1995–96 Prva HNL

Prva HNL
Season	1995–96
Champions	Croatia Zagreb 2nd Croatian title 6th domestic title
UEFA Cup	Croatia Zagreb Hajduk Split
Cup Winners' Cup	Varteks
Intertoto Cup	Segesta
Top goalscorer	Igor Cvitanović (19)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

This article describes the 1995-96 Prva HNL season, the fifth since its establishment. The season started on 13 August 1995 and concluded on 26 May 1996. This was the first season to feature separate A- and B- leagues, with a complicated two-stage format to the season.

After the HNS changed plans during the course of the season, no relegation took place. Instead, 1-A and 1-B were expanded to 16 teams each the following season, with Zadar and Orijent Rijeka joining the teams from the championship group and the Prva A HNL play-off group in the 1-A division for the 1996-97 season.

1 First stage
- 1.1 Prva A HNL
  - 1.1.1 Rounds 1–22 results
- 1.2 Prva B HNL
  - 1.2.1 Rounds 1–20 results
2 Second stage
3 See also
4 References and notes

First stage

Prva A HNL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Croatia Zagreb	22	14	5	3	46	13	+33	47	Championship Group
2	Hajduk Split	22	12	6	4	41	19	+22	42
3	Osijek	22	12	4	6	38	19	+19	40
4	Varteks	22	11	6	5	29	19	+10	39
5	NK Zagreb	22	7	8	7	24	25	−1	29

6	Segesta	22	8	4	10	32	35	−3	28	Prva A HNL Play-off
7	Cibalia	22	6	9	7	26	37	−11	27		Cibalia 8pts Inker 5 pts Šibenik 3 pts
8	Inker Zaprešić	22	7	6	9	28	38	−10	27
9	Šibenik	22	7	6	9	25	28	−3	27
10	Marsonia	22	6	3	13	14	33	−19	21
11	Rijeka	22	4	5	13	25	42	−17	17		RIJ 4–0 IST IST 0–1 RIJ
12	Istra Pula	22	3	8	11	16	36	−20	17		RIJ 4–0 IST IST 0–1 RIJ

Updated to games played on 3 March 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Rounds 1–22 results

Home \ Away¹	CIB	CZG	HAJ	INK	IST	MAR	OSI	RIJ	SEG	ŠIB	VAR	ZAG
Cibalia		2–2	2–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Croatia Zagreb	3–0		1–0	5–1	4–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–0
Hajduk Split	4–1	2–1		3–1	5–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Inker Zaprešić	1–1	1–1	0–0		3–2	0–2	0–3	3–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	0–1
Istra Pula	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1
Marsonia	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–3		0–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2
Osijek	4–0	1–2	5–3	1–1	1–0	0–2		1–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–2
Rijeka	4–4	1–1	0–3	4–4	4–0	0–1	0–2		0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2
Segesta	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–4	6–0		2–2	1–2	2–2
Šibenik	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	1–0
Varteks	3–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–0
NK Zagreb	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–2

Updated to games played on 3 March 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Prva B HNL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	18	13	2	3	30	11	+19	41	Championship Group
2	Mladost 127	18	12	2	4	27	11	+16	38	Prva A HNL Play-off
3	Zadar	18	9	5	4	24	13	+11	32	Prva B HNL Play-off
4	Orijent	18	9	2	7	29	24	+5	29
5	Neretva	18	8	3	7	21	17	+4	27
6	Slavonija Požega	18	6	4	8	26	26	0	22		SLP 1–0 DUB DUB 1–0 SLP
7	Dubrovnik	18	6	4	8	15	15	0	22		SLP 1–0 DUB DUB 1–0 SLP
8	Belišće	18	5	4	9	20	26	−6	19
9	Primorac	18	5	2	11	14	33	−19	17
10	Uskok Klis	18	2	2	14	9	39	−30	8

Rounds 1–20 results

Home \ Away¹	BEL	DBK	HRD	MLA	NER	ORI	PRI	SLP	USK	ZAD
Belišće		1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–1
Dubrovnik	1–0		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	3–1	1–0		0–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0
Mladost 127	1–0	2–0	0–1		0–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1
Neretva	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Orijent	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1		4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0
Primorac	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0		3–4	2–1	0–1
Slavonija Požega	3–3	1–0	0–3	1–2	3–2	4–1	4–0		2–0	1–1
Uskok Klis	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–5	1–1	1–0		0–1
Zadar	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–0

Updated to games played on 3 March 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croatia Zagreb (C)	10	7	0	3	28	14	+14	26	1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
2	Hajduk Split	10	7	1	2	25	14	+11	26	1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
3	Varteks	10	7	1	2	15	7	+8	24	1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
4	Osijek	10	4	0	6	13	13	0	15
5	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	10	1	3	6	8	23	−15	7
6	NK Zagreb	10	1	1	8	7	25	−18	5

Updated to games played on 12 May 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Rounds 23–32 results

Home \ Away¹	CZG	HAJ	HRD	OSI	VAR	ZAG
Croatia Zagreb		4–1	6–0	2–1	3–4	5–1
Hajduk Split	3–2		5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–1	2–2		2–1	0–1	1–2
Osijek	1–2	2–3	3–0		1–0	1–0
Varteks	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		2–0
NK Zagreb	1–3	1–6	1–1	0–2	0–2

Updated to games played on 12 May 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Prva A HNL Play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Šibenik	14	8	0	6	19	15	+4	28
2	Segesta	14	6	3	5	19	18	+1	28	1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
3	Rijeka	14	7	3	4	21	14	+7	26
4	Mladost 127	14	7	3	4	22	14	+8	25
5	Istra Pula	14	7	2	5	17	17	0	24
6	Cibalia	14	5	3	6	17	18	−1	24
7	Inker Zaprešić	14	2	5	7	10	15	−5	16
8	Marsonia	14	3	3	8	12	26	−14	15

Updated to games played on 26 May 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away¹	CIB	INK	IST	MAR	MLA	RIJ	SEG	ŠIB
Cibalia		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–1
Inker Zaprešić	3–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1
Istra Pula	1–0	2–1		4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0
Marsonia	1–1	0–0	1–1		0–3	1–0	0–3	3–2
Mladost 127	2–1	3–1	3–1	4–0		0–0	1–0	2–0
Rijeka	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–0		2–0	2–0
Segesta	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–3		2–1
Šibenik	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–0

Updated to games played on 26 May 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Prva B HNL Play-off

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zadar	28	16	5	7	44	25	+19	53	1996–97 Prva A HNL
2	Orijent	28	15	4	9	45	34	+11	49	1996–97 Prva A HNL
3	Dubrovnik	28	14	3	11	39	29	+10	45	1996–97 Prva B HNL
4	Belišće	28	11	8	9	40	37	+3	41
5	Slavonija Požega	28	12	5	11	39	43	−4	41
6	Neretva	28	10	7	11	36	30	+6	37
7	Primorac	28	8	4	16	35	52	−17	28
8	Uskok Klis	28	6	4	18	21	49	−28	22

Results

Home \ Away¹	BEL	DBK	NER	ORI	PRI	SLP	USK	ZAD
Belišće		3–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
Dubrovnik	3–0		1–0	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1
Neretva	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–0
Orijent	3–2	2–1	1–0		3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1
Primorac	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1		7–1	1–2	2–0
Slavonija Požega	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–0		1–0	1–0
Uskok Klis	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–1		0–1
Zadar	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	4–2	2–2

Updated to games played on 26 May 1996
Source: RSSSF.com
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References and notes

Prva HNL

2011–12 teams	Cibalia · Dinamo Zagreb · Hajduk Split · Inter Zaprešić · Istra 1961 · Karlovac · Lokomotiva · Lučko · Osijek · Rijeka · Slaven Belupo · RNK Split · Šibenik · Varaždin · Zadar · NK Zagreb

Former teams	Belišće · Čakovec · Croatia Sesvete · Dubrava · Dubrovnik · Hrvatski Dragovoljac · Istra Pula · Kamen Ingrad · Marsonia · Međimurje · Neretva · Orijent · Pazinka · Pomorac · Primorac 1929 · Radnik Velika Gorica · Samobor · Segesta · Suhopolje · TŠK Topolovac · Vukovar '91

Statistics and awards	Hat-tricks · Player awards: Večernji list · Sportske novosti · Slobodna Dalmacija

Associated competitions	Croatian Cup · Croatian Supercup · Druga HNL · Treća HNL · Academy League · Women's League

Seasons	1992 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Succession of Yugoslav First League

1990–91	Yugoslavia

1991–92	Yugoslavia · Slovenia · Croatia (1992 only)

1992–93	FR Yugoslavia · Slovenia · Croatia · Macedonia

1993–94	FR Yugoslavia · Slovenia · Croatia · Macedonia · Bosnia Herzegovina (Croats)

1994–95	FR Yugoslavia · Slovenia · Croatia · Macedonia · Bosnia-Herzegovina (Croats · Bosniaks)

1995–96	FR Yugoslavia · Slovenia · Croatia · Macedonia · Bosnia-Herzegovina (Croats · Bosniaks · Serbs)

1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '95 '96 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '95 '96 · Finland '95 '96 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '95 '96 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '95 '96 · Latvia '95 '96 · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '95 '96 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia '95 '96 · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '95 '96 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '95 '96 · Finland '95 '96 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '95 '96 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '95 '96 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '95 '96 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '95 '96 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · Finland '95 '96 · France · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland · Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

1995–96 Prva HNL

Contents

First stage

Prva A HNL

Rounds 1–22 results

Prva B HNL

Rounds 1–20 results

Second stage

Championship Group

Rounds 23–32 results

Prva A HNL Play-off

Results

Prva B HNL Play-off

Results

See also

References and notes