Prva HNL 2001-02 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2001–02 Prva HNL season was the 11th season of the Prva HNL since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

became champions for the first time, and were the first league winners from outside the Eternal Derby rivalry. The campaign began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 4 May 2002. The league expanded to 16 teams (from 12 in the previous season), and was contested by all the 12 teams who competed in the previous season plus four newly promoted ones from Druga HNL.

The first goal of the season was scored by Dinamo Zagreb's Dario Zahora

Dario Zahora

Dario Zahora is a Croatian football striker, who currently plays for Osijek in the Prva HNL .He scored 22 goals in 2007–08 season for NK Domžale and was the top scorer of the Slovenian highest league.-Club:Rosenborg BK...

against newly promoted TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac is a Croatian association football club based in the village of Topolovac near the city of Sisak in central Croatia. They are currently members of the First Sisak-Moslavina County League, a 5th level division, and play their home matches at the Park Grofova stadium which has a...

in the 13th minute of the game on the opening day of the season on 28 July. Miljenko Mumlek

Miljenko Mumlek

Miljenko Mumlek is a Croatian football midfielder.-Club career:Born in Varaždin, Mumlek started his professional career in his hometown with Varteks Varaždin in early 1992 and went on to establish himself as one of the club's key players during the 1990s...

of Varteks scored the first hat-trick

Hat-trick

A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...

of the season against Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

, two of them from penalty kick

Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

s, at Poljud on 17 August 2001.

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

clinched their first ever title after they drew 0–0 against Čakovec

NK Cakovec

NK Čakovec is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec, in the northern part of the country. They are currently playing in the fourth tier of Croatian football....

and their last competitor for the title Hajduk Split

HNK Hajduk Split

lost 1–0 to Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...

in the penultimate 29th round of the season which took place on 27 April 2002. It was the third Prva HNL title for NK Zagreb manager Zlatko Kranjčar

Zlatko Kranjcar

Zlatko "Cico" Kranjcar is a Croatian football manager and former striker. He is the currently head coach of Sepahan in Iran Pro League.-Club career:...

, who thus became the first manager to have won the Prva HNL in charge of two different clubs (in 1996 and 1998 he clinched two championship titles with Croatia Zagreb, renamed Dinamo Zagreb in 2000). The top goalscorer of the season was Ivica Olić

Ivica Olic

Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...

with 21 goals scored in 29 appearances for NK Zagreb.

Promotion and relegation

Since it had been decided that the league would expand to 16 teams for the 2001–02 season, only Marsonia

NK Marsonia

NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the town of Slavonski Brod which currently plays in Treća HNL, Croatia's third level league.NK Marsonia was founded in 1909...

were in danger of relegation, having finished last the previous season. Marsonia then played second level side Solin

NK Solin

NK Solin is a Croatian football club based in the town of Solin, near Split.-League and Cup results:-External links:* at Nogometni magazin...

in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff on 3 and 10 June 2001. The aggregate score was 5–5, but Marsonia won the tie on away goals rule, so no team were relegated.

Teams promoted from 2000–01 Druga HNL
2000–01 Druga HNL
The 2000–01 Druga HNL was the 10th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football. The format of the league was unchanged from the 1999–2000 season...

:

Winners: Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929...
Second place: Pomorac
Fourth place: Zadar
NK Zadar
NK Zadar is a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast. The club was founded in 1945.Josip Skoblar, Đovani Roso, Dado Pršo and Luka Modrić, are among their most notable former players....
Fifth place: TŠK Topolovac
NK TŠK Topolovac
NK TŠK Topolovac is a Croatian association football club based in the village of Topolovac near the city of Sisak in central Croatia. They are currently members of the First Sisak-Moslavina County League, a 5th level division, and play their home matches at the Park Grofova stadium which has a...

(Agreed to host home matches at Gradski stadion
Gradski stadion Sisak
Gradski Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Sisak, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for football club HNK Segesta. The stadium all seating capacity is 8,000 spectators.-External links:*...

in the nearby town of Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...

as their own ground was deemed unfit for first-league football.)

Summaries

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2001–02 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 27 July 2001, the first day of the season.

Team	Manager	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Cibalia HNK Cibalia HNK Cibalia, or just Cibalia, is a Croatian football club from the town of Vinkovci in eastern Croatia. Cibalia currently play in the Prva HNL, Croatia's top flight. Their stadium is located in the south part of their home town and can hold 12,000 spectators...	Davor Čop Davor Čop Davor Čop , born 31 October 1958 in Rijeka, is a former Croatian football player and a current manager.-Honours:Hajduk Split1 time Yugoslav First League Champion: 1978-792 times Yugoslav Cup winner: 1977 and 1984Dinamo Vinkovci...	Vinkovci Vinkovci Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...	Stadion HNK Cibalia	9,920
Čakovec NK Cakovec NK Čakovec is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec, in the northern part of the country. They are currently playing in the fourth tier of Croatian football....	Rajko Magić	Čakovec Cakovec Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:...	Stadion SRC Mladost	8,000
Dinamo Zagreb	Ilija Lončarević Ilija Loncarevic Ilija Lončarević is a Croatian football coach.Lončarević led Inker Zaprešić to the Croatian Cup title in 1992, but his arguably biggest success in management came when he won the Croatian championship with Dinamo Zagreb in 1999...	Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...	Stadion Maksimir	37,168
Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...	Nenad Gračan Nenad Gracan Nenad Gračan is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.-Club career:...	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...	Gradski stadion u Poljudu Gradski stadion u Poljudu Stadion Poljud is a multi-use stadium in the Croatian city of Split. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Poljud, and is located on the northern side of the Split peninsula. its original name is "Gradski stadion u Poljudu" . The stadium was built for the 1979 Mediterranean Games and is the...	35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...	Luka Bonačić Luka Bonacic Luka Bonačić is a Croatian football coach and former player.-Early life:He was born on March 2, 1955 in Split, Croatia that was part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began football careers in Split Football Academy...	Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić is a football stadium located in the in Zagreb, Croatia, in the neighborhood called Siget. It was built in 2000 and serves as home stadium for the NK Hrvatski dragovoljac football club. The stadium has an all seater capacity of 5,000 spectators....	5,000
Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929...	Tomislav Radić	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrada	8,000
Marsonia NK Marsonia NK Marsonia is a Croatian football club based in the town of Slavonski Brod which currently plays in Treća HNL, Croatia's third level league.NK Marsonia was founded in 1909...	Milo Nižetić	Slavonski Brod Slavonski Brod Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...	Gradski stadion uz Savu	10,000
Osijek NK Osijek NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...	Vlado Bilić	Osijek Osijek Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...	Stadion Gradski vrt	19,500
Pomorac	Predrag Stilinović	Kostrena Kostrena Kostrena is a Croatian municipality east of Rijeka on the Kvarner Bay. It is famous for its beaches and a long tradition of seafaring and seamanship. Because of its beautiful rocky beaches and a walkway that goes along the shoreline it is very popular for recreation and sports. A scenic hill walk...	Stadion Žuknica	3,000
Rijeka NK Rijeka HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav...	Ivan Katalinić Ivan Katalinic Ivan Katalinić is a Croatian football manager and former Hajduk Split and Southampton goalkeeper. As a member of Hajduk's famous "golden generation" of the seventies, he won four Yugoslav championships and five consecutive cups.At the beginning of 1980 came a move to Southampton where he stayed...	Rijeka Rijeka Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...	Stadion na Kantridi Stadion na Kantridi Stadion Kantrida is a football stadium in the Croatian city of Rijeka. It is named after the Kantrida neighborhood in which it is located, in the western part of the city. It has served as home of the football club NK Rijeka since 1946. The stadium has a distinctive appearance as it is situated...	10,275
Slaven Belupo NK Slaven Belupo NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...	Dražen Besek	Koprivnica Koprivnica Koprivnica is a city in northern Croatia. It is the capital of the Koprivnica-Križevci county. In 2011 the city administrative area had a total population of 30,872, with 23,896 in the city itself.-Population:...	Gradski stadion u Koprivnici Gradski stadion u Koprivnici Gradski Stadion u Koprivnici is a football stadium in Koprivnica, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for football club NK Slaven Belupo. The stadium has a capacity of 3,134 seats...	4,000
Šibenik HNK Šibenik HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL...	Vjekoslav Lokica	Šibenik Šibenik Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...	Stadion Šubićevac Stadion Šubicevac Stadion Šubićevac is a small association football stadium in Šibenik, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for the HNK Šibenik football club. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 . It is named after the historic Croatian noble house of Šubić. The stadium was in the Communist era known as Rade Končar...	8,000
TŠK Topolovac NK TŠK Topolovac NK TŠK Topolovac is a Croatian association football club based in the village of Topolovac near the city of Sisak in central Croatia. They are currently members of the First Sisak-Moslavina County League, a 5th level division, and play their home matches at the Park Grofova stadium which has a...	Ivica Vidović	Topolovac	Gradski stadion Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak Gradski Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Sisak, Croatia. It serves as home stadium for football club HNK Segesta. The stadium all seating capacity is 8,000 spectators.-External links:*...	8,000
Varteks	Branko Janžek	Varaždin Varaždin Varaždin is a city in north Croatia, north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on of the city settlement itself . The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at...	Stadion NK Varteks	10,800
Zadar NK Zadar NK Zadar is a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast. The club was founded in 1945.Josip Skoblar, Đovani Roso, Dado Pršo and Luka Modrić, are among their most notable former players....	Stanko Mršić	Zadar Zadar Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...	Stadion Stanovi	5,860
NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...	Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko Kranjcar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjcar is a Croatian football manager and former striker. He is the currently head coach of Sepahan in Iran Pro League.-Club career:...	Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...	Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici Stadion u Kranjcevicevoj ulici Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj ulici , known as Stadion Concordije between 1921 and 1945, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Trešnjevka neighourhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is mainly used for football matches and is the home ground of Prva HNL sides NK Zagreb and NK Lučko...	8,850

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Čakovec NK Cakovec NK Čakovec is a Croatian football club based in Čakovec, in the northern part of the country. They are currently playing in the fourth tier of Croatian football....	Rajko Magić	Sacked	13 October 2001	Miljenko Dovečer	13 October 2001
Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929...	Tomislav Radić	Removed from position	23 December 2001	Rajko Magić	23 December 2001
Dinamo Zagreb	Ilija Lončarević Ilija Loncarevic Ilija Lončarević is a Croatian football coach.Lončarević led Inker Zaprešić to the Croatian Cup title in 1992, but his arguably biggest success in management came when he won the Croatian championship with Dinamo Zagreb in 1999...	Sacked	14 April 2002	Marijan Vlak Marijan Vlak Marijan Vlak is an Croatian former football goalkeeper and the manager of Budapesti Vasas SC.He spent his playing career as a goalkeeper for Dinamo Zagreb, NK Zagreb and Segesta Sisak... (c)	14 April 2002

League table

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Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.
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Results

Season statistics

First goal of the season: Dario Zahora
Dario Zahora
Dario Zahora is a Croatian football striker, who currently plays for Osijek in the Prva HNL .He scored 22 goals in 2007–08 season for NK Domžale and was the top scorer of the Slovenian highest league.-Club:Rosenborg BK...

for Dinamo Zagreb against TŠK Topolovac
NK TŠK Topolovac
NK TŠK Topolovac is a Croatian association football club based in the village of Topolovac near the city of Sisak in central Croatia. They are currently members of the First Sisak-Moslavina County League, a 5th level division, and play their home matches at the Park Grofova stadium which has a...

, 13th minute (28 July 2001).
Last goal of the season: Zvonimir Deranja
Zvonimir Deranja
Zvonimir Deranja is a Croatian footballer who last plays for RNK Split.-Career:He began his football career with local clubs NK Slaven from Gruda and GOŠK Dubrovnik. He was discovered by Hajduk Split scouts and moved to the club's youth squad. In 1996 he joined the club's senior squad in the...

for Hajduk Split
HNK Hajduk Split
HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

against Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...

, 92nd minute (4 May 2002).
First hat-trick of the season: Miljenko Mumlek
Miljenko Mumlek
Miljenko Mumlek is a Croatian football midfielder.-Club career:Born in Varaždin, Mumlek started his professional career in his hometown with Varteks Varaždin in early 1992 and went on to establish himself as one of the club's key players during the 1990s...

for Varteks against Hajduk Split
HNK Hajduk Split
HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...

(17 August 2001).
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals

Ivica Olić

Ivica Olic

(NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

) against TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac

, 3', 7', 38', 52' (23 September 2001)

Mate Dragičević

Mate Dragicevic

Mate Dragičević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for KF Laçi.-Biography:He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships...

(Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL...

) against Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac

NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...

, 57', 77', 84', 85' (9 March 2002)

Mate Dragičević

Mate Dragicevic

(Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

) against TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac

, 44', 47', 57', 84' (27 April 2002)

Widest winning margin: 8 goals

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

8–0 TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac

(23 September 2001).

Šibenik

HNK Šibenik

8–0 TŠK Topolovac

NK TŠK Topolovac

(27 April 2002).

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivica Olić Ivica Olic Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...	NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...	21
2	Saša Bjelanović Saša Bjelanovic Saša Bjelanović is a Croatian footballer striker who is currently playing for Verona in Serie B.He also holds Italian passport since 2007, as his grandmother was from Trieste, Venezia Giulia, made him eligible to acquire Italian nationality at birth.-Club career:Saša Bjelanović started his career...	Varteks	16
3	Admir Hasančić Admir Hasancic Admir Hasančić is a retired Bosnian football striker who spent his career playing for Čelik Zenica and FK Sarajevo in Bosnia, NK Rijeka and NK Zagreb in Croatian First League and Hapoel Petah Tikva in Israel.-International career:...	NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...	14
3	Dario Zahora Dario Zahora Dario Zahora is a Croatian football striker, who currently plays for Osijek in the Prva HNL .He scored 22 goals in 2007–08 season for NK Domžale and was the top scorer of the Slovenian highest league.-Club:Rosenborg BK...	Dinamo Zagreb	14
5	Tomislav Erceg Tomislav Erceg Tomislav Erceg is a retired Croatian football player. He has made four appearances for the Croatia national football team, scoring one goal in a friendly game against Turkey on 12 June 1997....	Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...	13
	Marin Lalić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...	13
	Natko Rački	Rijeka NK Rijeka HNK Rijeka is a Croatian football club, from Rijeka on the Croatian coast.-History:The club was founded as NK Kvarner in 1946, after Rijeka passed from Italy to Yugoslavia following the end of World War II. During its early period in Yugoslavia, the club had moderate success in various Yugoslav...	13
	Zoran Zekić Zoran Zekić Zoran Zekić is a Croatian football player and manager. It is currently player-manager of NK Maksimir.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...	Zadar NK Zadar NK Zadar is a Croatian football club based in Zadar, a city on the Adriatic coast. The club was founded in 1945.Josip Skoblar, Đovani Roso, Dado Pršo and Luka Modrić, are among their most notable former players....	13
9	Mate Dragičević Mate Dragicevic Mate Dragičević is a Croatian football striker who currently plays for KF Laçi.-Biography:He has enjoyed successful stints at several clubs, with Croatian giants Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb the standouts and has won two Prva HNL Croatian First League championships...	Šibenik HNK Šibenik HNK Šibenik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Šibenik on the Croatian coast.The club was formed in 1932. In 2006 the club finished first in the Croatian Second League's southern division and was promoted to the Prva HNL...	12
10	Zvonimir Deranja Zvonimir Deranja Zvonimir Deranja is a Croatian footballer who last plays for RNK Split.-Career:He began his football career with local clubs NK Slaven from Gruda and GOŠK Dubrovnik. He was discovered by Hajduk Split scouts and moved to the club's youth squad. In 1996 he joined the club's senior squad in the...	Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split HNK Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian football club founded in 1911 and based in the city of Split. The club's home ground since 1979 is the 35,000-seater Poljud Stadium and the team's traditional home colours are white shirts with blue shorts and...	11
10	Petar Krpan Petar Krpan Petar Krpan is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a forward.-Club career:Krpan started his career with hometown club NK Osijek, and moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1998, being scarcely used during his one 1/2-season spell...	NK Zagreb NK Zagreb NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...	11

Source: 1.hnl.net

European competitions

2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Second Qualifying Round:

Ferencváros - Hajduk Split W (0:0, 0:0) 0:0 on aggregate, Hajduk win on penalties

Third Qualifying Round:

Mallorca
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca is a Spanish football team based on Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded on 5 March 1916, the team currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at Son Moix....

- Hajduk Split L (0:1, 2:0) 2:1 on aggregate

2001–02 UEFA Cup

Qualifying Round:

Flora Tallinn

FC Flora Tallinn

MTÜ JK FC Flora is an Estonian football club that was founded in 1990. FC Flora are a multiple winner of the Meistriliiga title and the Estonian Cup. They have for years been raising the most number of players for the national team, and have also grown players from their successful youth system...

- Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb
GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

W (0:1, 0:1) 0:2 on aggregate

Dinaburg

Dinaburg FC

Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...

- Osijek
NK Osijek
NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

W (2:1, 0:1) 2:2 on aggregate, , Osijek win on away goals rule

Away goals rule

The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

Vaduz

FC Vaduz

FC Vaduz is a Liechtenstein football club from Vaduz, that play in the Swiss Football League. The club plays at the national Rheinpark Stadion, which has a capacity of 6,127 when all seated but has additional standing places in the North and South ends of the ground, giving a total stadium capacity...

- Varteks W (3:3, 1:6) 4:9 on aggregate

First Round:

Maccabi Tel Aviv - Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

L (2:2, 1:1) 3:3 on aggregate, Maccabi win on away goals rule

Away goals rule

ND Gorica

ND Gorica is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Nova Gorica. They are one of the most successful Slovenian clubs with four Slovenian League, two Slovenian Cup and one Slovenian Supercup titles. Together with NK Maribor and NK Celje they are the only club that have participated in...

Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

- Varteks W (2:3, 1:0) 3:3 on aggregate, Varteks win on away goals rule

Away goals rule

Wisła Kraków - Hajduk Split L (2:2, 1:0) 3:2 on aggregate

Second Round:

AEK Athens - Osijek

NK Osijek

NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

L (2:1, 3:2) 5:3 on aggregate

Brøndby
Brøndby IF
Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football club based in Brøndbyvester, Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen and is the biggest football club in Denmark with almost 2000 members. The club is also known as Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, or Brøndby and BIF for short...

- Varteks L (1:3, 5:0) 6:3 on aggregate

2001 Intertoto Cup

First Round:

Anorthosis

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6...

- Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo
NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...

W (0:2, 0:7) 0:9 on aggregate

Pobeda Prilep
FK Pobeda
FK Pobeda is a football team in the Republic of Macedonia from the city of Prilep. It was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. The club plays at the Goce Delčev Stadium ....

- NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb

NK Zagreb is a Croatian football club, from the Croatian capital of Zagreb.NK Zagreb's home is the Stadion Kranjčevićeva with capacity of 8,850. The club's fans are known as the White Angels...

L (2:1, 1:1) 3:2 on aggregate

Second Round:

Bastia

SC Bastia

Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

Third Round:

Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

- Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo, often referred to simply as Slaven and known internationally as NK Slaven Koprivnica, is a Croatian football club based in the city of Koprivnica in the north of the country...

L (1:2, 2:0) 3:2 on aggregate

External links

2001–02 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...

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