The 1998–99 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the eighth season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992.

Teams

Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCibalia Srećko LušićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia10,000Croatia Zagreb Ilija LončarevićZagrebStadion Maksimir37,168Hajduk Split Ivan KatalinićSplitStadion Poljud35,000Hrvatski Dragovoljac Branko TucakZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić25,000Mladost 127 Mato ŠarićSuhopoljeStadion Park5,000Osijek Stanko PoklepovićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt19,500Rijeka Nenad GračanRijekaStadion Kantrida10,275Slaven Belupo Luka BonačićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici4,000Šibenik Stanko MršićŠibenikStadion Šubićevac8,000Varteks Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks10,800Zadarkomerc Josip BajloZadar Stadion Stanovi5,860NK Zagreb Zdenko JuričkiZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 26 May 1999. 2 Hrvatski Dragovoljac also used Stadion ŠRC Stanko Vlajnić-Dida in Slavonski Brod for their last eight home matches of the season.

Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Croatia Zagreb won the championship. In the first stage upper six teams advance to Championship Group, bottom six to Relegation Group, with 50% of points taken to the next phase of the competition.

First stage

Rounds 1–22 results

Championship group

Rounds 23–32 results

Relegation group

Rounds 23–32 results

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Joško Popović Šibenik212 Zvonimir Deranja Hajduk Split14 Igor Musa Rijeka Barnabás Sztipánovics Rijeka5 Nino Bule NK Zagreb13 Miljenko Mumlek Varteks7 Stanko Bubalo Osijek10 Mirza Golubica Mladost 127 Veldin Karić Varteks Jakša Krstulović Zadar Edin Mujčin Croatia Zagreb

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Hajduk 11,875 2 Rijeka 8,500 3 Croatia Zagreb 6,406 4 Varteks 3,875 5 Osijek 3,194 6 Zadar 2,494 7 Slaven 2,469 8 Hrvatski 2,369 9 Mladost 2,225 10 Šibenik 1,981 11 Cibalia 1,763 12 Zagreb 1,450Source:

See also 1998–99 Croatian Second Football League 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup

References

External links 1998–99 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation