2006–07 Croatian First Football League

Prva HNL Ožujsko

Season	2006–07
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb 9th Croatian title 13th domestic title
Relegated	Kamen Ingrad Pula
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Hajduk Split Slaven Belupo (via Cup)
Intertoto Cup	NK Zagreb
Matches played	198
Goals scored	561 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eduardo da Silva (34)
Biggest home win	Osijek 6–1 Međimurje
Biggest away win	Kamen I. 0–6 Zagreb
Highest scoring	Osijek 6–1 Međimurje 4–3 four matches
Average attendance	3,067
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006-07 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the 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 28 April 2007.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Dinamo
NK Zagreb

Cibalia

Hajduk

K. Ingrad

Međimurje

Osijek

Pula

Rijeka

Sl. Belupo

Šibenik

Varteks

Locations of teams in 2006–07 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
Stadion HNK Cibalia	Vinkovci	Cibalia	10,000
Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	NK Zagreb	8,850
Stadion Kamen Ingrad	Velika	Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Stadion SRC Mladost	Čakovec	Međimurje	8,000
Stadion Šubićevac	Šibenik	Šibenik	8,000
Gradski stadion u Koprivnici	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo	4,000
Stadion Veruda	Pula	Pula	3,000

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	2007–08 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	33	22	6	5	60	25	+35	72	2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	NK Zagreb	33	18	4	11	57	40	+17	58	2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
4	Šibenik	33	14	7	12	50	47	+3	49
5	Slaven Belupo	33	14	7	12	40	37	+3	049^1	2007–08 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	0 Relegation play-off0
12	Kamen Ingrad (R)	33	3	4	26	27	77	−50	011^2	Relegation to 2007–08 Druga HNL

Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.
²Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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

Updated to games played on 10 March 2007.
Source: Sportnet.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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

Updated to games played on 19 May 2007.
Source: Sportnet.hr
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

Zadar v Pula

27 May 2007

Zadar	3 – 0	Pula
Terkeš  12' Župan  45' (pen.) Barnjak  67' (pen.)	Report (Croatian)

Stadion Stanovi, Zadar Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg

Pula v Zadar

30 May 2007

Pula	2 – 3	Zadar
Raić-Sudar  8' Halilović  72'	Report (Croatian)	Terkeš  42', 74' Surać  71'

Stadion Veruda, Pula Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

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

Top goalscorers

Player	Goals	Club
da Silva, EduardoEduardo da Silva	34	Dinamo Zagreb
Sharbini, AhmadAhmad Sharbini	21	Rijeka
Lovrek, KrunoslavKrunoslav Lovrek	18	NK Zagreb
Novinić, EnesEnes Novinić	15	Varteks
Bartolović, MladenMladen Bartolović	12	Hajduk Split
Vugrinec, DavorDavor Vugrinec		Dinamo Zagreb
Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić		Cibalia
Bušić, TomislavTomislav Bušić	11	Hajduk Split
Mandžukić, MarioMario Mandžukić		NK Zagreb
Vručina, BojanBojan Vručina		Slaven Belupo

See also

• 2006–07 Croatian Second Football League
• 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup

External links

• Season statistics at HRNogomet
• 2006–07 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation