2008–09_in_Croatian_football

2008–09 in Croatian football
2008–09 in Croatian football
First Division champions
	Dinamo Zagreb (11th title)
Second Division champions
	Istra 1961
Third Division champions
	Grafičar Vodovod (East); RNK Split (South); Rudeš (West);
Croatian Cup winners
	Dinamo Zagreb (10th title)
Teams in Europe
	Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo
Croatia national team
	2010 World Cup qualification

2008–09 in Croatian football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2008–09 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which was the 18th season of competitive football in the country.

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Treća HNL

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[table_note_res_EL10.35940675966414-2] Because both cup finalists, Dinamo and Hajduk, qualified for Europe through their league positions, all three UEFA Europa League spots were given to teams according to their league positions, what means that fourth-placed Slaven Belupo also earned a spot in Europa League.

[table_note_CRS0.35940675966414-4] Croatia Sesvete were docked 1 point due to unpaid debts to Imotski over player Darko Vučić.^[2]

[table_note_SLV0.20388333928021-5] Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground, and were demoted to the 1st county league; therefore Međimurje were promoted directly and Hrvatski Dragovoljac entered the playoff, while Moslavina were not relegated.

[table_hth_ORI0.50091893482065-6] 2 points deducted?

[table_hth_IST0.50091893482065-7] 2 points deducted?

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Groups and standings Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine FIFA Retrieved 2008-05-31

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Sesvećanima ipak oduzet bod Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

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The score of the Croatian team is shown first.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	23	5	5	71	26	+45	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	33	21	5	7	59	25	+34	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Rijeka	33	17	5	11	50	44	+6	56	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Slaven Belupo	33	16	7	10	46	39	+7	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	NK Zagreb	33	13	8	12	38	39	−1	47
6	Šibenik	33	13	7	13	44	35	+9	46
7	Osijek	33	10	11	12	40	41	−1	41
8	Cibalia	33	10	8	15	33	53	−20	38
9	Inter Zaprešić	33	9	9	15	41	50	−9	36
10	Varteks	33	10	5	18	41	55	−14	35
11	Zadar	33	7	8	18	28	49	−21	29
12	Croatia Sesvete^{[lower-alpha 2]} (O)	33	6	8	19	31	66	−35	25	Qualification to relegation play-off

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Istra 1961 (C, P)	30	18	6	6	46	20	+26	60	Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2	Karlovac (P)	30	18	5	7	50	24	+26	59
3	Lokomotiva (P)	30	18	5	7	50	30	+20	59
4	Slavonac CO^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	30	15	12	3	39	18	+21	57	Relegation to county leagues
5	Međimurje (P)	30	16	2	12	61	34	+27	50	Promotion to Croatian First Football League
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	30	13	10	7	38	36	+2	49	Qualification to promotion play-offs
7	Solin	30	14	5	11	37	31	+6	47
8	Vinogradar	30	11	7	12	40	50	−10	40
9	Imotski	30	10	4	16	31	45	−14	34
10	Suhopolje	30	8	9	13	33	37	−4	33
11	Segesta	30	8	9	13	33	47	−14	33
12	Junak	30	9	6	15	35	51	−16	33
13	Pomorac	30	9	5	16	29	45	−16	32
14	Mosor	30	8	6	16	25	44	−19	30
15	Moslavina	30	7	7	16	33	51	−18	28
16	Trogir (R)	30	3	12	15	32	49	−17	21	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grafičar Vodovod (C)	33	19	9	5	66	28	+38	66
2	Graničar	33	20	6	7	69	47	+22	66
3	Križevci	33	18	7	8	54	32	+22	61
4	Vukovar '91 (P)	33	17	7	9	52	39	+13	58
5	NK Đakovo	33	17	6	10	46	33	+13	57
6	Slavija Pleternica	33	16	5	12	57	42	+15	53
7	Virovitica	33	15	8	10	51	39	+12	53
8	Bjelovar	33	15	7	11	54	49	+5	52
9	Nedelišće	33	13	5	15	48	61	−13	44
10	Višnjevac	33	14	1	18	47	57	−10	43
11	Mladost Cernik	33	12	5	16	41	45	−4	41
12	Mladost Prelog	33	11	8	14	54	61	−7	41
13	Olimpija Osijek	33	11	8	14	53	60	−7	41
14	NAŠK	33	10	7	16	47	52	−5	37
15	Croatia Đakovo (R)	33	10	3	20	37	61	−24	33
16	Koprivnica (R)	33	8	8	17	48	58	−10	32
17	Belišće (R)	33	10	2	21	48	66	−18	32
18	Marsonia (R)	17	1	2	14	12	54	−42	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	RNK Split (C)	34	23	8	3	79	20	+59	77
2	Raštane	34	20	8	6	70	35	+35	68
3	Zmaj	34	19	7	8	44	28	+16	64
4	Velebit	34	17	8	9	54	35	+19	59
5	Primorac (BnM)	34	17	5	12	59	42	+17	56
6	GOŠK (D)	34	15	7	12	38	42	−4	52
7	Zagora	34	14	8	12	47	44	+3	50
8	Konavljanin	34	15	3	16	47	55	−8	48
9	Hrvace	34	13	8	13	56	46	+10	47
10	Primorac 1929	34	15	2	17	52	62	−10	47
11	Jadran (KS)	34	10	10	14	50	54	−4	40
12	Jadran LP	34	12	4	18	31	49	−18	40
13	Dugopolje	34	12	3	19	44	45	−1	39
14	Neretva	34	9	11	14	39	54	−15	38
15	Neretvanac (R)	34	10	7	17	38	57	−19	37
16	Omiš (R)	34	9	8	17	28	41	−13	35
17	Val (R)	34	11	1	22	35	66	−31	34
18	GOŠK (KG) (R)	34	8	6	20	30	66	−36	30

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rudeš (C)	34	22	10	2	63	24	+39	76
2	Lučko (P)	34	19	7	8	75	45	+30	64
3	Vrapče	34	16	8	10	58	45	+13	56
4	Jadran Poreč	34	17	5	12	46	34	+12	56
5	Polet Buševec	34	14	6	14	59	51	+8	48
6	HAŠK	34	15	3	16	56	53	+3	48
7	Novalja	34	13	9	12	40	39	+1	48
8	Rovinj	34	10	14	10	59	48	+11	44
9	Rudar Labin	34	12	8	14	48	51	−3	44
10	Nehaj	34	12	8	14	37	41	−4	44
11	Vrbovec	34	12	8	14	39	45	−6	44
12	Grobničan	34	13	4	17	40	58	−18	43
13	Orijent	34	12	8	14	45	41	+4	42^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Medulin 1921	34	11	9	14	43	49	−6	42
15	Radnik (R)	34	11	7	16	38	46	−8	40
16	Maksimir (R)	34	10	10	14	34	52	−18	40
17	Istra Pula (R)	34	10	7	17	36	67	−31	35^{[lower-alpha 2]}
18	Samobor (R)	34	6	11	17	35	62	−27	29

2008–09_in_Croatian_football

2008–09 in Croatian football

National team

Friendly matches

World Cup qualifiers

League tables

Prva HNL

Druga HNL

Treća HNL

Division East

Division South

Division West

Honours

Croatian clubs in Europe

Summary

Dinamo Zagreb

Slaven Belupo

Hajduk Split

Rijeka

References

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Competition	Winner	Details
Croatian Cup	Dinamo Zagreb	2008–09 Croatian Cup Beat Hajduk Split 4–3 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)
1.HNL	Dinamo Zagreb	2008–09 Prva HNL
2.HNL	Istra 1961	2008–09 Druga HNL
3.HNL East Division	Grafičar Vodovod
3.HNL South Division	RNK Split
3.HNL West Division	Rudeš

Club	Competition	Final round
Dinamo Zagreb	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup	Third qualifying round Group stage
Slaven Belupo	UEFA Cup	First round
Hajduk Split	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round
Rijeka	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Dinamo scorer(s)	Report
Champions League - First qualifying round
16 July	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Linfield	2–0	Mario Mandžukić, Dino Drpić	uefa.com
23 July	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Linfield	1–1	Mario Mandžukić	uefa.com
Champions League - Second qualifying round
30 July	Sports Park, Domžale (A)	Domžale	3–0	Ivica Vrdoljak, Sammir, Josip Tadić	uefa.com
6 August	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Domžale	3–2	Igor Bišćan, Mirko Hrgović, Dino Drpić	uefa.com
Champions League - Third qualifying round
13 August	RSC Olimpiyskiy, Donetsk (A)	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2		uefa.com
27 August	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Boško Balaban	uefa.com
UEFA Cup - First round
18 September	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Sparta Prague	0–0		uefa.com
2 October	AXA Arena, Prague (A)	Sparta Prague	3–3	Pedro Morales, Dejan Lovren, Milan Badelj	uefa.com
UEFA Cup - Group stage
23 October	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	NEC	3–2	Mario Mandžukić, Boško Balaban, Ivica Vrdoljak	uefa.com
6 November	White Hart Lane, London (A)	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4		uefa.com
27 November	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Spartak Moscow	0–1		uefa.com
3 December	Stadio Friuli, Udine (A)	Udinese	1–2	Igor Bišćan	uefa.com

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Slaven scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup - First qualifying round
17 July	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali (A)	Marsaxlokk	4–0	Matija Kristić, Dalibor Poldrugač, Franjo Tepurić, Bojan Vručina	uefa.com
31 July	Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H)	Marsaxlokk	4–0	Mario Bilen, Kristijan Čaval, Bojan Vručina (2)	uefa.com
UEFA Cup - Second qualifying round
14 August	Kleanthis Vikelidis, (A)	Aris	0–1		uefa.com
28 August	Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H)	Aris	2–0	Bojan Vručina (2)	uefa.com
UEFA Cup - First round
18 September	Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H)	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Mario Jurić	uefa.com
30 September	Luzhniki, Moscow (A)	CSKA Moscow	0–1		uefa.com

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Hajduk scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup - First qualifying round
17 July	Poljud, Split (H)	Birkirkara	4–0	Senijad Ibričić, Nikola Kalinić, Tomislav Bušić, Mario Tičinović	uefa.com
31 July	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali (A)	Birkirkara	3–0	Ivan Strinić, Mladen Bartolović, Senijad Ibričić	uefa.com
UEFA Cup - Second qualifying round
14 August	Riazor, La Coruña (A)	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0		uefa.com
28 August	Poljud, Split (H)	Deportivo La Coruña	0–2		uefa.com

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]
Intertoto Cup - First round
21 June	Kantrida, Rijeka (H)	Renova	0–0
28 June	Gradski stadion, Skopje (A)	Renova	0–2