The 2005–06 Croatian First Football League (also known as 1. HNL; officially styled as Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 20 July 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, having won their eighteenth championship title the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb won the title, after a win against Osijek on 6 May 2006, which started his eleventh year dominance.
Teams
Stadia and personnel
TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia Goran MeštrovićVinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 10,000Dinamo Zagreb Josip KužeZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk Split Luka BonačićSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Inter Zaprešić Đuro BagoŠibenikStadion ŠRC Zaprešić 5,000Kamen Ingrad Ivica MatkovićVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad 8,000Međimurje Stanko MršićČakovecStadion SRC Mladost 8,000Osijek Ivo ŠušakOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500Pula Staro Češko Krunoslav JurčićPulaStadion Veruda 3,000Rijeka Dragan SkočićRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275Slaven Belupo Elvis ScoriaKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici 4,000Varteks Zlatko DalićVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800NK Zagreb Miloš RusZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 13 May 2006.
First stage
Rounds 1–22 results
Championship group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation play-off
Playoff wasn't needed after the second-placed Croatian Second Football League team, Belišće, failed to secure a license to compete in Prva HNL. Therefore, Međimurje automatically kept their first-league status for the 2006–07 season.
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Ivan Bošnjak Dinamo Zagreb222 Eduardo da Silva Dinamo Zagreb213 Davor Vugrinec Rijeka154 Leon Benko Varteks14 Ahmad Sharbini Rijeka6 Srđan Lakić Kamen Ingrad137 Igor Mostarlić Međimurje128 Ivan Jolić Varteks11 Stiven Rivić Pula Staro Češko10. Niko Kranjčar Hajduk Split10 Dino Kresinger Međimurje
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Dinamo Zagreb 11,156 2 Hajduk 5,194 3 Rijeka 4,188 4 Varteks 2,988 5 Osijek 2,644 6 Cibalia 1,756 7 Zaprešić 1,738 8 Zagreb 1,613 9 Pula 1,513 10 Kamen 1,469 11 Slaven 1,450 12 Međimurje 1,300Source:
See also 2005–06 Croatian Second Football League 2005–06 Croatian Football Cup
References
External links Season statistics at HRNogomet 2005–06 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation