2001–02 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League
Season	2001–02
Champions	NK Zagreb 1st Croatian title
Relegated	Čakovec Hrvatski Dragovoljac Marsonia TŠK Topolovac
Champions League	NK Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb Varteks
Intertoto Cup	Rijeka Slaven Belupo
Matches played	240
Goals scored	680 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivica Olić (21)
Biggest home win	Zagreb 8–0 TŠK Šibenik 8–0 TŠK
Biggest away win	Osijek 1–6 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring	Zagreb 8–0 TŠK Šibenik 8–0 TŠK
Average attendance	2,400
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Croatian First Football League was the eleventh season of the Croatian First Football League since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb became champions for the first time, and were the first and to date only 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 Croatian Second Football League.

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 Croatian First Football League 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.

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 Croatian Second Football League:

Winners: Kamen Ingrad
Second place: Pomorac
Fourth place: Zadar
Fifth place: TŠK Topolovac (Agreed to host home matches at Gradski stadion in the nearby town of Sisak as their own ground was deemed unfit for first-league football.)

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.

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo
Dragovoljac
NK Zagreb

Locations of teams in 2001–02 Prva HNL

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	Stadion Poljud	35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Luka Bonačić	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	5,000
Kamen Ingrad	Tomislav Radić	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	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 Kantrida	10,275
Slaven Belupo	Dražen Besek	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion	4,000
Šibenik	Vjekoslav Lokica	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	8,000
TŠK Topolovac	Ivica Vidović	Topolovac	Gradski stadion	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 Kranjčevićeva	8,850

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
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 !NK Zagreb (C)	30	20	7	3	71	24	+47	67	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	30	20	5	5	61	28	+33	65	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb	30	18	5	7	58	30	+28	59	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
4	Varteks !Varteks	30	17	6	7	58	40	+18	57	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5	Rijeka !Rijeka	30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	51	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	30	11	9	10	34	36	−2	42	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
7	Pomorac !Pomorac	30	12	4	14	36	41	−5	40
8	Osijek !Osijek	30	11	4	15	45	48	−3	37
9	Zadar !Zadar	30	9	9	12	43	47	−4	36
10	Cibalia !Cibalia	30	9	9	12	34	37	−3	36
11	Šibenik !Šibenik (O)	30	10	6	14	33	36	−3	36	0 Relegation play-offs0
12	Kamen Ingrad !Kamen Ingrad (O)	30	9	8	13	28	46	−18	35	0 Relegation play-offs0
13	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R)	30	9	7	14	34	45	−11	34	Relegation to 2002–03 Druga HNL
14	Čakovec !Čakovec (R)	30	9	5	16	31	44	−13	32
15	Marsonia !Marsonia (R)	30	8	6	16	37	46	−9	30
16	TŠK Topolovac !TŠK Topolovac (R)	30	4	2	24	31	95	−64	14

Source: RSSSF.com
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.

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 ╲ Away	Cibalia !CIB	Čakovec !ČAK	Dinamo Zagreb !DIN	Hajduk Split !HAJ	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !HRD	Kamen Ingrad !KAM	Marsonia !MAR	Osijek !OSI	Pomorac !POM	Rijeka !RIJ	Slaven Belupo !SLA	Šibenik !ŠIB	TŠK Topolovac !TŠK	Varteks !VAR	Zadar !ZAD	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Cibalia !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 (in Croatian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivica Olić	NK Zagreb	21
2	Saša Bjelanović	Varteks	16
3	Admir Hasančić	NK Zagreb	14
3	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
10	Petar Krpan	NK Zagreb	11

Source: 1.hnl.net (in Croatian)

References

↑ Čop, Goran (30 July 2001). "Ilijini mladi lavovi" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
↑ Cibilić, Ante (18 August 2001). "Petarda uzdrmala Poljud prije Mallorce" (in Croatian). Vjesnik. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
1 2 Šantl, Dejan (16 October 2001). "Čakovec: Dovečer "do daljnjeg"!" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
1 2 Pilon, Bruno (23 December 2001). "Rajko Magić novi trener Kamen Ingrada" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
1 2 "Trenerska kronologija od Mamićevog povratka u Dinamo" (in Croatian). Nogometni magazin. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

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