2007–08 Croatian First Football League

T-Com Prva HNL 2007–08 20 July 2007 – 10 May 2008 Dinamo Zagreb10th Croatian title14th domestic title Slaven Belupo Međimurje Champions League Dinamo Zagreb UEFA Cup Slaven BelupoHajduk Split (via Cup) Intertoto Cup Rijeka Želimir Terkeš (21) Hajduk 7–1 Inter Inter 0–4 Dinamo Hajduk 7–2 InterZagreb 7–2 ZadarDinamo 6–3 Zagreb 198 573 2,759 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Croatian First Football League (also known as 1. HNL; officially styled as T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth 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 20 July 2007 and ended on 10 May 2008. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Međimurje on 12 April 2008. Promotion and relegation Kamen Ingrad were automatically relegated to Druga HNL as they finished last in the previous season, while Inter Zaprešić were automatically promoted from Druga HNL after winning the 2006–07 title. In a two-legged playoff between Zadar and Pula, Zadar were promoted to Prva HNL by beating Pula with 6–2 on aggregate (3–0, 3–2). Teams Croatia right 350 Locations of teams in 2007–08 Prva HNL Croatia 45.816667 15.983333 DinamoNK Zagreb Croatia 45.283333 18.8 Cibalia bottom Croatia 43.5 16.433333 Hajduk Croatia 45.85 15.8 Inter left Croatia 46.385964 16.433328 Međimurje Croatia 45.557531 18.679589 Osijek Croatia 45.3271 14.4424 Rijeka Croatia 46.15 16.816667 Sl. Belupo Croatia 43.733333 15.916667 Šibenik Croatia 46.3 16.333333 Varteks left Croatia 44.114167 15.227778 Zadar Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia CRO Srećko LušićVinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 10,000Dinamo ZagrebCRO Zvonimir SoldoZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk SplitCRO Robert JarniSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Inter ZaprešićCRO Milivoj BračunZagrebStadion ŠRC Zaprešić 5,000MeđimurjeCRO Miljenko DovečerČakovecStadion SRC Mladost 8,000OsijekCRO Ilija LončarevićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500RijekaCRO Zlatko DalićRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275Slaven BelupoCRO Krunoslav JurčićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici 4,000ŠibenikCRO Ivica KalinićŠibenikStadion Šubićevac 8,000VarteksCRO Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800ZadarCRO Dalibor ZebićZadarStadion Stanovi 5,860NK ZagrebCRO Miroslav BlaževićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 10 May 2008. League table main WDL 5 QR DIN Dinamo Zagreb SLA Slaven Belupo OSI Osijek RIJ Rijeka HAJ Hajduk Split ZAG NK Zagreb VAR Varteks CIB Cibalia ZAD Zadar ŠIB Šibenik INT Inter Zaprešić MEĐ Međimurje 26 4 3 91 34 C 16 6 11 45 29 16 6 11 43 34 14 11 8 53 41 14 10 9 57 41 11 11 11 51 40 11 7 15 46 53 11 7 15 40 48 11 7 15 49 61 9 12 12 34 52 8 9 16 27 59 O 3 6 24 37 81 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 Hajduk Split qualified for the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup. #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification to relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R complete Sportnet.hr 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scoredFor deciding champions, qualification for the UEFA Cup and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Results The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team. main FBR grey 2 CIB DIN HAJ INT MEĐ OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Međimurje Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varteks Zadar NK Zagreb 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 1–2 5–1 6–3 2–2 1–2 7–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–4 0–3 5–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–4 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 5–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 4–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 7–2 null null 1–1 3–0 null null null 2–0 0–1 null 2–2 4–0 null 1–0 null 3–2 6–1 1–0 5–1 null null null 1–2 1–1 7–2 null 0–2 null 2–0 4–1 null null null null null null null 1–2 2–1 0–0 null 1–0 null 0–0 null 1–2 2–2 4–0 null null null 0–1 null 2–3 null 2–1 null null null 3–1 1–0 1–0 null 2–0 null 2–1 2–0 null 1–1 null 5–2 null null null 2–2 5–3 1–1 2–0 null null null 4–0 null 1–1 null 2–1 2–0 1–0 null null null 0–0 null 1–0 0–0 0–0 null null 0–2 null 1–1 4–0 null 3–2 null null null 1–1 5–2 null 1–0 2–5 1–3 3–1 null 1–1 null null 0–2 null null null 0–0 2–1 null 6–1 null null null null 3–1 0–0 complete Sportnet.hr Relegation play-off Following the end of season, a home-and-away relegation/promotion play-off was contested between Inter Zaprešić (11th placed team in the First League) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (2nd placed team in the 2007–08 Second Football League). Matches were played on 17 and 21 May 2008, with Inter Zaprešić retaining their top level status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2–0 on aggregate. First leg 17 May 2008 Inter Zaprešić 2–0 Reporthr Hrvatski Dragovoljac Gulić 50Sivonjić 59 Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić 2,000 Vlado Svilokos (Sisak) Second leg 21 May 2008 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–0 Reporthr Inter Zaprešić Krznar 0 33 Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb 1,500 Draženko Kovačić (Križevci) Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 BIH Želimir Terkeš Zadar212 MNE Radomir Đalović Rijeka183 CRO Nikola Kalinić Hajduk Split174 CRO Krunoslav Lovrek NK Zagreb145 CRO Luka Modrić Dinamo Zagreb136 BIH Senijad Ibričić NK Zagreb12 CRO Željko Malčić Cibalia CRO Mario Mandžukić Dinamo Zagreb9 CRO Boško Balaban Dinamo Zagreb11 CRO Anas Sharbini Rijeka CRO Josip Tadić Dinamo Zagreb CRO Ognjen Vukojević Dinamo Zagreb Attendances # Club Average 1 Dinamo Zagreb 7,165 2 Hajduk 5,088 3 Rijeka 3,294 4 Zadar 3,288 5 Osijek 2,518 6 Varteks 2,406 7 Šibenik 2,375 8 Cibalia 1,906 9 Slaven 1,829 10 Zagreb 1,394 11 Međimurje 1,288 12 Zaprešić 1,244Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro08.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 6, 2026 See also 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup 2007–08 Croatian Second Football League References External links Season statistics at HRNogomet 2007–08 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2007–08 1 Croatia