2006–07 in Croatian football

2006–07 in
Croatian football
2006–07 in; Croatian football
First Division champions
	Dinamo Zagreb (9th title)
Second Division champions
	Inter Zaprešić
Third Division champions
	TBD
Croatian Cup winners
	Dinamo Zagreb (8th title)
Teams in Europe
	Dinamo Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek, Varteks
Croatia national team
	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

The following article presents a summary of the 2006–07 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which was the 16th season of competitive football in the country.

League competitions

Croatian First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	30	2	1	84	22	+62	92	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	33	22	6	5	60	25	+35	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	NK Zagreb	33	18	4	11	57	40	+17	58	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Šibenik	33	14	7	12	50	47	+3	49
5	Slaven Belupo^[a]	33	14	7	12	40	37	+3	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6	Osijek	33	11	10	12	42	45	−3	43
7	Rijeka	33	12	6	15	51	53	−2	42
8	Varteks	33	12	6	15	49	62	−13	42
9	Međimurje	33	11	4	18	40	60	−20	37
10	Cibalia	33	9	5	19	33	53	−20	32
11	Pula (R)	33	6	11	16	28	40	−12	29	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Kamen Ingrad^[b] (R)	33	3	4	26	27	77	−50	11	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

Source: prva-hnl.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.
^ Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.

Croatian Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Inter Zaprešić (C, P)	30	21	5	4	60	28	+32	68	Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2	Zadar (P)	30	20	5	5	55	25	+30	65	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Croatia Sesvete	30	18	5	7	67	38	+29	59
4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	30	18	4	8	60	25	+35	58
5	Solin	30	16	5	9	58	33	+25	53
6	Imotski	30	12	8	10	41	44	−3	44
7	Belišće	30	11	9	10	46	40	+6	42
8	Pomorac	30	11	9	10	53	51	+2	42
9	Vukovar '91	30	9	8	13	40	42	−2	35
10	Naftaš HAŠK^[a] (R)	30	8	11	11	44	49	−5	35
11	Mosor	30	9	8	13	37	46	−9	35
12	Marsonia	30	9	7	14	38	50	−12	34
13	Moslavina	30	9	6	15	44	57	−13	33	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
14	Koprivnica (R)	30	7	8	15	42	66	−24	29
15	Bjelovar (R)	30	4	6	20	25	66	−41	18
16	Čakovec (R)	30	4	4	22	37	87	−50	16

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Naftaš HAŠK were refused a 2nd level license for 2007–08 season, due to this, Moslavina remained at 2nd level.

Croatian clubs in Europe

Summary

Club	Competition	Final round
Dinamo Zagreb	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup	Third qualifying round First round
Rijeka	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round
Varteks	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round
Osijek	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round

Dinamo Zagreb

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Dinamo scorer(s)	Report
2006–07 Champions League - Second qualifying round
25 July 2006	Aukštaitija, Panevėžys (A)	Ekranas	4–1	Eduardo (2), M. Buljat, Vugrinec	uefa.com
2 Aug 2006	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Ekranas	5–2	Ljubojević (3), Vukojević, Vugrinec	uefa.com
2006–07 Champions League - Third qualifying round
8 Aug 2006	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Arsenal	0–3		uefa.com
23 Aug 2006	Emirates, London (A)	Arsenal	1–2	Eduardo	uefa.com
2006–07 UEFA Cup - First round
14 Sep 2006	Maksimir, Zagreb (H)	Auxerre	1–2	Eduardo	uefa.com
28 Sep 2006	Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre (A)	Auxerre	1–3	Eduardo	uefa.com

Rijeka

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Slaven scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup - First qualifying round
13 July 2006	Stadion na Kantridi, Rijeka (H)	Omonia	2–2	Bule, Kerkez (pen)	uefa.com
27 July 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia (A)	Omonia	1–2	Lukunić	uefa.com

Varteks

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Slaven scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup - First qualifying round
13 July 2006	Stadion Varteks, Varaždin (H)	KF Tirana	1–1	Novinić	uefa.com
27 July 2006	Selman Stërmasi, Tirana (A)	KF Tirana	0–2		uefa.com

Osijek

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]
Intertoto Cup - Second round
2 July 2006	Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek (H)	Ethnikos Achna	2–2
8 July 2006	Dasaki Stadium, Akhna (A)	Ethnikos Achna	0–0

References

^ Dinamo score is shown first.
^ ^a ^b ^c The score of the Croatian team is shown first.

[table_note_SLA0.87778378831119-1] Qualified for Europe as 2006–07 Croatian Football Cup finalists.

[table_note_KAM0.87778378831119-2] Kamen Ingrad were docked 2 points.

[table_note_HAŠK0.81839787439369-3] Naftaš HAŠK were refused a 2nd level license for 2007–08 season, due to this, Moslavina remained at 2nd level.

[Dinamo_score-4] Dinamo score is shown first.

[Croatian_team_score-5] The score of the Croatian team is shown first.

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