2000–01 Croatian First Football League
Season | 2000–01 |
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Champions | Hajduk Split 4th Croatian title 13th domestic title |
Relegated | None |
Champions League | Hajduk Split |
UEFA Cup | Dinamo Zagreb Osijek Varteks |
Intertoto Cup | Slaven Belupo NK Zagreb |
Matches played | 192 |
Goals scored | 548 (2.85 per match) |
Best Player | Boško Balaban |
Top goalscorer | Tomislav Šokota (20) |
Biggest home win | Slaven Belupo 7–1 Varteks Hajduk Split 6–0 Varteks |
Biggest away win | Marsonia 0–5 Hajduk Split Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–5 Croatia Zagreb |
Highest scoring | Slaven Belupo 7–1 Varteks Croatia Zagreb 6–2 Slaven Belupo Osijek 6–2 Hrvatski Dragovoljac Šibenik 3–5 Hrvatski Dragovoljac |
Average attendance | 2,882 |
2001–02 → |
The 2000–01 Croatian First Football League was the tenth season of the Croatian First Football League, Croatia's top association football league, since its establishment in 1992. It began on 30 July 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their fifth consecutive title the previous season. The 2000–01 Prva HNL was contested by 12 teams and was won by Hajduk Split, who won their thirteenth title, after a win against Varteks on 27 May 2001, which was ended the Dinamo Zagreb (then Croatia Zagreb)'s five-year dominance.
Teams[]
A total of twelve teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1999–2000 season and two promoted teams from the 1999–2000 Croatian Second Football League, Čakovec and Marsonia. Marsonia had returned to top flight after one previous three-season spell in the Prva HNL between 1994 and 1997, while Čakovec saw its top flight debut after coming close to promotion in 1998 and 1999 (they lost the promotion play-offs on both occasions).
Changes from last season[]
Teams promoted from 1999–2000 Croatian Second Football League
Teams relegated to 2000–01 Croatian Second Football League
- 11th placed: Istra Pula
- 12th placed: Vukovar '91
Summaries[]
The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2000–01 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 30 July 2000, the first day of the season.
Team | Manager | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Cibalia | ![]() |
Vinkovci | Stadion HNK Cibalia | 9,920 |
Čakovec | ![]() |
Čakovec | Stadion SRC Mladost | 8,000 |
Dinamo Zagreb | ![]() |
Zagreb | Stadion Maksimir | 37,168 |
Hajduk Split | ![]() |
Split | Stadion Poljud | 35,000 |
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ![]() |
Zagreb | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić | 5,000 |
Marsonia | ![]() |
Slavonski Brod | Gradski stadion uz Savu | 10,000 |
Osijek | ![]() |
Osijek | Stadion Gradski vrt | 19,500 |
Rijeka | ![]() |
Rijeka | Stadion Kantrida | 10,275 |
Slaven Belupo | ![]() |
Koprivnica | Gradski stadion | 4,000 |
Šibenik | ![]() |
Šibenik | Stadion Šubićevac | 8,000 |
Varteks | ![]() |
Varaždin | Stadion Varteks | 10,800 |
NK Zagreb | ![]() |
Zagreb | Stadion Kranjčevićeva | 8,850 |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Čakovec | ![]() |
Pre-season | ||||
Varteks | ![]() |
24 May 2000 | Pre-season | |||
Marsonia | ![]() |
Resigned | 21 August 2000 | ![]() |
21 August 2000 | 12th |
Hajduk Split | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 August 2000[1] | ![]() |
21 August 2000[1] | 2nd |
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 October 2000 | ![]() |
22 October 2000 | 9th |
Cibalia | ![]() |
Resigned | 15 October 2000 | ![]() |
15 October 2000 | 11th |
Marsonia | ![]() |
Resigned | 1 November 2000 | ![]() |
3 November 2000 | 12th |
Rijeka | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 November 2000 | ![]() |
13 November | 9th |
Dinamo Zagreb | ![]() |
Removed from position | 20 November 2000[2] | ![]() |
20 November 2000[2] | 2nd |
Rijeka | ![]() |
Removed from position | 15 December 2000[3] | ![]() |
15 December 2000[3] | 9th |
Čakovec | ![]() |
Resigned | 3 February 2001[4] | ![]() |
4 February 2001[4] | 8th |
Marsonia | ![]() |
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Šibenik | ![]() |
Resigned | 28 February 2001[5] | ![]() |
28 February 2001[5] | 8th |
Dinamo Zagreb | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 April 2001[2] | ![]() |
3 April 2001[2] | 1st |
Osijek | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 April 2001[6] | ![]() |
3 April 2001[6] | 2nd |
NK Zagreb | ![]() |
Sacked | 16 April 2001[7] | ![]() |
16 April 2001[7] | 6th |
Varteks | ![]() |
Sacked | 1 May 2001[8] | ![]() |
1 May 2001[8] | 5th |
Rijeka | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 May 2001[9] | ![]() |
15 December 2000[9] | 11th |
First stage[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 46 | Qualification to championship group |
2 | Osijek | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 44 | |
3 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 41 | |
4 | NK Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 34 | |
5 | Varteks | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 32 | |
6 | Slaven Belupo | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 32 | |
7 | Čakovec | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 27 | Qualification to relegation group |
8 | Šibenik | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 26 | |
9 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 23 | |
10 | Cibalia | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 20 | |
11 | Rijeka | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 19 | |
12 | Marsonia | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rounds 1–22 results[]
Championship group[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hajduk Split (C) | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
3 | Osijek | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 57 | |
4 | Varteks | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 45 | |
5 | Slaven Belupo | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
6 | NK Zagreb | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 38 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Rounds 23–32 results[]
Relegation group[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Šibenik | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
8 | Čakovec | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 39 | |
9 | Cibalia | 32 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 33 | |
10 | Rijeka | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 33 | |
11 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 33 | |
12 | Marsonia (O) | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 29 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner
Rounds 23–32 results[]
Relegation play-off[]
Due to the expansion of Prva HNL to 16 clubs in the 2001–02 season, four clubs from the 2000–01 Druga HNL were automatically promoted. Those should have been top four clubs, but since third-placed Croatia Sesvete and sixth-placed Belišće had decided to step back from promotion, 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th placed second level teams were automatically promoted for the following season (Kamen Ingrad, Pomorac Kostrena, Zadar and TŠK Topolovac respectively). Therefore, the 12th placed Marsonia played a two-legged relegation play-off against the 7th placed team of Druga HNL, Solin. The tie ended in a 5–5 aggregate score and Marsonia won it on away goals, thereby staying in the Prva HNL for the following season.
Solin Građa | 5–2 | Marsonia |
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Giljušić ![]() Turković ![]() Guč ![]() Kalinić ![]() Bačić ![]() |
Olić ![]() |
Marsonia | 3–0 | Solin Građa |
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Olić ![]() |
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[10] |
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1 | ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb | 20 |
2 | ![]() |
Slaven Belupo | 171 |
3 | ![]() |
Marsonia | 162 |
4 | ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb | 14 |
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Hajduk Split | ||
6 | ![]() |
Hajduk Split | 13 |
7 | ![]() |
Šibenik | 12 |
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Varteks | ||
9 | ![]() |
Hajduk Split | 11 |
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Varteks | ||
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NK Zagreb |
- Notes
- 1 Including six goals scored in Slaven Belupo's 7–1 home win against Varteks on 22 October 2000, which is the record for most goals scored by a single player in a Prva HNL match.
- 2 Ivica Olić scored 11 goals during the regular Prva HNL season and this is the tally as recorded by official records kept by Prva HNL. However, he scored an additional 5 goals in Marsonia's two-legged relegation play-off against second level side Solin, and the total of 16 goals was included in top scoring tables published in the Croatian media at the end of the season.
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "Stilinović novi trener Rijeke, Ivošević direktor" (in Croatian). Vjesnik. 16 December 2000. Archived from the original on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b Dretar, Dražen (2 May 2001). "Katalinić je sam sebi smjestio otkaz" (in Croatian). Vjesnik. Retrieved 28 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Šokota prvi strijelac" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). 29–30 May 2001. p. 22. Retrieved 27 April 2010.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Season statistics at HRNogomet
- 2000–01 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- Croatian First Football League seasons
- 2000–01 in European association football leagues
- 2000–01 in Croatian football