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List of GNK Dinamo Zagreb seasons

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This is a list of all seasons played by GNK Dinamo Zagreb in national and European football, from 1945 (the year the club was officially founded) to the most recent completed season. The club spent its entire existence playing top-flight football (from 1946 to 1991 in the Yugoslav First League, from 1991 onwards in the Prva HNL).

This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season (note that only goals scored in league matches are taken into account). Players in bold were also top league scorers that season.

Seasons

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Key

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Divisions

1946–1991

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Following the club's formation as the municipal multi-sports club FD Dinamo in June 1945 the club's first competitive success was winning the first post-war Zagreb municipal championship held in January and February 1946 and then finishing as runners-up behind Hajduk Split in the SR Croatia regional championship which doubled as a qualifying tournament for the 1946–47 Yugoslav First League (officially called "First Federal League", Croatian: Prva savezna liga), the first edition of the post-war national top level. Dinamo soon established themselves as one of the so-called "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (along with Hajduk Split, Partizan and Red Star), a quartet of teams who dominated the game in SFR Yugoslavia, by finishing runners-up in 1947, and winning league titles in 1948, 1954 and 1958 and were never relegated from top level until leaving the league in 1991 following Croatia's independence. During the Yugoslav era Dinamo won four league titles and seven Yugoslav Cups. They were only the third Yugoslav side to play in an UEFA-sponsored competition when they appeared in the 1958–59 European Cup (after Partizan in 1955 and Red Star in 1956).

The club's most successful period was between 1960 and 1969, during which they reached the Yugoslav Cup finals six times (winning four) but failed to clinch a single league title (finishing runners-up five times). The club also had two successful campaigns in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup during this period, reaching the final in 1963 and 1967 and winning the latter by beating England's Leeds United. This was the only European silverware won by any Yugoslav club until Red Star Belgrade won the 1990–91 European Cup 24 years later. The club's second "golden age" came between 1980 and 1986, when Dinamo reached another five cup finals (winning two) and won the 1981–82 league title, their first league win in 24 years.

In the Yugoslav era three Dinamo players were top league scorers on four occasions: Franjo Wölfl in 1947 and 1948, Dražan Jerković in 1962 (who also went on to become joint top scorer at the 1962 FIFA World Cup that year) and Snješko Cerin in 1982. Cerin went on to become the club's most prolific scorer in the period with a total of 103 league goals for Dinamo between 1976 and 1986. The most successful managers were Milan Antolković who led the club to three cup finals (1960, 1963 and 1963 - winning the first two) and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in 1963; and Miroslav Blažević who led the club to the 1981–82 league win and three cup finals (1982, 1983 and 1986 - winning only the 1983 edition).

Season League 0Cup0 Europe / Other Top league scorer(s)[B]
Division P W D[A] L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1946–47 1. JSL 26 19 4 3 81 26 42 2nd R2 Franjo Wölfl 28
1947–48 1. JSL 18 14 1 3 56 20 29 1st SF Franjo Wölfl 22
1948–49 1. JSL 18 7 5 6 29 25 19 4th R1 Franjo Wölfl 11
1950 1. JSL 18 9 4 5 23 17 22 4th RU Franjo Wölfl 10
1951 1. JSL 22 16 3 3 45 19 35 2nd W Mitropa Cup 3rd Dionizije Dvornić 11
1952 1. JSL 16 8 3 5 35 27 19 4th[C] R1 Božidar Senčar 9
1952–53 1. JSL 22 8 6 8 32 30 22 7th SF Dionizije Dvornić 9
1953–54 1. JSL 26 19 4 3 72 22 42 1st R2 Dionizije Dvornić 16
1954–55 1. JSL 26 14 6 6 54 49 34 3rd QF Aleksandar Benko 16
1955–56 1. JSL 26 12 4 10 42 47 28 4th N/A[D] Dražan Jerković 9
1956–57 1. JSL 26 10 6 10 51 51 26 5th R2 Aleksandar Benko
Dražan Jerković 		10
1957–58 1. JSL 26 15 7 4 53 33 37 1st QF Dražan Jerković 17
1958–59 1. JSL 22 9 4 9 35 28 22 5th QF European Cup R1 Dražan Jerković 7
1959–60 1. JSL 22 14 4 4 48 20 32 2nd W Dražan Jerković 16
1960–61 1. JSL 22 10 7 5 36 27 27 4th R2 Cup Winners' Cup SF Željko Matuš 11
1961–62 1. JSL 22 10 5 7 36 23 25 3rd SF Mitropa Cup SF Dražan Jerković 16
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2
1962–63 1. JSL 26 14 7 5 52 35 35 2nd W Inter-Cities Fairs Cup RU Slaven Zambata 16
1963–64 1. JSL 26 12 9 5 40 29 33 3rd RU Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 12
1964–65 1. JSL 28 11 4 13 35 34 26 8th W Cup Winners' Cup QF Rudolf Belin 7
1965–66 1. JSL 30 13 9 8 49 35 35 2nd RU Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 19
1966–67 1. JSL 30 15 10 5 42 21 40 2nd R1 Mitropa Cup QF Slaven Zambata 13
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup W
1967–68 1. JSL 30 12 11 7 45 33 35 3rd R1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2 Josip Gucmirtl 14
1968–69 1. JSL 34 20 5 9 75 33 45 2nd W Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R1 Slaven Zambata 15
1969–70 1. JSL 34 13 12 9 47 42 38 6th SF Cup Winners' Cup QF Marijan Novak 10
1970–71 1. JSL 34 17 9 8 55 32 43 3rd SF Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R3 Josip Gucmirtl 10
1971–72 1. JSL 34 11 10 13 47 40 32 8th RU UEFA Cup R2 Slavko Kovačić 7
1972–73 1. JSL 34 11 11 12 39 47 33 8th R1 Mitropa Cup GS Fikret Mujkić 8
1973–74 1. JSL 34 12 9 13 34 33 33 7th QF Cup Winners' Cup R1 Mario Bonić
Drago Vabec 		8
1974–75 1. JSL 34 11 16 7 38 31 38 5th N/A[D] Zlatko Kranjčar 8
1975–76 1. JSL 34 17 10 7 38 23 44 3rd RU Balkans Cup W Drago Vabec 19
1976–77 1. JSL 34 15 11 8 52 36 41 2nd R1 UEFA Cup R2 Snješko Cerin 14
1977–78 1. JSL 34 12 13 9 54 49 37 4th SF UEFA Cup R2 Mario Bonić 10
1978–79 1. JSL 34 21 8 5 67 38 50 2nd R1 Snješko Cerin
Zlatko Kranjčar 		13
1979–80 1. JSL 34 9 14 11 43 44 32 12th W UEFA Cup R1 Zlatko Kranjčar 14
1980–81 1. JSL 34 12 11 11 44 38 35 5th R2 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Abid Kovačević 14
1981–82 1. JSL 34 20 9 5 67 32 49 1st RU Snješko Cerin 19
1982–83 1. JSL 34 14 15 5 56 40 43 3rd W European Cup R1 Zlatko Kranjčar 13
1983–84 1. JSL 34 11 9 14 58 51 31 12th SF Cup Winners' Cup R1 Snješko Cerin 16
1984–85 1. JSL 34 14 8 12 47 38 36 6th RU Snješko Cerin 10
1985–86 1. JSL 34 11 14 9 53 43 36 6th RU Boro Cvetković 12
1986–87 1. JSL 34 14 9 11 49 43 37 6th[E] R1 Ivan Cvjetković 11
1987–88 1. JSL 34 16 10 8 55 36 42 4th R1 Haris Škoro 14
1988–89 1. JSL 34 16 09 (2) 9 42 29 34 5th QF UEFA Cup R2 Radmilo Mihajlović 9
1989–90 1. JSL 34 16 11 (8) 7 53 25 40 2nd R2 UEFA Cup PR Davor Šuker 12
1990–91 1. JSL 36 20 10 (6) 6 72 36 46 2nd QF UEFA Cup R1 Davor Šuker 22

1992–present

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Following the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League Croatian clubs abandoned the league amid the breakup of Yugoslavia and joined the present-day Croatian football league system as the country declared independence. Dinamo Zagreb were thus founding members of the Prva HNL (1. HNL). Affected by the ongoing war in Croatia the league's inaugural season was shortened and held over the course of only one calendar year from February to June 1992. During the season the club took part in European competitions on account of qualification secured at the end of the 1990–91 Yugoslav season as Dinamo had finished runners-up in the league and qualified for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. Due to the ongoing war Croatian clubs had to host their European games abroad so Dinamo played their UEFA Cup first round fixture against Trabzonspor in Klagenfurt, Austria. The following 1992–93 season no Croatian club was allowed to enter European competitions as the Croatian Football Federation, the league's governing body, was not yet recognized by UEFA and officially became its affiliate as late as June 1993.

Amid political turmoil in the early 1990s club's officials began claiming direct lineage to pre-WWII Zagreb-based clubs Građanski Zagreb and HAŠK and in order to reflect this Dinamo were renamed "HAŠK Građanski" in June 1991. They finished fifth in the inaugural 1. HNL season and reached the Croatian Cup final which they lost to minnows Inker Zaprešić. In February 1993 the club were renamed "Croatia Zagreb". They won five league titles and three domestic cups and participated in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League group stages carrying that name before reverting to "Dinamo Zagreb" in February 2000.

Season League 0Cup0 European competitions Top league scorer(s)[B]
Division P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Player(s) Goals
1992 1. HNL 22 11 4 7 32 21 26 5th RU UEFA Cup R1 Goran Vlaović 9
1992–93 1. HNL 30 21 7 2 84 27 49 1st RU Goran Vlaović 23
1993–94 1. HNL 34 20 8 6 98 34 48 3rd W Champions League R1 Goran Vlaović 29
1994–95 1. HNL 30 19 7 4 53 26 64 2nd RU Cup Winners' Cup R1 Igor Pamić 10
1995–96 1. HNL 32 21 5 6 75 27 68 1st W Igor Cvitanović 19
1996–97 1. HNL 30 26 3 1 90 23 81 1st W UEFA Cup QR Igor Cvitanović 20
1997–98 1. HNL 32 22 7 3 75 28 73 1st W Champions League QR2 Vladimir Petrović 11
UEFA Cup R3
1998–99 1. HNL 32 22 5 5 55 20 71 1st R1 Champions League GS Edin Mujčin 10
1999–2000 1. HNL 33 23 6 4 83 25 75 1st RU Champions League GS Tomo Šokota 21
2000–01 1. HNL 32 19 8 5 70 36 65 2nd W Champions League QR3 Tomo Šokota 20
UEFA Cup R2
2001–02 1. HNL 30 18 5 7 58 30 59 3rd W UEFA Cup R1 Dario Zahora 14
2002–03 1. HNL 32 25 3 4 76 27 78 1st R2 UEFA Cup R2 Ivica Olić 16
2003–04 1. HNL 32 23 7 2 77 25 76 2nd W Champions League QR3 Dario Zahora 16
UEFA Cup R2
2004–05 1. HNL 32 12 11 9 55 37 47 7th QF UEFA Cup GS Ivan Bošnjak
Eduardo da Silva 		10
2005–06 1. HNL 32 24 4 4 78 21 76 1st R2 Ivan Bošnjak 22
2006–07 1. HNL 33 30 2 1 84 22 92 1st W Champions League QR3 Eduardo da Silva 34
UEFA Cup R1
2007–08 1. HNL 33 26 4 3 91 34 82 1st W Champions League QR3 Luka Modrić 13
UEFA Cup GS
2008–09 1. HNL 33 23 5 5 71 26 74 1st W Champions League QR3 Mario Mandžukić 16
UEFA Cup GS
2009–10 1. HNL 30 18 8 4 70 20 62 1st SF Champions League QR3 Mario Mandžukić 14
Europa League GS
2010–11 1. HNL 30 22 6 2 52 12 72 1st W Champions League QR3 Sammir 10
Europa League GS
2011–12 1. HNL 30 23 6 1 73 11 75 1st W Champions League GS Fatos Bećiraj 15
2012–13 1. HNL 33 24 5 4 68 20 77 1st R2 Champions League GS Sammir 13
2013–14 1. HNL 36 26 6 4 83 26 84 1st RU Champions League Playoff Duje Čop 22
Europa League GS
2014–15 1. HNL 36 26 10 0 85 21 88 1st W Champions League Playoff Ángelo Henríquez 20
Europa League GS
2015–16 1. HNL 36 26 7 3 67 19 85 1st W Champions League GS Armin Hodžić 13
2016–17 1. HNL 36 27 5 4 68 24 86 2nd RU Champions League GS El Arabi Hillel Soudani 17
2017–18 1. HNL 36 22 7 7 68 34 73 1st W Europa League Playoff El Arabi Hillel Soudani 17
2018–19 1. HNL 36 29 5 2 74 20 92 1st RU Champions League Playoff Bruno Petković 10
Europa League R16
2019–20 1. HNL 36 25 5 6 62 20 80 1st QF Champions League GS Mislav Oršić 13
2020–21 1. HNL 36 26 7 3 84 28 85 1st W Champions League QR3 Mario Gavranović 17
Europa League QF
2021–22 1. HNL 36 24 7 5 68 22 79 1st QF Champions League Playoff Mislav Oršić 14
Europa League KRPO
2022–23 1. HNL 36 24 9 3 81 28 81 1st SF Champions League GS Luka Ivanušec 12
2023–24 1. HNL 36 25 7 4 67 30 82 1st W Champions League QR3 Bruno Petković 11
Europa League Playoff
Conference League R16

Notes

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  • A Between the 1988–89 and 1991–92 seasons drawn games went to penalties with only the shootout winners gaining the point. Figures in brackets in the drawn games column represent points won in such shootouts.
  • B Includes only goals scored in league matches. Players indicated in bold were also top league scorers that season.
  • C The 1952 Yugoslav First League was shortened and completed over a period of three and a half months, beginning on 2 March and ending on 22 June. The reason for the changes was a desire to start the next season in the fall of 1952, thus implementing the fall–spring format that had become a norm all across Europe by this time. The clubs were initially divided into two groups of six teams each, where everyone within a given group played each other twice (home and away). After ten rounds Dinamo topped their group and qualified for the four-team championship group in the second stage in which four best-placed teams from preliminary groups played each other twice. Eventually Dinamo finished fourth, six points behind winners Hajduk Split. The statistics for the 1952 season thus show season totals and not just the final standings in the second stage group.
  • D In the 1955–56 and 1974–75 seasons the Yugoslav Cup was not held. On both occasions the cup edition was skipped for rescheduling purposes as the Yugoslav FA had decided to move the date of cup finals from 29 November (or Republic Day, the anniversary of the establishment of communist Yugoslavia) to on or around 25 May (or Youth Day, a national holiday which doubled as the official celebration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday).
  • E Due to the match-fixing scandal in the 1985–86 season, ten clubs had started the 1986–87 Yugoslav First League season with a deduction of 6 points, among them Dinamo Zagreb. Vardar, who had not been deducted any points, won the title and participated in the 1987–88 European Cup, with Dinamo originally finishing eighth in the league. After post-season legal proceedings the situation was resolved in July 1987 with a court ruling which nullified the deductions and which meant that the title was given back to Partizan and that Dinamo finished the season in sixth place.[1][2]

Achievements

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Domestic

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International

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References

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General
  • "Croatian Football Federation - Facts and Figures". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  • Bobrowsky, Josef (21 January 2011). "Croatia - Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  • Kramarsic, Igor (20 March 2009). "Yugoslavia - List of Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  • Kramer, Fredi, ed. (2004). Nogometni leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: LZMK. ISBN 953-6036-84-3. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Podnar, Ozren (2006). Dinamo svetinja: sve o najvećem hrvatskom klubu (in Croatian). Zagreb: VBZ. ISBN 953-201-585-X.
  • Stokkermans, Karel (2 September 2001). "Croatia - Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  • Stokkermans, Karel (28 October 2010). "Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro - Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.[dead link]
Specific
  1. ^ Miladinovich, Misha (16 December 1999). "Yugoslav teams in Eurocups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (21 May 2010). "Yugoslavia/Serbia (and Montenegro) - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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