HT Premijer liga

Hrvatski Telekom Premijer liga

Founded	1991; 31 years ago (1991)
Country	Croatia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Prva muška liga
Domestic cup(s)	Krešimir Ćosić Cup
Current champions	Zadar (3rd title) (2020–21 season)
Most championships	Cibona (19 titles)
Website	www.hks-cbf.hr
2021–22 season

The Hrvatski Telekom Premijer liga (English: Hrvatski Telekom Premier League, lit. 'Croatian Telecom Premier League'), also known as HT Premijer liga or simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Croatia. It began in 1991, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and therefore the Yugoslav League, and is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation.

The HT Premijer liga, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 12 teams. The most successful club is KK Cibona with 19 championship titles.

History[]

Prior to 1991, clubs from Croatia played in the Yugoslav First Federal League. From the inaugural season in 1946, three Croatian clubs won 15 national championships in total; Zadar (six titles), Split (six titles), and Cibona (three titles).

Title holders[]

Performance by club[]

Club	Champions	Winning years
Cibona	19	1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19
Cedevita	5	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Zadar	3	2004–05, 2007–08, 2020–21
Split	1	2002–03
Zagreb	1	2010–11

Playoffs finals[]

Winners in matches between first & fourth and second & third in regular season play against each other for the title

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record
1991–92	Cibona	2–1	Zadar	Cibona	8–2
1992–93	Cibona	2–1	Slobodna Dalmacija	Cibona	17–1
1993–94	Cibona	3–0	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona	14–0
1994–95	Cibona	3–1	Zrinjevac	Cibona	12–2
1995–96	Cibona	3–1	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona	25–3
1996–97	Cibona	3–1	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona	19–3
1997–98	Cibona	3–1	Zadar	Cibona	24–2
1998–99	Zadar	1–3	Cibona	Zadar	19–3
1999–00	Zadar	0–2	Cibona	Zadar	20–2
2000–01	Cibona	3–0	Split CO	Cibona	18–4
2001–02	Cibona VIP	2–0	Zadar	Cibona VIP	12–2
2002–03	Split CO	2–0	Cibona VIP	Split CO	12–2
2003–04	Cibona VIP	3–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP	13–1
2004–05	Zadar	3–2	Cibona VIP	Zadar	12–2
2005–06	Cibona VIP	2–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP	14–0
2006–07	Cibona VIP	3–2	Zadar	Cibona VIP	12–2
2007–08	Zadar	3–2	Split CO	Zadar	13–1
2008–09	Cibona VIP	3–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP	13–1
2009–10	Cibona VIP	3–2	Zadar	Cibona VIP	12–2
2010–11	Cedevita	0–3	Zagreb CO	Cedevita	12–2
2011–12	Cibona	3–1	Cedevita	Cibona	14–0
2012–13	Cibona	3–0	Zadar	Cibona	12–2
2013–14	Cedevita	3–0	Cibona	Cedevita	13–1
2014–15	Cedevita	3–1	Cibona	Cedevita	12–2
2015–16	Cedevita	3–0	Cibona	Cedevita	13–1
2016–17	Cibona	2–3	Cedevita	Šibenik	21–5
2017–18	Cedevita	3–1	Cibona	Cedevita	23–1
2018–19	Cibona	4–0	Cedevita	Zadar	18–4
2019–20	Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Zadar	3–2	Split	Zadar	25–4

By club[]

Club	W	L	Total
Cibona	19	7	26
Cedevita	5	3	8
Zadar	3	11	14
Split	1	7	8
Zagreb	1	0	1
Zrinjevac	0	1	1

All–time national champions[]

Total number of national champions won by Croatian clubs. Table includes titles won during the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992).

Club	Champions	Winning years
Cibona	22	1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19
Zadar	9	1965, 1967, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1985–86, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2020–21
Split	7	1970–71, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2002–03
Cedevita	5	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Zagreb	1	2010–11

Players with 3 or more trophies[]

Championships	Player
8	Davor Kus
	Davor Marcelić
7
	Marin Rozić
6	Marko Arapović
	Veljko Mršić
	Davor Pejčinović
	Slaven Rimac
	Ivica Žurić
5	Vladan Alanović
	Damir Mulaomerović
	Sandro Nicević
	Nikola Prkačin
	Josip Sesar
	Tomislav Zubčić
4	Lukša Andrić
	Luka Babić
	Miro Bilan
	Gordan Giriček
	Alan Gregov
	Lovro Mazalin
	Mate Skelin
	Marko Tomas
	Karlo Žganec
	Andrija Žižić
3
	Toni Katić
	Bariša Krasić
	Pavle Marčinković
	Damir Markota
	Džanan Musa
	Fran Pilepić
	Zdravko Radulović
	Ivan Ramljak
	Damir Rančić
	Roko Ukić
	Josip Vranković

Source: basketball.hr

Coaches with 2 or more trophies[]

Championships	Coach
6	Aleksandar Petrović
	Jasmin Repeša
4	Veljko Mršić
3	Dražen Anzulović
2	Velimir Perasović
	Neven Spahija

Source: basketball.hr

See also[]

• Krešimir Ćosić Cup
• Croatian First Women's Basketball League

External links[]

• Official website