2008–09 Prva HNL
Managerial changes
Columns: Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table
NK Zagreb | Miroslav Blažević | Mutual consent | 10 May 2008 | Luka Pavlović | 11 May 2008 | Pre-season | Dinamo Zagreb | Zvonimir Soldo | Resigned | 14 May 2008 | Branko Ivanković | 20 May 2008 | Pre-season | Slaven Belupo | Krunoslav Jurčić | Resigned | 14 May 2008 | Mile Petković | 26 May 2008 | Pre-season | Hajduk Split | Robert Jarni | Sacked | 24 May 2008 | Goran Vučević | 25 May 2008 | Pre-season | Croatia Sesvete | Zlatko Kranjčar | Resigned | 18 June 2008 | Ljupko Petrović | 2 July 2008 | Pre-season | Rijeka | Zlatko Dalić | Sacked | 1 July 2008 | Mladen Ivančić | 7 July 2008 | Pre-season | Osijek | Ilija Lončarević | Sacked | 26 September 2008 | Tomislav Steinbrückner | 26 September 2008 | 10th | Zadar | Dalibor Zebić | Resigned | 28 September 2008 | Ivica Datković | 9 October 2008 | 12th | Rijeka | Mladen Ivančić | Resigned | 8 October 2008 | Robert Rubčić | 13 October 2008 | 7th | Inter Zaprešić | Milivoj Bračun | Resigned | 20 October 2008 | Borimir Perković | 20 October 2008 | 11th | Hajduk Split | Goran Vučević | Resigned | 26 October 2008 | Ante Miše | 21 November 2008 | 3rd | Cibalia | Srećko Lušić | Sacked | 10 November 2008 | Stanko Mršić | 14 November 2008 | 11th | Dinamo Zagreb | Branko Ivanković | Mutual consent | 24 November 2008 | Marijan Vlak | 24 November 2008 | 1st | Croatia Sesvete | Ljupko Petrović | Resigned | 7 December 2008 | Zlatko Kranjčar | 30 December 2008 | 10th | Zadar | Ivica Datković | Mutual consent | 21 December 2008 | Dalibor Zebić | 30 December 2008 | 12th | Croatia Sesvete | Zlatko Kranjčar | Resigned | 21 February 2009 | Milan Đuričić | 3 May 2009 | 10th | Dinamo Zagreb | Marijan Vlak | Sacked | 5 March 2009 | Krunoslav Jurčić | 5 March 2009 | 2nd