2006–07 Croatian First Football League

The 2006–07 Croatian First Football League (officially known as 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 Matchday 29, played on 28 April 2007.

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 →

Teams

Stadia and personnel

Dinamo
NK Zagreb

Cibalia

Hajduk

K. Ingrad

Međimurje

Osijek

Pula

Rijeka

Sl. Belupo

Šibenik

Varteks

Locations of teams in 2006–07 Prva HNL

Team	Manager1	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Cibalia	Mile Petković	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	10,000
Dinamo Zagreb	Branko Ivanković	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	37,168
Hajduk Split	Ivan Pudar	Split	Stadion Poljud	35,000
Kamen Ingrad	Dalibor Bognar	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Međimurje	Želimir Orehovec	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	8,000
Osijek	Ilija Lončarević	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	19,500
Pula	Stanko Mršić	Pula	Stadion Veruda	3,000
Rijeka	Josip Kuže	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	10,275
Slaven Belupo	Elvis Scoria	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion u Koprivnici	4,000
Šibenik	Anel Karabeg	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	8,000
Varteks	Zlatko Dalić	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	10,800
NK Zagreb	Miroslav Blažević	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	8,850

• ¹ On final match day of the season, played on 19 May 2007.

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	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	33	22	6	5	60	25	+35	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	NK Zagreb	33	18	4	11	57	40	+17	58	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Šibenik	33	14	7	12	50	47	+3	49
5	Slaven Belupo[lower-alpha 1]	33	14	7	12	40	37	+3	49	Qualification to 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	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Kamen Ingrad[lower-alpha 2] (R)	33	3	4	26	27	77	−50	11	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.
2. Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Home \ Away	CIB	DIN	HAJ	KAM	MEĐ	OSI	PUL	RIJ	SLA	ŠIB	VAR	ZAG	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			0–1		3–0		1–0			2–1	1–0
Dinamo Zagreb	4–0		2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	4–0		3–0		4–1	1–0		1–0		3–0
Hajduk Split	2–0	2–2		4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0				4–0			0–1	2–2	1–1		2–0	3–1
Kamen Ingrad	2–2	0–2	2–3		0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–1				0–2			1–2			0–6
Međimurje	3–1	2–3	0–2	2–0		2–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–1	5–1	2–0			2–4	1–1			1–0	1–1		0–1	1–2
Osijek	3–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–2		1–2		6–1					2–2	1–0
Pula	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2		2–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		1–2		0–0		3–1			0–0			2–3
Rijeka	4–1	2–3	0–1	4–2	1–3	2–2	2–0		2–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2			2–0		0–2	1–1				3–0
Slaven Belupo	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–3			2–0	0–1		3–0				4–2
Šibenik	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	2–1		2–0	1–0			2–2	3–1			1–0	3–1	0–0		3–4
Varteks	1–0	1–3	0–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1		1–3		2–3		3–2			2–2		4–3			1–1
NK Zagreb	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0		1–1	0–4			1–1	2–1		1–3		2–1

Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

First leg

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

27 May 2007

Stadion Stanovi, Zadar

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg

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

30 May 2007

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eduardo da Silva	Dinamo Zagreb	34
2	Ahmad Sharbini	Rijeka	21
3	Krunoslav Lovrek	NK Zagreb	18
4	Enes Novinić	Varteks	15
5	Mladen Bartolović	Hajduk Split	12
	Davor Vugrinec	Dinamo Zagreb
	Zoran Zekić	Cibalia
8	Tomislav Bušić	Hajduk Split	11
	Mario Mandžukić	NK Zagreb
	Bojan 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