1992 Prva HNL

Prva HNL

Season	1992
Champions	Hajduk Split 1st Croatian title 10th domestic title
Relegated	None
Goals scored	315
Average goals/game	2.39
Top goalscorer	Ardian Kozniku (12)
Biggest home win	Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik (11 March 1992)
Biggest away win	Zadar 0–4 NK Zagreb (14 March 1992)
Highest scoring	Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik (9 goals) (11 March 1992)
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The Prva HNL's 1992 season was the first season of the top Croatian football league. It was the initial season, after Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia. Affected by the ongoing war in Croatia, the season was shortened and held over the course of only one calendar year, from 29 February to 13 June, 1992.

Clubs

Cibalia

Dubrovnik

Inker

HAŠK Građanski
NK Zagreb

Hajduk

Istra

Osijek

Rijeka

Šibenik

Varteks

Zadar

Locations of teams in 1992 Prva HNL

Club1	City / Town	Stadium	1990–91 result
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Mladost2	8th in Yugoslav Div 2
Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Lapad2	16th in Yugoslav Div 2
Hajduk Split	Split	Poljud	6th in Yugoslav Div 1
HAŠK Građanski	Zagreb	Maksimir	2nd in Yugoslav Div 1
Inker Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Stadion Inkera	2nd in Yugoslav Div 3 West
Istra Pula	Pula	Aldo Drosina	n/a3
Osijek	Osijek	Gradski vrt2	9th in Yugoslav Div 1
Rijeka	Rijeka	Kantrida	15th in Yugoslav Div 1
Šibenik	Šibenik	Šubićevac2	12th in Yugoslav Div 2
Varteks	Varaždin	Stadion Varteksa	6th in Yugoslav Div 3 West
Zadar	Zadar	Stanovi2	1st in Yugoslav Div 3 West
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva	2nd in Yugoslav Div 2

Notes

• ¹ Several clubs were renamed shortly before the 1992 season began:
  • NK Dinamo Vinkovci became HNK Cibalia
  • NK GOŠK Jug Dubrovnik became HNK Dubrovnik
  • NK Dinamo Zagreb became NK HAŠK Građanski
  • NK Jugokeramika Zaprešić became NK Inker Zaprešić
• ² Five clubs were displaced and forced to host their home games outside their hometowns due to shelling in the ongoing Croatian War of Independence:
  • Cibalia hosted 5 matches in Đakovo (against Hajduk, Osijek, Varteks, Šibenik and Zadar), 1 match in Zagreb (against Dubrovnik), 1 match in Čakovec (against HAŠK Građanski), and 4 matches in Požega (against Rijeka, Inker, NK Zagreb and Istra).
  • Dubrovnik hosted 4 matches in Metković (against Zadar, HAŠK Građanski, Rijeka and Inker), and 7 matches in Blato on the island of Korčula (against NK Zagreb, Istra, Hajduk, Osijek, Varteks, Šibenik and Cibalia).
  • Osijek hosted 3 matches in Đakovo (against NK Zagreb, Istra and Dubrovnik), 4 matches in Donji Miholjac (against Hajduk, Zadar, Rijeka and Varteks) and 4 matches in Kutjevo (against Inker, Šibenik, Cibalia and HAŠK Građanski).
  • Šibenik hosted 7 matches in Split (against Osijek, Varteks, Istra, Dubrovnik, Hajduk, Rijeka and Inker), 1 match in Stobreč (against NK Zagreb), 2 matches in Žrnovnica (against Zadar and Cibalia) and a single match in their home town of Šibenik (against HAŠK Građanski).
  • Zadar hosted 4 matches in Split (against Varteks, NK Zagreb, Šibenik and Istra), 5 matches in Solin (against Cibalia, HAŠK Građanski, Hajduk, Rijeka and Osijek), 1 match in Crikvenica (against Dubrovnik), and a single match in their home town of Zadar (against Inker).
• ³ Istra was given a preference over NK Radnik, 4th in Yugoslav Div 3 West, and NK Neretva, 3rd in Yugoslav Div 3 South.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Head-to-head
1	Hajduk Split (C)	22	16	4	2	44	14	+30	36
2	NK Zagreb	22	14	5	3	34	9	+25	33
3	Osijek	22	12	3	7	33	28	+5	27
4	Inker Zaprešić	22	10	6	6	37	19	+18	26	INK 2−1 HGR HGR 0−2 INK
5	HAŠK Građanski	22	11	4	7	32	21	+11	26
6	Rijeka	22	10	5	7	26	22	+4	25
7	Istra Pula	22	8	5	9	22	27	−5	21
8	Varteks	22	7	6	9	32	25	+7	20
9	Cibalia	22	3	9	10	13	24	−11	15
10	Zadar	22	4	5	13	20	49	−29	13
11	Dubrovnik	22	2	7	13	4	36	−32	11	ŠIB 0−0 DBK DBK 2−1 ŠIB
12	Šibenik	22	2	7	13	18	41	−23	11

Updated to games played on 13 June 1992
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation

At the end of the season no teams were relegated as it was decided that the league would expand to 16 clubs for the 1992–93 Prva HNL season.

European competitions

During the season Hajduk Split and HAŠK Građanski took part in European competitions on account of qualification secured at the end of the 1990–91 Yugoslav football season (Dinamo/HAŠK Građanski were runners-up in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League and qualified for 1991–92 UEFA Cup while Hajduk Split won the 1990–91 Yugoslav Cup and entered 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup). Due to war both clubs had to host their European games abroad, in Austria (Dinamo played their UEFA Cup first round fixture against Trabzonspor in Klagenfurt and Hajduk Split played their Cup Winners' Cup first round match against Tottenham Hotspur in Linz).

However, neither Hajduk Split (1992 Croatian champions) nor Inker Zaprešić (1992 Croatian Cup winners) could not enter European competitions the following 1992–93 season as the Croatian Football Federation, the league's governing body, wasn't yet recognized by UEFA and officially became its affiliate as late as June 1993.

Results

Home \ Away1

CIB

DBK

HAJ

HGR

INK

IST

OSI

RIJ

ŠIB

VAR

ZAD

ZAG

Cibalia

0–0

0–2

0–2

1–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–1

0–1

Dubrovnik

0–0

0–1

0–3

0–3

1–0

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

0–2

0–0

Hajduk Split

1–1

9–0

0–0

0–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

4–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

HAŠK Građanski

2–0

2–1

1–2

0–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

4–0

3–0

0–0

Inker Zaprešić

0–0

3–0

0–0

2–1

4–1

3–0

3–02

6–0

1–3

2–1

0–0

Istra Pula

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

0–2

Osijek

2–1

1–0

3–3

1–2

2–1

0–1

3–2

3–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

Rijeka

1–0

3–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

4–1

1–1

Šibenik

1–1

0–0

2–3

3–1

1–1

0–0

0–2

1–2

2–2

4–0

0–1

Varteks

2–0

2–0

0–1

4–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–0

4–0

2–1

Zadar

2–2

0–0

0–3

1–1

4–3

0–1

3–5

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–4

NK Zagreb

2–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

2–2

2–0

Updated to games played on 13 June 1992
Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match between Inker and Rijeka was suspended with the scoreline 1–0 for Rijeka. The game was later awarded to Inker and registered with the score 3–0.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

• Most goals in a match: 9 goals – Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik (11 March 1992).
• Widest winning margin: 9 goals – Hajduk Split 9–0 Dubrovnik (11 March 1992).
• First hat-trick of the season: Nenad Bjelica for Osijek against Šibenik (2 May 1992).

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Ardian Kozniku	Hajduk Split	12
2	Igor Cvitanović	Varteks	9
	Robert Špehar	Osijek	9
	Goran Vlaović	HAŠK Građanski	9
5	Željko Adžić	HAŠK Građanski	8
	Renato Jurčec	NK Zagreb	8
	Goran Vučević	Hajduk Split	8
8	Nenad Bjelica	Osijek	7
	Grgica Kovač	Varteks	7
	Ivica Mornar	Hajduk Split	7
	Zoran Škerjanc	Rijeka	7
	Dževad Turković	Varteks	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Date
Nenad Bjelica	Osijek	Šibenik	2 May 1992
Dejan Ljubančić	Rijeka	Istra Pula	2 May 1992

Source: prva-hnl.hr (Croatian)

See also

• 1992 Croatian Cup
• 1992 Druga HNL

References

1. ^ "Lista strijelaca (zbirno)" (in Croatian). Prva-HNL.hr. Udruga profesionalnih klubova Prve hrvatske nogometne lige. http://www.prva-hnl.hr/dokumenti/LISTA-STRIJELACA-ZBIRNO.pdf. Retrieved 21 October 2009. 

External links

• League table and results at Prva HNL official website (Croatian)
• 1992 in Croatian football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.com