Football in Croatia 1994/95

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The 1994/95 season in Croatian football was the fourth since the breakaway from the Yugoslav Football Association and the re-establishment of the Croatian Football Association .

For the first Croatian league (Croatian Prva Hrvatska Nogometna Liga , short 1. HNL ) 16 clubs were approved, the second league (Croatian Druga Hrvatska Nogometna Liga , short 2. HNL ) started in three seasons with 16, 17 and 19 teams .

championship

First League

The respective champions of the two second division seasons 1993/94 joined the first 14 teams of the 1st HNL of the 1993/94 season .

Eligible to start the first division were:
society 1993/94 season
league rank possibly different name
NK Hajduk Split 1. HNL 1.
NK Zagreb 1. HNL 2.
NK Croatia Zagreb 1. HNL 3.
NK Inker Zaprešić 1. HNL 4th
NK Varteks Varaždin 1. HNL 5.
NK Rijeka 1. HNL 6th
Cibalia Vinkovci 1. HNL 7th
NK Osijek 1. HNL 8th.
NK Segesta Sisak 1. HNL 9.
NK Istra Pula 1. HNL 10.
NK Zadar 1. HNL 11.
NK Belišće 1. HNL 12.
NK Šibenik 1. HNL 13.
NK Primorac Stobreč 1. HNL 14th
NK Marsonia Slavonski Brod 2. HNL North 1.
NK Neretva Metković 2. HNL South 1.

Hajduk Split became champions and started in the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League . For the UEFA Cup in 1995/96 no Croatian club was approved. The twelve best teams qualified for the 1st HNL "A", the last four started in the following season in the newly introduced 1st HNL "B". The top scorer was Robert Špehar with 23 goals.

Detailed statistics: 1. HNL 1994/95

Second division

The second division played in three seasons with a total of 52 teams.

Eligible to start the second division were:
Season society 1993/94 season
league rank possibly different name
North NK Spačva Vinkovci 2. HNL North 4th
North NK Croatia Đakovo 2. HNL North 5.
North NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 2. HNL North 6th NK Slaven Biokalnik Koprivnica
North NK Bjelovar 2. HNL North 7th
North NK Mladost Cerić 2. HNL North 8th.
North NK Metalac OLT Osijek 2. HNL North 9.
North NK Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac 2. HNL North 13.
North NK Olimpija Osijek 2. HNL North 14th
North NK Budućnost Hodošan 2. HNL North 15th
North NK Mladost 127 Suhopolje ? ?
North NK Slavonija Požega ? ?
North NK Čakovec ? ?
North NK Đakovo ? ?
North NK Podravina Ludbreg ? ?
North NK Križevci ? ?
North NK Valpovka Valpovo ? ?
west NK Pazinka Pazin 1. HNL 15th
west NK Dubrava Zagreb 1. HNL 17th
west NK Radnik Velika Gorica 1. HNL 18th
west NK Samobor 2. HNL North 2.
west NK Orijent Rijeka 2. HNL South 2.
west NK Špansko Zagreb 2. HNL North 3.
west NK Jadran Poreč 2. HNL South 3.
west NK Rovinj 2. HNL South 5.
west NK Karlovac 2. HNL North 10.
west NK Rudar Labin 2. HNL South 10.
west NK Trešnjevka Zagreb 2. HNL North 11.
west NK Vrapče Zagreb 2. HNL North 12.
west NK Uljanik Pula 2. HNL South 14th
west NK Nehaj Senj 2. HNL South 16.
west NK Hrvatski dragovoljac Zagreb ? ?
west NK Sesvete ? ?
west NK Napredak-DC Velika Mlaka ? ?
west NK Ponikve Zagreb ? ?
west NK Buje ? ?
south NK Dubrovnik 1. HNL 16.
south NK Jadran Kaštel Sućurac 2. HNL South 4th
south NK split 2. HNL South 6th
south NK Uskok Klis 2. HNL South 7th
south NK Croatia Imotski 2. HNL South 8th.
south NK Neretvanac Opuzen 2. HNL South 9.
south NK Jadran NGB Ploče 2. HNL South 11.
south NK Solin 2. HNL South 12.
south NK Junak Sinj 2. HNL South 13.
south NK Prevlaka 2. HNL South 15th NK Prevlaka Grude
south NK Mosor Žrnovnica 3. HNL South 1.
south NK Zmaj Euroherc Makarska 3. HNL South 2.
south NK Trogir 3. HNL South 3.
south NK Omiš 3. HNL South 4th
south NK Val Kaštel Stari 3. HNL South 5.
south NK Raštane 3. HNL South 6th
south NK Jadran Tučepi 3. HNL South 7th
Detailed statistics: 2. HNL 1994/95

Cup competition

32 teams were qualified for the cup competition. Hajduk Split won the cup in two finals against Croatia Zagreb. In the 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Croatia Zagreb was not allowed to compete.

Detailed statistics: Hrvatski nogometni kup 1994/95

Supercup

Champion and cup winner Hajduk Split won the Super Cup without a fight.

European Cups

In the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League , Hajduk Split was eliminated in the quarter-finals against eventual winners Ajax Amsterdam . In the 1994/95 European Cup Winners' Cup , Croatia Zagreb failed in the first round at AJ Auxerre . No Croatian teams were eligible for the 1994/95 UEFA Cup .

National team

For the first time since breaking away from Yugoslavia, the Croatian national team was allowed to qualify for a European Championship. A 4-0 win in the friendly match in Israel was followed by seven qualifying games for the 1996 European Football Championship , of which Croatia won the first five games, drew once and only lost in Ukraine. The 2-1 win in Italy in particular caused a stir. Before that, Šuker was the most successful goalscorer with seven goals in seven qualifying games.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pobjednici Hrvatskog nogometnog superkupa ( Croat .), Www.hns-cff.hr, accessed on November 15, 2009

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