1993–94 Croatian First Football League

The 1993–94 Croatian First Football League was the third season of the top football league in Croatia since its establishment.

Croatian First Football League

Season	1993–94
Champions	Hajduk Split 2nd Croatian title 11th domestic title
Relegated	Pazinka Dubrovnik Dubrava Radnik Velika Gorica
Champions League	Hajduk Split
Cup Winners' Cup	Croatia Zagreb
Matches played	306
Goals scored	837 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Goran Vlaović (29)
Biggest home win	Hajduk Split 10–0 Radnik
Biggest away win	Radnik 0–7 Osijek
Highest scoring	Croatia Zagreb 10–1 Pazinka
Average attendance	2,820
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Promoted teams

Primorac Stobreč were promoted as winners of Druga HNL - South division and Dubrava were promoted as the winners of the Druga HNL - North division. The league was therefore expanded to 18 teams, since no relegation had taken place the previous season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk Split (C)	34	22	6	6	84	36	+48	50	Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2	NK Zagreb	34	20	9	5	58	30	+28	49
3	Croatia Zagreb	34	20	8	6	98	34	+64	48	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Inker Zaprešić	34	17	8	9	48	34	+14	42
5	Varteks	34	16	9	9	51	31	+20	41
6	Rijeka	34	11	17	6	40	27	+13	39
7	Cibalia	34	11	13	10	37	27	+10	35
8	Osijek	34	12	11	11	56	58	−2	35
9	Segesta	34	12	10	12	48	44	+4	34
10	Istra Pula	34	13	8	13	40	36	+4	34
11	Zadar	34	8	17	9	24	36	−12	33
12	Belišće	34	12	8	14	55	51	+4	32
13	Šibenik	34	12	8	14	36	42	−6	32
14	Primorac	34	11	7	16	42	54	−12	29
15	Pazinka (R)	34	8	9	17	51	67	−16	25	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
16	Dubrovnik (R)	34	7	9	18	26	60	−34	23
17	Dubrava (R)	34	7	9	18	28	63	−35	23
18	Radnik Velika Gorica (R)	34	3	2	29	17	109	−92	8

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	CIB	CZG	DUB	DBK	HAJ	INK	IST	OSI	PAZ	PRI	RVG	RIJ	SEG	ŠIB	VAR	ZAD	ZAG
Belišće		1–1	0–6	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	7–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–4
Cibalia	3–2		1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1
Croatia Zagreb	1–2	0–0		5–3	8–2	4–0	2–3	3–2	7–1	10–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Dubrava	2–1	1–2	1–0		0–0	3–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–2
Dubrovnik	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0
Hajduk Split	4–2	3–2	4–2	4–0	6–0		2–1	4–1	3–1	5–1	4–1	10–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–0
Inker Zaprešić	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1		2–0	3–1	4–0	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Istra Pula	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–3		2–0	1–0	0–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–3
Osijek	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	1–4	1–0	2–1		1–1	4–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–3
Pazinka	4–1	2–0	4–6	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	4–1		4–0	6–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–4
Primorac	1–0	2–1	0–4	7–0	4–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–3		4–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1
Radnik Velika Gorica	1–2	1–1	0–5	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–7	2–1	0–3		0–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–4	0–1
Rijeka	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	6–0		0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2
Segesta	1–3	1–1	2–6	5–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	2–0		3–1	1–2	3–1	0–1
Šibenik	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1		3–1	3–0	0–3
Varteks	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–0		1–1	0–2
Zadar	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1		1–1
NK Zagreb	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0

Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Goran Vlaović	Croatia Zagreb	29
2	Igor Cvitanović	Croatia Zagreb	27
3	Rudika Vida	Belišće	26
4	Mladen Mladenović	Rijeka	20
5	Tomislav Erceg	Hajduk Split	18
	Joško Popović	NK Zagreb	18
	Robert Špehar	NK Zagreb / Osijek	18
	Igor Pamić	Croatia Zagreb	18
9	Davor Vugrinec	Varteks	17
10	Antun Labak	Osijek	16

Trivia

• Goran Vlaović of Croatia Zagreb scored five goals in Croatia's 10–1 win against Pazinka. He was also the top goalscorer of the season.
• Hajduk's 10–0 win against Radnik is the highest ever margin of victory achieved in Prva HNL.

See also

• 1993–94 Croatian Football Cup
• 1993–94 Croatian Second Football League