Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Dinamo Zagreb 11th Croatian title 15th domestic title |
Relegated | None |
UEFA Champions League | Dinamo Zagreb |
UEFA Europa League | Hajduk Split Rijeka Slaven Belupo |
Goals scored | 522 |
Average goals/game | 2.64 |
Top goalscorer | Mario Mandžukić (16) |
Biggest home win | Dinamo 6–0 Cibalia (17 August 2008)[1] |
Biggest away win | Varteks 1–6 Dinamo (26 April 2009)[2] |
Highest scoring | Rijeka 6–2 Slaven Belupo (8 goals) (26 April 2009)[3] |
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The 2008–09 Prva HNL season was the 18th since its establishment. It started on 27 July 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their 10th championship title the previous season.
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Međimurje were automatically relegated to Druga HNL as they finished last in the previous season, while Croatia Sesvete were automatically promoted from Druga HNL after winning the 2007–08 title. In a two-legged playoff between Inter Zaprešić and Hrvatski dragovoljac, the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0).
In June 2007 Igor Štimac, president of Association of Prva HNL clubs, proposed a future expansion of Prva HNL from 12 to 16 clubs, starting from 2008–09 season.[4] However, although a majority of club representatives supported that proposal, no strict agreement or final decision was made. On HNS meeting in late August 2007 it was decided to postpone the decision for late 2007 or even 2008 and that the expansion would not be possible before the 2009–10 season.[5]
For more than a year nothing explicit was stated on that matter. Finally, on a regular HNS meeting in February 2009 HNS Secretary Zorislav Srebrić stated that club licensing would decide whether the 2009–10 season would feature 12 or 16 teams. Theoretically, if only 15 teams obtained Prva HNL license, league would have featured 12 teams. The deadline for submitting the license was 1 May 2009.[6] On 8 May 2009 HNS declared that all 19 clubs that applied for the license were awarded with it and would be in possibility to enter the league in 2009–10, now expanded to 16 clubs.[7] Also, on 26 May 2009 HNS received official confirmations from all 19 clubs in which they expressed their will to compete in next year's Prva HNL, what means that none of the clubs would withdraw from the league.[8] However, despite their guarantee to compete in Prva HNL, Slavonac eventually withdrew although they finished fourth and earned direct access to Prva HNL 2009–10. Their place was taken by Međimurje while sixth-placed Hrvatski dragovoljac competed in a relegation play-offs.[9]
After the death of Hrvoje Ćustić during a game played at Zadar's Stanovi Stadium in March 2008, it was decided that the stadia for the 2008–09 season would have to pass a closer inspection to be deemed fit for first-league football. Since only 9 stadia managed to meet the requirements and obtain first-league license from the Croatian Football Federation, it was announced in May 2008 that some of the teams (Cibalia, Croatia Sesvete, Zadar and NK Zagreb) would have to share stadia and temporarily play their home games at other venues.[10] Just before Round 1 kicked off, Cibalia managed to bring their stadium to standard, and in August, just before round 5, Zadar secured the licence to play their games at Stanovi Stadium.[11]
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Cibalia | Vinkovci | Stadion Cibalia | 10,000 |
Croatia Sesvete | Zagreb | Kamen Ingrad Stadium | 10,000 |
Dinamo | Zagreb | Maksimir Stadium | 37,168 |
Hajduk | Split | Gradski stadion u Poljudu | 35,000 |
Inter | Zaprešić | Stadion NK Inter Zaprešić | 10,000 |
NK Osijek | Osijek | Gradski vrt | 19,500 |
NK Rijeka | Rijeka | Kantrida Stadium | 12,000 |
Slaven Belupo | Koprivnica | Gradski Stadion u Koprivnici | 5,000 |
HNK Šibenik | Šibenik | Stadion Šubićevac | 8,000 |
Varteks | Varaždin | Stadion Anđelko Herjavec | 10,000 |
NK Zadar | Zadar | Stanovi Stadium | 5,860 |
NK Zagreb | Zagreb | Stadion Kranjčevićeva | 12,000 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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NK Zagreb | Miroslav Blažević |
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Luka Pavlović |
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Dinamo Zagreb | Zvonimir Soldo |
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Branko Ivanković |
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Slaven Belupo | Krunoslav Jurčić |
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Mile Petković |
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Hajduk Split | Robert Jarni |
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Goran Vučević |
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Croatia Sesvete | Zlatko Kranjčar |
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Ljupko Petrović |
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Rijeka | Zlatko Dalić |
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Mladen Ivančić |
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Osijek | Ilija Lončarević |
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Tomislav Steinbrückner |
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Zadar | Dalibor Zebić |
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Ivica Datković |
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Rijeka | Mladen Ivančić |
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Robert Rubčić |
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Inter Zaprešić | Milivoj Bračun |
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Borimir Perković |
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Hajduk Split | Goran Vučević |
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Ante Miše |
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Cibalia | Srećko Lušić |
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Stanko Mršić |
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Dinamo Zagreb | Branko Ivanković |
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Marijan Vlak |
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Croatia Sesvete | Ljupko Petrović |
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Zlatko Kranjčar |
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Zadar | Ivica Datković |
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Dalibor Zebić |
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Croatia Sesvete | Zlatko Kranjčar |
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Milan Đuričić |
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Dinamo Zagreb | Marijan Vlak |
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Krunoslav Jurčić |
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Pos |
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
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GD |
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1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 33 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 74 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
2 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 68 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round |
3 | Rijeka | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 56 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
4 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 55 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
5 | NK Zagreb | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 47 | |
6 | Šibenik | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 46 | |
7 | Osijek | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 41 | |
8 | Cibalia | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 38 | |
9 | Inter Zaprešić | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 36 | |
10 | Varteks | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 35 | |
11 | Zadar | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 29 | |
12 | Croatia Sesvete (O) | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 66 | −35 | 252 | Relegation play-offs |
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Because both cup finalists, Dinamo and Hajduk, qualified for Europe through their league positions, all three UEFA Europa League spots were given to teams according to their league positions, what means that fourth-placed Slaven Belupo also earned a spot in Europa League.
2Croatia Sesvete were deducted 1 point due to unpaid debts to Imotski over player Darko Vučić.[42]
(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.
Due to the expansion of Prva HNL to 16 clubs in the 2009–10 season, four clubs from Druga HNL 2008–09 were automatically promoted. Those should have been top four clubs, but since Slavonac withdrew[9] their direct access spot was taken by fifth-placed Međimurje. Therefore, the 12th placed Croatia Sesvete played a two-legged relegation play-off against the 6th placed team of Druga HNL, Hrvatski dragovoljac. Croatia Sesvete won 2–1 on aggregate and thereby earned a spot in the 2009–10 season.
11 June 2009 18:00 CEST |
Hrvatski dragovoljac | 0 – 0 | Croatia Sesvete | Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić |
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Ercegović 58', 84' | Report (Croatian) |
14 June 2009 20:00 CEST |
Croatia Sesvete | 2 – 1 | Hrvatski dragovoljac | Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ivan Bebek |
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Vojnović 10' 41', 62' Čižmek 90' |
Report (Croatian) |
Janjetović 67' |
The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.
Home \ Away1 | CIB | CRS | DIN | HAJ | INT | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | ZAD | ZAG |
Cibalia | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
Croatia Sesvete | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | |
Dinamo Zagreb | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
Inter Zaprešić | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Osijek | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
Rijeka | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Slaven Belupo | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Šibenik | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Varteks | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–02 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
Zadar | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was suspended after 82 minutes due to heavy fog. However, since more than 80% of the game was played it was officially registered with the score at the moment of suspension (0–0).[43]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Home \ Away1 | CIB | CRS | DIN | HAJ | INT | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | ZAD | ZAG |
Cibalia | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
Croatia Sesvete | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | ||||||
Hajduk Split | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
Inter Zaprešić | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
Osijek | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |||||||
Rijeka | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
Slaven Belupo | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
Šibenik | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | ||||||
Varteks | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | ||||||
Zadar | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
NK Zagreb | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
Player | For | Against | Date | Report |
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Mario Mandžukić | Dinamo Zagreb | Cibalia | 17 August 2008 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Nikola Kalinić | Hajduk Split | Slaven Belupo | 23 August 2008 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Ilija Sivonjić | Inter Zaprešić | Cibalia | 24 August 2008 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Pedro Morales | Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia Sesvete | 9 November 2008 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Ermin Zec | Šibenik | Inter Zaprešić | 22 March 2009 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Miroslav Slepička | Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia Sesvete | 19 April 2009 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Anas Sharbini | Rijeka | Slaven Belupo | 26 April 2009 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Miroslav Slepička | Dinamo Zagreb | Varteks | 26 April 2009 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
Dodo | Inter Zaprešić | Rijeka | 31 May 2009 | Sportnet.hr (Croatian) |
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