2005–06 Croatian First League

2005–06 Croatian First League was the 16th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the fifth season of the First League format.

First League

Season	2005–06
Champions	Zagreb
EHF Champions League	Zagreb
EHF Cup	Perutnina PIPO IPC
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Osijek Elektromodul
EHF Challenge Cup	Medveščak Infosistem Zagreb
Matches played	38
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

League table and results

First phase

Group A

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts	Second Phase
1.	Zagreb	14	14	0	0	489	325	+164	28	Championship play-offs
2.	Agram Medveščak Zagreb	14	10	1	3	419	350	+69	21
3.	Osijek Elektromodul	14	8	0	6	368	381	-13	16
4.	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin	14	7	1	6	410	407	+3	15	Relegation play-offs
5.	Đakovo	14	7	0	7	377	410	-33	14
6.	Dubrava Zagreb	14	5	0	9	401	434	-33	8 (-2)
7.	Karlovac	14	3	2	9	399	440	-41	8
8.	Solin Industrogradnja	14	1	0	13	347	463	-116	2

Group B

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts	Second Phase
1.	Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec	14	13	0	1	451	392	+59	26	Championship play-offs
2.	Poreč	14	9	1	4	419	397	+22	19
3.	Zamet Rijeka	14	8	2	4	405	383	+22	18
4.	Koteks Split	14	8	0	6	407	399	+8	16	Relegation play-offs
5.	Metković	14	5	0	9	416	428	-22	10
6.	Moslavina Kutina	14	5	0	9	397	423	-26	10
7.	Crikvenica	14	3	1	10	386	419	-33	7
8	Gorica Velika Gorica	14	3	0	11	384	422	-38	6

Second phase

Championship play-offs

Intermediate results from the first part are transferred, and the clubs play two more games with teams from the same group and four with teams from the second group of the first part of the championship (16 in total, in the table of 20 matches).

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Zagreb	20	19	1	0	684	506	178	39
2.	Perutnina PIPO IPC Čakovec	20	12	1	7	624	617	7	25
3.	Agram Medveščak Zagreb	20	12	0	8	535	520	15	23 (-1)
4.	Poreč	20	7	2	11	558	586	-28	16
5.	Osijek Elektromodul	20	4	2	14	534	608	-74	10
6.	Zamet Rijeka	20	1	2	17	499	597	-98	4

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Relegation play-offs

Play-offs to stay in the First league or to be demoted to the Second League for teams from 7 to 16 place.

	Club	P	W	D	L	G+	G−	Dif	Pts
1.	Đakovo	18	12	3	3	533	485	+48	31
2.	Karlovac	18	12	2	4	497	437	+60	29
3.	Varteks Di Caprio Varaždin	18	11	1	6	552	498	+54	28
4.	Moslavina Kutina	18	9	1	8	527	517	+10	22
5.	Dubrava Zagreb	18	6	7	5	527	486	+41	21
6.	Koteks Split	18	7	2	9	486	516	-30	21
7.	Crikvenica	18	7	2	9	497	499	-2	18
8.	Metković	18	5	3	10	511	538	-27	17
9.	Gorica Velika Gorica	18	7	1	10	512	531	-19	16
10.	Solin Industrogradnja	18	1	4	13	481	616	-135	7

2005-06 Croatian First League winners
Zagreb Fifteenth title

Final standings

	Zagreb
	Perutnina PIPO IPC
	Agram Medveščak Zagreb
4	Poreč
5	Osijek Elektromodul
6	Zamet Rijeka
7	Đakovo
8	Karlovac
9	Varteks di Caprio Varaždin
10	Moslavina Kutina
11	Dubrava Zagreb
12	Koteks Split
13	Crikvenica
14	Metković
15	Gorica Velika Gorica
16	Solin Industrogradnja

Qualified for the 2006-07 EHF Champions League

Qualified for the 2006-07 EHF Cup Winners' Cup

Qualified for the 2006-07 EHF Challenge Cup

Sources

• Jurica Gizdić: "RK Solin - 50 godina rukometa u Solinu", Solin, 2006., str. 120-122
• RK Zamet - B grupa
• RK Zamet - liga za prvaka
• European Handball Federation