2002–03 Croatian First Football League

Croatian First Football League 2002–03 Dinamo Zagreb7th Croatian title11th domestic title Hajduk Split ŠibenikPomorac Champions League Dinamo Zagreb UEFA Cup Hajduk SplitVarteksKamen Ingrad Intertoto Cup CibaliaNK Zagreb Ivica Olić (16) Rijeka 7–0 Zadar Osijek 1–5 Dinamo Z.Zadar 1–5 Varteks Šibenik 6–3 Zadar 192 521 3,326 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the twelfth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 24 July 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. NK Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their first championship title the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb won the title, after a win against Varteks on 17 May 2003. Teams The league format was changed from the previous 2001–02 season and the number of teams were reduced from sixteen to twelve for the 2002–03 Prva HNL. Because of this, the four bottom-placed teams were automatically relegated to Croatian Second Football League at the end of the season, while the 11th placed Šibenik and 12th placed Kamen Ingrad qualified for the Relegation play-offs. Both clubs then went on to win the two-legged play-off ties against second level sides Vukovar '91 and Istra Pula. Therefore, no team was promoted from the 2001–02 Croatian Second Football League and all twelve teams which contested the 2002–03 Prva HNL were also top flight members in the previous season. Changes from last season Teams relegated to the 2002–03 Croatian Second Football League 13th placed: Hrvatski Dragovoljac 14th placed: Čakovec 15th placed: Marsonia 16th placed: TŠK Topolovac Summaries The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2002–03 Prva HNL. Manager list is correct as of 24 July 2002, first day of the season. Croatia right 350 Locations of teams in 2002–03 Prva HNL Croatia 45.283742 18.797382 Cibalia left Croatia 45.818858 16.018078 DinamoNK Zagreb Croatia 43.519444 16.431667 Hajduk Croatia 45.4544 17.66138 K. Ingrad left Croatia 45.544937 18.695705 Osijek left Croatia 45.339202 14.380959 RijekaPomorac Croatia 46.165922 16.834788 S. Belupo Croatia 43.743576 15.896101 Šibenik Croatia 46.313444 16.341551 Varteks left Croatia 44.112667 15.246829 Zadar Team Manager Home city Stadium CapacityCibaliaCRO Mile PetkovićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia 9,920Dinamo ZagrebCRO Miroslav BlaževićZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk SplitCRO Zoran VulićSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Kamen IngradCRO Vjeran SimunićVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad 8,000OsijekCRO Milan ĐuričićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500PomoracCRO Predrag StilinovićKostrenaStadion Žuknica 3,000RijekaCRO Zlatko KranjčarRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275Slaven BelupoCRO Rajko MagićKoprivnicaGradski stadion 4,000ŠibenikCRO Franko BogdanŠibenikStadion Šubićevac 8,000VarteksCRO Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800ZadarCRO Stanko MršićZadarStadion Stanovi 5,860NK ZagrebCRO Ivan Katalinić ZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 First stage main WDL First stage 5 Q DIN Dinamo Zagreb HAJ Hajduk Split VAR Varteks CIB Cibalia KAM Kamen Ingrad ZAG NK Zagreb SLA Slaven Belupo OSI Osijek ZAD Zadar RIJ Rijeka POM Pomorac ŠIB Šibenik 18 3 1 51 17 16 2 4 42 14 15 0 7 40 21 9 5 8 28 28 7 9 6 23 22 8 6 8 28 30 9 2 11 24 26 6 5 11 21 39 5 6 11 21 40 5 3 14 23 33 3 8 11 26 41 4 5 13 23 39 green1 Qualification to championship group CG CG CG CG CG CG red1 Qualification to relegation group RG RG RG RG RG RG 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF.org Rounds 1–22 results main FBR grey CIB DIN HAJ KAM OSI POM RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG Cibalia 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb 4–1 2–1 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 Hajduk Split 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 Kamen Ingrad 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 Osijek 1–0 1–5 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 Pomorac 0–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 Rijeka 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 Slaven Belupo 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 Šibenik 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–3 3–0 Varteks 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 Zadar 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–5 2–1 NK Zagreb 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 complete RSSSF.org Championship group main WDL Championship group Q DIN Dinamo Zagreb HAJ Hajduk Split VAR Varteks KAM Kamen Ingrad CIB Cibalia ZAG NK Zagreb 25 3 4 76 27 C 22 4 6 56 22 18 3 11 52 38 11 11 10 34 34 12 7 13 39 44 9 9 14 40 52 green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR UCQR UCQR #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF.org Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey CIB DIN HAJ KAM VAR ZAG Cibalia 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 5–0 Hajduk Split 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 Kamen Ingrad 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 Varteks 1–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–1 NK Zagreb 1–1 1–3 3–1 3–3 2–2 complete RSSSF.org Relegation group main WDL Relegation group R 7 SLA Slaven Belupo OSI Osijek RIJ Rijeka ZAD Zadar POM Pomorac ŠIB Šibenik 12 4 16 37 36 10 9 13 32 51 9 6 17 40 41 9 6 17 36 71 7 11 14 42 52 R 8 7 17 37 53 R red2 Qualification to relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete RSSSF.org Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey OSI POM RIJ SLA ŠIB ZAD Osijek 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 Pomorac 5–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–1 Rijeka 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 7–0 Slaven Belupo 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 Šibenik 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 6–3 Zadar 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 complete RSSSF.org Relegation play-off 10 June 2003 Pomorac 0–0 Reporthr Inker Zaprešić Stadion Žuknica, Kostrena 2,000 Vlado Svilokos (Sisak) 14 June 2003 Inker Zaprešić 3–1 Reporthr Pomorac Lalić 38Eduardo 45 80 Karabogdan 12 Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić 4,500 Željko Širić (Osijek) Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 CRO Ivica Olić Dinamo Zagreb162 CRO Boško Balaban Dinamo Zagreb153 CRO Zoran Zekić Kamen Ingrad144 BIH Marijo Dodik Slaven Belupo12 CRO Sandro Klić Rijeka6 CRO Milan Pavličić Osijek117 CRO Veldin Karić Varteks10 CRO Petar Krpan Hajduk Split9 BIH Mladen Bartolović Cibalia9 CRO Ivan Bulat Šibenik CRO Ivica Karabogdan Pomorac ROM Dumitru Mitu Dinamo Zagreb Source: 1.hnl.net hr Attendances # Club Average 1 Dinamo Zagreb 8,281 2 Hajduk 8,250 3 Kamen 4,344 4 Varteks 2,781 5 Rijeka 2,559 6 Zadar 2,469 7 Cibalia 2,306 8 Slaven 2,250 9 Zagreb 2,144 10 Šibenik 1,838 11 Pomorac 1,419 12 Osijek 1,119 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro03.htm 2026-09-04 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk See also 2002–03 Croatian Second Football League 2002–03 Croatian Football Cup References External links Season statistics at HRNogomet 2002–03 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2002–03 1 Croatia