1. HNL 2017/18

MAXtv Prva Liga 2017/18
master	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Champions League qualification	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League qualification	HNK Rijeka HNK Hajduk Split NK Osijek
Cup winners	GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Relegation ↓	NK Istra 1961 Pula
Relegated	HNK Cibalia Vinkovci
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games  (180 played)
Gates	495  (ø 2.75 per game)
spectator	530,642  (ø 2948 per game)
Top scorer	El Arbi Hillel Soudani ( GNK Dinamo Zagreb ), 17 goals
← 1st HNL 2016/17 1. HNL 2018/19 →
2. HNL 2017/18 ↓

The 1. HNL 2017/18 was the 27th season of the highest Croatian league in men's football . It began on July 14, 2017 with a home game of NK Inter Zaprešić against HNK Cibalia Vinkovci (3: 1) and ended on May 19, 2018. From December 18, 2017 to February 9, 2018, it was interrupted by a shortened winter break .

On the 36th matchday, record champions GNK Dinamo Zagreb were able to perfect the title of Croatian football champions with a 3-1 home win against NK Inter Zaprešić . At the same time, HNK Cibalia Vinkovci was the first and only relegated to the 2nd HNL .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	36	22nd	7th	7th	068:340	+34	73
2.	HNK Rijeka (M, P)	36	22nd	4th	10	075:320	+43	70
3.	HNK Hajduk Split	36	19th	9	8th	070:380	+32	66
4th	NK Osijek	36	14th	14th	8th	053:380	+15	56
5.	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	36	14th	9	13	047:480	−1	51
6th	NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica	36	11	10	15th	035:450	−10	43
7th	NK Inter Zaprešić	36	11	10	15th	043:640	−21	43
8th.	NK Rudeš (N)	36	10	10	16	041:620	−21	40
9.	NK Istra 1961 Pula	36	6th	9	21st	028:600	−32	27
10.	HNK Cibalia Vinkovci (R)	36	6th	8th	22nd	036:750	−39	26th
Status: end of season

At the end of the 2017/18 season:
Croatian champion and participant in the 2nd qualification phase for the Champions League 2018/19 Croatian runner-up and participant in the 3rd qualifying phase for the Europa League 2018/19 Participant in the 2nd qualification phase for the Europa League 2018/19 Participants in the 1st qualification phase for the 2018/19 Europa League Participant in the relegation games against the third placed in the 2nd HNL Relegated to the 2nd HNL
At the end of the 2016/17 season:
(M)	Croatian champion : HNK Rijeka
(P)	Cup winner : HNK Rijeka
(R)	Relegation winner : HNK Cibalia Vinkovci
(N)	Newcomer from the 2nd HNL : NK Rudeš

Crosstab

Match days 1–18 RUD GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 4-0 3: 2 HNK Rijeka 0: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0-0 7-0 4: 1 HNK Hajduk Split 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 3 NK Osijek 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 0: 3 1-0 1: 3 2: 3 1-0 0-0 3-0 1: 3 1: 1 NK Istra 1961 0-0 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 NK Slaven Belupo 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 Inter Zaprešić 1: 3 1: 3 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 3: 1 3: 1 Cibalia Vinkovci 2: 5 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1: 4 1-0 1: 2 3-0 NK Rudeš 1: 1 1: 5 0: 4 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1

Match days 19–36 RUD GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 4 5: 1 1-0 3: 1 1-0 2-0 HNK Rijeka 4: 1 3: 1 1-0 3: 1 4-0 2-0 5: 1 5: 1 3-0 HNK Hajduk Split 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 0: 1 5-0 4-0 1-0 NK Osijek 2: 4 2: 1 3: 3 0: 1 2-0 3-0 1: 1 3: 1 3-0 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 3: 1 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 5: 2 2: 3 2: 1 2: 2 NK Istra 1961 0: 4 0: 1 1: 5 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 4 0-0 1: 1 NK Slaven Belupo 2: 2 1: 3 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 3: 3 2-0 2-0 Inter Zaprešić 0-0 0: 3 0: 3 1-0 1: 2 1-0 0-0 3: 2 1: 1 Cibalia Vinkovci 0: 2 0-0 0: 5 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 3-0 1: 1 NK Rudeš 1-0 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 2

Relegation

The two relegation games between the ninth in the MAXtv Prva Liga and the second in the FavBet Druga Liga were played on May 30th and June 2nd, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
NK Istra 1961 Pula	3: 2	NK Varaždin	3: 1	0: 1

So NK Istra remained in 1961 Pula in the first Croatian football league .

List of goalscorers

The players are classified according to goals scored and then according to stakes and age.

rank	player	society	Games	Gates
1	El Arbi Hillel Soudani		28	17th
2	Héber		23	16
3	Mirko Ivanovski		30th	15th
4th	Mario Gavranović		32	15th
5	Mario Budimir		24	14th
6th	Jakov Puljić		32	12
7th	Said Ahmed Said		28	11
8th	Lovro Majer		30th	11
9	Ante Erceg		15th	9
10	Franck Ohandza		18th	9

Status: end of season 2017/18

Scorer list

Both goals scored and assists by a player count as scorer point (s). With the same number of scorer points, the players are first sorted by the number of goals and then alphabetically.

rank	player	society	Scorer points	Gates	Assists
1	El Arbi Hillel Soudani		26th	17th	9
2	Héber		23	16	7th
3	Mario Gavranović		22nd	15th	7th
4th	Mirko Ivanovski		19th	15th	4th
5	Mario Budimir		19th	14th	5
6th	Said Ahmed Said		19th	11	8th
7th	Lovro Majer		16	11	5
8th	Ante Erceg		15th	9	6th
9	Domagoj Pavičić		15th	5	10
10	Jakov Puljić		14th	12	2

Status: end of season 2017/18

Stadiums, visitor numbers and venues

The following table and map show the various stadiums with their locations and visitor numbers.

Zagreb Rijeka Split Osijek Koprivnica Pula Zaprešić Vinkovci

Venues of the Croatian MAXtv Prva Liga 2017/18

	society	Stadion	capacity	spectator	per game	workload
01.	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	Maksimir	35,123	73,947	4,108	11.7%
02.	HNK Hajduk Split	Poljud	35,000	215.973	11,999	34.28%
03.	NK Osijek	Gradski vrt	22,050	57,849	3.214	14.58%
04th	NK Istra 1961 Pula	"Aldo Drosina" stadium	10,000	23,180	1,288	12.88%
05.	HNK Cibalia Vinkovci	"HNK Cibalia" stadium	10,000	23,966	1,331	13.31%
06th	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb	Stadium u Kranjčevićevoj	8,850	12,616	701	7.92%
07th	HNK Rijeka	Rujevica	8,191	087,049	4,836	59.04%
08th.	NK Inter Zaprešić	ŠRC Zaprešić	5,228	10,288	572	10.93%
09.	NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica	Gradski stadium "Ivan Kušek-Apaš"	3,205	17,476	971	30.29%
10.	NK Rudeš	ŠC Rudeš	2,000	8,298	461	23.05%
total			0 139,647	0530,642	003,317	0021.11%
Status: end of season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General schedule of the first Croatian football league. In: transfermarkt.de. Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG , accessed on January 10, 2019 . 
2. ^ Table of the first Croatian football league. In: transfermarkt.de. Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG , accessed on January 10, 2019 . 
3. ^ Cross table of the first Croatian football league. Part A. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018 . 
4. ^ Cross table of the first Croatian football league. Part B. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018 . 
5. ↑ List of goalscorers transfermarkt.de
6. ↑ Scorer list transfermarkt.de
7. ↑ MAXtv Prva Liga 2017/18. Stages. In: prvahnl.hr. Retrieved August 20, 2017 . 
8. ↑ 1. HNL 2017/18. Visitor numbers. In: transfermarkt.de. Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG , accessed on January 11, 2019 .