2013–14 Croatian First Football League

MAXtv Prva Liga

Season	2013–14
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Relegated	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League	Rijeka Hajduk Split Split
Matches played	180
Goals scored	514 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duje Čop (22)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Zagreb 6–0 Istra 1961
Biggest away win	Slaven Belupo 1–6 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoring	Slaven Belupo 1–6 Dinamo Zagreb Zadar 3–4 Lokomotiva
Average attendance	3,218 [1]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the MAXtv Prva Liga for sponsorship reasons)^[2] was the 23rd 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 began on 13 July 2013 and ended on 17 May 2014.^[3]

The league was contested by 10 teams, down from 12 in the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eighth consecutive title in 2012–13.

Teams

The following is a complete list of teams who contested the 2013–14 Prva HNL.

Zagreb

Istra 1961

Hajduk
RNK Split

Osijek

Rijeka

S. Belupo

Zadar

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo
Dragovoljac
Lokomotiva

Locations of teams in 2013–14 Prva HNL

Stadia and locations

Stadium	City	Home club	Licensed club(s)	Capacity
Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb	Lokomotiva	37,168[4]
Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split		34,448[5]
Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek		19,220[6]
Kantrida	Rijeka	Rijeka		10,155[7]
Aldo Drosina	Pula	Istra 1961		8,923[8]
Park mladeži	Split	RNK Split		8,000[9]
Stanovi	Zadar	Zadar		5,860[10]
NŠC Stjepan Spajić	Zagreb	Hrvatski Dragovoljac		4,500[11]
Gradski stadion	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo		3,134[12]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Dinamo Zagreb	Mamić, ZoranZoran Mamić	SzimunicJosip Šimunić	Puma	—
Hajduk Split	Tudor, IgorIgor Tudor	Maloča, MarioMario Maloča	Macron	Tommy
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Mladina, DavorDavor Mladina	CzovicIvan Čović	Alpas	—
Istra 1961	Pamić, IgorIgor Pamić	Budicin, FaustoFausto Budicin	Errea	—
Lokomotiva	Ivković, TomislavTomislav Ivković	Mesarić, LeonardLeonard Mesarić	Nike	—
Osijek	Rukavina, TomislavTomislav Rukavina	Kurtović, HrvojeHrvoje Kurtović	Jako	Croatia Osiguranje
Rijeka	Kek, MatjažMatjaž Kek	Knežević, DarioDario Knežević	Lotto	—
Slaven Belupo	Scoria, ElvisElvis Scoria	Grgić, MatoMato Grgić	Adidas	Belupo
RNK Split	Matić, IvanIvan Matić	Križanac, IvicaIvica Križanac	Jako	Skladgradnja
Zadar	Milin, FerdoFerdo Milin	Jerbić, JureJure Jerbić	Lotto	Hotel Kolovare

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Slaven Belupo	Sović, RomanRoman Sović	Removed from position	26 May 2013	Katalinić, IvanIvan Katalinić	26 May 2013[13]	Pre-season
RNK Split	Sablić, GoranGoran Sablić (caretaker)	Removed from position	26 May 2013	Mršić, StankoStanko Mršić	4 June 2013[14]	Pre-season
Osijek	Žitnjak, MiroslavMiroslav Žitnjak (caretaker)	Removed from position	26 May 2013	Steinbrückner, TomislavTomislav Steinbrückner	5 June 2013[15]	Pre-season
Osijek	Steinbrückner, TomislavTomislav Steinbrückner	Resigned	18 August 2013[16]	Rupnik, DavorDavor Rupnik	19 August 2013[17]	9th
Dinamo Zagreb	Jurčić, KrunoslavKrunoslav Jurčić	Sacked	21 August 2013[18]	Krznar, DamirDamir Krznar (caretaker)	23 August 2013	1st
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Ganjto, KrešimirKrešimir Ganjto	Sacked	26 August 2013[19]	Mladina, DavorDavor Mladina	27 August 2013[20]	8th
Dinamo Zagreb	Krznar, DamirDamir Krznar (caretaker)	Removed from position	2 September 2013	Ivanković, BrankoBranko Ivanković	2 September 2013	1st
Slaven Belupo	Katalinić, IvanIvan Katalinić	Mutual consent	21 September 2013[21]	Frančić, MladenMladen Frančić	22 September 2013[22]	10th
Osijek	Rupnik, DavorDavor Rupnik	Sacked	21 October 2013[23]	Kulešević, IvicaIvica Kulešević	21 October 2013[23]	10th
Dinamo Zagreb	Ivanković, BrankoBranko Ivanković	Sacked	22 October 2013[24]	Mamić, ZoranZoran Mamić	22 October 2013[24]	2nd
RNK Split	Mršić, StankoStanko Mršić	Sacked	15 February 2014[25]	Matić, IvanIvan Matić	24 February 2014[26]	5th
Slaven Belupo	Frančić, MladenMladen Frančić	Sacked	23 February 2014[27]	Scoria, ElvisElvis Scoria	24 February 2014[27]	8th
Osijek	Kulešević, IvicaIvica Kulešević	Removed from position	26 February 2014[28]	Rukavina, TomislavTomislav Rukavina	27 February 2014[29]	9th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	36	26	6	4	83	26	+57	84	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Rijeka	36	21	10	5	72	35	+37	73	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	36	17	11	8	58	44	+14	62
4	RNK Split	36	14	10	12	41	41	0	52	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	Lokomotiva	36	15	7	14	57	59	−2	52
6	Istra 1961	36	12	8	16	45	56	−11	44
7	Zadar	36	10	5	21	35	67	−32	35
8	Osijek	36	8	9	19	38	62	−24	33
9	Slaven Belupo (O)	36	7	11	18	46	65	−19	32	0 Relegation play-off0
10	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R)	36	7	9	20	41	61	−20	30	Relegation to 2014–15 Druga HNL

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

First round

Home ╲ Away	DIN	HAJ	HRD	IST	LOK	OSI	RIJ	SLA	SPL	ZAD
Dinamo Zagreb		2–2	4–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Hajduk Split	2–0		2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1	1–2		0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–2
Istra 1961	1–3	1–0	2–1		1–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1
Lokomotiva	0–3	1–3	2–1	2–1		5–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Osijek	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2		1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0
Rijeka	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	5–1		2–2	1–1	3–0
Slaven Belupo	1–3	3–3	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	0–1		1–2	1–1
RNK Split	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–1		1–3
Zadar	0–0	1–5	1–1	0–4	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	0–1

Updated to games played on 6 February 2014.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Home ╲ Away	DIN	HAJ	HRD	IST	LOK	OSI	RIJ	SLA	SPL	ZAD
Dinamo Zagreb		3–0^†	5–0	6–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–1
Hajduk Split	0–2		2–1	0–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–1	4–1		1–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–2	2–1
Istra 1961	2–1	1–1	1–2		2–4	0–0	0–1	3–3	2–0	0–2
Lokomotiva	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–2		1–2	1–5	1–0	0–0	1–3
Osijek	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		2–0	4–1	3–1	4–0
Rijeka	2–2	4–1	3–1	3–3	3–2	1–0		2–0	4–1	3–0
Slaven Belupo	1–6	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–3		1–2	5–1
RNK Split	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0		3–1
Zadar	1–2	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–4	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1

Updated to games played on 17 May 2014.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
^† The match was abandoned in the 85th minute at the result 1–0 for Dinamo Zagreb. It was later awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Dinamo Zagreb.^[30][31]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

First leg

Cibalia v Slaven Belupo

25 May 2014 19:00

Cibalia	2 – 2	Slaven Belupo
Puljić  52' Fuštar  76' (o.g.)	Report (Croatian)	Ozobić  14', 72'

Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Second leg

Slaven Belupo v Cibalia

29 May 2014 19:00

Slaven Belupo	2 – 1	Cibalia
Fuštar  24' Delić  36'	Report (Croatian)	Muženjak  22'

Gradski stadion, Koprivnica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Slaven Belupo won 4–3 on aggregate

Top goalscorers

As of 17 May 2014; Source: Sportnet.hr UEFA.com Prva-HNL.hr

22 goals

• Duje Čop (Dinamo Zagreb)

18 goals

• Andrej Kramarić (Dinamo Zagreb, Rijeka)

16 goals

• Leon Benko (Rijeka)
• El Arbi Hillel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb)

14 goals

• Ante Budimir (Lokomotiva)
• Ivan Krstanović (Rijeka)

13 goals

• Junior Fernandes (Dinamo Zagreb)

12 goals

• Anton Maglica (Hajduk Split)

11 goals

• Mario Pašalić (Hajduk Split)

10 goals

• Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (Hrvatski Dragovoljac)

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External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• Prva HNL at UEFA.com