2001–02 in Croatian football

2001–02 in Croatian football
First Division champions
NK Zagreb (1st title)
Second Division champions
Vukovar '91 (North Division) Istra Pula (South Division)
Third Division champions
Dilj, Mladost Prelog, Opatija, Napredak Velika Mlaka, Primorac Stobreč
Croatian Cup winners
Dinamo Zagreb (5th title)
Teams in Europe
Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek, Slaven Belupo, Varteks, NK Zagreb
Croatia national team
2002 World Cup qualification 2002 World Cup

The following article presents a summary of the 2001–02 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which was the 11th season of competitive football in the country.

League tables

Prva HNL

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NK Zagreb (C)	30	20	7	3	71	24	+47	67	2002–03 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	30	20	5	5	61	28	+33	65	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Dinamo Zagreb	30	18	5	7	58	30	+28	59	2002–03 UEFA Cup First round
4	Varteks	30	17	6	7	58	40	+18	57	2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
5	Rijeka	30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	51	2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Slaven Belupo	30	11	9	10	34	36	−2	42
7	Pomorac	30	12	4	14	36	41	−5	40
8	Osijek	30	11	4	15	45	48	−3	37
9	Zadar	30	9	9	12	43	47	−4	36
10	Cibalia	30	9	9	12	34	37	−3	36
11	Šibenik (O)	30	10	6	14	33	36	−3	36	0 Relegation play-offs0
12	Kamen Ingrad (O)	30	9	8	13	28	46	−18	35
13	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R)	30	9	7	14	34	45	−11	34	Relegation to 2002–03 Druga HNL
14	Čakovec (R)	30	9	5	16	31	44	−13	32
15	Marsonia (R)	30	8	6	16	37	46	−9	30
16	TŠK Topolovac (R)	30	4	2	24	31	95	−64	14

Updated to games played on 2 November 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vukovar '91	3–4	Šibenik	0–0	3–4
Istra Pula	1–3	Kamen Ingrad	0–1	1–2

Druga HNL

North Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vukovar '91 (C)	30	23	2	5	87	30	+57	71	0 Promotion play-offs0
2	Belišće	30	21	5	4	74	26	+48	68
3	Valpovka	30	15	6	9	53	39	+14	51
4	Metalac Osijek	30	15	6	9	43	40	+3	51
5	Koprivnica	30	15	5	10	64	46	+18	50
6	Grafičar Vodovod	30	14	5	11	46	35	+11	47
7	Sloga Nova Gradiška	30	13	5	12	60	46	+14	44
8	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	30	13	4	13	54	60	−6	43
9	Podravac	30	12	5	13	41	56	−15	41
10	Bjelovar (R)	30	12	4	14	49	47	+2	40
11	Mladost Molve (R)	30	10	10	10	45	46	−1	40	Relegation to Treća HNL
12	Papuk Orahovica (R)	30	10	3	17	40	57	−17	33
13	Bedem Ivankovo (R)	30	9	4	17	39	54	−15	31
14	Ivančica Ivanec (R)	30	8	6	16	35	45	−10	30
15	Sloga Čakovec (R)	30	6	3	21	34	82	−48	21
16	NAŠK (R)	30	6	3	21	30	85	−55	21

Updated to games played on 11 May 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Istra Pula (C)	30	17	8	5	46	21	+25	59	0 Promotion play-offs0
2	Uljanik	30	17	8	5	57	26	+31	59
3	Novalja	30	14	8	8	30	18	+12	50
4	Uskok Klis	30	14	7	9	48	32	+16	49
5	Solin Građa	30	13	9	8	44	24	+20	48
6	Orijent	30	14	4	12	35	37	−2	46
7	Croatia Sesvete	30	13	6	11	33	29	+4	45
8	Inker Zaprešić	30	11	8	11	46	40	+6	41
9	GOŠK Dubrovnik	30	11	8	11	26	37	−11	41
10	Imotski (O)	30	12	4	14	36	39	−3	40
11	Mosor (R)	30	10	7	13	38	50	−12	37	Relegation to Treća HNL
12	Žminj (R)	30	11	3	16	25	43	−18	36
13	Segesta (R)	30	9	8	13	28	33	−5	35
14	Samobor (R)	30	8	7	15	31	40	−9	31
15	Trnje (R)	30	5	11	14	30	43	−13	26
16	PIK Vrbovec (R)	30	7	2	21	23	64	−41	23

Updated to games played on 11 May 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References