Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, an association football club based in Split, was founded in February 1911. For the first nine years of their existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on a friendly level, supplemented by cup competitions organised at local and national level except during the World War I. In 1920, Hajduk played in the first championship of Split football subassociation. From 1923, Hajduk participated in first club competition on a national level for clubs from Kingdom of Yugoslavia organized in various cup and league formats. They won two titles, in 1927 and 1929.

After World War II, Hajduk soon established themselves as one of the so-called "Big Four" of Yugoslav football (along with Dinamo Zagreb, Partizan and Red Star), a quartet of teams who dominated in SFR Yugoslavia, by winning three league titles (1950, 1952 and 1955) in first ten years. The following fifteen years were less successful and the only trophy that Hajduk won was their first Yugoslav Cup title in 1967. The final was played at their home stadium Stari plac; it was the only single legged final played outside Belgrade in the history of the cup. The club's most successful period was between 1970 and 1980, during which they won three league titles and five consecutive Yugoslav Cups, all of them but one cup under the guidance of manager Tomislav Ivić. The club also had successful campaigns in the European Cup during this period, reaching the quarter-finals twice, their best result in the club's history. They also reached the semi-finals of the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated by Leeds United. Hajduk were never relegated from top level until leaving the league in 1991 following Croatia's independence. During the Yugoslav era Hajduk won seven league titles and nine Yugoslav Cups. In the Yugoslav era four Hajduk players were top league scorers on five occasions: Frane Matošić in 1949 (who is the best goalscorer in the history of the club), Bernard Vukas in 1955, Petar Nadoveza in 1966 and 1971, and Zlatko Vujović in 1985.

Following the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League, Croatian clubs abandoned the league amid the breakup of Yugoslavia and joined the present-day Croatian football league system as the country declared independence. Hajduk Split were thus founding members of the Prva HNL. In the first four years of the Prva HNL, Hajduk became far more successful than rivals from Zagreb, winning three league titles and two Croatian Cups, as well reaching the Champions League quarter-finals. In the following twenty years Hajduk stood in the shadow of Dinamo Zagreb, winning only three league and four cup titles.

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920–1940)

SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGARan/PtsPosCupCompetitionRoundPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueOther competitionsTop league goalscorer(s)1920 —— — — — — — — —Split Subassociation RU — —1921 —— — — — — — — —Split Subassociation W — —1922 —— — — — — — — —Split Subassociation W — —1923 Div 11 0 0 1 3 4 QF Split Subassociation WMirko MachiedoMiroslav Kurir 11924 Div 14 2 1 1 16 6 F RUSplit Subassociation W 51925 Div 11 0 0 1 2 3 QF RUSplit Subassociation WMirko Bonačić 11926 Div 12 1 0 1 2 7 SF QFSplit Subassociation WLeo LemešićMarko Markovina 11927 Div 15 4 0 1 15 6 8 Split SubassociationMitropa Cup WQFVinko Radić 41928 Div 15 2 2 1 13 7 6 Split Subassociation W 71929 Div 18 5 2 1 25 15 12 Split Subassociation W 131930 Div 110 5 3 2 21 17 9 Split Subassociation W 71930–31 Div 110 3 3 4 13 16 9 Vladimir Kragić 121931–32 Div 16 2 2 2 10 4 F Split Subassociation W 101932–33 Div 120 13 2 5 41 19 28 211934–35 Div 118 7 4 7 47 32 18 181935–36 —— — — — — — — —Split Subassociation W — —1936–37 Div 118 9 3 6 47 39 22 121937–38 Div 118 6 5 7 31 38 17 Vladimir Kragić 61938–39 Div 12211 5 6 51 30 27 QF 171939–40 Div 1101 3 6 14 29 5 13

Banovina of Croatia/PR Croatia (1940–1941/1946)

SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosCupCompetitionRoundPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueOther competitionsTop league goalscorer(s)1940–41 Div 118 14 3 1 75 17 31 QF 171946 Div 116 14 2 2 51 11 22 13

FPR Yugoslavia/SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1991)

SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosCupCompetitionRoundPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueOther competitionsTop league goalscorer(s)1946–47 Div 126 16 4 6 57 21 36 161947–48 Div 118 11 2 5 40 15 24 R16 141948–49 Div 118 10 5 3 41 20 25 QF 161950 Div 118 10 8 0 28 13 28 SF 71951 Div 122 14 4 4 52 21 32 SF 141952 Div 116 10 1 5 35 15 21 81952–53 Div 122 11 7 4 49 35 29 QF 121953–54 Div 126 16 3 7 55 34 35 RU 121954–55 Div 126 16 6 4 69 27 38 SF 201955–56 Div 126 9 5 12 52 39 23 RUMitropa Cup QF 131956–57 Div 126 12 6 8 45 31 30 R32 Sulejman Rebac 91957–58 Div 126 10 5 11 42 43 25 SF 111958–59 Div 122 7 7 8 33 35 21 R16 81959–60 Div 122 10 6 6 47 26 26 SF 171960–61 Div 122 13 4 5 34 22 30 SFMitropa Cup — 151961–62 Div 122 8 8 6 30 30 24 R16 101962–63 Div 126 9 5 12 26 43 23 RU Zlatko Papec 51963–64 Div 126 9 5 12 44 44 23 R16Intertoto Cup GSIvica Hlevnjak 141964–65 Div 128 7 9 12 28 39 23 R16 51965–66 Div 130 11 8 11 45 37 25 R16 211966–67 Div 130 12 7 11 43 28 31 W 71967–68 Div 130 12 10 8 44 37 34 R2Cup Winners' Cup R1 141968–69 Div 134 11 16 7 47 38 38 RUMitropa Cup R1 101969–70 Div 134 16 5 13 51 37 37 QFMitropa Cup QF 111970–71 Div 134 18 13 3 61 31 49 R16Inter-Cities Fairs Cup R2 201971–72 Div 134 12 7 15 45 56 31 WEuropean Cup R1 91972–73 Div 134 14 3 17 50 50 31 Cup Winners' Cup SF 191973–74 Div 134 18 9 7 52 24 45 W— — 121974–75 Div 134 20 8 6 56 29 48 WEuropean Cup R2 151975–76 Div 134 19 11 4 57 22 49 WEuropean Cup QF 141976–77 Div 134 12 9 13 41 35 33 WCup Winners' Cup R2 141977–78 Div 134 14 11 9 49 37 39 QFCup Winners' Cup QF 151978–79 Div 134 20 10 4 62 28 50 R32UEFA Cup R2 121979–80 Div 134 15 8 11 53 44 38 R32European Cup QF 101980–81 Div 134 16 10 8 57 36 42 R32 121981–82 Div 134 17 10 7 53 31 44 QFUEFA Cup R3 141982–83 Div 134 14 15 5 51 33 43 SFUEFA Cup R2 111983–84 Div 134 12 15 7 39 22 39 WUEFA Cup SF 91984–85 Div 134 16 12 6 65 42 44 QFCup Winners' Cup R1 251985–86 Div 134 15 7 12 55 44 37 R16UEFA Cup QF 171986–87 Div 134 14 8 12 41 41 36 WUEFA Cup R3 101987–88 Div 134 8 14 12 40 50 30 R16Cup Winners' Cup R2 101988–89 Div 134 15 10 (6) 9 50 29 36 R32 91989–90 Div 134 18 3 (2) 13 50 35 38 RU— — 141990–91 Div 136 15 9 (3) 12 49 38 33 W— — 8

Croatia (1992–present)

SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPPGPosCupCompetitionRoundPlayer(s)GoalsLeagueOther competitionsTop league goalscorer(s)1992 1. HNL22 16 4 2 44 14 36 1.64 QFCup Winners' Cup R1 121992–93 1. HNL30 16 10 4 53 27 42 1.40 W— — 141993–94 1. HNL34 22 6 6 84 36 501.47 SFCup Winners' Cup R1 181994–95 1. HNL30 19 8 3 68 26 65 2.17 WChampions League QF 171995–96 1. HNL32 19 7 6 66 33 64 2.00 R2Champions League QR 171996–97 1. HNL30 18 6 6 53 22 602.00 QFUEFA Cup QR 151997–98 1. HNL32 17 6 9 53 36 57 1.78 SFUEFA Cup R1 111998–99 1. HNL32 17 9 6 62 32 60 1.86 SFUEFA Cup R1 141999–2000 1. HNL33 17 10 6 58 30 61 1.85 WUEFA Cup R1 132000–01 1. HNL32 20 6 6 66 23 66 2.06 RUChampions League QR2 142001–02 1. HNL 30 20 5 5 61 28 65 2.17 QFChampions LeagueUEFA CupQR3R1 132002–03 1. HNL32 22 4 6 56 22 70 2.19 WUEFA Cup R1 102003–04 1. HNL32 25 3 4 63 24 78 2.44 QFUEFA Cup R2 122004–05 1. HNL32 16 8 8 58 33 56 1.75 RUChampions League QR2 112005–06 1. HNL32 10 10 12 40 35 40 1.25 SF Champions League QR2 102006–07 1. HNL33 22 6 5 60 25 72 2.18 SF Tomislav Bušić 112007–08 1. HNL33 14 10 9 57 41 52 1.58 RUUEFA Cup QR2 172008–09 1. HNL33 21 5 7 59 25 68 2.06 RUUEFA Cup QR2 152009–10 1. HNL30 17 7 6 50 21 58 1.93 WEuropa League QR3 172010–11 1. HNL30 16 7 7 54 32 55 1.83 R2Europa League GS 142011–12 1. HNL30 16 6 8 50 24 54 1.80 QFEuropa League QR3 122012–13 1. HNL33 14 10 9 45 31 52 1.58 WEuropa League QR3Ivan Vuković 92013–14 1. HNL36 17 11 8 58 44 62 1.72 QFEuropa League QR3 122014–15 1. HNL36 15 8 13 59 56 50 1.39 SFEuropa League POSandro Gotal 92015–16 1. HNL36 17 10 9 46 28 61 1.69 SFEuropa League POTino-Sven Sušić 122016–17 1. HNL36 20 9 7 70 31 69 1.92 QFEuropa League POMárkó Futács 182017–18 1. HNL36 19 9 8 70 38 66 1.83 RUEuropa League POSaid Ahmed Said 112018–19 1. HNL36 17 11 8 59 39 62 1.72 QFEuropa League QR3 192019–20 1. HNL36 18 6 12 60 41 60 1.67 R2Europa League QR1 202020–21 1. HNL36 18 6 12 48 37 60 1.67 QFEuropa League QR3 92021–22 1. HNL36 21 9 6 64 31 72 2.00 WEuropa Conference League QR2 282022–23 HNL36 21 8 7 65 41 71 1.97 WEuropa Conference League PO 192023–24 HNL36 21 5 10 54 26 68 1.89 SFEuropa Conference League QR3 102024–25 HNL36 17 12 7 49 34 63 1.36 QFConference League QR3 192025–26 HNL36 20 8 8 61 36 68 1.89 QFConference League QR3 11

Notes Between the 1988–89 and 1990–91 season drawn games went to penalties with only the shootout winners gaining a point. Figures in brackets in the drawn games column represent points won in such shootouts. The 1952 Yugoslav First League was shortened and completed over a period of three and a half months, beginning on 2 March and ending on 22 June. The reason for the changes was a desire to start the next season in the fall of 1952, thus implementing the fall–spring format that had become a norm all across Europe by this time. The clubs were initially divided into two groups of six teams each, where everyone within a given group played each other twice (home and away). After ten rounds Hajduk finished second in their group and qualified for the four-team championship group in the second stage in which four best-placed teams from preliminary groups played each other twice. Eventually Hajduk finished first, one point ahead of Red Star. The statistics for the 1952 season thus show season totals and not just the final standings in the second stage group. Although Hajduk won the 1954–55 championship, the Football Association of Yugoslavia sent Hajduk as the champions to the Mitropa Cup, while fifth-placed Partizan was chosen to participate in the inaugural European Cup. Tournament was played with five participating countries having 6 teams each playing two-legged ties. The final classification was given only by countries with Yugoslavia finishing second behind Hungary. Hajduk defeated Bologna 3–1 away and 1–0 in Split. At the beginning of 1964–65 season, Hajduk Split, Željezničar and Trešnjevka were found guilty of match-fixing back in the 1963–64 season. Their guilt was based on the written statement by Željezničar goalkeeper Ranko Planinić and his testimony erupted in a nationwide scandal that became known as the Planinić Affair. On 27 August 1965, the Yugoslav FA's disciplinary body ruled that Hajduk Split, Željezničar and Trešnjevka are to be relegated to the Yugoslav Second League. After appeal, the main punishment for the three clubs was reduced to points-deduction and Hajduk received a five-point deduction. As the Yugoslav Cup final was moved to November 1973, the cup was held in a single year, so the 1971–72 cup runners-up Dinamo Zagreb entered the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup. Hajduk Split were banned from European competitions for two years after crowd trouble during the return leg of the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup second round match against Marseille, which Hajduk won 2–0 but was later awarded 3–0 to Marseille. Hajduk Split could not enter European competitions in the following 1992–93 season as the Croatian Football Federation, the league's governing body, wasn't yet recognized by UEFA and officially became its affiliate as late as June 1993. Hajduk Split were deducted three points, due to not showing up in the derby match against Dinamo Zagreb in the 16th round.

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