2005–06 Croatian First Football League


The 2005–06 Croatian First Football League was the fifteenth 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 started on 20 July 2005 and ended on 13 May 2006. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, having won their eighteenth championship title the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb won the title, after a win against Osijek on 6 May 2006, which started his eleventh year dominance.

Teams

Stadia and personnel

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
Cibalia Goran MeštrovićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia
10,000
Dinamo Zagreb Josip KužeZagrebStadion Maksimir
37,168
Hajduk Split Luka BonačićSplitStadion Poljud
35,000
Inter Zaprešić Đuro BagoŠibenikStadion ŠRC Zaprešić
5,000
Kamen Ingrad Ivica MatkovićVelikaStadion Kamen Ingrad
8,000
Međimurje Stanko MršićČakovecStadion SRC Mladost
8,000
Osijek Ivo ŠušakOsijekStadion Gradski vrt
19,500
Pula Staro Češko Krunoslav JurčićPulaStadion Veruda
3,000
Rijeka Dragan SkočićRijekaStadion Kantrida
10,275
Slaven Belupo Elvis ScoriaKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici
4,000
Varteks Zlatko DalićVaraždinStadion Anđelko Herjavec
10,800
NK Zagreb Miloš RusZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva
8,850

Rounds 1–22 results

Championship group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation play-off

Playoff wasn't needed after the second-placed Croatian Second Football League team, Belišće, failed to secure a license to compete in Prva HNL. Therefore, Međimurje automatically kept their first-league status for the 2006–07 season.

Top goalscorers