2006–07 Croatian First Football League

The 2006–07 Croatian First Football League (officially known as Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 29 July 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Međimurje on Matchday 29, played on 28 April 2007.

Prva HNL Ožujsko
Season2006–07
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
9th Croatian title
13th domestic title
RelegatedKamen Ingrad
Pula
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
UEFA CupHajduk Split
Slaven Belupo (via Cup)
Intertoto CupNK Zagreb
Matches played198
Goals scored561 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerEduardo da Silva (34)
Biggest home winOsijek 6–1 Međimurje
Biggest away winKamen I. 0–6 Zagreb
Highest scoringOsijek 6–1 Međimurje
4–3 four matches
Average attendance3,067

Teams

Stadia and personnel
Locations of teams in 2006–07 Prva HNL
Team Manager1 Location Stadium Capacity
Cibalia Croatia Mile Petković Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia
10,000
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Branko Ivanković Zagreb Stadion Maksimir
37,168
Hajduk Split Croatia Ivan Pudar Split Stadion Poljud
35,000
Kamen Ingrad Croatia Dalibor Bognar Velika Stadion Kamen Ingrad
8,000
Međimurje Croatia Želimir Orehovec Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost
8,000
Osijek Croatia Ilija Lončarević Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt
19,500
Pula Croatia Stanko Mršić Pula Stadion Veruda
3,000
Rijeka Croatia Josip Kuže Rijeka Stadion Kantrida
10,275
Slaven Belupo Croatia Elvis Scoria Koprivnica Gradski stadion u Koprivnici
4,000
Šibenik Croatia Anel Karabeg Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac
8,000
Varteks Croatia Zlatko Dalić Varaždin Stadion Varteks
10,800
NK Zagreb Croatia Miroslav Blažević Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva
8,850
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 19 May 2007.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 33 30 2 1 84 22 +62 92 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 33 22 6 5 60 25 +35 72 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 NK Zagreb 33 18 4 11 57 40 +17 58 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Šibenik 33 14 7 12 50 47 +3 49
5 Slaven Belupo[lower-alpha 1] 33 14 7 12 40 37 +3 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6 Osijek 33 11 10 12 42 45 −3 43
7 Rijeka 33 12 6 15 51 53 −2 42
8 Varteks 33 12 6 15 49 62 −13 42
9 Međimurje 33 11 4 18 40 60 −20 37
10 Cibalia 33 9 5 19 33 53 −20 32
11 Pula (R) 33 6 11 16 28 40 −12 29 Qualification to relegation play-off
12 Kamen Ingrad[lower-alpha 2] (R) 33 3 4 26 27 77 −50 11 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.
  2. Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away CIB DIN HAJ KAM MEĐ OSI PUL RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAG
Cibalia 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–3 3–0 3–1 3–4 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–1
Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 4–1 2–1
Hajduk Split 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
Kamen Ingrad 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–4 1–3
Međimurje 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 5–1 2–0
Osijek 3–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1
Pula 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Rijeka 4–1 2–3 0–1 4–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1
Slaven Belupo 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–1
Šibenik 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0
Varteks 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3
NK Zagreb 3–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team plays every other team once.

Home \ Away CIB DIN HAJ KAM MEĐ OSI PUL RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAG
Cibalia 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0
Hajduk Split 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1
Kamen Ingrad 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–6
Međimurje 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Osijek 2–2 1–2 6–1 2–2 1–0
Pula 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–3
Rijeka 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0
Slaven Belupo 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–2
Šibenik 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–4
Varteks 2–3 3–2 2–2 4–3 1–1
NK Zagreb 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1
Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First leg
Zadar3 – 0Pula
Terkeš 12'
Župan 45' (pen.)
Barnjak 67' (pen.)		 Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg
Pula2 – 3Zadar
Raić-Sudar 8'
Halilović 72'		 Report
(in Croatian)		 Terkeš 42', 74'
Surać 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Zadar win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2007–08 Prva HNL.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Eduardo da Silva Dinamo Zagreb 34
2 Croatia Ahmad Sharbini Rijeka 21
3 Croatia Krunoslav Lovrek NK Zagreb 18
4 Croatia Enes Novinić Varteks 15
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Bartolović Hajduk Split 12
Croatia Davor Vugrinec Dinamo Zagreb
Croatia Zoran Zekić Cibalia
8 Croatia Tomislav Bušić Hajduk Split 11
Croatia Mario Mandžukić NK Zagreb
Croatia Bojan Vručina Slaven Belupo

See also
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