The 2003–04 Croatian First Football League (also known as 1. HNL; officially styled as Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth 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 2003 and ended on 15 May 2004. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their tenth championship title the previous season. Hajduk Split won the title, after a win against Varteks on 15 May 2004.
Teams
Stadia and personnel
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia Davor MladinaVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia 9,920Dinamo Zagreb Nikola JurčevićZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk Split Petar NadovezaSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Inter Zaprešić Srećko BogdanŠibenikStadion ŠRC Zaprešić 5,000Kamen Ingrad Nenad GračanVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad 8,000Marsonia Vjekoslav LokicaSlavonski BrodGradski stadion uz Savu 10,000Osijek Branko KaračićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500Rijeka Ivan KatalinićRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275Slaven Belupo Milo NižetićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici 4,000Varteks Miroslav BlaževićVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800Zadar Stanko MršićZadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860NK Zagreb Mile PetkovićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 15 May 2004.
First stage
Rounds 1–22 results
Championship group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation play-off
First leg
Second leg
Međimurje win 4–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Prva HNL.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Robert Špehar Osijek182 Goran Ljubojević Osijek16 Dario Zahora Dinamo Zagreb4 Zoran Zekić Kamen Ingrad135 Mate Brajković Zadar12 Petar Krpan Hajduk Split Marijan Vuka Marsonia8 Sandro Klić Rijeka11 Goce Sedloski Dinamo Zagreb Source: 1.hnl.net
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Hajduk 6,179 2 Dinamo Zagreb 3,107 3 Rijeka 3,077 4 Zadar 2,577 5 Marsonia 2,423 6 Osijek 2,192 7 Varteks 2,050 8 Slaven 2,038 9 Kamen 1,935 10 Zagreb 1,817 11 Zaprešić 1,800 12 Cibalia 1,475
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See also 2003–04 Croatian Second Football League 2003–04 Croatian Football Cup
References
External links Season statistics at HRNogomet 2003–04 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation