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2001–02 Croatian First Football League

Field	Value
competition	Croatian First Football League
logo
season	2001–02
winners	NK Zagreb
1st Croatian title
runners-up	Hajduk Split
relegated
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2002-03-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	NK Zagreb
continentalcup2	[UEFA Cup](2002-03-uefa-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers
continentalcup3	[Intertoto Cup](2002-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers
league topscorer	Ivica Olić (21)
biggest home win
biggest away win	Osijek 1–6 Dinamo Z.
highest scoring
matches	240
total goals	680
average attendance	2,400
prevseason	[2000–01](2000-01-croatian-first-football-league)
nextseason	[2002–03](2002-03-croatian-first-football-league)

1st Croatian title | runners-up = Hajduk Split

The 2001–02 Croatian First Football League was the eleventh season of the Croatian First Football League since its establishment in 1992. NK Zagreb became champions for the first time, and were the first and until 2017 only league winners from outside the Eternal Derby rivalry. The campaign began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 4 May 2002. The league expanded to 16 teams (from 12 in the previous season), and was contested by all the 12 teams who competed in the previous season plus four newly promoted ones from Croatian Second Football League.

The first goal of the season was scored by Dinamo Zagreb's Dario Zahora against newly promoted TŠK Topolovac in the 13th minute of the game on the opening day of the season on 28 July. Miljenko Mumlek of Varteks scored the first hat-trick of the season against Hajduk Split, two of them from penalty kicks, at Poljud on 17 August 2001.

NK Zagreb clinched their first ever title after they drew 0–0 against Čakovec and their last competitor for the title Hajduk Split lost 1–0 to Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the penultimate 29th round of the season which took place on 27 April 2002. It was the third Croatian First Football League title for NK Zagreb manager Zlatko Kranjčar, who thus became the first manager to have won the Prva HNL in charge of two different clubs (in 1996 and 1998 he clinched two championship titles with Croatia Zagreb, renamed Dinamo Zagreb in 2000). The top goalscorer of the season was Ivica Olić with 21 goals scored in 29 appearances for NK Zagreb.

Promotion and relegation

Since it had been decided that the league would expand to 16 teams for the 2001–02 season, only Marsonia were in danger of relegation, having finished last the previous season. Marsonia then played second level side Solin in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff on 3 and 10 June 2001. The aggregate score was 5–5, but Marsonia won the tie on away goals rule, so no team were relegated.

Teams promoted from 2000–01 Croatian Second Football League:

Winners: Kamen Ingrad
Second place: Pomorac
Fourth place: Zadar
Fifth place: TŠK Topolovac (Agreed to host home matches at Gradski stadion in the nearby town of Sisak as their own ground was deemed unfit for first-league football.)

Summaries

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2001–02 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 27 July 2001, the first day of the season.

Team	Manager	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Cibalia	CRO Davor Čop	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	9,920
Čakovec	CRO Rajko Magić	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	8,000
Dinamo Zagreb	CRO Ilija Lončarević	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	37,168
Hajduk Split	CRO Nenad Gračan	Split	Stadion Poljud	35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	CRO Luka Bonačić	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	5,000
Kamen Ingrad	CRO Tomislav Radić	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	8,000
Marsonia	CRO Milo Nižetić	Slavonski Brod	Gradski stadion uz Savu	10,000
Osijek	CRO Vlado Bilić	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	19,500
Pomorac	CRO Predrag Stilinović	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	3,000
Rijeka	CRO Ivan Katalinić	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	10,275
Slaven Belupo	CRO Dražen Besek	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion	4,000
Šibenik	CRO Vjekoslav Lokica	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	8,000
TŠK Topolovac	CRO Ivica Vidović	Topolovac	Gradski stadion	8,000
Varteks	CRO Branko Janžek	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	10,800
Zadar	CRO Stanko Mršić	Zadar	Stadion Stanovi	5,860
NK Zagreb	CRO Zlatko Kranjčar	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	8,850

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Hajduk Split	Croatia Zoran Vulić	Removed from position	4 June 2001	Croatia Nenad Gračan	11 June 2001
Čakovec	Croatia Rajko Magić		13 October 2001	Croatia Miljenko Dovečer	13 October 2001
Hajduk Split	Croatia Nenad Gračan	Sacked	22 November 2001	Croatia Slaven Bilić	22 November 2001
Kamen Ingrad	Croatia Tomislav Radić	Removed from position	23 December 2001	Croatia Rajko Magić	23 December 2001
Dinamo Zagreb	Croatia Ilija Lončarević	Sacked	14 April 2002	Croatia Marijan Vlak (c)	14 April 2002

League table

Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	CRO Ivica Olić	NK Zagreb	21
2	CRO Saša Bjelanović	Varteks	16
3	BIH Admir Hasančić	NK Zagreb	14
CRO Dario Zahora	Dinamo Zagreb
5	CRO Tomislav Erceg	Hajduk Split	13
CRO Marin Lalić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
CRO Natko Rački	Rijeka
CRO Zoran Zekić	Zadar
9	CRO Mate Dragičević	Šibenik	12
10	CRO Zvonimir Deranja	Hajduk Split	11
CRO Petar Krpan	NK Zagreb

Source: 1.hnl.net

References

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Cibilić, Ante. (18 August 2001). "Petarda uzdrmala Poljud prije Mallorce". [[Vjesnik]].
Jurišić, Bernard. (4 June 2001). "Šurjak sportski direktor, Vulić otišao". [[Sportnet.hr]].
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Šantl, Dejan. (16 October 2001). "Čakovec: Dovečer "do daljnjeg"!". [[Sportnet.hr]].
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"Trenerska kronologija od Mamićevog povratka u Dinamo". [[Nogometni magazin]].

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