2007–08 Croatian First Football League

T-Com Prva HNL
Season	2007–08
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb 10th Croatian title 14th domestic title
Relegated	Međimurje
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Slaven Belupo Hajduk Split (via Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Rijeka
Matches played	198
Goals scored	573 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Želimir Terkeš (21)
Biggest home win	Hajduk S. 7–1 Inter Z.
Biggest away win	Inter Z. 0–4 Dinamo Z.
Highest scoring	Hajduk S. 7–2 Inter Z. Zagreb 7–2 Zadar
Average attendance	2,759
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007-08 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth 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 20 July 2007 and ended on 10 May 2008. 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 12 April 2008.

Promotion and relegation

Kamen Ingrad were automatically relegated to Druga HNL as they finished last in the previous season, while Inter Zaprešić were automatically promoted from Druga HNL after winning the 2006–07 title. In a two-legged playoff between Zadar and Pula, Zadar were promoted to Prva HNL by beating Pula with 6–2 on aggregate (3–0, 3–2).

Teams

Locations of teams in 2007–08 Prva HNL

Stadia and locations

Stadium	City	Home club	Capacity
Stadion Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb	37,168
Stadion Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split	35,000
Stadion Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek	19,500
Stadion Anđelko Herjavec	Varaždin	Varteks	10,800
Stadion Kantrida	Rijeka	Rijeka	10,275
Stadion HNK Cibalia	Vinkovci	Cibalia	10,000
Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	NK Zagreb	8,850
Stadion SRC Mladost	Čakovec	Međimurje	8,000
Stadion Šubićevac	Šibenik	Šibenik	8,000
Stadion Stanovi	Zadar	Zadar	5,860
Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	Zagreb	Inter Zaprešić	5,000
Gradski stadion u Koprivnici	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo	4,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	26	4	3	91	34	+57	82	2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	33	16	6	11	45	29	+16	54	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3	Osijek !Osijek	33	16	6	11	43	34	+9	54
4	Rijeka !Rijeka	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	53	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round ¹
6	NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	33	11	11	11	51	40	+11	44
7	Varteks !Varteks	33	11	7	15	46	53	−7	40
8	Cibalia !Cibalia	33	11	7	15	40	48	−8	40
9	Zadar !Zadar	33	11	7	15	49	61	−12	40
10	Šibenik !Šibenik	33	9	12	12	34	52	−18	39
11	Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić (O)	33	8	9	16	27	59	−32	33	0 Relegation play-off0
12	Međimurje !Međimurje (R)	33	3	6	24	37	81	−44	15	Relegation to 2008–09 Druga HNL

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Cup and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
¹Hajduk Split was qualified to the UEFA Cup as a runner-up of the 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

Matches 1-22

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home ╲ Away	Cibalia !CIB	Dinamo Zagreb !DIN	Hajduk Split !HAJ	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Međimurje !MEĐ	Osijek !OSI	Rijeka !RIJ	Slaven Belupo !SLA	Šibenik !ŠIB	Varteks !VAR	Zadar !ZAD	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Cibalia !Cibalia		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	3–1
Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb	2–1		1–0	5–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–2	5–1	6–3
Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	2–2	1–2		7–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić	1–0	0–4	0–1		3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1
Međimurje !Međimurje	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3		0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–4	0–3
Osijek !Osijek	5–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	4–0		2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
Rijeka !Rijeka	3–0	2–4	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	2–2	5–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	6–0	4–2	1–0
Šibenik !Šibenik	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	0–2		4–3	0–0	0–0
Varteks !Varteks	2–1	4–3	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	0–1
Zadar !Zadar	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0		1–0
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	4–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	7–2

Updated to games played on 8 March 2008.
Source: Sportnet.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23-33

During matches 23-33 each team plays every other team once (either at home or away).
This means that during matches 1-33 each team played every other team 3 times (either 1 home, 2 away or 2 home, 1 away).

Home ╲ Away	Cibalia !CIB	Dinamo Zagreb !DIN	Hajduk Split !HAJ	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Međimurje !MEĐ	Osijek !OSI	Rijeka !RIJ	Slaven Belupo !SLA	Šibenik !ŠIB	Varteks !VAR	Zadar !ZAD	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Cibalia !Cibalia				1–1	3–0				2–0	0–1		2–2
Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb	4–0			1–0		3–2	6–1	1–0	5–1
Hajduk Split !Hajduk Split	1–2	1–1		7–2		0–2		2–0	4–1
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić						1–2	2–1	0–0		1–0		0–0
Međimurje !Međimurje		1–2	2–2	4–0					0–1		2–3
Osijek !Osijek	2–1				3–1		1–0	1–0		2–0		2–1
Rijeka !Rijeka	2–0		1–1		5–2					2–2	5–3	1–1
Slaven Belupo !Slaven Belupo	2–0				4–0		1–1			2–1	2–0	1–0
Šibenik !Šibenik				0–0		1–0	0–0	0–0				0–2
Varteks !Varteks		1–1	4–0		3–2				1–1		5–2
Zadar !Zadar	1–0	2–5	1–3	3–1		1–1			0–2
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb		0–0	2–1		6–1					3–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 10 May 2008.
Source: Sportnet.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

First leg

Inter Zaprešić v Hrvatski Dragovoljac

17 May 2008

Inter Zaprešić	2 – 0	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Gulić 50' Sivonjić 59'	Report (Croatian)

Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Second leg

Hrvatski Dragovoljac v Inter Zaprešić

21 May 2008

Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 0	Inter Zaprešić
	Report (Croatian)	Krznar 33'

Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

Inter Zaprešić win 2–0 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Želimir Terkeš	Zadar	21
2	Radomir Đalović	Rijeka	18
3	Nikola Kalinić	Hajduk Split	17
4	Krunoslav Lovrek	NK Zagreb	14
5	Luka Modrić	Dinamo Zagreb	13
6	Senijad Ibričić	NK Zagreb	12
	Željko Malčić	Cibalia	12
	Mario Mandžukić	Dinamo Zagreb	12
9	Boško Balaban	Dinamo Zagreb	11
	Anas Sharbini	Rijeka	11
	Josip Tadić	Dinamo Zagreb	11
	Ognjen Vukojević	Dinamo Zagreb	11

References

External links

Croatian First Football League

2016–17 teams	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split

Former teams	Belišće Croatia Sesvete Čakovec Dubrava Dubrovnik Hrvatski Dragovoljac Istra Pula Kamen Ingrad Karlovac Lučko Marsonia Međimurje Mladost 127 Neretva Orijent Pazinka Pomorac Primorac Radnik Velika Gorica Samobor Segesta Šibenik TŠK Topolovac Varaždin Vukovar '91 Zadar NK Zagreb

Statistics and awards	Players Top scorers Hat-tricks Records and statistics Player awards: Večernji list Sportske novosti Slobodna Dalmacija Tportal

Associated competitions	Croatian Cup Croatian Super Cup Second League Third League Academy League Women's League

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2007–08 in European football (UEFA)

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League cups	England Finland '07 '08 France Germany Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup '07 '08 Super Cup '07 '08

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