2015–16 Croatian First Football League

MAXtv Prva Liga
Season	2015–16
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Relegated	NK Zagreb
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League	Rijeka Hajduk Split Lokomotiva
Matches played	180
Goals scored	410 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ilija Nestorovski (25)
Biggest home win	Lokomotiva 6–1 Istra 1961 Rijeka 5–0 Osijek
Biggest away win	Lokomotiva 0–4 Dinamo
Highest scoring	Lokomotiva 6–1 Istra 1961
Longest winning run	Dinamo Zagreb (12)
Longest unbeaten run	Rijeka (22)
Longest winless run	Istra 1961 (23)
Longest losing run	Istra 1961, Osijek, NK Zagreb (4)
Highest attendance	24,621 (Hajduk Split 0–3 Rijeka)
Lowest attendance	138 (Zagreb 2–0 RNK Split)
Total attendance	442,952^[1]^[2]
Average attendance	2,461^[1]^[2]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2016^[2].

The 2015–16 Croatian First Football League (officially known as MAXtv Prva Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 10 July 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.^[3]

The league was contested by ten teams and played in a quadruple round robin format, with each team playing every other team four times over 36 rounds. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their tenth consecutive title in 2014–15. At the end of the previous season Zadar were relegated, ending their eight-season spell in top flight. They were replaced by Inter Zaprešić, who returned to the top level after two seasons in the second division.

Teams

On 20 April 2015, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2015–16 season was complete. For the 2015–16 Prva HNL, only six clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Lokomotiva, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo and NK Zagreb. These clubs were also issued a license for participation in UEFA competitions. In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage appealed the decision.^[4] On 20 May 2015, all remaining Prva HNL clubs were granted top level license. Additionally, Istra 1961 and RNK Split obtained a license for UEFA competitions. Only three teams from Druga HNL acquired the top level license: Inter Zaprešić, Sesvete and Hrvatski Dragovoljac.^[5]

The following teams participated in the 2015–16 Prva HNL.

Zagreb

Hajduk Split
RNK Split

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo
Lokomotiva
NK Zagreb

Locations of teams in 2015–16 Prva HNL

Stadia and locations

Stadium	City	Home club	Licensed club(s)	Capacity
Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb		38,079^[6]
Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split		34,448^[7]
ŠRC Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Inter Zaprešić		5,228^[8]
Aldo Drosina	Pula	Istra 1961		8,923^[9]
Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek		22,050^[10]
Rujevica	Rijeka	Rijeka		6,036^[11]
Gradski stadion	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo		3,134^[12]
Park mladeži	Split	RNK Split		4,075^[13]
Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	NK Zagreb	Lokomotiva	8,850^[14]

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb	Mamić, ZoranZoran Mamić	Antolić, DomagojDomagoj Antolić	Puma
Hajduk Split	Burić, DamirDamir Burić	Milović, GoranGoran Milović	Macron	Tommy
Inter Zaprešić	Toplak, SamirSamir Toplak	CzosicMarko Ćosić	Joma	Veleučilište Baltazar Zaprešić
Istra 1961	Panadić, AndrejAndrej Panadić	Tomić, DarioDario Tomić	Erreà	Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva	CzukSreten Ćuk	Leko, JerkoJerko Leko	Nike	Crodux
Osijek	Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić	Kurtović, HrvojeHrvoje Kurtović	Jako	Osječko
Rijeka	Kek, MatjažMatjaž Kek	Močinić, IvanIvan Močinić	Jako
Slaven Belupo	Kopić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kopić	Delić, MateasMateas Delić	adidas	Belupo
RNK Split	Sablić, GoranGoran Sablić	Zagorac, DanijelDanijel Zagorac	Jako	Skladgradnja
NK Zagreb	Madunović, DraženDražen Madunović	Stepčić, ValentinoValentino Stepčić	Kappa

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Hajduk Split	Vukas, HariHari Vukas	Removed from position	000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015^[15]	Burić, DamirDamir Burić	000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015^[15]	Pre-season
Osijek	SzuszakIvo Šušak	Contract expired	000000002015-06-01-00001 June 2015^[16]	Besek, DraženDražen Besek	000000002015-06-14-000014 June 2015^[16]	Pre-season
Slaven Belupo	CzaczicAnte Čačić	Signed by Lokomotiva	000000002015-06-03-00003 June 2015^[17]	Kopić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kopić	000000002015-06-10-000010 June 2015^[18]	Pre-season
Lokomotiva	Pinčić, MarkoMarko Pinčić (caretaker)	End of caretaker tenure	000000002015-06-03-00003 June 2015^[17]	CzaczicAnte Čačić	000000002015-06-03-00003 June 2015^[17]	Pre-season
NK Zagreb	Kopić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kopić	Signed by Slaven Belupo	000000002015-06-09-00009 June 2015^[18]	Vincetić, GoranGoran Vincetić	000000002015-06-09-00009 June 2015^[18]	Pre-season
Osijek	Besek, DraženDražen Besek	Sacked	000000002015-09-01-00001 September 2015^[19]	Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić	000000002015-09-01-00001 September 2015^[19]	9th
Lokomotiva	CzaczicAnte Čačić	Signed by Croatia	000000002015-09-21-000021 September 2015	CzukSreten Ćuk	000000002015-09-22-000022 September 2015^[20]	5th
RNK Split	Vulić, ZoranZoran Vulić	Mutual consent	000000002015-09-30-000030 September 2015^[21]	Sablić, GoranGoran Sablić	000000002015-09-30-000030 September 2015^[21]	4th
Istra 1961	Pamić, IgorIgor Pamić	Sacked	000000002015-10-05-00005 October 2015^[22]	Rubčić, RobertRobert Rubčić (caretaker)	000000002015-10-05-00005 October 2015^[22]	7th
Istra 1961	Rubčić, RobertRobert Rubčić (caretaker)	End of caretaker tenure	000000002016-01-04-00004 January 2016^[23]	Panadić, AndrejAndrej Panadić	000000002016-01-04-00004 January 2016^[23]	8th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	26	7	3	67	19	+48	85	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Rijeka	36	21	14	1	56	20	+36	77	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	36	17	10	9	46	28	+18	61	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Lokomotiva	36	16	4	16	56	53	+3	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Inter Zaprešić	36	11	14	11	39	48	−9	47
6	RNK Split	36	10	16	10	28	29	−1	46
7	Slaven Belupo	36	10	12	14	41	42	−1	42
8	Osijek	36	7	13	16	27	49	−22	34
9	Istra 1961 (O)	36	4	12	20	23	58	−35	24	Qualification for the relegation play-off
10	NK Zagreb (R)	36	3	8	25	27	64	−37	17	Relegation to the Croatian Second Football League

Source: PrvaHNL.hr, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[24]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Dinamo Zagreb qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

First round

Home ╲ Away	Dinamo Zagreb !DIN	Hajduk Split !HAJ	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Istra 1961 !IST	Lokomotiva !LOK	Osijek !OSI	Rijeka !RIJ	Slaven Belupo !SLA	RNK Split !SPL	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb		1–1	5–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	4–1
Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	0–0		4–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–0
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić	2–2	0–2		3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Istra 1961 !Istra 1961	1–1	4–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0
Lokomotiva !Lokomotiva	0–4	1–2	1–2	6–1		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
Osijek !Osijek	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Rijeka !Rijeka	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	5–0		3–3	2–1	4–1
Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	1–2	0–1	4–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0		1–1	2–1
RNK Split !RNK Split	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0		3–0
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–2

Updated to games played on 29 November 2015.
Source: PrvaHNL.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Home ╲ Away	Dinamo Zagreb !DIN	Hajduk Split !HAJ	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Istra 1961 !IST	Lokomotiva !LOK	Osijek !OSI	Rijeka !RIJ	Slaven Belupo !SLA	RNK Split !SPL	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb		2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	1–0		0–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić	0–1	0–0		3–0	3–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2
Istra 1961 !Istra 1961	0–1	0–2	1–2		0–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–4
Lokomotiva !Lokomotiva	0–4	2–1	1–2	3–2		2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Osijek !Osijek	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–3		1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0
Rijeka !Rijeka	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	3–0
Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	0–3	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–0		0–1	3–0
RNK Split !RNK Split	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–0
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–0

Updated to games played on 14 May 2016.
Source: PrvaHNL.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, ninth placed Istra 1961 qualified for a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Šibenik, runners-up of the 2015–16 Croatian Second Football League.

First leg

Šibenik v Istra 1961

29 May 2016
19:00

Šibenik	1–1	Istra 1961
Šare 87'	Report	Trojak 18'

Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Second leg

Istra 1961 v Šibenik

1 June 2016
20:15

Istra 1961	1–1	Šibenik
Mišić 51'		Šare 49'
	Penalties
Zlomislić Gržan Mihaljević Đurić Victor Bouhna	5–4	Plazonić Vukorepa Grković Alispahić Barać Collins

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula
Attendance: 3,470
Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

2–2 on aggregate. Istra 1961 won 5–4 on penalties.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 May 2016^[25]^[26]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	Apps	Minutes played
1	Ilija Nestorovski	Inter Zaprešić	25	33	2968
2	Muzafer Ejupi	Slaven Belupo	16	32	2429
3	Roman Bezjak	Rijeka	13	32	2625
3	Armin Hodžić	Dinamo Zagreb	13	24	1350
5	Franko Andrijašević	Lokomotiva	12	28	2354
	Junior Fernandes	Dinamo Zagreb		28	2119
	Tino-Sven Sušić	Hajduk Split		27	2305
8	Gabrijel Boban	NK Zagreb	10	31	2699
9	Bekim Balaj	Rijeka	9	31	1856
9	Eros Grezda	Lokomotiva	9	29	2004

References

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↑ PrvaHNL.hr
↑ Soccerway - Players

External links

Official website (in Croatian)
Prva HNL at UEFA.com

Croatian First Football League
2017–18 teams	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Rudeš Slaven Belupo
Former teams	Belišće Croatia Sesvete Čakovec Dubrava Dubrovnik Hrvatski Dragovoljac Istra Pula Kamen Ingrad Karlovac Lučko Marsonia Međimurje Mladost 127 Neretva Orijent Pazinka Pomorac Primorac Radnik Velika Gorica Samobor Segesta Šibenik RNK Split TŠK Topolovac Varaždin Vukovar '91 Zadar NK Zagreb
Statistics and awards	Players Top scorers Hat-tricks Records and statistics Player awards: Večernji list Sportske novosti Slobodna Dalmacija Tportal Football Oscar
Associated competitions	Croatian Cup Croatian Super Cup Second League Third League 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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

2015–16 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '15–'16 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia Finland '15 '16 France Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament women's qualification

2015–16 in Croatian football
« 2014–15 2016–17 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL Treća HNL Prva HŽNL
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group H) Ante Čačić
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split NK Zagreb

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