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The 2009–10 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. It began on 24 July 2009 and ended on 13 May 2010. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title (and fourth consecutive title) the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a goalless draw with Hajduk Split on 1 May 2010.

Season2009–10
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
12th Croatian title
16th domestic title
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T-Com Prva HNL
Season2009–10
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
12th Croatian title
16th domestic title
RelegatedCroatia Sesvete
Međimurje
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Europa LeagueHajduk Split
Cibalia
Šibenik
Matches240
Goals649 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerDavor Vugrinec (18)
Biggest home winDinamo Z. 7–1 Istra 1961
Biggest away winMeđimurje 1–5 Rijeka
Highest scoringDinamo Z. 7–1 Istra 1961
Average attendance1,871
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The format was changed from previous season in that the league was expanded from 12 to 16 clubs.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Due to the expansion, no teams were directly relegated following the 2008–09 season.

Four teams from 2008–09 Druga HNL earned direct promotion. These were champions Istra 1961, runners-up Karlovac, third-placed Lokomotiva and fifth-placed Međimurje. Fourth-placed team Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a suitable ground.[1]

Croatia Sesvete as last-placed team had to compete in a two-legged play-off against the sixth-placed team from Druga HNL, Hrvatski Dragovoljac. After a scoreless first leg, Croatia Sesvete retained their Prva HNL status by winning the second leg, 2–1.[2]

Overview

Teams

Stadia and locations

Since most Druga HNL stadiums failed to meet the licensing requirements for top-level football, the Croatian Football Federation announced on 8 May 2008 that clubs who are likely to win promotion berths have agreed to lease stadiums approved for top-flight football. Below is the list of all the stadiums which are licensed to be used in the Prva HNL, along with their home clubs and the promoted clubs who secured rights to use them as "guests" until their own grounds have sufficiently been upgraded to host top-level matches.[3]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Slaven Belupo Croatia Mile Petković
Mutual consent
31 May 2009 [4]
Croatia Milivoj Bračun
9 June 2009 [5]
Pre-season
Hajduk Split Croatia Ante Miše
Resigned
2 August 2009 [6]
Croatia Ivica Kalinić
3 August 2009 [7]
12th
Šibenik Croatia Ivica Kalinić
Resigned
3 August 2009 [8]
Croatia Branko Karačić
11 August 2009 [9]
5th
Slaven Belupo Croatia Milivoj Bračun
Mutual consent
6 August 2009 [10]
Croatia Zlatko Dalić
8 August 2009 [11]
6th
Hajduk Split Croatia Ivica Kalinić
Mutual consent
18 August 2009
Italy Edoardo Reja
18 August 2009 [12]
13th
Croatia Sesvete Croatia Anto Petrović
Sacked
1 September 2009
Croatia Nenad Gračan
1 September 2009 [13]
15th
NK Zagreb Croatia Luka Pavlović
Resigned
11 September 2009 [14]
Croatia Igor Štimac
14 September 2009[15]
16th
Rijeka Croatia Robert Rubčić
Resigned
21 September 2009 [16]
Croatia Zoran Vulić
22 September 2009[17]
7th
Međimurje Croatia Mario Ćutuk
Sacked
8 October 2009 [18]
Croatia Srećko Bogdan
9 October 2009[19]
11th
Istra 1961 Croatia Elvis Scoria
Mutual consent
2 November 2009 [20]
Croatia Valdi Šumberac
14th
Rijeka Croatia Zoran Vulić
Resigned
10 November 2009 [21]
Croatia Nenad Gračan
10 November 2009[22]
7th
Croatia Sesvete Croatia Nenad Gračan
Resigned
10 November 2009[22]
Croatia Anto Petrović
15th
Croatia Sesvete Croatia Anto Petrović
Resigned
24 November 2009[23]
Austria Adolf Pinter
19 January 2010[24]
16th
Varteks Croatia Dražen Besek
Mutual consent
26 December 2009[25]
Croatia Damir Jagačić
4 January 2010[26]
11th
Hajduk Split Italy Edoardo Reja
Signed by Lazio
9 February 2010[27]
Croatia Stanko Poklepović
12 February 2010[28]
7th
Istra 1961 Croatia Valdi Šumberac
Sacked
28 February 2010[29]
Croatia Zoran Vulić
28 February 2010[29]
15th
Croatia Sesvete Austria Adolf Pinter
Sacked
5 March 2010[30]
Croatia Goran Jerković
5 March 2010[30]
16th
Varteks Croatia Damir Jagačić
Sacked
15 March 2010[31]
Croatia Samir Toplak
15 March 2010[31]
11th
Međimurje Croatia Srećko Bogdan
Sacked
2 April 2010[32]
Croatia Tomislav Ivković
3 April 2010[32]
12th
Inter Zaprešić Croatia Borimir Perković
Sacked
11 April 2010[33]
Croatia Ilija Lončarević
11 April 2010[32]
12th
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 30 18 8 4 70 20 +50 62 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 17 7 6 50 21 +29 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3 Cibalia 30 16 9 5 46 20 +26 57 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Šibenik 30 14 8 8 34 37 −3 50 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Osijek 30 13 8 9 49 36 +13 47
6 Karlovac 30 12 11 7 32 23 +9 47
7 Slaven Belupo 30 11 10 9 44 45 −1 43
8 Lokomotiva 30 12 6 12 35 38 −3 42
9 Rijeka 30 10 10 10 49 44 +5 40
10 Varteks 30 9 9 12 36 43 −7 36
11 Istra 1961 30 9 8 13 31 40 −9 35
12 Zadar 30 9 7 14 27 41 −14 34
13 Inter Zaprešić 30 10 3 17 36 50 −14 33[b]
14 NK Zagreb[c] 30 9 6 15 43 49 −6 33[b]
15 Međimurje (R) 30 8 5 17 37 61 −24 29 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
16 Croatia Sesvete (R) 30 3 5 22 30 81 −51 14
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Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Hajduk Split won the 2009–10 Croatian Cup and thus qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
  2. Head-to-head record: Inter Zaprešić–NK Zagreb 1–3, NK Zagreb–Inter Zaprešić 0–3.
  3. Despite finishing 14th NK Zagreb eventually avoided relegation as only two second level clubs were granted first division licences by the Croatian Football Federation.

Results

More information Home \ Away, CIB ...
Home \ Away CIB CRS DIN HAJ INT IST KAR LOK MEĐ OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG
Cibalia 5–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 4–0 2–0 1–0
Croatia Sesvete 0–3 2–5 2–5 3–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–4
Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 6–0 0–0 3–1 7–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Hajduk Split 2–1 6–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0
Inter Zaprešić 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 4–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–3
Istra 1961 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1
Karlovac 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0
Lokomotiva 2–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Međimurje 0–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–5 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–2
Osijek 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 5–3
Rijeka 1–1 4–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 6–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–3 3–2 3–1
Slaven Belupo 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–1 5–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 5–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–0
Šibenik 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1
Varteks 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0
Zadar 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
NK Zagreb 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 4–2 2–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 0–2 3–0 4–0
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Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Transfers

Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Hajduk4,667
2Dinamo Zagreb3,967
3Cibalia2,780
4Karlovac2,767
5Osijek2,667
6Šibenik2,133
7Rijeka2,093
8Zadar1,927
9Slaven1,620
10Istra1,450
11Zagreb1,413
12Varteks1,360
13Međimurje1,347
14Zaprešić1,140
15Sesvete603
16Lokomotiva460
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