337 6th [E] R1 Ivan Cvjetković 11
1987–88 1. JSL3416108553642 4th R1 Haris Škoro 14
1988–891. JSL34169 (2)9422934 5th QF UEFA Cup R2 Radmilo Mihajlović 9
1989–901. JSL341611 (8)7532540 2nd R2 UEFA Cup PR Davor Šuker 12
1990–91 1. JSL362010 (6)6723646 2nd QF UEFA Cup R1 Davor Šuker 22

1992–present

Following the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League Croatian clubs abandoned the league amid the breakup of Yugoslavia and joined the present-day Croatian football league system as the country declared independence. Dinamo Zagreb were thus founding members of the Prva HNL (1. HNL). Affected by the ongoing war in Croatia the league's inaugural season was shortened and held over the course of only one calendar year from February to June 1992. During the season the club took part in European competitions on account of qualification secured at the end of the 1990–91 Yugoslav season as Dinamo had finished runners-up in the league and qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. Due to the ongoing war Croatian clubs had to host their European games abroad so Dinamo played their UEFA Cup first round fixture against Trabzonspor in Klagenfurt, Austria. The following 1992–93 season no Croatian club was allowed to enter European competitions as the Croatian Football Federation, the league's governing body, was not yet recognized by UEFA and officially became its affiliate as late as June 1993.

Amid political turmoil in the early 1990s club's officials began claiming direct lineage to pre-WWII Zagreb-based clubs Građanski Zagreb and HAŠK and in order to reflect this Dinamo were renamed "HAŠK Građanski" in June 1991. They finished fifth in the inaugural 1. HNL season and reached the Croatian Cup final which they lost to minnows Inker Zaprešić. In February 1993 the club were renamed "Croatia Zagreb". They won five league titles and three domestic cups and participated in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stages carrying that name before reverting to "Dinamo Zagreb" in February 2000.

SeasonLeague Cup European competitions Top league scorer(s) [B]
DivisionPWDLGFGAPtsPosPlayer(s)Goals
19921. HNL221147322126 5th RU UEFA Cup R1 Goran Vlaović 9
1992–931. HNL302172842749 1st RU Goran Vlaović 23
1993–941. HNL342086983448 3rd W Champions League R1 Goran Vlaović 29
1994–951. HNL301974532664 2nd RU Cup Winners' Cup R1 Igor Pamić 10
1995–961. HNL322156752768 1st W Igor Cvitanović 19
1996–971. HNL302631902381 1st W UEFA Cup QR Igor Cvitanović 20
1997–981. HNL322273752873 1st W Champions League QR2 Vladimir Petrović 11
UEFA Cup R3
1998–991. HNL322255552071 1st R1 Champions League GS Edin Mujčin 10
1999–20001. HNL332364832575 1st RU Champions League GS Tomo Šokota 21
2000–011. HNL321985703665 2nd W Champions League QR3 Tomo Šokota 20
UEFA Cup R2
2001–02 1. HNL301857583059 3rd W UEFA Cup R1 Dario Zahora 14
2002–03 1. HNL322534762778 1st R2 UEFA Cup R2 Ivica Olić 16
2003–04 1. HNL322372772576 2nd W Champions League QR3 Dario Zahora 16
UEFA Cup R2
2004–051. HNL3212119553747 7th QF UEFA Cup GS Ivan Bošnjak
Eduardo da Silva
10
2005–061. HNL322444782176 1st R2 Ivan Bošnjak 22
2006–07 1. HNL333021842292 1st W Champions League QR3 Eduardo da Silva 34
UEFA Cup R1
2007–08 1. HNL332643913482 1st W Champions League QR3 Luka Modrić 13
UEFA Cup GS
2008–09 1. HNL332355712674 1st W Champions League QR3 Mario Mandžukić 16
UEFA Cup GS
2009–10 1. HNL301884702062 1st SF Champions League QR3 Mario Mandžukić 14
Europa League GS
2010–11 1. HNL302262521272 1st W Champions League QR3 Sammir 10
Europa League GS
2011–12 1. HNL302361731175 1st W Champions League GS Fatos Bećiraj 15
2012–13 1. HNL332454682077 1st R2 Champions League GS Sammir 13
2013–14 1. HNL362664832684 1st RU Champions League Playoff Duje Čop 22
Europa League GS
2014–151. HNL3626100852188 1st W Champions League Playoff Ángelo Henríquez 20
Europa League GS
2015–16 1. HNL362673671985 1st W Champions League GS Armin Hodžić 13
2016–17 1. HNL362754682486 2nd RU Champions League GS El Arabi Hillel Soudani 17
2017–18 1. HNL362277683473 1st W Europa League Playoff El Arabi Hillel Soudani 17
2018–19 1. HNL362952742092 1st RU Champions League Playoff Bruno Petković 10
Europa League R16
2019–20 1. HNL362556622080 1st QF Champions League GS Mislav Oršić 13
2020–21 1. HNL362673842885 1st W Champions League QR3 Mario Gavranović 17
Europa League QF
2021–22 1. HNL362475682279 1st QF Champions League Playoff Mislav Oršić 14
Europa League KRPO
2022–23 1. HNL362493812881 1st SF Champions League GS Luka Ivanušec 12
2023–24 1. HNL362574673082 1st W Champions League QR3 Bruno Petković 11
Europa League Playoff
Conference League R16

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