# 1995–96 Croatian First Football League

The 1995-96 Croatian First Football League was the fifth season of the Croatian top-level league since its establishment. The season started on 13 August 1995 and concluded on 26 May 1996. This was the first season to feature separate A- and B- leagues, with a complicated two-stage format to the season.
After the HNS changed plans during the course of the season, no relegation took place. Instead, 1-A and 1-B were expanded to 16 teams each the following season, with Zadar and Orijent Rijeka joining the teams from the championship group and the Prva A HNL play-off group in the 1-A division for the 1996-97 season.

## First stage
### Prva A HNL

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 47 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 42 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | Osijek | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 19 | +19 | 40 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Varteks | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 39 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | NK Zagreb | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 29 | Qualification to championship group |
| 6 | Segesta | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 28 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 7 | Cibalia | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 27 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 8 | Inker Zaprešić | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 9 | Šibenik | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 27 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 10 | Marsonia | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 21 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 11 | Rijeka | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 17 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 12 | Istra Pula | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 17 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Cibalia 8 pts, Inker 5 pts, Šibenik 3 pts.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Rijeka–Istra Pula 4–0, Istra Pula–Rijeka 0–1.

#### Rounds 1–22 results

| Home \ Away | CIB | CZG | HAJ | INK | IST | MAR | OSI | RIJ | SEG | ŠIB | VAR | ZAG |
| Cibalia | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Croatia Zagreb | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Hajduk Split | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Inker Zaprešić | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Istra Pula | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Marsonia | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Osijek | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Rijeka | 4–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Segesta | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 6–0 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Šibenik | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Varteks | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 |
| NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |

### Prva B HNL

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 41 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Mladost 127 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 38 | Qualification to Prva A HNL play-off |
| 3 | Zadar | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 32 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 4 | Orijent | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 29 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 5 | Neretva | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 27 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 6 | Slavonija Požega | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 22 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 7 | Dubrovnik | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 22 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 8 | Belišće | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 19 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 9 | Primorac | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 17 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
| 10 | Uskok Klis | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 39 | −30 | 8 | Qualification to Prva B HNL play-off |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Slavonija Požega–Dubrovnik 1–0, Dubrovnik–Slavonija Požega 1–0.

#### Rounds 1–20 results

| Home \ Away | BEL | DBK | HRD | MLA | NER | ORI | PRI | SLP | USK | ZAD |
| Belišće | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Dubrovnik | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Mladost 127 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Neretva | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Orijent | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Primorac | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Slavonija Požega | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Uskok Klis | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zadar | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |

## Second stage
### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb (C) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 26 | Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 26 | Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Varteks | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 24 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Osijek | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 15 | |
| 5 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 7 | |
| 6 | NK Zagreb | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 5 | |

#### Rounds 23–32 results

| Home \ Away | CZG | HAJ | HRD | OSI | VAR | ZAG |
| Croatia Zagreb | | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 3–2 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Osijek | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Varteks | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| NK Zagreb | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |

### Prva A HNL play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Šibenik | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 28 | |
| 2 | Segesta | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 28 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 3 | Rijeka | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 26 | |
| 4 | Mladost 127 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 25 | |
| 5 | Istra Pula | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Cibalia | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 24 | |
| 7 | Inker Zaprešić | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 16 | |
| 8 | Marsonia | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 15 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CIB | INK | IST | MAR | MLA | RIJ | SEG | ŠIB |
| Cibalia | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Inker Zaprešić | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Istra Pula | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Marsonia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Mladost 127 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Rijeka | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Segesta | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 2–1 |
| Šibenik | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

### Prva B HNL play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zadar | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 53 | Placed in Prva A HNL |
| 2 | Orijent | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 49 | Placed in Prva A HNL |
| 3 | Dubrovnik | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 45 | Placed in Prva B HNL |
| 4 | Belišće | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 41 | Placed in Prva B HNL |
| 5 | Slavonija Požega | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 41 | Placed in Prva B HNL |
| 6 | Neretva | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 37 | Placed in Prva B HNL |
| 7 | Primorac | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 28 | Placed in Prva B HNL |
| 8 | Uskok Klis | 28 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 22 | Placed in Prva B HNL |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BEL | DBK | NER | ORI | PRI | SLP | USK | ZAD |
| Belišće | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Dubrovnik | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Neretva | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Orijent | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Primorac | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 7–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Slavonija Požega | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Uskok Klis | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Zadar | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Igor Cvitanović | Croatia Zagreb | 19 |
| 2 | Nenad Pralija | Hajduk Split | 17 |
| 2 | Igor Pamić | Osijek | 17 |
| 2 | Davor Vugrinec | Varteks | 17 |
| 5 | Hari Vukas | Segesta | 16 |
| 6 | Senad Brkić | Rijeka | 15 |
| 7 | Vladimir Petrović | Segesta | 12 |
| 7 | Mark Viduka | Croatia Zagreb | 12 |
| 7 | Renato Jurčec | Hajduk Split | 12 |
| 10 | Elvis Scoria | Istra Pula | 11 |
| 10 | Mate Baturina | Šibenik | 11 |