# 2004–05 Croatian First Football League

The 2004–05 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the Prva HNL Ožujsko for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth 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 23 July 2004 and ended on 28 May 2005. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, having won their seventeenth championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win against Varteks on 28 May 2005.

## Teams
### Stadia and personnel

| Team | Manager$^1$ | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zvjezdan Cvetković | Zagreb | Stadion Maksimir | 37,168 |
| Hajduk Split | Igor Štimac | Split | Stadion Poljud | 35,000 |
| Inter Zaprešić | Srećko Bogdan | Zaprešić | Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | 5,000 |
| Kamen Ingrad | Hrvoje Braović | Velika | Stadion Kamen Ingrad | 8,000 |
| Međimurje | Miljenko Dovečer | Čakovec | Stadion SRC Mladost | 8,000 |
| Osijek | Stjepan Čordaš | Osijek | Stadion Gradski vrt | 19,500 |
| Pula 1856 | Igor Pamić | Pula | Stadion Veruda | 3,000 |
| Rijeka | Elvis Scoria | Rijeka | Stadion Kantrida | 10,275 |
| Slaven Belupo | Branko Karačić | Koprivnica | Gradski stadion u Koprivnici | 4,000 |
| Varteks | Miroslav Blažević | Varaždin | Stadion Varteks | 10,800 |
| Zadar | Vjeran Simunić | Zadar | Stadion Stanovi | 5,860 |
| NK Zagreb | Mile Petković | Zagreb | Stadion Kranjčevićeva | 8,850 |
* $^1$ On final match day of the season, played on 28 May 2005.

## First stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 42 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Rijeka | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 38 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | Slaven Belupo | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 37 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Inter Zaprešić | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 35 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Varteks | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 34 | Qualification to championship group |
| 6 | NK Zagreb | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 33 | Qualification to championship group |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 33 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 8 | Kamen Ingrad | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 32 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 9 | Osijek | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 30 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 10 | Pula 1856 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 26 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 11 | Zadar | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 16 | Qualification to relegation group |
| 12 | Međimurje | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 13 | Qualification to relegation group |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: NK Zagreb–Dinamo Zagreb 2–1, Dinamo Zagreb–NK Zagreb 1–2.

### Rounds 1–22 results

| Home \ Away | DIN | HAJ | INT | KAM | MEĐ | OSI | PUL | RIJ | SLA | VAR | ZAD | ZAG |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Kamen Ingrad | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Međimurje | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Osijek | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Pula 1856 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Rijeka | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Slaven Belupo | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Varteks | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Zadar | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | | 2–1 |
| NK Zagreb | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |

## Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hajduk Split (C) | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Inter Zaprešić | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | NK Zagreb | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 50 | |
| 4 | Rijeka | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Varteks | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Slaven Belupo | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |

### Rounds 23–32 results

| Home \ Away | HAJ | INT | RIJ | SLA | VAR | ZAG |
| Hajduk Split | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Rijeka | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Varteks | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 |
| NK Zagreb | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | |

## Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 47 | |
| 8 | Osijek | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 41 | |
| 9 | Kamen Ingrad | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 41 | |
| 10 | Pula 1856 | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Međimurje (O) | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 52 | −23 | 33 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 12 | Zadar (R) | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 70 | −34 | 32 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |

### Rounds 23–32 results

| Home \ Away | DIN | KAM | MEĐ | OSI | PUL | ZAD |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 7–0 |
| Kamen Ingrad | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Međimurje | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Osijek | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Pula 1856 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| Zadar | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

### Relegation play-off
#### Second leg

Međimurje win 3–1 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tomislav Erceg | Rijeka | 17 |
| 2 | Ivica Žuljević | Međimurje | 12 |
| 3 | Tomislav Bušić | Hajduk Split | 11 |
| 3 | Stjepan Jukić | Osijek | 11 |
| 3 | Ivica Karabogdan | Slaven Belupo | 11 |
| 3 | Karlo Primorac | Osijek | 11 |
| 7 | Leonardo Barnjak | Zadar | 10 |
| 7 | Ivan Bošnjak | Dinamo Zagreb | 10 |
| 7 | Eduardo da Silva | Dinamo Zagreb | 10 |
| 10 | Mladen Bartolović | Zagreb | 9 |
| 10 | Dragan Blatnjak | Hajduk Split | 9 |
| 10 | Nedim Halilović | Varteks | 9 |
| 10 | Goran Ljubojević | Dinamo Zagreb | 9 |
Source: 1.hnl.net (in Croatian)