2001–02 Prva HNL

Prva HNL
Season 2001–02
Champions NK Zagreb
1st Croatian title
Relegated Čakovec
Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Marsonia
TŠK Topolovac
UEFA Champions League NK Zagreb
UEFA Cup Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Varteks
UEFA Intertoto Cup Rijeka
Slaven Belupo
Goals scored 680
Average goals/game 2.83
Top goalscorer Ivica Olić (21)
Biggest home win NK Zagreb 8–0 TŠK Topolovac
(2001-09-23)
Šibenik 8–0 TŠK Topolovac
(2002-04-27)
Biggest away win Osijek 1–6 Dinamo Zagreb
(2002-03-02)

The 2001–02 Prva HNL season was the 11th season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb became champions for the first time, and were the first league winners from outside the Eternal Derby rivalry. The campaign began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 4 May 2002. The league expanded to 16 teams (from 12 in the previous season), and was contested by all the 12 teams who competed in the previous season plus four newly promoted ones from Druga HNL.

The first goal of the season was scored by Dinamo Zagreb's Dario Zahora against newly promoted TŠK Topolovac in the 13th minute of the game on the opening day of the season on 28 July.[1] Miljenko Mumlek of Varteks scored the first hat-trick of the season against Hajduk Split, two of them from penalty kicks, at Poljud on 17 August 2001.[2]

NK Zagreb clinched their first ever title after they drew 0–0 against Čakovec and their last competitor for the title Hajduk Split lost 1–0 to Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the penultimate 29th round of the season which took place on 27 April 2002. It was the third Prva HNL title for NK Zagreb manager Zlatko Kranjčar, who thus became the first manager to have won the Prva HNL in charge of two different clubs (in 1996 and 1998 he clinched two championship titles with Croatia Zagreb, renamed Dinamo Zagreb in 2000). The top goalscorer of the season was Ivica Olić with 21 goals scored in 29 appearances for NK Zagreb.

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Promotion and relegation

Since it had been decided that the league would expand to 16 teams for the 2001–02 season, only Marsonia were in danger of relegation, having finished last the previous season. Marsonia then played second level side Solin in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff on 3 and 10 June 2001. The aggregate score was 5–5, but Marsonia won the tie on away goals rule, so no team were relegated.

Teams promoted from 2000–01 Druga HNL:

Summaries

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2001–02 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 27 July 2001, the first day of the season.

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cibalia Davor Čop Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia
9,920
Čakovec Rajko Magić Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost
8,000
Dinamo Zagreb Ilija Lončarević Zagreb Stadion Maksimir
37,168
Hajduk Split Nenad Gračan Split Gradski stadion u Poljudu
35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Luka Bonačić Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
5,000
Kamen Ingrad Tomislav Radić Velika Stadion Kamen Ingrada
8,000
Marsonia Milo Nižetić Slavonski Brod Gradski stadion uz Savu
10,000
Osijek Vlado Bilić Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt
19,500
Pomorac Predrag Stilinović Kostrena Stadion Žuknica
3,000
Rijeka Ivan Katalinić Rijeka Stadion na Kantridi
10,275
Slaven Belupo Dražen Besek Koprivnica Gradski stadion u Koprivnici
4,000
Šibenik Vjekoslav Lokica Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac
8,000
TŠK Topolovac Ivica Vidović Topolovac Gradski stadion Sisak
8,000
Varteks Branko Janžek Varaždin Stadion NK Varteks
10,800
Zadar Stanko Mršić Zadar Stadion Stanovi
5,860
NK Zagreb Zlatko Kranjčar Zagreb Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici
8,850

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Čakovec Rajko Magić
Sacked
13 October 2001[3]
 Miljenko Dovečer
13 October 2001[3]
Kamen Ingrad Tomislav Radić
Removed from position
23 December 2001[4]
 Rajko Magić
23 December 2001[4]
Dinamo Zagreb Ilija Lončarević
Sacked
14 April 2002[5]
 Marijan Vlak (c)
14 April 2002[5]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 NK Zagreb (C) 30 20 7 3 71 24 +47 67 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 20 5 5 61 28 +33 65 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3 Dinamo Zagreb 30 18 5 7 58 30 +28 59 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
4 Varteks 30 17 6 7 58 40 +18 57 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5 Rijeka 30 15 6 9 46 37 +9 51 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 Slaven Belupo 30 11 9 10 34 36 −2 42
7 Pomorac 30 12 4 14 36 41 −5 40
8 Osijek 30 11 4 15 45 48 −3 37
9 Zadar 30 9 9 12 43 47 −4 36
10 Cibalia 30 9 9 12 34 37 −3 36
11 Šibenik (O) 30 10 6 14 33 36 −3 36 Relegation play-offs
12 Kamen Ingrad (O) 30 9 8 13 28 46 −18 35
13 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R) 30 9 7 14 34 45 −11 34 Relegation to the 2002–03 Druga HNL
14 Čakovec (R) 30 9 5 16 31 44 −13 32
15 Marsonia (R) 30 8 6 16 37 46 −9 30
16 TŠK Topolovac (R) 30 4 2 24 31 95 −64 14

Updated to games played on 2 November 2002
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of 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.

Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Vukovar '91 3–4 Šibenik 0–0 3–4
Istra Pula 1–3 Kamen Ingrad 0–1 1–2

Results

Home \ Away1 CIB ČAK DIN HAJ HRD KAM MAR OSI POM RIJ SLA ŠIB TŠK VAR ZAD ZAG
Cibalia 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1
Čakovec 2–2 0–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 2–3 4–1 2–0 3–2 5–0 0–0 3–3
Hajduk Split 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 1–5 1–0 0–2
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–1
Kamen Ingrad 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–4 2–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Marsonia 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–3 1–2
Osijek 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–2 6–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–0 1–6
Pomorac 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Rijeka 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1
Slaven Belupo 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–2
Šibenik 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 8–0 1–0 2–0 2–3
TŠK Topolovac 0–3 1–3 2–4 2–5 0–4 1–1 0–5 1–3 1–3 2–3 4–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2
Varteks 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 1–4
Zadar 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–5 2–0 0–0 2–2 4–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 7–1 3–4 0–0
NK Zagreb 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–0 2–0 3–0 8–0 5–2 1–1

Updated to games played on 4 May 2002
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Ivica Olić (NK Zagreb) against TŠK Topolovac, 3', 7', 38', 52' (23 September 2001)
Mate Dragičević (Šibenik) against Hrvatski Dragovoljac, 57', 77', 84', 85' (9 March 2002)
Mate Dragičević (Šibenik) against TŠK Topolovac, 44', 47', 57', 84' (27 April 2002)
NK Zagreb 8–0 TŠK Topolovac (23 September 2001).
Šibenik 8–0 TŠK Topolovac (27 April 2002).

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ivica Olić NK Zagreb 21
2 Saša Bjelanović Varteks 16
3 Admir Hasančić NK Zagreb 14
Dario Zahora Dinamo Zagreb 14
5 Tomislav Erceg Hajduk Split 13
Marin Lalić Hrvatski Dragovoljac 13
Natko Rački Rijeka 13
Zoran Zekić Zadar 13
9 Mate Dragičević Šibenik 12
10 Zvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split 11
Petar Krpan NK Zagreb 11

Source: 1.hnl.net (Croatian)

European competitions

2001–02 UEFA Champions League
Ferencváros - Hajduk Split W (0:0, 0:0) 0:0 on aggregate, Hajduk win on penalties
Mallorca - Hajduk Split L (0:1, 2:0) 2:1 on aggregate
2001–02 UEFA Cup
Flora Tallinn - Dinamo Zagreb W (0:1, 0:1) 0:2 on aggregate
Dinaburg - Osijek W (2:1, 0:1) 2:2 on aggregate, , Osijek win on away goals rule
Vaduz - Varteks W (3:3, 1:6) 4:9 on aggregate
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Dinamo Zagreb L (2:2, 1:1) 3:3 on aggregate, Maccabi win on away goals rule
ND Gorica - Osijek W (1:2, 0:1) 1:3 on aggregate
Aston Villa - Varteks W (2:3, 1:0) 3:3 on aggregate, Varteks win on away goals rule
Wisła Kraków - Hajduk Split L (2:2, 1:0) 3:2 on aggregate
AEK Athens - Osijek L (2:1, 3:2) 5:3 on aggregate
Brøndby - Varteks L (1:3, 5:0) 6:3 on aggregate
2001 Intertoto Cup
Anorthosis - Slaven Belupo W (0:2, 0:7) 0:9 on aggregate
Pobeda Prilep - NK Zagreb L (2:1, 1:1) 3:2 on aggregate
Bastia - Slaven Belupo W (0:1, 0:1) 0:2 on aggregate
Aston Villa - Slaven Belupo L (1:2, 2:0) 3:2 on aggregate

See also

References

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