# 2013–14 Croatian First Football League

The 2013–14 Croatian First Football League (officially known as the MAXtv Prva Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd 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 began on 13 July 2013 and ended on 17 May 2014.
The league was contested by 10 teams, down from 12 in the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their eighth consecutive title in 2012–13.

## Teams

The following is a complete list of teams who contested the 2013–14 Prva HNL.

### Stadia and locations

| Stadium | City | Home club | Licensed club(s) | Capacity |
| Maksimir | Zagreb | Dinamo Zagreb | Lokomotiva | 37,168 |
| Poljud | Split | Hajduk Split | | 34,448 |
| Gradski vrt | Osijek | Osijek | | 19,220 |
| Kantrida | Rijeka | Rijeka | | 10,155 |
| Aldo Drosina | Pula | Istra 1961 | | 8,923 |
| Park mladeži | Split | RNK Split | | 8,000 |
| Stanovi | Zadar | Zadar | | 5,860 |
| NŠC Stjepan Spajić | Zagreb | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | | 4,500 |
| Gradski stadion | Koprivnica | Slaven Belupo | | 3,134 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zoran Mamić | Josip Šimunić | Puma | — |
| Hajduk Split | Igor Tudor | Mario Maloča | Macron | Tommy |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Davor Mladina | Ivan Čović | Alpas | — |
| Istra 1961 | Igor Pamić | Fausto Budicin | Errea | — |
| Lokomotiva | Tomislav Ivković | Leonard Mesarić | Nike | — |
| Osijek | Tomislav Rukavina | Hrvoje Kurtović | Jako | Croatia Osiguranje |
| Rijeka | Matjaž Kek | Dario Knežević | Lotto | — |
| Slaven Belupo | Elvis Scoria | Mato Grgić | Adidas | Belupo |
| RNK Split | Ivan Matić | Ivica Križanac | Jako | Skladgradnja |
| Zadar | Ferdo Milin | Jure Jerbić | Lotto | Hotel Kolovare |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Slaven Belupo | Roman Sović | Removed from position | 26 May 2013 | Ivan Katalinić | 26 May 2013 | Pre-season |
| RNK Split | Goran Sablić (caretaker) | Removed from position | 26 May 2013 | Stanko Mršić | 4 June 2013 | Pre-season |
| Osijek | Miroslav Žitnjak (caretaker) | Removed from position | 26 May 2013 | Tomislav Steinbrückner | 5 June 2013 | Pre-season |
| Osijek | Tomislav Steinbrückner | Resigned | 18 August 2013 | Davor Rupnik | 19 August 2013 | 9th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Krunoslav Jurčić | Sacked | 21 August 2013 | Damir Krznar (caretaker) | 23 August 2013 | 1st |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Krešimir Ganjto | Sacked | 26 August 2013 | Davor Mladina | 27 August 2013 | 8th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Damir Krznar (caretaker) | Removed from position | 2 September 2013 | Branko Ivanković | 2 September 2013 | 1st |
| Slaven Belupo | Ivan Katalinić | Mutual consent | 21 September 2013 | Mladen Frančić | 22 September 2013 | 10th |
| Osijek | Davor Rupnik | Sacked | 21 October 2013 | Ivica Kulešević | 21 October 2013 | 10th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Branko Ivanković | Sacked | 22 October 2013 | Zoran Mamić | 22 October 2013 | 2nd |
| RNK Split | Stanko Mršić | Sacked | 15 February 2014 | Ivan Matić | 24 February 2014 | 5th |
| Slaven Belupo | Mladen Frančić | Sacked | 23 February 2014 | Elvis Scoria | 24 February 2014 | 8th |
| Osijek | Ivica Kulešević | Removed from position | 26 February 2014 | Tomislav Rukavina | 27 February 2014 | 9th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb (C) | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 26 | +57 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rijeka | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 35 | +37 | 73 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | RNK Split | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lokomotiva | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 52 | |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 44 | |
| 7 | Zadar | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 35 | |
| 8 | Osijek | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 33 | |
| 9 | Slaven Belupo (O) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R) | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 30 | Relegation to Croatian Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | LOK | OSI | RIJ | SLA | SPL | ZAD | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | LOK | OSI | RIJ | SLA | SPL | ZAD |
| Dinamo Zagreb | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Istra 1961 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiva | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Osijek | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Rijeka | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Slaven Belupo | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| RNK Split | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zadar | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ The match was abandoned in the 85th minute at the result 1–0 for Dinamo Zagreb. It was later awarded as a 3–0 forfeit win to Dinamo Zagreb.

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

Slaven Belupo won 4–3 on aggregate

## Top goalscorers

As of 17 May 2014; Source: Sportnet.hr UEFA.com Prva-HNL.hr
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Goals | Apps | Minutes played |
| 1 | Duje Čop | Dinamo Zagreb | 22 | 33 | 2353 |
| 2 | Andrej Kramarić | Dinamo Zagreb, Rijeka | 18 | 28 | 2107 |
| 3 | Leon Benko | Rijeka | 16 | 20 | 1676 |
| 3 | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | Dinamo Zagreb | 16 | 31 | 2231 |
| 6 | Ivan Krstanović | Rijeka | 14 | 24 | 1204 |
| 6 | Ante Budimir | Lokomotiva | 14 | 27 | 1840 |
| 8 | Junior Fernandes | Dinamo Zagreb | 13 | 28 | 2198 |
| 9 | Anton Maglica | Hajduk Split | 12 | 31 | 2372 |
| 10 | Mario Pašalić | Hajduk Split | 11 | 30 | 2435 |
| 11 | Stipe Bačelić-Grgić | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 10 | 24 | 2020 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Season | Andrej Kramarić | Rijeka |
| Manager of the Season | Matjaž Kek | Rijeka |
| Young Player of the Season | Mario Pašalić | Hajduk Split |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Ivan Vargić | Rijeka |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) | Vargić (Rijeka) |
| Defence | Ivan Tomečak (Rijeka) | Ivan Tomečak (Rijeka) | Mario Maloča (Hajduk Split) | Mario Maloča (Hajduk Split) | Josip Šimunić (Dinamo Zagreb) | Josip Šimunić (Dinamo Zagreb) | Josip Pivarić (Dinamo Zagreb) | Josip Pivarić (Dinamo Zagreb) | Josip Pivarić (Dinamo Zagreb) |
| Midfield | Hillal Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb) | Hillal Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb) | Mario Pašalić (Hajduk Split) | Mario Pašalić (Hajduk Split) | Marcelo Brozović (Dinamo Zagreb) | Marcelo Brozović (Dinamo Zagreb) | Ivan Močinić (Rijeka) | Ivan Močinić (Rijeka) | Ivan Močinić (Rijeka) | Ivan Močinić (Rijeka) |
| Attack | Andrej Kramarić (Lokomotiva) | Andrej Kramarić (Lokomotiva) | Andrej Kramarić (Lokomotiva) | Andrej Kramarić (Lokomotiva) | Duje Čop (Dinamo Zagreb) | Duje Čop (Dinamo Zagreb) | Duje Čop (Dinamo Zagreb) | Duje Čop (Dinamo Zagreb) |