2001–02 Croatian First Football League

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The 2001–02 Croatian First Football League was the eleventh season of the Croatian First Football League since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb became champions for the first time, and were the first and until 2017 only league winners from outside the Eternal Derby rivalry. The campaign began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 4 May 2002. The league expanded to 16 teams (from 12 in the previous season), and was contested by all the 12 teams who competed in the previous season plus four newly promoted ones from Croatian Second Football League.

The first goal of the season was scored by Dinamo Zagreb's Dario Zahora against newly promoted TŠK Topolovac in the 13th minute of the game on the opening day of the season on 28 July.[1] Miljenko Mumlek of Varteks scored the first hat-trick of the season against Hajduk Split, two of them from penalty kicks, at Poljud on 17 August 2001.[2]

NK Zagreb clinched their first ever title after they drew 0–0 against Čakovec and their last competitor for the title Hajduk Split lost 1–0 to Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the penultimate 29th round of the season which took place on 27 April 2002. It was the third Croatian First Football League title for NK Zagreb manager Zlatko Kranjčar, who thus became the first manager to have won the Prva HNL in charge of two different clubs (in 1996 and 1998 he clinched two championship titles with Croatia Zagreb, renamed Dinamo Zagreb in 2000). The top goalscorer of the season was Ivica Olić with 21 goals scored in 29 appearances for NK Zagreb.

Promotion and relegation

Since it had been decided that the league would expand to 16 teams for the 2001–02 season, only Marsonia were in danger of relegation, having finished last the previous season. Marsonia then played second level side Solin in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff on 3 and 10 June 2001. The aggregate score was 5–5, but Marsonia won the tie on away goals rule, so no team were relegated.

Teams promoted from 2000–01 Croatian Second Football League:

Summaries

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2001–02 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 27 July 2001, the first day of the season.

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Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Cibalia Template:Flagicon Davor Čop Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 9,920
Čakovec Template:Flagicon Rajko Magić Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 8,000
Dinamo Zagreb Template:Flagicon Ilija Lončarević Zagreb Stadion Maksimir 37,168
Hajduk Split Template:Flagicon Nenad Gračan Split Stadion Poljud 35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Template:Flagicon Luka Bonačić Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 5,000
Kamen Ingrad Template:Flagicon Tomislav Radić Velika Stadion Kamen Ingrad 8,000
Marsonia Template:Flagicon Milo Nižetić Slavonski Brod Gradski stadion uz Savu 10,000
Osijek Template:Flagicon Vlado Bilić Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt 19,500
Pomorac Template:Flagicon Predrag Stilinović Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 3,000
Rijeka Template:Flagicon Ivan Katalinić Rijeka Stadion Kantrida 10,275
Slaven Belupo Template:Flagicon Dražen Besek Koprivnica Gradski stadion 4,000
Šibenik Template:Flagicon Vjekoslav Lokica Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 8,000
TŠK Topolovac Template:Flagicon Ivica Vidović Topolovac Gradski stadion 8,000
Varteks Template:Flagicon Branko Janžek Varaždin Stadion Varteks 10,800
Zadar Template:Flagicon Stanko Mršić Zadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860
NK Zagreb Template:Flagicon Zlatko Kranjčar Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Čakovec Template:Flagicon Rajko Magić
Sacked
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		13 October 2001[3] Template:Flagicon Miljenko Dovečer 13 October 2001[3]
Kamen Ingrad Template:Flagicon Tomislav Radić Removed from position 23 December 2001[4] Template:Flagicon Rajko Magić 23 December 2001[4]
Dinamo Zagreb Template:Flagicon Ilija Lončarević Sacked 14 April 2002[5] Template:Flagicon Marijan Vlak (c) 14 April 2002[5]

League table

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Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vukovar '91 3–4 Šibenik 0–0 3–4
Istra Pula 1–3 Kamen Ingrad 0–1 1–2

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Results

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Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Ivica Olić NK Zagreb 21
2 Template:Flagicon Saša Bjelanović Varteks 16
3 Template:Flagicon Admir Hasančić NK Zagreb 14
Template:Flagicon Dario Zahora Dinamo Zagreb
5 Template:Flagicon Tomislav Erceg Hajduk Split 13
Template:Flagicon Marin Lalić Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Template:Flagicon Natko Rački Rijeka
Template:Flagicon Zoran Zekić Zadar
9 Template:Flagicon Mate Dragičević Šibenik 12
10 Template:Flagicon Zvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split 11
Template:Flagicon Petar Krpan NK Zagreb

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See also

References

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External links

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