1998–99 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League 1998–99 Croatia Zagreb5th Croatian title9th domestic title ZadarkomercMladost 127 Champions League Croatia ZagrebRijeka UEFA Cup Hajduk SplitOsijek Intertoto Cup VarteksHrvatski Dragovoljac Miljenko Mumlek Joško Popović (21) Varteks 7–0 Šibenik Mladost 127 0–4 Croatia Zagreb Zadarkomerc 5–3 Varteks 192 541 4,158 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the eighth season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992. Teams Croatia right 350 Locations of teams in 1998–99 Prva HNL Croatia 45.283742 18.797382 Cibalia bottom Croatia 45.818858 16.018078 Zagreb Croatia 43.519444 16.431667 Hajduk Croatia 45.8 17.5 Mladost 127 bottom Croatia 45.544937 18.695705 Osijek top Croatia 45.339202 14.380959 Rijeka Croatia 46.165922 16.834788 S. Belupo Croatia 43.733333 15.916667 Šibenik Croatia 46.313444 16.341551 Varteks left Croatia 44.112667 15.246829 Zadarkomerc Croatia TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.65 19.80 Zagreb clubs: left Croatia TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.45 19.90 DinamoDragovoljacNK Zagreb left Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibaliaCRO Srećko LušićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia10,000Croatia ZagrebCRO Ilija LončarevićZagrebStadion Maksimir37,168Hajduk SplitCRO Ivan KatalinićSplitStadion Poljud35,000Hrvatski DragovoljacCRO Branko TucakZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić25,000Mladost 127CRO Mato ŠarićSuhopoljeStadion Park5,000OsijekCRO Stanko PoklepovićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt19,500RijekaCRO Nenad GračanRijekaStadion Kantrida10,275Slaven BelupoCRO Luka BonačićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici4,000ŠibenikCRO Stanko MršićŠibenikStadion Šubićevac8,000VarteksCRO Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks10,800Zadarkomerc CRO Josip BajloZadar Stadion Stanovi5,860NK ZagrebCRO Zdenko JuričkiZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 26 May 1999. 2 Hrvatski Dragovoljac also used Stadion ŠRC Stanko Vlajnić-Dida in Slavonski Brod for their last eight home matches of the season. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Croatia Zagreb won the championship. In the first stage upper six teams advance to Championship Group, bottom six to Relegation Group, with 50% of points taken to the next phase of the competition. First stage main WDL First stage 5 Q CZG Croatia Zagreb RIJ Rijeka HAJ Hajduk Split OSI Osijek VAR Varteks HRD Hrvatski Dragovoljac ŠIB Šibenik CIB Cibalia ZAG NK Zagreb ZAD Zadarkomerc SLA Slaven Belupo MLA Mladost 127 17 2 3 44 14 17 1 4 35 18 12 6 4 38 17 11 3 8 37 23 9 3 10 40 36 6 7 9 17 23 7 3 12 27 45 6 5 11 22 29 5 8 9 28 37 5 6 11 27 40 5 6 11 24 37 5 4 13 22 42 Head-to-head record: Cibalia–NK Zagreb 1–1, NK Zagreb–Cibalia 2–2. CIB Head-to-head record: Zadarkomerc–Slaven Belupo 2–1, Slaven Belupo–Zadarkomerc 1–1. ZAD green1 Qualification to championship group CG CG CG CG CG CG red1 Qualification to relegation group RG RG RG RG RG RG complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 1–22 results main FBR grey CIB CZG HAJ HRD MLA OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG Cibalia 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 Croatia Zagreb 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 Hajduk Split 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 Mladost 127 0–0 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–4 1–2 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 Osijek 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 Rijeka 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–0 Slaven Belupo 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–4 1–3 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 Šibenik 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 Varteks 3–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 6–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 7–0 2–1 3–1 Zadarkomerc 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 5–3 1–1 NK Zagreb 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–3 complete RSSSF.org Championship group main WDL Championship group Q CZG Croatia Zagreb RIJ Rijeka HAJ Hajduk Split OSI Osijek HRD Hrvatski Dragovoljac VAR Varteks 5 3 2 11 6 27 C 5 3 2 18 15 26 5 3 2 24 15 21 3 3 4 14 16 18 3 1 6 15 21 13 2 1 7 10 19 15 green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 IC1 complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey CZG HAJ HRD OSI RIJ VAR Croatia Zagreb 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 Hajduk Split 1–0 6–1 4–1 1–3 4–1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–2 3–0 Osijek 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–2 Rijeka 0–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 Varteks 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 complete RSSSF.org Relegation group main WDL Relegation group R 7 SLA Slaven Belupo ŠIB Šibenik CIB Cibalia ZAG NK Zagreb ZAD Zadarkomerc MLA Mladost 127 5 3 2 15 7 11 5 2 3 21 14 12 4 2 4 12 15 12 4 1 5 19 16 12 4 1 5 13 14 11 R 2 3 5 8 22 10 R red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R R complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey CIB MLA SLA ŠIB ZAD ZAG Cibalia 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 Mladost 127 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 Slaven Belupo 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 Šibenik 1–0 5–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 Zadarkomerc 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 NK Zagreb 3–1 4–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 complete RSSSF.org Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 CRO Joško Popović Šibenik212 CRO Zvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split14 CRO Igor Musa Rijeka HUN Barnabás Sztipánovics Rijeka5 CRO Nino Bule NK Zagreb13 CRO Miljenko Mumlek Varteks7 CRO Stanko Bubalo Osijek10 BIH Mirza Golubica Mladost 127 CRO Veldin Karić Varteks CRO Jakša Krstulović Zadar BIH Edin Mujčin Croatia Zagreb Attendances # Club Average 1 Hajduk 11,875 2 Rijeka 8,500 3 Croatia Zagreb 6,406 4 Varteks 3,875 5 Osijek 3,194 6 Zadar 2,494 7 Slaven 2,469 8 Hrvatski 2,369 9 Mladost 2,225 10 Šibenik 1,981 11 Cibalia 1,763 12 Zagreb 1,450Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro99.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 23, 2026 See also 1998–99 Croatian Second Football League 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup References External links 1998–99 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1998–99 1 Croatia