1992–93 Croatian First Football League
# 1992–93 Croatian First Football League

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 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

| Club | City / Town | Stadium | 1992 result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belišće | Belišće | Gradski stadion Belišće | |
| Cibalia | Vinkovci | Stadion HNK Cibalia | 9th in 1.HNL |
| Croatia $Zagreb^1$ | Zagreb | Stadion Maksimir | 5th in 1.HNL |
| Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik | Stadion Lapad | 11th in 1.HNL |
| Hajduk Split | Split | Stadion Poljud | 1st in 1.HNL |
| Inker Zaprešić | Zaprešić | Stadion Inkera | 4th in 1.HNL |
| Istra Pula | Pula | Stadion Aldo Drosina | 7th in 1.HNL |
| Osijek | Osijek | Stadion Gradski vrt | 3rd in 1.HNL |
| Pazinka | Pazin | Gradski stadion Pazin | 1st in 2.HNL-West |
| Radnik Velika Gorica | Velika Gorica | Stadion Radnik | 1st in 2.HNL-Center |
| Rijeka | Rijeka | Stadion Kantrida | 6th in 1.HNL |
| Segesta | Sisak | Gradski stadion Sisak | 4th in 2.HNL-Center |
| Šibenik | Šibenik | Stadion Šubićevac | 12th in 1.HNL |
| Varteks | Varaždin | Stadion Varteks | 8th in 1.HNL |
| Zadar | Zadar | Stadion Stanovi | 10th in 1.HNL |
| NK Zagreb | Zagreb | Stadion Kranjčevićeva | 2nd in 1.HNL |

## 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.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb (C) | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 84 | 27 | +57 | 49 | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 42 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | NK Zagreb | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 40 | |
| 4 | Rijeka | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 39 | |
| 5 | Cibalia | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Osijek | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 29 | |
| 7 | Varteks | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 29 | |
| 8 | Istra Pula | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Inker Zaprešić | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 27 | |
| 10 | Segesta | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 25 | |
| 11 | Pazinka | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 25 | |
| 12 | Zadar | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 25 | |
| 13 | Radnik Velika Gorica | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 25 | |
| 14 | Dubrovnik | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 25 | |
| 15 | Belišće | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 25 | |
| 16 | Šibenik | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 16 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | CIB | CZG | DBK | HAJ | INK | IST | OSI | PAZ | RVG | RIJ | SEG | ŠIB | VAR | ZAD | ZAG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belišće | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Cibalia | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Croatia Zagreb | 8–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 8–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Dubrovnik | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Inker Zaprešić | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Istra Pula | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 |
| Osijek | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pazinka | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Radnik Velika Gorica | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Rijeka | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Segesta | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Šibenik | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Varteks | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Zadar | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–4 |
| NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |

## 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 (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 for Croatia Zagreb against Belišće (25 April 1993).

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Goran Vlaović | Croatia Zagreb | 23 |
| 2 | Igor Cvitanović | Croatia Zagreb | 15 |
| 3 | Ardian Kozniku | Hajduk Split | 14 |
| 4 | Robert Špehar | Osijek / NK Zagreb | 13 |
| 5 | Ivan Cvjetković | Inker Zaprešić / Segesta | 12 |
| 6 | Željko Adžić | Croatia Zagreb | 10 |
| 6 | Alen Petrović | Osijek | 10 |
| 6 | Mario Stanić | Croatia Zagreb | 10 |
| 9 | Bakir Beširević | Osijek | 9 |
| 9 | Joško Popović | NK Zagreb | 9 |
| 9 | Giovanni Rosso | Zadar | 9 |

### European competitions

Croatian clubs were not eligible to compete in European competitions this season, as the Croatian Football Federation did not join UEFA until June 16, 1993.

