The 1992–93
Croatian First Football League was the second season of the top football league in Croatia since its establishment after Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Games were played from 23 August 1992 to 12 June 1993.
HAŠK Građanski (renamed ''Croatia Zagreb'' in mid-season), present-day Dinamo Zagreb, won their first Prva HNL championship title.
Goran Vlaović
Goran Vlaović (born 7 August 1972) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Born in Nova Gradiška, Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to HAŠK Građanski in 1992, before goi ...
of HAŠK was the league's top goalscorer with 22 goals scored. At the end of the season no teams were relegated since it was decided that the league would expand to 18 clubs for the
1993–94 season.
Clubs
League table
Croatia was admitted to the UEFA at the end of the season. It obtained a place in the preliminary rounds of the two major European competitions, while it was too late for the third one.
Results
Season statistics
*Most goals in a match: 10 goals –
Croatia Zagreb 8–2
Radnik Velika Gorica (1 November 1992).
*Widest winning margin: 7 goals –
Croatia Zagreb 8–1
Belišće
Belišće () is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the town is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2011 census, the majority were Croats. This indus ...
(25 April 1993).
*First hat-trick of the season: Dinko Livada for
Radnik Velika Gorica against
Osijek (27 September 1992).
*Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals –
Goran Vlaović
Goran Vlaović (born 7 August 1972) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Born in Nova Gradiška, Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to HAŠK Građanski in 1992, before goi ...
for
Croatia Zagreb against
Belišće
Belišće () is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the town is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2011 census, the majority were Croats. This indus ...
(25 April 1993).
Top goalscorers
European competitions
Croatian clubs were not eligible to compete in European competitions this season, as the
Croatian Football Federation did not join
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
until June 16, 1993.
See also
*
1992–93 Croatian Football Cup
References
External links
League table and resultsat Prva HNL official website
at
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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Croatian Football League seasons
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