2019–20 Croatian First Football League

The 2019–20 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th 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 19 July 2019. It was temporarily postponed from 12 March to 5 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga
Season2019–20
Dates19 July 2019 – 12 March 2020[1];
5 June 2020[2] – 25 July 2020
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
RelegatedInter Zaprešić
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Lokomotiva
Europa LeagueRijeka
Osijek
Hajduk Split
Matches played150
Goals scored379 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonio-Mirko Čolak
Mijo Caktaš
Mirko Marić
(20 each)
Biggest home winHajduk Split 6–0 Gorica
Biggest away winRijeka 0–5 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoringLokomotiva 6–1 Slaven Belupo
Longest winning run6 games
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest winless run17 games
Istra 1961
Longest losing run15 games
Inter Zaprešić
Highest attendance29,580
Hajduk Split 1–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Lowest attendance280
Inter Zaprešić 1–2 Lokomotiva
Total attendance458,390
Average attendance3,526

The league was contested by ten teams.

Teams

On 23 April 2019, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2019–20 season was complete. For the 2019–20 Prva HNL, only nine clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Istra 1961, Osijek, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo and Varaždin. All of these clubs except Varaždin, who were newly promoted to the Prva HNL as champions of the 2018–19 Croatian Second Football League, were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.[3] In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage could appeal on the decision.

Stadia and locations
Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić
Stadion Maksimir Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Stadion Poljud Stadion Ivan Laljak-Ivić
Capacity: 35,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 34,198 Capacity: 5,228
Istra 1961
Locations of teams in 2019–20 Prva HNL
 Lokomotiva
Stadion Aldo Drosina Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 9,800 Capacity: 5,350
Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo Varaždin
Stadion Gradski vrt Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 17,061 Capacity: 8,279 Capacity: 3,205 Capacity: 8,850
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebMaksimir35,423[4]
GoricaVelika GoricaGradski stadion Velika Gorica5,000[4]
Hajduk SplitSplitPoljud34,198[5]
Inter ZaprešićZaprešićStadion ŠRC Zaprešić5,228[6]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina9,800[7]
LokomotivaZagrebKranjčevićeva15,350[8]
OsijekOsijekGradski vrt17,061[9]
RijekaRijekaRujevica8,279[10]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,205[11]
VaraždinVaraždinStadion Varteks8,850
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2 Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County 2 Gorica, Inter Zaprešić
3 Coat of arms of Istria County Istria 1 Istra 1961
Coat of arms of Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Coat of arms of Varaždin County Varaždin Varaždin

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Zoran Mamić North Macedonia Arijan Ademi Germany Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Lithuania Valdas Dambrauskas Croatia Kristijan Kahlina Germany Alpas -
Hajduk Split Croatia Igor Tudor Croatia Mijo Caktaš Italy Macron Tommy
Inter Zaprešić Croatia Tomislav Ivković Croatia Tomislav Mazalović Spain Joma -
Istra 1961 Croatia Ivan Prelec Croatia Marin Grujević Spain Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Croatia Goran Tomić Croatia Denis Kolinger Germany Adidas -
Osijek Croatia Ivica Kulešević Croatia Mile Škorić United States Nike DOBRO
Rijeka Slovenia Simon Rožman Croatia Franko Andrijašević Spain Joma Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Croatia Tomislav Stipić Croatia Mateas Delić Germany Adidas Belupo
Varaždin Croatia Samir Toplak Croatia Leon Benko Italy Legea TOKIĆ

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Istra 1961 Croatia Igor Cvitanović Sacked 11 June 2019 Croatia Ivan Prelec 15 June 2019 Pre-season
Varaždin Croatia Branko Karačić Contract expired 17 June 2019 Croatia Borimir Perković 22 June 2019 Pre-season
Hajduk Split Croatia Siniša Oreščanin Sacked 19 July 2019 Croatia Damir Burić 20 July 2019 Pre-season
Osijek Croatia Dino Skender Sacked 21 September 2019 Croatia Ivica Kulešević 22 September 2019 4th
Rijeka Croatia Igor Bišćan Resigned 22 September 2019 Slovenia Simon Rožman 23 September 2019 3rd
Slaven Belupo Croatia Ivica Sertić Removed from position 7 October 2019 Croatia Tomislav Stipić 8 October 2019 8th
Varaždin Croatia Borimir Perković Sacked 8 October 2019 Croatia Luka Bonačić 9 October 2019 10th
Hajduk Split Croatia Damir Burić Mutual consent 19 December 2019 Croatia Igor Tudor 23 December 2019 2nd
Inter Zaprešić Croatia Samir Toplak Sacked 4 January 2020 Montenegro Željko Petrović 4 January 2020 8th
Varaždin Croatia Luka Bonačić Sacked 8 February 2020 Croatia Samir Toplak 10 February 2020 10th
Gorica Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović Sacked 24 February 2020 Lithuania Valdas Dambrauskas 25 February 2020 6th
Inter Zaprešić Montenegro Željko Petrović Sacked 8 April 2020 Croatia Tomislav Ivković 9th
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Nenad Bjelica Sacked 16 April 2020 Croatia Igor Jovićević 22 April 2020 1st
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Igor Jovićević Sacked 6 July 2020 Croatia Zoran Mamić 7 July 2020 1st

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 25 5 6 62 20 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Lokomotiva 36 19 8 9 57 38 +19 65
3 Rijeka 36 19 7 10 58 42 +16 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Osijek 36 17 11 8 47 29 +18 62 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 60 41 +19 60
6 Gorica 36 12 13 11 44 48 −4 49
7 Slaven Belupo 36 10 9 17 34 51 −17 39
8 Varaždin 36 9 9 18 29 50 −21 36
9 Istra 1961 (O) 36 5 10 21 27 59 −32 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Inter Zaprešić (R) 36 3 8 25 32 72 −40 17 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team played home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

First round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ INT IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Gorica 2–4 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Hajduk Split 1–0 3–0 — 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–4 2–0 2–0
Inter Zaprešić 1–2 0–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–4 3–1 2–2
Istra 1961 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 — 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–3 3–1
Lokomotiva 0–4 4–0 0–0 3–1 4–1 — 2–1 0–1 6–1 2–1
Osijek 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 — 3–2 2–0 2–2
Rijeka 0–5 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–1
Slaven Belupo 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 — 1–1
Varaždin 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 —
Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ INT IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 2–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 2–0
Gorica 0–0 — 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Hajduk Split 0–2 6–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–3
Inter Zaprešić 0–1 0–3 1–4 — 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
Istra 1961 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0
Lokomotiva 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Osijek 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 — 1–0 3–2 2–0
Rijeka 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 3–1
Slaven Belupo 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0
Varaždin 1–3 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, Istra 1961 contested a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Orijent 1919, the third-placed team of the 2019–20 Croatian Second Football League, since runners-up Croatia Zmijavci failed to apply for a top level license.

First leg
Orijent 19190–3Istra 1961
Report
  • Gržan 8' (pen.), 64'
  • Maganjić 90+3'
Referee: Fran Jović

Second leg
Istra 19610–1Orijent 1919
Report
Referee: Igor Pajač

Istra 1961 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[13][14]
1 Croatia Antonio Čolak Rijeka 20
Croatia Mijo Caktaš Hajduk Split
Croatia Mirko Marić Osijek
4 Croatia Kristijan Lovrić Gorica 14
5 Croatia Mislav Oršić Dinamo Zagreb 13
6 Croatia Ivan Krstanović Slaven Belupo 12
7 Nigeria Emem Eduok Hajduk Split 11
Kosovo Lirim Kastrati Lokomotiva
Croatia Marko Tolić Lokomotiva
10 Poland Damian Kądzior Dinamo Zagreb 10

Awards

Annual awards
Award[15] Winner Club
Player of the Season Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season Croatia Nenad Bjelica Dinamo Zagreb
Young Player of the Season Croatia Luka Ivanušec Dinamo Zagreb
Team of the Year[16]
Goalkeeper Croatia Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence Brazil Igor Silva (Osijek) Croatia Mile Škorić (Osijek) Romania Denis Kolinger (Lokomotiva)
Midfield

Croatia Petar Bočkaj (Osijek)

Croatia Nikola Moro (Dinamo Zagreb)

 Croatia Mijo Caktaš (Hajduk) North Macedonia Arijan Ademi (Dinamo Zagreb) Kosovo Lirim Kastrati (Lokomotiva)
Attack

Croatia Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb)

 Croatia Mirko Marić (Osijek)

References
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  13. PrvaHNL.hr
  14. SofaScore
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