2018–19 Croatian First Football League

Hrvatski telekom Prva liga
Season 2018–19
Dates 27 July 2018 – 25 May 2019
Matches played 50
Goals scored 150 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer Lirim Kastrati
Łukasz Zwoliński (7)
Biggest home win Lokomotiva 4–0 Inter Zaprešić
Rijeka 4–0 Inter Zaprešić
Biggest away win Slaven Belupo 2–5 Lokomotiva
Highest scoring Dinamo Zagreb 5–3 Inter Zaprešić
Highest attendance 21,472
Hajduk Split 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Lowest attendance 245
Inter Zaprešić 2–1 Lokomotiva
Total attendance 164,160[1][2]
Average attendance 3,283[1][2]
All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th 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 27 July 2018 and is expected to end on 25 May 2019.

The league is contested by 10 teams.

Teams

On 23 April 2018, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2018–19 season was complete. For the 2018–19 Prva HNL, only eight clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. All of these clubs except Gorica were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.[3] In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage can appeal on the decision.

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebStadion Maksimir35,423[4]
GoricaVelika GoricaStadion Radnik8,000[4]
Hajduk SplitSplitStadion Poljud34,198[5]
Inter ZaprešićZaprešićStadion ŠRC Zaprešić5,228[6]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina9,800[7]
LokomotivaZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva18,850[8]
OsijekOsijekStadion Gradski vrt18,856[9]
RijekaRijekaStadion Rujevica8,279[10]
RudešZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva18,850[8]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,205[11]
  • 1 Lokomotiva and Rudeš host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva as their own ground failed to get license for top level football. The stadium is originally the home ground of third-level side NK Zagreb.

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Nenad Bjelica Republic of Macedonia Arijan Ademi Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović Croatia Igor Čagalj Visual Alpas-Sport
Hajduk Split Croatia Zoran Vulić Croatia Mijo Caktaš Macron Tommy
Inter Zaprešić Croatia Samir Toplak Croatia Ivan Čeliković Joma Veleučilište Baltazar Zaprešić
Istra 1961 Spain Curro Torres Croatia Marin Grujević Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Croatia Goran Tomić Croatia Fran Karačić Nike Crodux
Osijek Croatia Zoran Zekić Croatia Mile Škorić Nike DOBRO
Rijeka Croatia Igor Bišćan Croatia Simon Sluga Joma Sava Osiguranje
Rudeš Croatia Marko Lozo Croatia Tomislav Mrkonjić Kelme Globatalent
Slaven Belupo Croatia Tomislav Ivković Croatia Mateas Delić Adidas Belupo

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Rudeš Spain Jose Manuel Aira Signed by Sochaux 22 May 2018 Croatia Ivan Matić 17 June 2018 Pre-season
Gorica Croatia Ivan Prelec Signed by Legia Warsaw (assistant) 4 June 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović 18 June 2018 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Croatia Darko Raić-Sudar Sacked 10 July 2018 Spain Manolo Márquez 10 July 2018 Pre-season
Hajduk Split Croatia Željko Kopić Sacked 5 September 2018 Croatia Zoran Vulić 9 September 2018 8th
Istra 1961

Spain Manolo Márquez

 Removed from position 18 September 2018

Spain Curro Torres

 20 September 2018 9th
Rudeš

Croatia Ivan Matić

 Removed from position 3 October 2018

Croatia Marko Lozo

 3 October 2018 10th
Rijeka

Slovenia Matjaž Kek

 Resigned 6 October 2018

Croatia Igor Bišćan

 9 October 2018 5th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 10 7 3 0 19 7 +12 24 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Osijek 10 6 2 2 20 9 +11 20 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Lokomotiva 10 6 1 3 20 9 +11 19 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4 Gorica 10 5 1 4 14 13 +1 16
5 Rijeka 10 3 5 2 15 11 +4 14
6 Slaven Belupo 10 2 6 2 15 16 −1 12
7 Hajduk Split 10 2 5 3 13 16 −3 11
8 Inter Zaprešić 10 3 1 6 15 25 −10 10
9 Istra 1961 10 2 2 6 13 22 −9 8 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Rudeš 10 0 2 8 6 22 −16 2 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[12]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 October 2018[13][14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kosovo Lirim Kastrati Lokomotiva 7
Poland Łukasz Zwoliński Gorica
3 Serbia Komnen Andrić Inter Zaprešić 6
Argentina Ramón Mierez Istra 1961
5 Brazil Héber Rijeka 5
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Hajradinović Osijek 4
Republic of Macedonia Mirko Ivanovski Hajduk Split
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Krstanović Lokomotiva
Croatia Mirko Marić Osijek
France Jean-Philippe Mendy Slaven Belupo

References

  1. 1 2 prvahnl.hr
  2. 1 2 hrnogomet.hr
  3. ↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2018/19. godinu za UEFA klupska natjecanja, Prvu HNL i u Drugu HNL završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Stadion Maksimir". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stadion Poljud". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Stadion Aldo Drosina". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Stadion Kranjčevićeva". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Stadion Gradski vrt". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Stadion HNK Rijeka". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2018/2019" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  13. ↑ PrvaHNL.hr
  14. ↑ SofaScore

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