Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga
Season2018–19
Dates27 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
RelegatedRudeš
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Europa LeagueRijeka
Osijek
Hajduk Split
Matches played180
Goals scored510 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerMijo Caktaš (19)
Biggest home winRijeka 7–0 Inter Zaprešić
Biggest away winIstra 1961 0–7 Rijeka
Highest scoringDinamo Zagreb 7–2 Rudeš
Longest winning runDinamo Zagreb (7)
Longest unbeaten runDinamo Zagreb (15)
Longest winless runRudeš (23)
Longest losing runRudeš (8)
Highest attendance26,664
Hajduk Split 0–1 Dinamo Zagreb
Lowest attendance0
Hajduk Split 1–1 Rijeka
Total attendance478,760[1][2]
Average attendance2,660[1][2]

The 2018–19 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was 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 finished on 26 May 2019.

The league was contested by ten 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 could appeal on the decision.

Stadia and locations

Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić
Stadion Maksimir Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Stadion Poljud Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić
Capacity: 35,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 34,198 Capacity: 5,228
Istra 1961 Lokomotiva
Stadion Aldo Drosina Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 9,800 Capacity: 8,850
Osijek Rijeka Rudeš Slaven Belupo
Stadion Gradski vrt Stadion Rujevica Stadion Kranjčevićeva Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš
Capacity: 18,856 Capacity: 8,279 Capacity: 8,850 Capacity: 3,205
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebStadion Maksimir35,123[4]
GoricaVelika GoricaGradski stadion Velika Gorica5,000[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.
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 3 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva, and Rudeš
2 Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County 2 Gorica, Inter Zaprešić
3 Coat of arms of Istria County Istria 1 Istra 1961
Coat of arms of Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Nenad Bjelica North Macedonia Arijan Ademi Germany Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović Croatia Igor Čagalj Germany Alpas JAF J.u.A. Frischeis
Hajduk Split Croatia Siniša Oreščanin Croatia Mijo Caktaš Italy Macron Tommy
Inter Zaprešić Croatia Samir Toplak Croatia Karlo Muhar Spain Joma B2 Assets
Istra 1961 Croatia Igor Cvitanović Croatia Marin Grujević Spain Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Croatia Goran Tomić Australia Fran Karačić United States Nike Crodux
Osijek Croatia Dino Skender Croatia Mile Škorić United States Nike DOBRO
Rijeka Croatia Igor Bišćan Austria Alexander Gorgon Spain Joma Sava Osiguranje
Rudeš Croatia Tomislav Ivković Croatia Tomislav Mrkonjić Spain Kelme
Slaven Belupo Croatia Ivica Sertić Croatia Mateas Delić Germany 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
Istra 1961 Spain Curro Torres Removed from position 27 October 2018 Croatia Krunoslav Rendulić 28 October 2018 9th
Slaven Belupo Croatia Tomislav Ivković Removed from position 10 November 2018 Croatia Ivica Sertić 21 December 2018 7th
Hajduk Split Croatia Zoran Vulić Sacked 27 November 2018 Croatia Siniša Oreščanin 27 November 2018 6th
Rudeš Croatia Marko Lozo Removed from position 4 December 2018 Croatia Darko Jozinović 5 December 2018 10th
Rudeš Croatia Darko Jozinović Removed from position 24 December 2018 Croatia Tomislav Ivković 24 December 2018 10th
Istra 1961 Croatia Krunoslav Rendulić Sacked 4 March 2019 Croatia Igor Cvitanović 4 March 2019 9th
Osijek Croatia Zoran Zekić Resigned 29 March 2019 Croatia Dino Skender 29 March 2019 3rd

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 29 5 2 74 20 +54 92 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rijeka 36 19 10 7 70 36 +34 67 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Osijek 36 18 8 10 61 36 +25 62[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Hajduk Split 36 17 11 8 59 39 +20 62[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Gorica 36 17 8 11 57 46 +11 59
6 Lokomotiva 36 13 10 13 51 43 +8 49
7 Slaven Belupo 36 7 16 13 41 53 −12 37
8 Inter Zaprešić 36 9 4 23 40 84 −44 31
9 Istra 1961 (O) 36 6 7 23 31 73 −42 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Rudeš (R) 36 3 5 28 26 80 −54 14 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Rijeka qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup. As a result, the spot awarded to the runners-up (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Osijek 7 pts, Hajduk Split 4 pts.

Results

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

Home \ Away DIN RIJ OSI HAJ GOR LOK SLA INT IST RUD DIN RIJ OSI HAJ GOR LOK SLA INT IST RUD
Dinamo Zagreb — 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–3 3–0 1–1 — 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 7–2
Rijeka 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–3 5–1 0–0 — 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 7–0 2–0 3–1
Osijek 0–2 1–2 — 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 6–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 — 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
Hajduk Split 0–0 1–1 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–0
Gorica 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 — 0–3 3–3 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 0–2 4–3 2–2 4–1 3–1
Lokomotiva 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 — 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–1 2–3 — 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Slaven Belupo 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–5 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 3–3 2–1
Inter Zaprešić 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 — 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 3–2 1–3 — 3–1 0–3
Istra 1961 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 — 1–0 0–4 0–7 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 — 2–0
Rudeš 0–3 1–2 1–4 1–4 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–3 — 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 —
Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, ninth-placed team Istra 1961 contested a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Šibenik, runners-up of the 2018–19 Croatian Second Football League.

First leg

Šibenik1–1Istra 1961
  • Kukec 14'
 Report
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Second leg

Istra 19612–0Šibenik
 Report
Attendance: 3,209
Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Istra 1961 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club(s) Goals[13][14]
1 Croatia Mijo Caktaš Hajduk Split 19
2 Croatia Mirko Marić Osijek 18
3 Croatia Jakov Puljić Rijeka 16
4 Serbia Komnen Andrić Inter Zaprešić (10)
Dinamo Zagreb (4)		 14
Poland Łukasz Zwoliński Gorica
6 Brazil Jairo Hajduk Split 13
Croatia Ivan Krstanović Lokomotiva (6)
Slaven Belupo (7)
8 Croatia Antonio Čolak Rijeka 12
9 Croatia Kristijan Lovrić Gorica 10
10 Switzerland Mario Gavranović Dinamo Zagreb 9
Brazil Héber Rijeka
Argentina Ramón Mierez Istra 1961
Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb

Awards

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Spain Dani Olmo Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season Croatia Nenad Bjelica Dinamo Zagreb
Young Player of the Season Spain Dani Olmo Dinamo Zagreb
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Croatia Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence Bosnia and Herzegovina Zoran Kvržić (Rijeka) France Kévin Théophile-Catherine (Dinamo Zagreb) Austria Emir Dilaver (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Domagoj Bradarić (Hajduk Split)
Midfield Brazil Jairo (Hajduk Split) Croatia Luka Ivanušec (Lokomotiva)

Spain Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)

 Croatia Domagoj Pavičić (Rijeka) Croatia Jakov Puljić (Rijeka)
Attack

Croatia Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb)

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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