The 2006–07 Croatian First Football League (also known as 1. HNL; officially styled as Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth 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 29 July 2006 and ended on 19 May 2007. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eleventh championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Međimurje on Matchday 29, played on 28 April 2007.
Teams Stadia and personnel
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia Mile PetkovićVinkovci Stadion HNK CibaliaDinamo Zagreb Branko IvankovićZagrebStadion MaksimirHajduk Split Ivan PudarSplitStadion PoljudKamen Ingrad Dalibor BognarVelikaStadion Kamen IngradMeđimurje Želimir OrehovecČakovecStadion SRC MladostOsijek Ilija LončarevićOsijekStadion Gradski vrtPula Stanko MršićPulaStadion VerudaRijeka Josip KužeRijekaStadion KantridaSlaven Belupo Elvis ScoriaKoprivnicaGradski stadion u KoprivniciŠibenik Anel KarabegŠibenikStadion ŠubićevacVarteks Zlatko DalićVaraždinStadion VarteksNK Zagreb Miroslav BlaževićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 1 On final match day of the season, played on 19 May 2007.
League table
Results The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.
Relegation play-off
First leg
Second leg
Zadar win 6–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2007–08 Prva HNL.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Eduardo da Silva Dinamo Zagreb342 Ahmad Sharbini Rijeka213 Krunoslav Lovrek NK Zagreb184 Enes Novinić Varteks155 Mladen Bartolović Hajduk Split12 Davor Vugrinec Dinamo Zagreb Zoran Zekić Cibalia8 Tomislav Bušić Hajduk Split11 Mario Mandžukić NK Zagreb Bojan Vručina Slaven Belupo
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Hajduk 7,559 2 Dinamo Zagreb 7,265 3 Šibenik 3,500 4 Osijek 2,744 5 Varteks 2,500 6 Rijeka 2,150 7 Slaven 2,012 8 Zagreb 1,965 9 Cibalia 1,775 10 Međimurje 1,612 11 Istra 1,531 12 Kamen 1,281Source:
See also 2006–07 Croatian Second Football League 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup
References
External links Season statistics at HRNogomet 2006–07 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation