2001–02 in Croatian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2001–02 football (soccer) season in Croatia, which was the 11th season of competitive football in the country.

2001–02 in Croatian football
First Division champions
NK Zagreb (1st title)
Second Division champions
Vukovar '91 (North Division) Istra Pula (South Division)
Third Division champions
Dilj, Mladost Prelog, Opatija, Napredak Velika Mlaka, Primorac Stobreč
Croatian Cup winners
Dinamo Zagreb (5th title)
Teams in Europe
Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek, Slaven Belupo, Varteks, NK Zagreb
Croatia national team
2002 World Cup qualification 2002 World Cup

League tables

Prva HNL

Main article: 2001–02 Croatian First Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NK Zagreb (C)	30	20	7	3	71	24	+47	67	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	30	20	5	5	61	28	+33	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Dinamo Zagreb	30	18	5	7	58	30	+28	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Varteks	30	17	6	7	58	40	+18	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Rijeka	30	15	6	9	46	37	+9	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Slaven Belupo	30	11	9	10	34	36	−2	42
7	Pomorac	30	12	4	14	36	41	−5	40
8	Osijek	30	11	4	15	45	48	−3	37
9	Zadar	30	9	9	12	43	47	−4	36
10	Cibalia	30	9	9	12	34	37	−3	36
11	Šibenik (O)	30	10	6	14	33	36	−3	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
12	Kamen Ingrad (O)	30	9	8	13	28	46	−18	35
13	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R)	30	9	7	14	34	45	−11	34	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
14	Čakovec (R)	30	9	5	16	31	44	−13	32
15	Marsonia (R)	30	8	6	16	37	46	−9	30
16	TŠK Topolovac (R)	30	4	2	24	31	95	−64	14

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

First legs were held on 15 May and second legs on 19 May, 2002.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vukovar '91	3–4	Šibenik	0–0	3–4
Istra Pula	1–3	Kamen Ingrad	0–1	1–2

Druga HNL

Main article: 2001–02 Croatian Second Football League

North Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vukovar '91 (C)	30	23	2	5	87	30	+57	71	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Belišće	30	21	5	4	74	26	+48	68
3	Valpovka	30	15	6	9	53	39	+14	51
4	Metalac Osijek	30	15	6	9	43	40	+3	51
5	Koprivnica	30	15	5	10	64	46	+18	50
6	Grafičar Vodovod	30	14	5	11	46	35	+11	47
7	Sloga Nova Gradiška	30	13	5	12	60	46	+14	44
8	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	30	13	4	13	54	60	−6	43
9	Podravac	30	12	5	13	41	56	−15	41
10	Bjelovar (R)	30	12	4	14	49	47	+2	40	Qualification to relegation play-off
11	Mladost Molve (R)	30	10	10	10	45	46	−1	40	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
12	Papuk Orahovica (R)	30	10	3	17	40	57	−17	33
13	Bedem Ivankovo (R)	30	9	4	17	39	54	−15	31
14	Ivančica Ivanec (R)	30	8	6	16	35	45	−10	30
15	Sloga Čakovec (R)	30	6	3	21	34	82	−48	21
16	NAŠK (R)	30	6	3	21	30	85	−55	21

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

South Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Istra Pula (C)	30	17	8	5	46	21	+25	59	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Uljanik	30	17	8	5	57	26	+31	59
3	Novalja	30	14	8	8	30	18	+12	50
4	Uskok Klis	30	14	7	9	48	32	+16	49
5	Solin Građa	30	13	9	8	44	24	+20	48
6	Orijent	30	14	4	12	35	37	−2	46
7	Croatia Sesvete	30	13	6	11	33	29	+4	45
8	Inker Zaprešić	30	11	8	11	46	40	+6	41
9	GOŠK Dubrovnik	30	11	8	11	26	37	−11	41
10	Imotski (O)	30	12	4	14	36	39	−3	40	Qualification to relegation play-off
11	Mosor (R)	30	10	7	13	38	50	−12	37	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
12	Žminj (R)	30	11	3	16	25	43	−18	36
13	Segesta (R)	30	9	8	13	28	33	−5	35
14	Samobor (R)	30	8	7	15	31	40	−9	31
15	Trnje (R)	30	5	11	14	30	43	−13	26
16	PIK Vrbovec (R)	30	7	2	21	23	64	−41	23

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

References