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2018–19 Croatian First Football League

The 2018–19 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th 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 27 July 2018 and finished on 26 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th 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 27 July 2018 and finished on 26 May 2019.

The league was contested by ten teams.

On 23 April 2018, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2018–19 season was complete. For the 2018–19 Prva HNL, only eight clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. All of these clubs except Gorica were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions. In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage could appeal on the decision.

Dinamo Zagreb	Gorica	Hajduk Split	Inter Zaprešić
Stadion Maksimir	Gradski stadion Velika Gorica	Stadion Poljud	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić
Capacity: 35,123	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 34,198	Capacity: 5,228

Istra 1961	Lokomotiva
Stadion Aldo Drosina	Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 9,800	Capacity: 8,850

Osijek	Rijeka	Rudeš	Slaven Belupo
Stadion Gradski vrt	Stadion Rujevica	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš
Capacity: 18,856	Capacity: 8,279	Capacity: 8,850	Capacity: 3,205

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	35,123
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Gradski stadion Velika Gorica	5,000
Hajduk Split	Split	Stadion Poljud	34,198
Inter Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	5,228
Istra 1961	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	9,800
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva1	8,850
Osijek	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	18,856
Rijeka	Rijeka	Stadion Rujevica	8,279
Rudeš	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva1	8,850
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	3,205

1 Lokomotiva and Rudeš host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva as their own ground failed to get license for top level football. The stadium is originally the home ground of third-level side NK Zagreb.

Rank	Counties of Croatia	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	City of Zagreb	3	Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva, and Rudeš
2	Zagreb County	2	Gorica, Inter Zaprešić
3	Istria	1	Istra 1961
Koprivnica-Križevci	Slaven Belupo
Osijek-Baranja	Osijek
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Rijeka
Split-Dalmatia	Hajduk Split

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb	Nenad Bjelica	Arijan Ademi	Adidas	Lana grupa
Gorica	Sergej Jakirović	Igor Čagalj	Alpas	JAF J.u.A. Frischeis
Hajduk Split	Siniša Oreščanin	Mijo Caktaš	Macron	Tommy
Inter Zaprešić	Samir Toplak	Karlo Muhar	Joma	B2 Assets
Istra 1961	Igor Cvitanović	Marin Grujević	Kelme	Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva	Goran Tomić	Fran Karačić	Nike	Crodux
Osijek	Dino Skender	Mile Škorić	Nike	DOBRO
Rijeka	Igor Bišćan	Alexander Gorgon	Joma	Sava Osiguranje
Rudeš	Tomislav Ivković	Tomislav Mrkonjić	Kelme
Slaven Belupo	Ivica Sertić	Mateas Delić	Adidas	Belupo

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Rudeš	Jose Manuel Aira	Signed by Sochaux	22 May 2018	Ivan Matić	17 June 2018	Pre-season
Gorica	Ivan Prelec	Signed by Legia Warsaw (assistant)	4 June 2018	Sergej Jakirović	18 June 2018	Pre-season
Istra 1961	Darko Raić-Sudar	Sacked	10 July 2018	Manolo Márquez	10 July 2018	Pre-season
Hajduk Split	Željko Kopić	Sacked	5 September 2018	Zoran Vulić	9 September 2018	8th
Istra 1961	Manolo Márquez	Removed from position	18 September 2018	Curro Torres	20 September 2018	9th
Rudeš	Ivan Matić	Removed from position	3 October 2018	Marko Lozo	3 October 2018	10th
Rijeka	Matjaž Kek	Resigned	6 October 2018	Igor Bišćan	9 October 2018	5th
Istra 1961	Curro Torres	Removed from position	27 October 2018	Krunoslav Rendulić	28 October 2018	9th
Slaven Belupo	Tomislav Ivković	Removed from position	10 November 2018	Ivica Sertić	21 December 2018	7th
Hajduk Split	Zoran Vulić	Sacked	27 November 2018	Siniša Oreščanin	27 November 2018	6th
Rudeš	Marko Lozo	Removed from position	4 December 2018	Darko Jozinović	5 December 2018	10th
Rudeš	Darko Jozinović	Removed from position	24 December 2018	Tomislav Ivković	24 December 2018	10th
Istra 1961	Krunoslav Rendulić	Sacked	4 March 2019	Igor Cvitanović	4 March 2019	9th
Osijek	Zoran Zekić	Resigned	29 March 2019	Dino Skender	29 March 2019	3rd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Dinamo Zagreb (C)
Rijeka
Osijek
Hajduk Split
Gorica
Lokomotiva
Slaven Belupo
Inter Zaprešić
Istra 1961 (O)
Rudeš (R)

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

At the end of the season, ninth-placed team Istra 1961 contested a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Šibenik, runners-up of the 2018–19 Croatian Second Football League.

Istra 1961 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Mijo Caktaš	Hajduk Split	19
2	Mirko Marić	Osijek	18
3	Jakov Puljić	Rijeka	16
4	Komnen Andrić	Inter Zaprešić (10)Dinamo Zagreb (4)	14
Łukasz Zwoliński	Gorica
6	Jairo	Hajduk Split	13
Ivan Krstanović	Lokomotiva (6)Slaven Belupo (7)
8	Antonio Čolak	Rijeka	12
9	Kristijan Lovrić	Gorica	10
10	Mario Gavranović	Dinamo Zagreb	9
Héber	Rijeka
Ramón Mierez	Istra 1961
Bruno Petković	Dinamo Zagreb

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season
Manager of the Season
Young Player of the Season

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence	Zoran Kvržić (Rijeka)	Kévin Théophile-Catherine (Dinamo Zagreb)	Emir Dilaver (Dinamo Zagreb)	Domagoj Bradarić (Hajduk Split)
Midfield	Jairo (Hajduk Split)	Luka Ivanušec (Lokomotiva)	Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)	Domagoj Pavičić (Rijeka)	Jakov Puljić (Rijeka)
Attack	Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb)

#	Club	Average
1	Hajduk	8,651
2	Rijeka	4,526
3	Dinamo Zagreb	4,207
4	Osijek	2,534
5	Gorica	2,150
6	Istra	1,341
7	Slaven	1,035
8	Lokomotiva	1,000
9	Zaprešić	701
10	Rudeš	446

Source:

Official website (in Croatian)
Prva HNL at UEFA.com

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