# 1999–2000 Croatian First Football League

The 1999–2000 Croatian First Football League was the ninth 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 24 July 1999 and ended on 13 May 2000. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia Zagreb in fall season) were the defending champions, having won their ninth championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Rijeka on 6 May 2000.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Stadium | City | Home club | Capacity |
| Stadion Maksimir | Zagreb | Dinamo Zagreb | 37,168 |
| Stadion Poljud | Split | Hajduk Split | 35,000 |
| Stadion Gradski vrt | Osijek | Osijek | 19,500 |
| Stadion Varteks | Varaždin | Varteks | 10,800 |
| Stadion Kantrida | Rijeka | Rijeka | 10,275 |
| Stadion HNK Cibalia | Vinkovci | Cibalia | 9,920 |
| Stadion Kranjčevićeva | Zagreb | NK Zagreb | 8,850 |
| Stadion Šubićevac | Šibenik | Šibenik | 8,000 |
| Gradski Stadion u Borovu naselju | Vukovar | Vukovar '91 | 6,000 |
| Stadion Stanko Vlajnić-Dida, Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | Slavonski Brod, Zaprešić | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 5,000 |
| Gradski stadion u Koprivnici | Koprivnica | Slaven Belupo | 4,000 |
| Stadion Veruda | Pula | Istra | 3,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 25 | +58 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Cibalia | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Varteks | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 40 | |
| 8 | NK Zagreb | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Šibenik | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 33 | |
| 11 | Istra Pula (R) | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 30 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |
| 12 | Vukovar '91 (R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |

## Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.
| Home \ Away | CIB | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | VUK | ZAG | CIB | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | VUK | ZAG |
| Cibalia | | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | | |
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | | | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | | |
| Istra Pula | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | | | | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | 4–3 | |
| Osijek | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | | | 0–0 | | |
| Rijeka | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | | | 5–2 | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Šibenik | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | | | | | 2–1 |
| Varteks | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | |
| Vukovar '91 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–4 | | 0–3 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | | 1–1 |
| NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | | | 1–2 | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tomo Šokota | Dinamo Zagreb | 21 |
| 2 | Ivan Bošnjak | Cibalia | 16 |
| 3 | Boško Balaban | Rijeka | 15 |
| 4 | Josip Šimić | Dinamo Zagreb | 14 |
| 5 | Mate Baturina | Hajduk Split | 13 |
| 5 | Stanko Bubalo | Osijek | 13 |
| 5 | Marijo Dodik | Slaven Belupo | 13 |
| 8 | Klaudio Vuković | Šibenik | 12 |
| 9 | Ivan Leko | Hajduk Split | 11 |
| 10 | Vlatko Đolonga | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 10 |
| 10 | Admir Hasančić | Rijeka | 10 |
| 10 | Amarildo Zela | Vukovar '91 | 10 |