1992–93 Croatian First Football League

The 1992–93 Croatian First Football League was the second season of the top football league in Croatia since its establishment after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Games were played from 23 August 1992 to 12 June 1993.

Croatian First Football League

Season	1992–93
Champions	Croatia Zagreb 1st Croatian title 5th domestic title
Relegated	None
Champions League	Croatia Zagreb
Cup Winners' Cup	Hajduk Split
Matches played	240
Goals scored	594 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Goran Vlaović (23)
Biggest home win	Croatia Zagreb 8–1 Belišće
Biggest away win	Zadar 1–4 NK Zagreb Belišće 1–4 Croatia Zagreb Šibenik 1–4 Rijeka Šibenik 0–3 Osijek
Highest scoring	Croatia Zagreb 8–2 Radnik
Average attendance	4,264
← 1992 1993–94 →

HAŠK Građanski (renamed Croatia Zagreb in mid-season), present-day Dinamo Zagreb, won their first Prva HNL championship title. Goran Vlaović of HAŠK was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals scored. At the end of the season no teams were relegated since it was decided that the league would expand to 18 clubs for the 1993–94 season.

Clubs

Belišće

Cibalia

Dubrovnik

Inker

Croatia Z.
NK Zagreb

Hajduk

Istra

Osijek

Pazinka

Radnik

Rijeka

Šibenik

Segesta

Varteks

Zadar

Locations of teams in 1992–93 Prva HNL

Club	City / Town	Stadium	1992 result
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion Belišće
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	9th in 1.HNL
Croatia Zagreb^1	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	5th in 1.HNL
Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Stadion Lapad	11th in 1.HNL
Hajduk Split	Split	Stadion Poljud	1st in 1.HNL
Inker Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Stadion Inkera	4th in 1.HNL
Istra Pula	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	7th in 1.HNL
Osijek	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	3rd in 1.HNL
Pazinka	Pazin	Gradski stadion Pazin	1st in 2.HNL-West
Radnik Velika Gorica	Velika Gorica	Stadion Radnik	1st in 2.HNL-Center
Rijeka	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	6th in 1.HNL
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion Sisak	4th in 2.HNL-Center
Šibenik	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	12th in 1.HNL
Varteks	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	8th in 1.HNL
Zadar	Zadar	Stadion Stanovi	10th in 1.HNL
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	2nd in 1.HNL

League table

Croatia was admitted to the UEFA at the end of the season. It obtained a place in the preliminary rounds of the two major European competitions, while it was too late for the third one.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia Zagreb (C)	30	21	7	2	84	27	+57	49	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
2	Hajduk Split	30	16	10	4	53	27	+26	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	NK Zagreb	30	15	10	5	50	27	+23	40
4	Rijeka	30	14	11	5	41	24	+17	39
5	Cibalia	30	11	9	10	31	30	+1	31
6	Osijek	30	11	7	12	40	42	−2	29
7	Varteks	30	10	9	11	38	47	−9	29
8	Istra Pula	30	12	4	14	32	35	−3	28
9	Inker Zaprešić	30	9	9	12	35	31	+4	27
10	Segesta	30	10	5	15	31	44	−13	25
11	Pazinka	30	7	11	12	20	28	−8	25
12	Zadar	30	9	7	14	30	48	−18	25
13	Radnik Velika Gorica	30	9	7	14	30	52	−22	25
14	Dubrovnik	30	9	7	14	24	37	−13	25
15	Belišće	30	8	9	13	34	50	−16	25
16	Šibenik	30	4	8	18	21	45	−24	16

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	CIB	CZG	DBK	HAJ	INK	IST	OSI	PAZ	RVG	RIJ	SEG	ŠIB	VAR	ZAD	ZAG
Belišće		1–0	1–4	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–2
Cibalia	2–0		1–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–0
Croatia Zagreb	8–1	0–0		3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	6–1	3–1	8–2	4–2	6–1	2–0	5–0	4–0	2–2
Dubrovnik	1–0	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Hajduk Split	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–0		1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	2–1
Inker Zaprešić	2–0	4–1	0–1	4–0	0–1		2–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Istra Pula	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–2	1–3
Osijek	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–2		1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Pazinka	2–1	0–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0
Radnik Velika Gorica	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0		1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–2
Rijeka	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Segesta	4–1	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–2		2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0
Šibenik	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–4	0–0		0–2	2–2	1–1
Varteks	2–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	4–3	2–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–1
Zadar	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1		1–4
NK Zagreb	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	4–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	6–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–3	2–0

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

• Most goals in a match: 10 goals – Croatia Zagreb 8–2 Radnik Velika Gorica (1 November 1992).
• Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Croatia Zagreb 8–1 Belišće (25 April 1993).
• First hat-trick of the season: Dinko Livada for Radnik Velika Gorica against Osijek (27 September 1992).
• Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals – Goran Vlaović for Croatia Zagreb against Belišće (25 April 1993).

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Goran Vlaović	Croatia Zagreb	23
2	Igor Cvitanović	Croatia Zagreb	15
3	Ardian Kozniku	Hajduk Split	14
4	Robert Špehar	Osijek / NK Zagreb	13
5	Ivan Cvjetković	Inker Zaprešić / Segesta	12
6	Željko Adžić	Croatia Zagreb	10
	Alen Petrović	Osijek	10
	Mario Stanić	Croatia Zagreb	10
9	Bakir Beširević	Osijek	9
	Joško Popović	NK Zagreb	9
	Giovanni Rosso	Zadar	9

European competitions

Croatian clubs were not eligible to compete in European competitions this season, as the Croatian Football Federation did not join UEFA until June 16, 1993.

See also

• 1992–93 Croatian Football Cup

References

1. "Lista strijelaca (zbirno)" (PDF). Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). Udruga profesionalnih klubova Prve hrvatske nogometne lige. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

External links

• League table and results at Prva HNL official website (in Croatian)
• 1992–93 in Croatian football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation