2005–06 Croatian First Football League

The 2005–06 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 20 July 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, having won their eighteenth championship title the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb won the title, after a win against Osijek on 6 May 2006, which started his eleventh year dominance.

Prva HNL Ožujsko

Season	2005–06
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb 8th Croatian title 12th domestic title
Relegated	Inter Zaprešić
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Rijeka Varteks (via Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Osijek
Matches played	192
Goals scored	513 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Bošnjak (22)
Biggest home win	Hajduk S. 6–0 Osijek
Biggest away win	Inter Z. 0–6 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring	6–0 two matches 5–1 three matches
Average attendance	3,349
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Teams

Stadia and personnel

Cibalia

Dinamo
NK Zagreb

Inter

Hajduk

K. Ingrad

Međimurje

Osijek

Pula SČ

Rijeka

S. Belupo

Varteks

Locations of teams in 2005–06 Prva HNL

Team	Manager1	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Cibalia	Goran Meštrović	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	10,000
Dinamo Zagreb	Josip Kuže	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	37,168
Hajduk Split	Luka Bonačić	Split	Stadion Poljud	35,000
Inter Zaprešić	Đuro Bago	Šibenik	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	5,000
Kamen Ingrad	Ivica Matković	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Međimurje	Stanko Mršić	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	8,000
Osijek	Ivo Šušak	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	19,500
Pula Staro Češko	Krunoslav Jurčić	Pula	Stadion Veruda	3,000
Rijeka	Dragan Skočić	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	10,275
Slaven Belupo	Elvis Scoria	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion u Koprivnici	4,000
Varteks	Zlatko Dalić	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	10,800
NK Zagreb	Miloš Rus	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	8,850

• ¹ On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006.

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Zagreb	22	18	2	2	61	11	+50	56	Qualification to championship group
2	Rijeka	22	14	3	5	42	28	+14	45
3	Osijek	22	10	4	8	25	32	−7	34
4	Varteks	22	10	1	11	34	35	−1	31
5	Hajduk Split	22	7	8	7	28	21	+7	29
6	Kamen Ingrad	22	8	5	9	26	30	−4	29
7	Pula Staro Češko	22	8	4	10	29	26	+3	28	Qualification to relegation group
8	NK Zagreb	22	8	3	11	19	27	−8	27
9	Cibalia	22	7	5	10	24	35	−11	26
10	Slaven Belupo	22	5	7	10	29	38	−9	22
11	Inter Zaprešić	22	6	4	12	17	34	−17	22
12	Međimurje	22	5	6	11	26	43	−17	21

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored

Rounds 1–22 results

Home \ Away	DIN	RIJ	VAR	OSI	HAJ	KAM	PUL	SLA	CIB	ZAG	MEĐ	INT
Dinamo Zagreb		5–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	5–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–0
Rijeka	0–1		3–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–2	4–1	0–0	4–1	0–0
Varteks	2–5	1–4		0–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	3–2	2–0
Osijek	1–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Hajduk Split	0–1	0–1	3–0	6–0		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–2
Kamen Ingrad	1–5	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1
Pula Staro Češko	2–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–2		1–0	2–3	2–0	4–0	3–0
Slaven Belupo	0–2	1–3	4–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		4–2	1–0	1–1	3–0
Cibalia	0–4	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–0
NK Zagreb	0–4	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–0
Međimurje	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–0		1–2
Inter Zaprešić	0–6	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–3

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

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	32	24	4	4	78	21	+57	76	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rijeka	32	20	5	7	61	36	+25	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Varteks	32	15	2	15	51	48	+3	47
4	Osijek	32	13	5	14	31	48	−17	44	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
5	Hajduk Split	32	10	10	12	40	35	+5	40
6	Kamen Ingrad	32	11	5	16	33	47	−14	38

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Rounds 23–32 results

Home \ Away	DIN	HAJ	KAM	OSI	RIJ	VAR
Dinamo Zagreb		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1
Hajduk Split	1–0		4–1	3–0	0–4	2–2
Kamen Ingrad	1–3	1–0		1–2	1–0	0–1
Osijek	0–0	2–1	1–0		0–2	0–2
Rijeka	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–1		2–1
Varteks	3–5	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–0

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

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Pula Staro Češko	32	13	6	13	44	36	+8	45
8	Slaven Belupo	32	10	11	11	46	48	−2	41
9	Cibalia	32	9	10	13	33	47	−14	37
10	NK Zagreb	32	11	4	17	26	43	−17	37
11	Međimurje (O)	32	9	9	14	40	51	−11	36	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Inter Zaprešić (R)	32	8	7	17	30	53	−23	31	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Rounds 23–32 results

Home \ Away	CIB	INT	MEĐ	PUL	SLA	ZAG
Cibalia		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Inter Zaprešić	4–3		0–1	1–4	1–2	1–0
Međimurje	4–0	2–2		2–0	3–4	2–0
Pula Staro Češko	0–2	2–1	1–0		2–0	4–1
Slaven Belupo	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		3–0
NK Zagreb	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–3

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

Relegation play-off

Playoff wasn't needed after the second-placed Croatian Second Football League team, Belišće, failed to secure a license to compete in Prva HNL. Therefore, Međimurje automatically kept their first-league status for the 2006–07 season.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ivan Bošnjak	Dinamo Zagreb	22
2	Eduardo da Silva	Dinamo Zagreb	21
3	Davor Vugrinec	Rijeka	15
4	Leon Benko	Varteks	14
	Ahmad Sharbini	Rijeka
6	Srđan Lakić	Kamen Ingrad	13
7	Igor Mostarlić	Međimurje	12
8	Ivan Jolić	Varteks	11
	Stiven Rivić	Pula Staro Češko
10.	Niko Kranjčar	Hajduk Split	10
	Dino Kresinger	Međimurje

See also

• 2005–06 Croatian Second Football League
• 2005–06 Croatian Football Cup

External links

• Season statistics at HRNogomet
• 2005–06 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation