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2001–02 Croatian First Football League

The2001–02 Croatian First Football Leaguewas 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 promotedTŠK Topolovacin 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
Season 2001–02
Champions NK Zagreb
1st Croatian title
Relegated
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
Biggest away win Osijek 1–6 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring
Average attendance 2,400
← 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.

Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cibalia CroatiaDavor Čop Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 9,920
Čakovec CroatiaRajko Magić Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 8,000
Dinamo Zagreb CroatiaIlija Lončarević Zagreb Stadion Maksimir 37,168
Hajduk Split CroatiaNenad Gračan Split Stadion Poljud 35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac CroatiaLuka Bonačić Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 5,000
Kamen Ingrad CroatiaTomislav Radić Velika Stadion Kamen Ingrad 8,000
Marsonia CroatiaMilo Nižetić Slavonski Brod Gradski stadion uz Savu 10,000
Osijek CroatiaVlado Bilić Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt 19,500
Pomorac CroatiaPredrag Stilinović Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 3,000
Rijeka CroatiaIvan Katalinić Rijeka Stadion Kantrida 10,275
Slaven Belupo CroatiaDražen Besek Koprivnica Gradski stadion 4,000
Šibenik CroatiaVjekoslav Lokica Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 8,000
TŠK Topolovac CroatiaIvica Vidović Topolovac Gradski stadion 8,000
Varteks CroatiaBranko Janžek Varaždin Stadion NK Varteks 10,800
Zadar CroatiaStanko Mršić Zadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860
NK Zagreb CroatiaZlatko Kranjčar 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 CroatiaRajko Magić
Sacked
 13 October 2001[3] CroatiaMiljenko Dovečer 13 October 2001[3]
Kamen Ingrad CroatiaTomislav Radić Removed from position 23 December 2001[4] CroatiaRajko Magić 23 December 2001[4]
Dinamo Zagreb CroatiaIlija Lončarević Sacked 14 April 2002[5] CroatiaMarijan Vlak (c) 14 April 2002[5]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NK Zagreb(C) 30 20 7 3 71 24 +47 67 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 20 5 5 61 28 +33 65 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3 Dinamo Zagreb 30 18 5 7 58 30 +28 59 2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
4 Varteks 30 17 6 7 58 40 +18 57 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5 Rijeka 30 15 6 9 46 37 +9 51 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 Slaven Belupo 30 11 9 10 34 36 −2 42
7 Pomorac 30 12 4 14 36 41 −5 40
8 Osijek 30 11 4 15 45 48 −3 37
9 Zadar 30 9 9 12 43 47 −4 36
10 Cibalia 30 9 9 12 34 37 −3 36
11 Šibenik(O) 30 10 6 14 33 36 −3 36 Relegation play-offs
12 Kamen Ingrad(O) 30 9 8 13 28 46 −18 35
13 Hrvatski Dragovoljac(R) 30 9 7 14 34 45 −11 34 Relegation to 2002–03 Druga HNL
14 Čakovec(R) 30 9 5 16 31 44 −13 32
15 Marsonia(R) 30 8 6 16 37 46 −9 30
16 TŠK Topolovac(R) 30 4 2 24 31 95 −64 14

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 CIB ČAK DIN HAJ HRD KAM MAR OSI POM RIJ SLA ŠIB TŠK VAR ZAD ZAG
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 CroatiaIvica Olić NK Zagreb 21
2 CroatiaSaša Bjelanović Varteks 16
3 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAdmir Hasančić NK Zagreb 14
CroatiaDario Zahora Dinamo Zagreb 14
5 CroatiaTomislav Erceg Hajduk Split 13
CroatiaMarin Lalić Hrvatski Dragovoljac 13
CroatiaNatko Rački Rijeka 13
CroatiaZoran Zekić Zadar 13
9 CroatiaMate Dragičević Šibenik 12
10 CroatiaZvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split 11
CroatiaPetar Krpan NK Zagreb 11

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

See also

  • 2001–02 Croatian Second Football League

  • 2001–02 Croatian Football Cup

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