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2002–03 Croatian First Football League

Field	Value
competition	Croatian First Football League
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season	2002–03
winners	Dinamo Zagreb
7th Croatian title
11th domestic title
runners-up	Hajduk Split
relegated	Šibenik
Pomorac
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Dinamo Zagreb
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Hajduk Split
Varteks
Kamen Ingrad
continentalcup3	Intertoto Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Cibalia
NK Zagreb
league topscorer	Ivica Olić (16)
biggest home win	Rijeka 7–0 Zadar
biggest away win	Osijek 1–5 Dinamo Z.
Zadar 1–5 Varteks
highest scoring	Šibenik 6–3 Zadar
matches	192
total goals	521
average attendance	3,326
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04

7th Croatian title 11th domestic title | runners-up = Hajduk Split Pomorac Varteks Kamen Ingrad NK Zagreb Zadar 1–5 Varteks

The 2002–03 Croatian First Football League 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.

Team	Manager	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Cibalia	CRO Mile Petković	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	9,920
Dinamo Zagreb	CRO Miroslav Blažević	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	37,168
Hajduk Split	CRO Zoran Vulić	Split	Stadion Poljud	35,000
Kamen Ingrad	CRO Vjeran Simunić	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Osijek	CRO Milan Đuričić	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	19,500
Pomorac	CRO Predrag Stilinović	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	3,000
Rijeka	CRO Zlatko Kranjčar	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	10,275
Slaven Belupo	CRO Rajko Magić	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion	4,000
Šibenik	CRO Franko Bogdan	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	8,000
Varteks	CRO Dražen Besek	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	10,800
Zadar	CRO Stanko Mršić	Zadar	Stadion Stanovi	5,860
NK Zagreb	CRO Ivan Katalinić	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	8,850

First stage

Rounds 1–22 results

Championship group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation play-off

Eduardo

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	CRO Ivica Olić	Dinamo Zagreb	16
2	CRO Boško Balaban	Dinamo Zagreb	15
3	CRO Zoran Zekić	Kamen Ingrad	14
4	BIH Marijo Dodik	Slaven Belupo	12
CRO Sandro Klić	Rijeka
6	CRO Milan Pavličić	Osijek	11
7	CRO Veldin Karić	Varteks	10
CRO Petar Krpan	Hajduk Split
9	BIH Mladen Bartolović	Cibalia	9
CRO Ivan Bulat	Šibenik
CRO Ivica Karabogdan	Pomorac
ROM Dumitru Mitu	Dinamo Zagreb

Source: 1.hnl.net

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