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2001–02 Croatian First Football League

2001–02 Croatian First Football League

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 until 2017 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.

Croatian First Football League
Season2001–02
ChampionsNK Zagreb
1st Croatian title
Relegated
Champions LeagueNK Zagreb
UEFA Cup
  • Hajduk Split
  • Dinamo Zagreb
  • Varteks
Intertoto Cup
  • Rijeka
  • Slaven Belupo
Matches played240
Goals scored680 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerIvica Olić (21)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winOsijek 1–6 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring
Average attendance2,400
← 2000–01
2002–03 →

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.

TeamManagerHome cityStadiumCapacity
CibaliaCroatiaDavor ČopVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia9,920
ČakovecCroatiaRajko MagićČakovecStadion SRC Mladost8,000
Dinamo ZagrebCroatiaIlija LončarevićZagrebStadion Maksimir37,168
Hajduk SplitCroatiaNenad GračanSplitStadion Poljud35,000
Hrvatski DragovoljacCroatiaLuka BonačićZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić5,000
Kamen IngradCroatiaTomislav RadićVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad8,000
MarsoniaCroatiaMilo NižetićSlavonski BrodGradski stadion uz Savu10,000
OsijekCroatiaVlado BilićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt19,500
PomoracCroatiaPredrag StilinovićKostrenaStadion Žuknica3,000
RijekaCroatiaIvan KatalinićRijekaStadion Kantrida10,275
Slaven BelupoCroatiaDražen BesekKoprivnicaGradski stadion4,000
ŠibenikCroatiaVjekoslav LokicaŠibenikStadion Šubićevac8,000
TŠK TopolovacCroatiaIvica VidovićTopolovacGradski stadion8,000
VarteksCroatiaBranko JanžekVaraždinStadion NK Varteks10,800
ZadarCroatiaStanko MršićZadarStadion Stanovi5,860
NK ZagrebCroatiaZlatko KranjčarZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva8,850

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
ČakovecCroatiaRajko Magić
Sacked
13 October 2001[3]CroatiaMiljenko Dovečer13 October 2001[3]
Kamen IngradCroatiaTomislav RadićRemoved from position23 December 2001[4]CroatiaRajko Magić23 December 2001[4]
Dinamo ZagrebCroatiaIlija LončarevićSacked14 April 2002[5]CroatiaMarijan Vlak (c)14 April 2002[5]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1NK Zagreb(C)3020737124+47672002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2Hajduk Split3020556128+33652002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3Dinamo Zagreb3018575830+28592002–03 UEFA Cup First round
4Varteks3017675840+18572002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5Rijeka3015694637+9512002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6Slaven Belupo30119103436−242
7Pomorac30124143641−540
8Osijek30114154548−337
9Zadar3099124347−436
10Cibalia3099123437−336
11Šibenik(O)30106143336−336Relegation play-offs
12Kamen Ingrad(O)3098132846−1835
13Hrvatski Dragovoljac(R)3097143445−1134Relegation to 2002–03 Druga HNL
14Čakovec(R)3095163144−1332
15Marsonia(R)3086163746−930
16TŠK Topolovac(R)3042243195−6414

Relegation play-offs

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

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Vukovar '913–4Šibenik0–03–4
Istra Pula1–3Kamen Ingrad0–11–2

Results

Home \ AwayCIBČAKDINHAJHRDKAMMAROSIPOMRIJSLAŠIBTŠKVARZADZAG
Cibalia2–01–21–12–01–03–21–04–31–10–22–01–30–11–12–1
Čakovec2–20–20–32–02–03–10–20–00–10–02–02–11–13–00–0
Dinamo Zagreb2–11–01–22–14–03–12–14–02–34–12–03–25–00–03–3
Hajduk Split1–03–02–11–15–00–02–23–04–14–11–04–01–51–00–2
Hrvatski Dragovoljac2–12–11–11–00–12–02–25–13–01–10–43–21–31–00–1
Kamen Ingrad1–13–21–01–30–02–42–42–12–01–01–11–01–21–11–0
Marsonia2–11–21–21–20–01–02–01–01–41–11–23–01–12–31–2
Osijek0–01–20–31–26–12–14–11–01–00–02–04–11–22–01–6
Pomorac2–02–11–20–12–00–10–11–00–11–00–04–02–12–01–0
Rijeka1–12–11–01–23–24–11–04–02–21–05–02–01–11–10–1
Slaven Belupo0–02–00–03–12–14–11–02–03–02–21–01–02–22–12–2
Šibenik1–11–00–01–20–01–01–01–01–20–13–08–01–02–02–3
TŠK Topolovac0–31–32–42–50–41–10–51–31–32–34–11–14–12–10–2
Varteks2–12–12–00–02–01–13–02–11–22–02–03–04–05–11–4
Zadar1–04–11–21–52–00–02–24–31–12–02–03–27–13–40–0
NK Zagreb3–04–02–11–03–01–11–13–14–33–02–03–08–05–21–1

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1CroatiaIvica OlićNK Zagreb21
2CroatiaSaša BjelanovićVarteks16
3Bosnia and HerzegovinaAdmir HasančićNK Zagreb14
CroatiaDario ZahoraDinamo Zagreb14
5CroatiaTomislav ErcegHajduk Split13
CroatiaMarin LalićHrvatski Dragovoljac13
CroatiaNatko RačkiRijeka13
CroatiaZoran ZekićZadar13
9CroatiaMate DragičevićŠibenik12
10CroatiaZvonimir DeranjaHajduk Split11
CroatiaPetar KrpanNK Zagreb11

Source: 1.hnl.net [10] (in Croatian)

See also

  • 2001–02 Croatian Second Football League

  • 2001–02 Croatian Football Cup

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