# 2011–12 Croatian Premier League (handball)

The 2011–12 Premijer Liga season is the twenty-one since its establishment.

## Teams

| | Teams | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| Regular season | 14 |
| Regular season | 14 | MRK Arena Jadrograd | Pula | Mate Parlov Sport Centre |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Bjelovar | Bjelovar | ŠSD Bjelovar |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Buzet | Buzet | SD u Buzetu |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Dubrava | Zagreb | ŠD Dubrava |
| Regular season | 14 | HRK Gorica | Velika Gorica | Dvorana srednjih škola |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Karlovac | Karlovac | SŠD Mladost |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Kaštela Adriachem | Kaštel Gomilica | Gradska dvorana Kaštela |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Međimurje | Čakovec | Dvorana Građevinske škole |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Poreč | Poreč | Dvorana Veli Jože |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Siscia | Sisak | SD Brezovica |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Spačva | Vinkovci | Sportska dvorana Bartol Kašić |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Split | Split | Spaladium-Arena (12,500) |
| Regular season | 14 | Varteks di Caprio | Varaždin | Varaždin Arena |
| Regular season | 14 | RK Zamet | Rijeka | Centar Zamet (2,350) |
| Champions Round | 2 |
| Champions Round | 2 | RK Zagreb | Zagreb | Arena Zagreb (15,200) |
| Champions Round | 2 | RK Nexe | Našice | Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava (2,500) |

## Regular season
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | RK Siscia Sisak | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 736 | 651 | +85 | 36 |
| 2 | RK Porec | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 699 | 634 | +65 | 35 |
| 3 | HRK Karlovac | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 685 | 637 | +48 | 32 |
| 4 | RK Split | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 664 | 613 | +51 | 29 |
| 5 | RK Buzet | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 651 | 614 | +37 | 28 |
| 6 | RK Spacva Vinkovci | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 721 | 725 | -4 | 28 |
| 7 | RK Zamet Rijeka | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 723 | 654 | +69 | 27 |
| 8 | RK Bjelovar | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 655 | 615 | +40 | 26 |
| 9 | Dubrava Zagreb | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 679 | 674 | +5 | 24 |
| 10 | RK Kastela Adriachem | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 735 | 705 | +30 | 23 |
| 11 | HRK Gorica | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 686 | 760 | -74 | 14 |
| 12 | RK Varteks | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 692 | 803 | -111 | 9 |
| 13 | RK MKA*IPC | 24 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 630 | 871 | -241 | 1 |
* Qualified for Championship Round
* Relegation Round

## Championship Round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | RK Zagreb | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 257 | +77 | 20 |
| 2 | RK Nexe | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 303 | 283 | +20 | 10 |
| 3 | HRK Siscia Sisak | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 264 | 286 | -22 | 9 |
| 4 | RK Split | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 286 | 306 | -20 | 8 |
| 5 | RK Porec | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 238 | 267 | -29 | 7 |
| 6 | HRK Karlovac | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 279 | 305 | -26 | 6 |

## 5th Place Round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | RK Zamet Rijeka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 181 | +17 | 13 |
| 2 | RK Bjelovar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 171 | +4 | 13 |
| 3 | RK Buzet | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 144 | 167 | -23 | 12 |
| 4 | RK Spacva Vinkovci | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 178 | +2 | 10 |

## Relegation Round
### Standings

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Dubrava Zagreb | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 258 | +28 | 25 |
| 2 | RK Kastela Adriachem | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 295 | 249 | +46 | 22 |
| 3 | HRK Gorica | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 273 | 250 | +23 | 19 |
| 4 | RK Varteks | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 265 | 239 | +26 | 14 |
| 5 | RK MKA*IPC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 201 | 324 | -123 | 0 |

## 2011-12 winning team
### RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb

* GK: Ivan Pešić, Marin Šego, Matej Asanin, Filip Ivić
* LB: Tonči Valčić, Jakov Gojun, Goran Bogunović
* CB: Ivano Balić, David Špiler, Ante Kaleb, Josip Valčić
* RB: Luka Stepančić, Luka Šebetić
* RW: Zlatko Horvat, Jerko Matulić Filip Čelić
* LW: Ljubo Vukić, Manuel Štrlek, Lovro Šprem
* LP: Michal Kopčo, Marino Marić, Ilija Brozović
* Head coach: Slavko Goluža
Source: eurohandball.com