2012–13 Croatian First Football League

Football league season

MAXtv Prva Liga
Season	2012–13
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Relegated	NK Zagreb Cibalia Inter Zaprešić
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League	Lokomotiva Rijeka Hajduk Split
Matches played	198
Goals scored	489 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leon Benko (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Zagreb 6–0 NK Zagreb
Biggest away win	Zadar 1–5 Inter Zaprešić
Highest scoring	Zadar 2–4 Hajduk Split Hajduk Split 5–1 NK Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb 4–2 RNK Split Dinamo Zagreb 6–0 NK Zagreb Zadar 1–5 Inter Zaprešić Zadar 2–4 Rijeka Lokomotiva 5–1 Slaven Belupo
Average attendance	2,511
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The 2012–13 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the MAXtv Prva Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd 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 21 July 2012 and ended on 26 May 2013.

The league was contested by 12 teams, down from 16 in the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their seventh consecutive title in 2011–12.

Format changes

The league was contested by twelve teams, four fewer than in the previous season, with each club playing every other club three times for a total of 33 rounds (last time the system was used in the 2008–09 season). On 13 April 2012, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2012–13 season was completed. For the 2012–13 Prva HNL, only three out of twenty applied clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva and NK Zagreb. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that didn't get a license appealed on the decision and provided new facts and arguments. On 15 May 2012, it was announced that all remaining Prva HNL clubs from the previous season were granted top level license, except for Šibenik, Karlovac and Varaždin. Only one team from Druga HNL acquired the top level license: Hrvatski Dragovoljac, however, they didn't manage to finish the season within top two places which would secure them promotion. Since none of the top two teams from Druga HNL acquired top level license, the 12th placed team from the 2011–12 Prva HNL were allowed to stay. If that wasn't the case, Inter Zaprešić and Rijeka would have needed to play a two-legged play-off match to decide who gets relegated since they were equal on all of the tiebreakers.

Teams

The following is a complete list of teams which contested the 2012–13 Prva HNL.

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo
Lokomotiva
NK Zagreb class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2012–13 Prva HNL

Stadia and locations

Stadium	City	Home club	Licensed club(s)	Capacity
Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb	Lokomotiva	37,168
Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split		34,448
Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek		22,050
Kantrida	Rijeka	Rijeka		12,600
Stadion HNK Cibalia	Vinkovci	Cibalia		9,958
Aldo Drosina	Pula	Istra 1961		8,923
Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	NK Zagreb		8,850
Stanovi	Zadar	Zadar		5,860
ŠRC Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Inter Zaprešić		5,228
Park mladeži	Split	RNK Split		4,075
Gradski stadion	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo		3,059

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cibalia	Miroslav Bojko	Mario Lučić	Jako	Croatia Osiguranje
Dinamo Zagreb	Krunoslav Jurčić	Ivan Kelava	Puma	—
Hajduk Split	Igor Tudor	Mario Maloča	Umbro	—
Inter Zaprešić	Rajko Magić	Tomislav Šarić	Joma	VŠPU "B.A.Krčelić"
Istra 1961	Igor Pamić	Fausto Budicin	errea	—
Lokomotiva	Tomislav Ivković	Leonard Mesarić	Puma	—
Osijek	Miroslav Žitnjak (caretaker)	Ivo Smoje	Jako	Croatia Osiguranje
Rijeka	Matjaž Kek	Dario Knežević	Lotto	—
Slaven Belupo	Roman Sović	Alen Maras	adidas	Belupo
RNK Split	Goran Sablić	Andrija Vuković	Jako	Skladgradnja
Zadar	Ferdo Milin	Jakov Surać	Lotto	Hotel Kolovare
NK Zagreb	Miroslav Blažević	Hrvoje Štrok	Kappa	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Cibalia	Samir Toplak	Resigned	27 July 2012	Željko Kopić	28 July 2012	12th
NK Zagreb	Dražen Besek	Resigned	3 September 2012	Luka Bonačić	3 September 2012	12th
Zadar	Dalibor Zebić	Resigned	22 September 2012	Ferdo Milin	24 September 2012	11th
RNK Split	Tonći Bašić	Removed from position	13 October 2012	Zoran Vulić	13 October 2012	7th
NK Zagreb	Luka Bonačić	Sacked	27 October 2012	Dražen Madunović	30 October 2012	11th
NK Zagreb	Dražen Madunović	Removed from position	5 November 2012	Miroslav Blažević	5 November 2012	11th
Cibalia	Željko Kopić	Resigned	25 November 2012	Miroslav Bojko	25 November 2012	10th
Dinamo Zagreb	Ante Čačić	Sacked	26 November 2012	Krunoslav Jurčić	26 November 2012	1st
Rijeka	Elvis Scoria	Resigned	24 February 2013	Matjaž Kek	27 February 2013	5th
Slaven Belupo	Roy Ferenčina	Sacked	10 March 2013	Roman Sović	14 March 2013	6th
Inter Zaprešić	Borimir Perković	Sacked	14 March 2013	Rajko Magić	14 March 2013	12th
Hajduk Split	Mišo Krstičević	Sacked	29 April 2013	Igor Tudor	29 April 2013	4th
RNK Split	Zoran Vulić	Mutual consent	12 May 2013	Goran Sablić	13 May 2013	4th
Osijek	Stanko Mršić	Sacked	13 May 2013	Miroslav Žitnjak (caretaker)	13 May 2013	4th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	24	5	4	68	20	+48	77	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Lokomotiva	33	16	9	8	54	38	+16	57	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rijeka	33	15	8	10	46	42	+4	53
4	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	45	31	+14	52
5	RNK Split	33	15	7	11	49	37	+12	52
6	Istra 1961	33	11	11	11	35	32	+3	44
7	Osijek	33	9	12	12	25	33	−8	39
8	Slaven Belupo	33	10	9	14	35	50	−15	39
9	Zadar	33	9	9	15	39	61	−22	36
10	Inter Zaprešić (R)	33	8	11	14	36	41	−5	35	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
11	Cibalia (R)	33	9	5	19	29	44	−15	32
12	NK Zagreb (R)	33	7	6	20	28	60	−32	27

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Hajduk Split qualify for 2013–14 Europa League Second qualifying round as winners of 2012–13 Croatian Cup.

Results

Every team will play three times against each other team for a total of 33 matches. The first 22 matchdays will consist of a regular double round-robin schedule. The league standings at this point will then be used to determine the games for the last 11 matchdays.

Home \ Away	CIB	DIN	HAJ	INT	IST	LOK	OSI	RIJ	SLA	SPL	ZAD	ZAG	CIB	DIN	HAJ	INT	IST	LOK	OSI	RIJ	SLA	SPL	ZAD	ZAG
Cibalia		0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	4–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1		0–1		1–0		2–0		0–1			2–3
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1		3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	4–2	5–0	6–0			3–1	2–0			0–0		1–0	2–0	5–0
Hajduk Split	4–0	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–1				1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2				3–2
Inter Zaprešić	0–0	0–2	1–1		2–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2			1–1		0–2				2–0	0–0		2–0
Istra 1961	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–1		2–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0				1–1		1–0				0–0
Lokomotiva	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–0		0–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–1	1–1		1–2		2–2			1–0		5–1	1–0	4–1
Osijek	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0			0–2	0–4						1–0	1–0
Rijeka	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–1		0–0	2–3	0–0	1–0		0–0		2–1		1–3	1–0		2–1		2–3
Slaven Belupo	2–1	1–4	0–2	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–3		2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2		1–1		1–0		0–0			0–0		0–3
RNK Split	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	3–2	1–0		2–1		0–1		4–1	3–1				4–1
Zadar	4–1	1–3	2–4	1–5	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–4	1–0	1–0		4–0			1–1	1–2	3–2				1–1	2–2
NK Zagreb	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1		0–2	0–3				2–4		1–4			1–1

Source: Sportnet.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 21 July 2013; Source: Sportnet.hr UEFA.com

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Leon Benko	Rijeka	19
2	Andrej Kramarić	Lokomotiva	15
3	Sammir	Dinamo Zagreb	13
4	Besart Abdurahimi	NK Zagreb	12
4	Mislav Oršić	Inter Zaprešić	12
6	Goran Roce	Istra 1961	11
7	Ante Rebić	RNK Split	10
7	Ante Budimir	Inter Zaprešić	10
9	Mijo Caktaš	Hajduk Split	9
9	Duje Čop	Dinamo Zagreb	9

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Sammir	Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season	Tomislav Ivković	Lokomotiva Zagreb
Young Player of the Season	Ante Rebić	RNK Split
Goalkeeper of the Season	Ivan Kelava	Dinamo Zagreb

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Ivan Kelava (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence	Šime Vrsaljko (Dinamo Zagreb)	Josip Šimunić (Dinamo Zagreb)	Ivica Križanac (RNK Split)	Antonio Milić (Hajduk Split)
Midfield	Franko Andrijašević (Hajduk Split)	Sammir (Dinamo Zagreb)	Domagoj Antolić (Lokomotiva)	Leon Benko (Rijeka)
Attack	Ante Rebić (RNK Split)		Andrej Kramarić (Lokomotiva)

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External links

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

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2024–25 teams	Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Šibenik Slaven Belupo Varaždin
Former teams	Belišće Cibalia Croatia Sesvete Čakovec Dubrava Dubrovnik Hrvatski Dragovoljac Inter Zaprešić Istra Pula Kamen Ingrad Karlovac Lučko Marsonia Međimurje Mladost 127 Neretva Orijent Pazinka Pomorac Primorac Radnik Velika Gorica Rudeš Samobor Segesta RNK Split TŠK Topolovac Varaždin (1931) Vukovar '91 Zadar NK Zagreb
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v t e 2012–13 in Croatian football
« 2011–12 2013–14 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2014 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group A) Igor Štimac
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split Zadar NK Zagreb
Summer 2012 transfers Winter 2012–13 transfers

v t e 2012–13 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '12 '13 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '12 '13 Faroe Islands '12 '13 Finland '12 '13 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia '12 '13 Lithuania '12 '13 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '12 '13 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '12 '13 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '12 '13 Finland '12 '13 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '12 '13 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '12 '13 France Hungary Iceland '12 '13 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '12 '13 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia '12 '13 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan '12 '13 Latvia '13 Lithuania Malta Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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