2009–10 in Croatian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2009–10 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which is the 19th season of competitive football in the country.

2009–10 in Croatian football
First Division champions
Dinamo Zagreb (12th title)
Second Division champions
RNK Split
Third Division champions
Croatian Cup winners
Hajduk Split (5th title)
Teams in Europe
Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo
Croatia national team
2010 World Cup qualification

National team

The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.

Friendly matches

  Win   Tie   Loss

8 October 2009 Croatia  3 – 2  Qatar Rijeka, Croatia
17:30 CET
Stadium: Kantrida
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
14 November 2009 Croatia  5 – 0  Liechtenstein Vinkovci, Croatia
17:30 CET
Stadium: Stadion Cibalia
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)
3 March 2010 Belgium  0 – 1  Croatia Brussels, Belgium
20:45 CET Report
(in Croatian)		 Kranjčar 63' Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
19 May 2010 Austria  0 – 1  Croatia Klagenfurt, Austria
20:30 CET M. Bilić 86' Stadium: Hypo-Arena
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
23 May 2010 Croatia  2 – 0  Wales Osijek, Croatia
19:00 CET
Report
(in Croatian)		 Stadium: Gradski vrt
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Slavko Vinčič (Slovenia)
26 May 2010 Estonia  0 – 0  Croatia Tallinn, Estonia
Report
(in Croatian)		 Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Michael Svendsen (Denmark)

2010 World Cup qualifiers
20 August 2009 Belarus  1 – 3  Croatia Minsk, Belarus
Verkhovtsov 81' Report
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Attendance: 21,651
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
5 September 2009 Croatia  1 – 0  Belarus Zagreb, Croatia
Rakitić 24' Report Stadium: Maksimir
Attendance: 25,628
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
9 September 2009 England  5 – 1  Croatia London, England
 Report Eduardo 72' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 87,319
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
14 October 2009 Kazakhstan  1 – 2  Croatia Astana, Kazakhstan
Khizhnichenko 26' Report
Stadium: Astana Arena
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

League tables

Prva HNL
Main article: 2009–10 Croatian First Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 30 18 8 4 70 20 +50 62 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 30 17 7 6 50 21 +29 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Cibalia 30 16 9 5 46 20 +26 57 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Šibenik 30 14 8 8 34 37 −3 50 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Osijek 30 13 8 9 49 36 +13 47
6 Karlovac 30 12 11 7 32 23 +9 47
7 Slaven Belupo 30 11 10 9 44 45 −1 43
8 Lokomotiva 30 12 6 12 35 38 −3 42
9 Rijeka 30 10 10 10 49 44 +5 40
10 Varteks 30 9 9 12 36 43 −7 36
11 Istra 1961 30 9 8 13 31 40 −9 35
12 Zadar 30 9 7 14 27 41 −14 34
13 Inter Zaprešić 30 10 3 17 36 50 −14 33[lower-alpha 2]
14 NK Zagreb[lower-alpha 3] 30 9 6 15 43 49 −6 33[lower-alpha 2]
15 Međimurje (R) 30 8 5 17 37 61 −24 29 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
16 Croatia Sesvete (R) 30 3 5 22 30 81 −51 14
Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Hajduk Split won the 2009–10 Croatian Cup and thus qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
  2. Head-to-head record: Inter Zaprešić–NK Zagreb 1–3, NK Zagreb–Inter Zaprešić 0–3.
  3. Despite finishing 14th NK Zagreb eventually avoided relegation as only two second level clubs were granted first division licences by the Croatian Football Federation.

Druga HNL
Main article: 2009–10 Croatian Second Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RNK Split (C, P) 26 16 5 5 56 26 +30 53 Promotion to Croatian First Football League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Pomorac 26 14 5 7 41 24 +17 47
3 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (P) 26 11 9 6 35 23 +12 42 Promotion to Croatian First Football League[lower-alpha 1]
4 Lučko 26 12 6 8 38 28 +10 42
5 Solin 26 10 10 6 29 22 +7 40
6 Vinogradar 26 11 4 11 38 37 +1 37
7 Rudeš 26 10 7 9 38 38 0 37
8 Imotski 26 10 5 11 29 31 −2 35
9 Junak 26 10 4 12 40 49 −9 34
10 Mosor 26 9 6 11 26 34 −8 33
11 Suhopolje 26 8 7 11 29 31 −2 31
12 Vukovar '91 26 7 10 9 31 39 −8 31
13 Moslavina (R) 26 6 6 14 25 44 −19 24 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
14 Segesta (R) 26 4 4 18 17 46 −29 16
Source: Druga HNL (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Only RNK Split and Hrvatski Dragovoljac were granted a Prva HNL license for the Croatian First Football League.

Honours
Competition Winner Runners-up
Croatian Cup Hajduk Split Šibenik
1. HNL Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split
2. HNL RNK Split Pomorac
3. HNL East Division Lipik MV Croatia
3. HNL South Division Dugopolje Raštane
3. HNL West Division Gorica HAŠK

Croatian clubs in Europe

Summary
Club Competition Final round
Dinamo Zagreb UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Slaven Belupo UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Rijeka UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Hajduk Split UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Dinamo Zagreb
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Dinamo scorer(s) Report
2009–10 Champions League - Second qualifying round
14 July 2009 Republican, Yerevan (A) Armenia Pyunik 0–0 uefa.com
21 July 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Armenia Pyunik 3–0 Mandžukić, Badelj, Lovren uefa.com
2009–10 Champions League - Third qualifying round
29 July 2009 Red Bull Arena, Salzburg (A) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 Mandžukić uefa.com
4 Aug 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 Papadopoulos uefa.com
2009–10 Europa League - Play-off round
20 Aug 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Scotland Hearts 4–0 Mandžukić, Papadopoulos, Vrdoljak, Bišćan uefa.com
27 Aug 2009 Tynecastle, Edinburgh (A) Scotland Hearts 0–2 uefa.com
2009–10 Europa League - Group stage
17 Sep 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Belgium Anderlecht 0–2 uefa.com
1 Oct 2009 Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara (A) Romania Timișoara 3–0 Badelj, Sammir, Morales uefa.com
22 Oct 2009 Arena, Amsterdam (A) Netherlands Ajax 1–2 Tomečak uefa.com
5 Nov 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Netherlands Ajax 0–2 uefa.com
2 Dec 2009 Vanden Stock, Anderlecht (A) Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 Slepička uefa.com
16 Dec 2009 Maksimir, Zagreb (H) Romania Timișoara 1–2 Scutaru (o.g.) uefa.com

Slaven Belupo
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Slaven scorer(s) Report
Europa League - First qualifying round
2 July 2009 Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H) Malta Birkirkara 1–0 Csizmadia uefa.com
9 July 2009 Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali (A) Malta Birkirkara 0–0 uefa.com
Europa League - Second qualifying round
16 July 2009 Gradski Stadion, Kumanovo (A) North Macedonia Milano 4–0 Csizmadia, Vojnović (3) uefa.com
23 July 2009 Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H) North Macedonia Milano 8–2 Poredski, Vručina, Tepurić (2), Vojnović (2), Gregurina, Jurić uefa.com
Europa League - Third qualifying round
30 July 2009 Alfheim, Tromsø (A) Norway Tromsø 1–2 Šafarić uefa.com
6 August 2009 Gradski stadion, Koprivnica (H) Norway Tromsø 0–2 uefa.com

Rijeka
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Rijeka scorer(s) Report
Europa League - Second qualifying round
16 July 2009 Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (A) Luxembourg Differdange 0–1 uefa.com
23 July 2009 Kantrida, Rijeka (H) Luxembourg Differdange 3–0 Cerić, An. Sharbini, Ah. Sharbini uefa.com
Europa League - Third qualifying round
30 July 2009 Kantrida, Rijeka (H) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 1–2 Ah. Sharbini uefa.com
23 July 2009 Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv (A) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–2 uefa.com

Hajduk Split
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Hajduk scorer(s) Report
Europa League - Third qualifying round
30 July 2009 Pod Dubňom, Žilina (A) Slovakia Žilina 1–1 Rafael Paraiba uefa.com
6 August 2009 Poljud, Split (H) Slovakia Žilina 0–1 uefa.com

References
  1. Dinamo score is shown first.
  2. The score of the Croatian team is shown first.
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