2003–04 Croatian First Football League

Prva HNL Ožujsko

Season	2003–04
Champions	Hajduk Split 5th Croatian title 17th domestic title
Relegated	Cibalia Marsonia
Champions League	Hajduk Split
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka
Intertoto Cup	Kamen Ingrad Slaven Belupo
Matches played	192
Goals scored	531 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Špehar (18)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Z. 7–0 Marsonia
Biggest away win	Zadar 0–3 Osijek Marsonia 0–3 Inter Z.
Highest scoring	Dinamo Z. 7–0 Marsonia Inter Z. 4–3 S. Belupo Varteks 3–4 Dinamo Z.
Average attendance	2,919
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth 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 24 July 2003 and ended on 15 May 2004. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their tenth championship title the previous season. Hajduk Split won the title, after a win against Varteks on 15 May 2004.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Cibalia

Dinamo
NK Zagreb

Inker

Hajduk

K. Ingrad

Marsonia

Osijek

Rijeka

S. Belupo

Varteks

Zadar

Locations of teams in 2003–04 Prva HNL

Stadium	City	Home club	Capacity
Stadion Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb	37,168
Stadion Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split	35,000
Stadion Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek	19,500
Stadion NK Varteks	Varaždin	Varteks	10,800
Stadion Kantrida	Rijeka	Rijeka	10,275
Gradski stadion uz Savu	Slavonski Brod	Marsonia	10,000
Stadion HNK Cibalia	Vinkovci	Cibalia	9,920
Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	NK Zagreb	8,850
Stadion Kamen Ingrad	Velika	Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Stadion Stanovi	Zadar	Zadar	5,860
Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	Zagreb	Inker Zaprešić	5,000
Gradski stadion u Koprivnici	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo	4,000

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Hajduk Split	22	18	1	3	46	18	+28	55	0 Championship group0
2	Dinamo Zagreb	22	15	5	2	47	16	+31	50
3	Rijeka	22	8	7	7	26	25	+1	31
4	Osijek	22	8	5	9	36	40	−4	29		OSI 3–1 VAR VAR 1–1 OSI
5	Varteks	22	7	8	7	21	25	−4	29
6	Zadar	22	7	7	8	37	44	−7	28		ZAD 2–1 KAM KAM 2–2 ZAD
7	Kamen Ingrad	22	8	4	10	32	27	+5	28	0 Relegation group0
8	Inter Zaprešić	22	6	9	7	22	23	−1	27
9	Slaven Belupo	22	6	8	8	22	27	−5	26
10	Cibalia	22	5	5	12	25	35	−10	20
11	NK Zagreb	22	3	10	9	21	32	−11	19
12	Marsonia	22	4	5	13	25	48	−23	17

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 1–22 results

Home ╲ Away

CIB

DIN

HAJ

INT

KAM

MAR

OSI

RIJ

SLA

VAR

ZAD

ZAG

Cibalia

0–1

2–3

1–0

1–1

2–4

3–2

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

Dinamo Zagreb

3–2

1–0

1–0

1–1

7–0

4–0

2–0

4–0

3–0

4–2

1–1

Hajduk Split

3–1

3–1

1–4

1–0

5–0

2–0

4–0

2–1

2–0

3–1

2–0

Inter Zaprešić

1–0

1–1

0–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

0–2

1–1

Kamen Ingrad

3–2

0–1

0–1

3–1

5–0

2–0

0–1

2–0

3–0

2–2

1–1

Marsonia

1–3

1–3

0–0

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–0

4–1

3–0

Osijek

2–1

3–2

2–3

3–2

3–2

2–1

2–3

0–1

3–1

1–2

5–2

Rijeka

0–1

0–0

1–2

0–1

1–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

4–2

1–0

Slaven Belupo

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

3–3

1–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

Varteks

1–0

0–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

3–2

2–0

Zadar

4–1

2–2

1–3

0–0

2–1

3–2

1–1

3–2

2–0

2–2

1–1

NK Zagreb

2–0

0–2

0–2

1–1

3–1

2–3

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–1

Updated to games played on 20 March 2004.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk Split (C)	32	25	3	4	63	24	+39	78	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	32	23	7	2	77	25	+52	76	2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3	Rijeka	32	11	9	12	36	41	−5	42
4	Osijek	32	11	6	15	50	57	−7	39
5	Varteks	32	9	11	12	33	42	−9	38
6	Zadar	32	7	11	14	46	71	−25	32

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–32 results

Home ╲ Away	DIN	HAJ	OSI	RIJ	VAR	ZAD
Dinamo Zagreb		3–1	4–1	5–0	4–1	5–0
Hajduk Split	0–0		2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1
Osijek	2–3	0–1		2–1	4–1	1–1
Rijeka	0–1	0–1	2–1		1–0	3–1
Varteks	3–4	0–0	2–0	1–1		4–1
Zadar	1–1	2–3	0–3	2–2	0–0

Updated to games played on 15 May 2004.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Kamen Ingrad	32	13	7	12	45	36	+9	46	2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
8	Inter Zaprešić	32	11	9	12	40	38	+2	42
9	Slaven Belupo	32	10	10	12	37	39	−2	40	2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
10	NK Zagreb	32	8	12	12	33	41	−8	36
11	Cibalia (R)	32	8	7	17	39	53	−14	31	0 Relegation play-off0
12	Marsonia (R)	32	5	10	17	32	64	−32	25	Relegation to 2004–05 Druga HNL

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 23–32 results

Home ╲ Away	CIB	INT	KAM	MAR	SLA	ZAG
Cibalia		3–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2
Inter Zaprešić	3–1		3–2	3–0	4–3	0–1
Kamen Ingrad	3–1	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0
Marsonia	3–2	0–3	1–1		2–2	0–0
Slaven Belupo	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		0–1
NK Zagreb	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–2

Updated to games played on 15 May 2004.
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

First leg

Međimurje v Cibalia

21 May 2004

Međimurje	2 – 0	Cibalia
Kelemen  27' Domjanić  65'	Report (Croatian)

Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg

Cibalia v Međimurje

23 May 2004

Cibalia	2 – 2	Međimurje
Pavličić  19' Greer  82'	Report (Croatian)	Kresinger  32' Ribić  58'

Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Međimurje win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Prva HNL.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Špehar	Osijek	18
2	Goran Ljubojević	Osijek	16
	Dario Zahora	Dinamo Zagreb	16
4	Zoran Zekić	Kamen Ingrad	13
5	Mate Brajković	Zadar	12
	Petar Krpan	Hajduk Split	12
	Marijan Vuka	Marsonia	12
8	Sandro Klić	Rijeka	11
	Goce Sedloski	Dinamo Zagreb	11

Source: 1.hnl.net (Croatian)

See also

• 2003–04 Croatian Second Football League
• 2003–04 Croatian Football Cup

External links

• Season statistics at HRNogomet
• 2003–04 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation