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 (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establishe ...

, 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.

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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

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

. 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