- Croatian Supercup
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The Croatian Supercup is a football match between the winners of the Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup. The Supercup serves as a curtain raiser of the new football season and is only held when different clubs happen to win the two most important competitions during the previous season (e.g. the Supercup isn't held when a club wins The Double).
Since the two Croatian powerhouses won Doubles on seven occasions (Dinamo Zagreb 6 and Hajduk Split 1), the Supercup wasn't held in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In addition to this, the Supercup wasn't held on three occasions - in 1999 Dinamo refused to play Osijek saying it didn't fit their schedule, and in 2000 and 2001 Hajduk and Dinamo couldn't settle on match rules (whether it should be played in one leg or two legs, and in what order). In 2002 the Croatian Football Federation took over the organisation of the Supercup and made it an official single-legged fixture (with 30 minutes of extra time followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary) which must be played a week before the next football season kicks off.[1]
Since 2002, the match has always been hosted by the club that won the league title, with the exception of 2002 when NK Zagreb were reigning champions, but they chose to "host" the match at Dinamo's Maksimir Stadium saying that playing at Maksimir would help them prepare for their upcoming UEFA Champions League qualifying fixture (as their own stadium at Kranjčevićeva had been declared unfit for UEFA competitions).[1]
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Winners
Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb are the only two clubs which won the Supercup, with 5 and 4 wins respectively. Five out of nine Supercups held were decided in Eternal derbies featuring both clubs.
Key
Match went to extra time Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time Match decided by a golden goal in extra time Bold Indicates the winner in two-legged fixtures Results 1992–2001
Year Winner Score Runners–up 1992 Hajduk Split (1) 0–0 (aet), (3–1 p) Inter Zaprešić 1993 Hajduk Split (2) 4–4, 0–0 (a) Dinamo Zagreb 1994 Hajduk Split (3) 1–0, 0–1 (aet), (5–4 p) Dinamo Zagreb 1995 Hajduk Split won the Double 1996 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 1997 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 1998 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 1999 Wasn't contested
(Dinamo Zagreb won the League and Osijek won the Cup)2000 Wasn't contested
(Dinamo Zagreb won the League and Hajduk Split won the Cup)2001 Wasn't contested
(Hajduk Split won the League and Dinamo Zagreb won the Cup)Results 2002–present
Year Winner Score Runners–up Venue Attendance 2002 Dinamo Zagreb 3–2 ‡ NK Zagreb Stadion Maksimir 10,000 2003 Dinamo Zagreb 4–1 Hajduk Split Stadion Maksimir 7,000 2004 Hajduk Split 1–0 Dinamo Zagreb Stadion Poljud 17,000 2005 Hajduk Split 1–0 * Rijeka Stadion Poljud 20,000 2006 Dinamo Zagreb 4–1 Rijeka Stadion Maksimir 15,000 2007 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 2008 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 2009 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double 2010 Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 Hajduk Split Stadion Maksimir 8,000 2011 Dinamo Zagreb won the Double Results by team
Only five clubs participated in the Supercup since 1992. Osijek also qualified for the Supercup by winning the 1999 Croatian Cup, but the match wasn't held as clubs couldn't agree on the date of the fixture.[1]
Club Winners Runners-up Hajduk Split 5 2 Dinamo Zagreb[2] 4 3 Rijeka 0 2 Inter Zaprešić[3] 0 1 NK Zagreb 0 1 Match details
2002
21 July 2002 Dinamo Zagreb 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) NK Zagreb Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)Marić 
1'
Zahora 41'
Petrović
92'Report
(Croatian)Samardžić 17'
Krpan 30'
2003
20 July 2003
20:00 CETDinamo Zagreb 4 – 1 Hajduk Split Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)Tomić 30'
Sedloski 48'
Eduardo 75'
Zahora 90+2'Report
(Croatian)T. Rukavina 23'
2004
17 July 2004 Hajduk Split 1 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb Poljud, Split
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)Blatnjak 49'Report
(Croatian)
2005
15 July 2005 Hajduk Split 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Rijeka Poljud, Split
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)Kranjčar 103'Report
(Croatian)
2006
19 July 2006
20:15 CETDinamo Zagreb 4 – 1 Rijeka Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)Etto 20'
Modrić 40'
Eduardo 62' (pen.), 67'Report
(Croatian)Bolić 51'
2010
17 July 2010
21:00 CETDinamo Zagreb 1 – 0 Hajduk Split Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)Bišćan 77'Report
(Croatian)Notes
- ^ a b c "Hrvatski superkup" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 15 July 2005. http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20050715/sport01.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ During the 1990s, Dinamo Zagreb was known as HAŠK Građanski, and later as Croatia Zagreb until going back to Dinamo Zagreb in 2000.
- ^ Inter Zaprešić was known as Inker Zaprešić until 2003.
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