2000–01 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League
Season 200001
Champions Hajduk Split
4th Croatian title
13th domestic title
Relegated None
Champions League Hajduk Split
UEFA Cup Dinamo Zagreb
Osijek
Varteks
Intertoto Cup Slaven Belupo
NK Zagreb
Matches played 192
Goals scored 548 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Tomislav Šokota (20)
Biggest home win Slaven B. 7–1 Varteks
Hajduk S. 6–0 Varteks
Biggest away win Marsonia 0–5 Hajduk S.
Dragovoljac 0–5 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring Slaven B. 7–1 Varteks
Osijek 6–2 Dragovoljac
Šibenik 3–5 Dragovoljac
Dinamo Z. 6–2 Slaven B.
Average attendance 2,882

The 2000–01 Croatian First Football League was the tenth season of the Croatian First Football League, Croatia's top association football league, since its establishment in 1992. It began on 30 July 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their fifth consecutive title the previous season. The 2000–01 Prva HNL was contested by 12 teams and was won by Hajduk Split, who won their thirteenth title, after a win against Varteks on 27 May 2001.

Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1999–2000 season and two promoted teams from the 1999–2000 Croatian Second Football League, Čakovec and Marsonia. Marsonia had returned to top flight after one previous three-season spell in the Prva HNL between 1994 and 1997, while Čakovec saw its top flight debut after coming close to promotion in 1998 and 1999 (they lost the promotion play-offs on both occasions).

Changes from last season

Teams promoted from 1999–2000 Croatian Second Football League

Teams relegated to 2000–01 Croatian Second Football League

Summaries

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2000–01 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 30 July 2000, the first day of the season.

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cibalia Croatia Davor Mladina Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia
9,920
Čakovec Croatia Ilija Lončarević Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost
8,000
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Marijan Vlak Zagreb Stadion Maksimir
37,168
Hajduk Split Croatia Petar Nadoveza Split Stadion Poljud
35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Croatia Milivoj Bračun Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić
5,000
Marsonia Croatia Stjepan Deverić Slavonski Brod Gradski stadion uz Savu
10,000
Osijek Croatia Stanko Mršić Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt
19,500
Rijeka Croatia Nenad Gračan Rijeka Stadion Kantrida
10,275
Slaven Belupo Croatia Mladen Frančić Koprivnica Gradski stadion
4,000
Šibenik Croatia Milo Nižetić Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac
8,000
Varteks Croatia Ivan Katalinić Varaždin Stadion NK Varteks
10,800
NK Zagreb Croatia Branko Karačić Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva
8,850

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Čakovec
Croatia Ilija Lončarević
Pre-season
Varteks
Croatia Ivan Katalinić
24 May 2000
Pre-season
Marsonia Croatia Stjepan Deverić
Resigned
21 August 2000
Croatia Marijan Zovko
21 August 2000
12th
Hajduk Split Croatia Petar Nadoveza
Sacked
21 August 2000[1]
Croatia Zoran Vulić
21 August 2000[1]
2nd
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Croatia Milivoj Bračun
Sacked
22 October 2000
Croatia Predrag Jurić (p)
22 October 2000
9th
Cibalia Croatia Davor Mladina
Resigned
15 October 2000
Croatia Davor Čop
15 October 2000
11th
Marsonia Croatia Marijan Zovko
Resigned
1 November 2000
Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar
3 November 2000
12th
Rijeka Croatia Nenad Gračan
Sacked
13 November 2000
Croatia Boris Tičić (c)
13 November
9th
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Marijan Vlak
Removed from position
20 November 2000[2]
Croatia Hrvoje Braović
20 November 2000[2]
2nd
Rijeka Croatia Boris Tičić (c)
Removed from position
15 December 2000[3]
Croatia Predrag Stilinović
15 December 2000[3]
9th
Čakovec Croatia Ilija Lončarević
Resigned
3 February 2001[4]
Croatia Rajko Magić
4 February 2001[4]
8th
Marsonia Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar
Croatia Marijan Zovko
Šibenik Croatia Milo Nižetić
Resigned
28 February 2001[5]
Croatia Vjekoslav Lokica
28 February 2001[5]
8th
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Hrvoje Braović
Sacked
3 April 2001[2]
Croatia Ilija Lončarević
3 April 2001[2]
1st
Osijek Croatia Stanko Mršić
Sacked
3 April 2001[6]
Croatia Vlado Bilić
3 April 2001[6]
2nd
NK Zagreb Croatia Branko Karačić
Sacked
16 April 2001[7]
Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar
16 April 2001[7]
6th
Varteks Croatia Ivan Katalinić
Sacked
1 May 2001[8]
Croatia Branko Janžek
1 May 2001[8]
5th
Rijeka Croatia Predrag Stilinović
Sacked
2 May 2001[9]
Croatia Ivan Katalinić
15 December 2000[9]
11th

First stage

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 22 13 7 2 49 23+26 46 0 Championship group0
2 Osijek 22 13 5 4 49 28+21 44
3 Hajduk Split 22 12 5 5 39 16+23 41
4 NK Zagreb 22 10 4 8 43 38+5 34
5 Varteks 22 8 8 6 42 36+6 32
6 Slaven Belupo 22 8 8 6 28 23+5 32
7 Čakovec 22 7 6 9 19 289 27 0 Relegation group0
8 Šibenik 22 7 5 10 21 309 26
9 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 22 6 5 11 28 4517 23
10 Cibalia 22 3 11 8 23 3815 20
11 Rijeka 22 5 4 13 17 3215 19
12 Marsonia 22 4 4 14 28 4921 16

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Rounds 1–22 results

Home ╲ Away CIB ČAK DINHAJHRDMAROSIRIJSLAŠIBVARZAG
Cibalia 32 11 02 00 11 11 12 00 11 11 02
Čakovec 10 00 20 21 10 01 10 00 10 22 11
Dinamo Zagreb 61 30 32 21 41 01 41 51 20 04 32
Hajduk Split 11 31 01 40 20 11 30 21 00 20 20
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 02 20 05 13 42 10 00 11 21 31 12
Marsonia 33 01 23 05 22 25 20 21 01 11 23
Osijek 30 43 11 21 62 12 12 30 20 41 43
Rijeka 12 11 01 00 20 20 23 01 01 22 01
Slaven Belupo 00 00 11 20 21 31 00 10 31 71 10
Šibenik 33 30 00 03 35 10 10 10 10 11 13
Varteks 30 10 11 11 40 30 23 61 11 21 21
NK Zagreb 42 30 33 02 11 25 33 01 32 20 42

Updated to games played on 18 March 2001.
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hajduk Split (C) 32 20 6 6 66 23+43 66 2001–02 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Zagreb 32 19 8 5 70 36+34 65 2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3 Osijek 32 17 6 9 61 47+14 57
4 Varteks 32 12 9 11 56 560 45
5 Slaven Belupo 32 11 11 10 39 37+2 44 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 NK Zagreb 32 11 5 16 51 587 38

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Rounds 23–32 results

Home ╲ Away DIN HAJ OSISLAVARZAG
Dinamo Zagreb 10 31 62 02 20
Hajduk Split 31 40 10 60 42
Osijek 14 02 11 20 21
Slaven Belupo 11 11 12 12 20
Varteks 31 24 12 01 10
NK Zagreb 02 02 21 01 33

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Šibenik 32 12 7 13 40 400 43
8 Čakovec 32 10 9 13 28 379 39
9 Cibalia 32 5 18 9 31 4514 33
10 Rijeka 32 9 6 17 30 4414 33
11 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 32 8 9 15 35 5722 33
12 Marsonia (O) 32 7 8 17 41 6827 29 0 Relegation play-off0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Rounds 23–32 results

Home ╲ Away CIB ČAK HRDMARRIJŠIB
Cibalia 11 11 22 10 10
Čakovec 00 10 12 20 20
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 00 10 00 14 10
Marsonia 11 21 21 13 22
Rijeka 10 11 11 20 12
Šibenik 11 20 31 61 30

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Due to the expansion of Prva HNL to 16 clubs in the 2001–02 season, four clubs from the 2000–01 Druga HNL were automatically promoted. Those should have been top four clubs, but since third-placed Croatia Sesvete and sixth-placed Belišće had decided to step back from promotion, 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th placed second level teams were automatically promoted for the following season (Kamen Ingrad, Pomorac Kostrena, Zadar and TŠK Topolovac respectively). Therefore, the 12th placed Marsonia played a two-legged relegation play-off against the 7th placed team of Druga HNL, Solin. The tie ended in a 5–5 aggregate score and Marsonia won it on away goals, thereby staying in the Prva HNL for the following season.

3 June 2001
Solin Građa 5 – 2 Marsonia
Giljušić  47'
Turković  60'
Guč  65'
Kalinić  70'
Bačić  87'
Olić  32', 75' (pen.)
Stadion pokraj Jadra, Solin
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)

10 June 2001
Marsonia 3 – 0 Solin Građa
Olić  45' (pen.), 52', 83' (pen.)
Gradski stadion uz Savu, Slavonski Brod
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Goran Marić (Zagreb)


Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals[10]
1 Croatia Tomislav Šokota Dinamo Zagreb 20
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marijo Dodik Slaven Belupo 171
3 Croatia Ivica Olić Marsonia 162
4 Croatia Boško Balaban Dinamo Zagreb 14
Croatia Stanko Bubalo Hajduk Split 14
6 Croatia Ivan Leko Hajduk Split 13
7 Croatia Paul Matas Šibenik 12
Croatia Saša Bjelanović Varteks 12
9 Croatia Zvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split 11
Croatia Veldin Karić Varteks 11
Croatia Krunoslav Lovrek NK Zagreb 11
Notes

See also

References

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