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Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 – 15 May 2021
Matches played85
Goals scored239 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerKristijan Lovrić (12)
Biggest home winDinamo Zagreb 6–0 Lokomotiva
Biggest away winVaraždin 1–5 Gorica
Slaven Belupo 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoringGorica 3–4 Dinamo Zagreb
Longest winning runOsijek 6 games
Longest unbeaten runOsijek 11 games
Longest winless runLokomotiva 11 games
Longest losing runVaraždin 6 games
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

The 2020–21 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 30th 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 14 August 2020.

The season began with games being played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

The league is contested by 10 teams.

Teams

On 20 May 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. For the 2020–21 Prva HNL, ten clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Istra 1961, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo, Šibenik and Varaždin. All of these clubs except Šibenik and Varaždin were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.[2] In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage could appeal on the decision. On 17 June 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. Inter Zaprešić and Orijent 1919 were also issued a top level license after appeal process.[3]

The following teams have mathematically secured their place in the 2020–21 Prva HNL.

Stadia and locations

Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961
Stadion Maksimir Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Stadion Poljud Stadion Aldo Drosina
Capacity: 35,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 34,198 Capacity: 9,800
Lokomotiva
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Locations of teams in 2020–21 Prva HNL
 Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Stadion Gradski vrt
Capacity: 8,850 Capacity: 17,061
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Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varaždin
Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Šubićevac Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 8,279 Capacity: 3,205 Capacity: 3,412 Capacity: 8,850
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Maksimir 35,123 [4]
Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 8,000 [5]
Hajduk Split Split Poljud 34,198 [6]
Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,800
Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 8,850 [7]
Osijek Osijek Gradski vrt 17,061 [8]
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,279 [9]
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,205 [10]
Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 3,412 [11]
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,850 [12]
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2 Coat of arms of Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci 1 Slaven Belupo
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Coat of arms of Istria County Šibenik-Knin Šibenik
Coat of arms of Varaždin County Varaždin County Varaždin
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County Gorica
Post-1992 coat of arms of Istra County Istria County Istra 1961

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Zoran Mamić North Macedonia Arijan Ademi Germany Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Croatia Siniša Oreščanin Croatia Kristijan Kahlina Germany Alpas -
Hajduk Split Italy Paolo Tramezzani Croatia Mijo Caktaš Italy Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Croatia Fausto Budicin Croatia Slavko Blagojević Spain Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Croatia Jerko Leko Croatia Josip Pivarić Germany Adidas -
Osijek Croatia Nenad Bjelica Croatia Mile Škorić Hungary 2Rule DOBRO
Rijeka Slovenia Simon Rožman Croatia Franko Andrijašević Spain Joma Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Croatia Tomislav Stipić Croatia Mateas Delić Germany Adidas Belupo
Šibenik Croatia Krunoslav Rendulić Croatia Marko Bulat Germany Jako Krka National Park
Varaždin Croatia Zoran Kastel Croatia Marko Stolnik Italy Legea TOKIĆ

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Istra 1961 Croatia Ivan Prelec[13] Contract expired 14 July 2020 Croatia Danijel Jumić (caretaker)[14] 16 July 2020 Pre-season
Hajduk Split Croatia Igor Tudor[15] Signed by Juventus 21 August 2020 Croatia Hari Vukas[16] 8 September 2020 3rd
Istra 1961 Croatia Danijel Jumić (caretaker) Signing of Budicin 26 August 2020 Croatia Fausto Budicin[17] 26 August 2020 10th
Osijek Croatia Ivica Kulešević[18] Sacked 4 September 2020 Croatia Nenad Bjelica[19] 5 September 2020 8th
Hajduk Split Croatia Hari Vukas[20] Sacked 4 November 2020 Croatia Boro Primorac[21] 4 November 2020 6th
Varaždin Croatia Samir Toplak[22] Sacked 7 December 2020 Croatia Zoran Kastel 7 December 2020 9th
Gorica Lithuania Valdas Dambrauskas[23] Signed by Ludogorets 3 January 2021 Croatia Siniša Oreščanin[24] 3 January 2021 3rd
Lokomotiva Croatia Goran Tomić[25] 9 January 2021 Croatia Jerko Leko[26] 9 January 2021 8th
Hajduk Split Croatia Boro Primorac Removed from position 18 January 2021 Italy Paolo Tramezzani[27] 18 January 2021 5th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb 19 13 3 3 50 22 +28 42 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Osijek 19 13 3 3 31 15 +16 42 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Gorica 18 10 3 5 39 26 +13 33
4 Rijeka 16 8 3 5 21 20 +1 27
5 Hajduk Split 18 7 2 9 23 25 −2 23
6 Slaven Belupo 18 5 5 8 22 26 −4 20
7 Šibenik 18 6 2 10 21 25 −4 20
8 Varaždin 19 5 3 11 19 33 −14 18
9 Lokomotiva 18 3 6 9 14 31 −17 15
10 Istra 1961 17 3 4 10 12 29 −17 13 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[28]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

First round

Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 3–2 3–1 5–0 6–0 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 4–0
Gorica 3–4 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 17 Feb 0–1 3–2 1–0
Hajduk Split 1–2 2–4 — 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–0
Istra 1961 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 10 Mar 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1
Lokomotiva 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 — 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–2
Osijek 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Rijeka 2–2 0–2 10 Feb 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 2–1
Slaven Belupo 1–5 1–2 0–2 5–1 0–0 0–1 17 Mar — 0–0 2–0
Šibenik 0–2 1–3 0–1 10 Feb 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 — 0–1
Varaždin 1–2 1–5 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 20 Mar 21 Apr 10 Apr 2–0 13 Feb 6 Mar 27 Feb 15 May 8 May
Gorica 12 May — 13 Mar 27 Feb 21 Apr 1 May 3 Apr 10 Apr 13 Feb 7 Apr
Hajduk Split 21 Feb 8 May — 1–0 15 May 10 Apr 24 Apr 14 Feb 20 Mar 6 Mar
Istra 1961 7 Feb 24 Apr 7 Apr — 8 May 3 Apr 17 Apr 12 May 6 Mar 20 Feb
Lokomotiva 7 Apr 20 Feb 3 Apr 13 Mar — 12 May 6 Feb 1 May 24 Apr 17 Apr
Osijek 17 Apr 6 Mar 6 Feb 15 May 20 Mar — 21 Feb 3–0 8 May 24 Apr
Rijeka 1 May 15 May 27 Feb 14 Feb 10 Apr 21 Apr — 13 Mar 2–2 20 Mar
Slaven Belupo 24 Apr 8 Feb 17 Apr 20 Mar 6 Mar 7 Apr 8 May — 19 Feb 15 May
Šibenik 3 Apr 17 Apr 12 May 1 May 27 Feb 13 Mar 7 Apr 21 Apr — 7 Feb
Varaždin 13 Mar 2–1 1 May 21 Apr 12 Feb 27 Feb 12 May 3 Apr 10 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 3 February 2021[29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Kristijan Lovrić Gorica 13
2 Switzerland Mario Gavranović Dinamo Zagreb 12
3 Argentina Ramón Miérez Osijek 11
4 Croatia Mislav Oršić Dinamo Zagreb 10
5 Croatia Franko Andrijašević Rijeka 8
Croatia Mijo Caktaš Hajduk Split
7 Australia Deni Jurić Šibenik 7
8 Serbia Ognjen Mudrinski Gorica 6
Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
Albania Emir Sahiti Šibenik

References

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