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 Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...

, the national championship for men's

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teams in

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, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 20 July 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006.

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were the defending champions, having won their eighteenth championship title the previous season.

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

won the title, after a win against

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on 6 May 2006, which started his eleventh year dominance.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

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

First stage

Rounds 1–22 results

Championship group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation play-off

Playoff wasn't needed after the second-placed

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team,

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, failed to secure a license to compete in

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. Therefore, Međimurje automatically kept their first-league status for the 2006–07 season.

Top goalscorers

External links

Season statistics at HRNogomet

at

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Teams

Stadia and personnel

First stage

Rounds 1–22 results

Championship group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation play-off

Top goalscorers

See also

External links