1. HNL

1. HNL
Full name	Hrvatski Telekom Prva League
Association	Hrvatski nogometni savez (HNS)
First edition	1992
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	10
master	GNK Dinamo Zagreb (21st title)
Record champions	GNK Dinamo Zagreb (21 tracks)
Record player	Jakov Surać (402)
Record scorer	Before Vugrinec (144)
Current season	2019/20
Website	prvahnl.hr
Qualification for	Champions League Europa League
↓ 2nd HNL (II)

The 1st HNL (also known as Prva HNL ) is the highest soccer division for club teams in Croatia . In terms of sport, it belongs to the European middle class. Officially, the league has had the sponsor name Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga since June 2018 .

Mode and Orientation

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 13. ( 13 ) Czech Republic ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 28,675 - CL: 2, EL: 3 
• 14. ( 15 ) Greece ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27,600 - CL: 2, EL: 3 
• 15. ( 16 ) Croatia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.375 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 16. ( 17 ) Denmark ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.025 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 17. ( 12 ) Switzerland ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 26,900 - CL: 2, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

history

season		Croatian champion
1992		HNK Hajduk Split
1992/93		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1993/94		HNK Hajduk Split
1994/95		HNK Hajduk Split
1995/96		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1996/97		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1997/98		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1998/99		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
1999/00		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2000/01		HNK Hajduk Split
2001/02		NK Zagreb
2002/03		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2003/04		HNK Hajduk Split
2004/05		HNK Hajduk Split
2005/06		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2006/07		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2007/08		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2008/09		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2009/10		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2010/11		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2011/12		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2012/13		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2013/14		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2014/15		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2015/16		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2016/17		HNK Rijeka
2017/18		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2018/19		GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2019/20		GNK Dinamo Zagreb

societies

Clubs of the 2018/19 season

Zagreb Rijeka Split Osijek Koprivnica Pula Zaprešić Velika Gorica

Venues of the clubs 2018/19

Clubs of the 2018/19 season

	society	Playing times (total)	In the league again since ...	Number of climbs	Remarks
	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	28	1992	0	Champion and cup winner
	HNK Rijeka	27.5	1992	0
	HNK Hajduk Split	28	1992	0
	NK Osijek	28	1992	0
	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	10	2009/10	1
	NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica	22nd	1997/98	1
	NK Inter Zaprešić	17.5	2015/16	3
	NK Rudeš	2	2017/18	1
	NK Istra 1961	12	2009/10	3
	HNK Velika Gorica	3	2018/19	2	Climbers

The Croatian champions

The first place in the 1st HNL at the end of the season is Croatian football champion and will receive the Croatian championship cup. However , no master stars are awarded.

In the 29 seasons of the 1st HNL so far, a total of four different clubs have won the championship title. The most successful club with 21 HNL championships won is GNK Dinamo Zagreb , which also leads the HNL's all-time table. This is followed by HNK Hajduk Split with six titles and HNK Rijeka and NK Zagreb with one title each.

rank	society	Championships
1	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	21st
2	HNK Hajduk Split	6th
3	HNK Rijeka	1
4th	NK Zagreb	1

Game system

In the first division, 10 teams are currently playing against each other in two rounds. At the end of the season, the last team is relegated directly, while the penultimate team has to go into relegation.

After 12 clubs have belonged to the league since 2002, a league with 16 teams was once again implemented in 2009 after long discussions within the association and many disagreements for the 2009/10 season. This was justified with the many departures in the previous years. One is firmly convinced that "middle" class players would no longer switch to second division teams abroad and would therefore disappear from the scene if there were more clubs within the league that could use such players. The main supporter of this league was the former Croatian national player and current league president Igor Štimac . Because the licensing conditions have been aligned with those of UEFA in recent years - and thus tightened - more and more clubs in the first division do not have a stadium that is eligible for a license. In order to still get the license, they had to fall back on stadiums nearby, e.g. B. the new first division club from Karlovac plays its home games in Zaprešić, NK Istra plays in Rijeka, Lokomotiva Zagreb in the stadium of Dinamo Zagreb and Medjimurje in Varaždin.

After the 2011/12 season, however, this controversial regulation was abolished, so that then again 12 teams participated per season. Since the 2013/2014 season, the league has been reduced to 10 teams.

Statistics on the league

Eternal table

Pl.	society	Years	Sp.	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.	Points	Ø pt.	title
1.	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	27	867	599	161	107	1937	676	+1261	1958	2.26	19th
2.	HNK Hajduk Split 1	27	867	482	200	185	1563	817	+746	1643	1.9	6th
3.	HNK Rijeka	26.5	857	379	233	245	1263	954	+309	1370	1.6	1
4th	NK Osijek	27	867	331	222	314	1180	1151	+29	1215	1.4	-
5.	NK Zagreb	24	759	286	185	288	1025	1009	+16	1043	1.37	1
6th	NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica	21st	689	238	193	258	815	874	−59	907	1.32	-
7th	NK Varaždin 2	21st	654	243	142	269	873	928	−55	870	1.33	-
8th.	HNK Cibalia Vinkovci	21.5	685	205	185	295	731	947	−216	800	1.17	-
9.	NK Inter Zaprešić	17.5	561	179	143	239	637	795	−158	680	1.21	-
10.	NK Zadar	19th	597	169	142	286	657	1020	−363	649	1.09	-
11.	HNK Šibenik	17.5	548	168	144	236	631	764	−133	648	1.18	-
12.	NK Istra 1961 Pula	12	400	105	115	180	390	538	−148	430	1.08	-
13.	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	9	303	118	67	118	406	412	−6	421	1.39	-
14th	NCR split	7th	237	81	69	87	253	262	−9	312	1.32	-
15th	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb	8.5	265	74	71	120	299	410	−111	293	1.11	-
16.	NK Istra Pula	6.5	201	58	46	97	198	295	−97	220	1.09	-
17th	NK Kamen Ingrad Velika	6th	191	59	40	92	203	279	−76	217	1.14	-
18th	NK Marsonia Slavonski Brod	5.5	176	50	40	86	204	293	−89	190	1.08	-
19th	HNK Segesta Sisak	4.5	146	49	39	58	178	188	−10	186	1.27	-
20th	NK Međimurje Čakovec	5	160	40	30th	90	183	305	−122	150	0.94	-
21st	NK Karlovac 3	3	90	29	26th	35	82	103	−21	112	1.24	-
22nd	HNK Mladost 127 Suhopolje	3	94	27	23	44	97	135	−38	104	1.11	-
23.	NK Belišće	4th	94	24	21st	49	115	170	−55	93	0.99	-
24.	NK Dubrovnik	3	86	18th	23	45	54	133	−79	77	0.9	-
25th	NK Pomorac Kostrena	2	62	19th	15th	28	78	93	−15	72	1.16	-
26th	NK Čakovec	2	62	19th	14th	29	59	81	−22	71	1.15	-
27.	NK Primorac Stobreč	2	64	18th	17th	29	69	103	−34	71	1.11	-
28.	NK Pazinka Pazin	2	64	15th	20th	29	71	95	−24	65	1.02	-
29	HNK Velika Gorica	2	64	12	9	43	47	161	−114	45	0.7	-
30th	NK Rudeš	1	36	10	10	16	41	62	−21	40	1.11	-
31.	NK Croatia Sesvete 4	2	63	9	13	41	61	147	−86	39	0.62	-
32.	NK Samobor	1	32	9	5	18th	34	55	−21	32	1	-
33.	NK Lučko Zagreb	1	30th	6th	13	11	29	36	−7	31	1.03	-
34.	NK Vukovar '91	1	33	7th	9	17th	32	56	−24	30th	0.91	-
35.	NK Dubrava Zagreb	1	34	7th	9	18th	28	63	−35	30th	0.88	-
36.	NK Orijent Rijeka	1	30th	5	11	14th	28	53	−25	26th	0.87	-
37.	NK Neretva Metković	1	30th	4th	11	15th	20th	44	−24	23	0.77	-
38.	TŠK Topolovac	1	30th	4th	2	24	31	95	−64	14th	0.47	-
Status: end of season 2017/18

¹In the 2014/15 season , three points were deducted from HNK Hajduk Split .

²In the 2011/12 season was NK Varazdin deducted a point. The club then withdrew after the 23rd match day. The remaining seven games were therefore rated 3-0 for the respective opponents.

³In the 2011/12 season , NK Karlovac were deducted three points.

^4thIn the 2008/09 season was NK Croatia Sesvete deducted a point.

Annotation:

In the 1995/96 season there were two seasons of the first division: League 1.A (with 12 clubs) and 1.B (with 10 teams).
After the round trip, the five best teams of the 1st A season and the first team of the 1st B season played for the champions.
The remaining seven 1.A clubs and the runner-up from 1.B played to remain in the 1.A season, to which the third and fourth place winners of season 1.B qualified.
The remaining eight teams from 1.B fought for non-relegation to the second division , although this was not necessary because the season 1.B was expanded in the following season 1996/97 . This constellation of the league results in different seasons of the individual clubs in the table above.

Moved up and down

season	Climbers	Relegated
2005/06	HNK Šibenik	Inter Zaprešić
2006/07	Inter Zaprešić , NK Zadar 1	NK Kamen Ingrad , Pula 1856 1
2007/08	NK Croatia Sesvete	Međimurje Čakovec
2008/09	NK Karlovac , Međimurje Čakovec , NK Istra 1961 , NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	Expansion of the league from 12 to 16
2009/10	RNK Split , NK Hrvatski dragovoljac	Međimurje Čakovec , NK Croatia Sesvete
2010/11	NK Lučko Zagreb	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac
2011/12	Reduction of the league from 16 to 12	NK Lučko Zagreb , HNK Šibenik , NK Karlovac , NK Varaždin
2012/13	Downsizing the league from 12 to 10 NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Inter Zaprešić , HNK Cibalia , NK Zagreb
2013/14	NK Zagreb	NK Hrvatski dragovoljac
2014/15	Inter Zaprešić	NK Zadar
2015/16	Cibalia Vinkovci	NK Zagreb
2016/17	NK Rudeš	NCR split

¹ after relegation games

See also

• Soccer in Croatia
• List of football top scorers (Croatia)
• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Association of the first division clubs of Croatia ( Memento from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Record goal scorers of the 1st HNL ( Memento from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Regulations of the League ( Memento of October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 1, 2009 (Croatian)
3. ↑ Clas Glenning: Croatia 1st level alltimetable. Retrieved January 8, 2019 .