| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Zagreb 6th Croatian title 10th domestic title |
| Runner up | Hajduk Split |
| Relegated | Istra Pula Vukovar '91 |
| Champions League | Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split |
| UEFA Cup | Osijek Rijeka |
| Intertoto Cup | Slaven Belupo Cibalia |
| Matches | 198 |
| Goals | 534 (2.7 per match) |
| Best Player | Ivan Bošnjak |
| Top goalscorer | Tomislav Šokota (21) |
| Biggest home win | Croatia 5–0Vukovar '91 Croatia 5–0Dragovoljac Hajduk 5–0Zagreb |
| Biggest away win | Dragovoljac 0–5Hajduk Istra 0–5Hajduk Slaven B. 0–5Dinamo |
| Highest scoring | Slaven B. 5–2Osijek Cibalia 5–2Vukovar '91 |
| Average attendance | 2,470 |
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The1999–2000 Croatian First Football League was the ninth season of theCroatian First Football League, the national championship for men'sassociation football teams inCroatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 24 July 1999 and ended on 13 May 2000.Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia Zagreb in fall season) were the defending champions, having won their ninth championship title the previous season, and they defended the title again, after a win againstRijeka on 6 May 2000.
| Stadium | City | Home club | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadion Maksimir | Zagreb | Dinamo Zagreb | 37,168 |
| Stadion Poljud | Split | Hajduk Split | 35,000 |
| Stadion Gradski vrt | Osijek | Osijek | 19,500 |
| Stadion Varteks | Varaždin | Varteks | 10,800 |
| Stadion Kantrida | Rijeka | Rijeka | 10,275 |
| Stadion HNK Cibalia | Vinkovci | Cibalia | 9,920 |
| Stadion Kranjčevićeva | Zagreb | NK Zagreb | 8,850 |
| Stadion Šubićevac | Šibenik | Šibenik | 8,000 |
| Gradski Stadion u Borovu naselju | Vukovar | Vukovar '91 | 6,000 |
| Stadion Stanko Vlajnić-Dida, Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | Slavonski Brod, Zaprešić | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 5,000 |
| Gradski stadion u Koprivnici | Koprivnica | Slaven Belupo | 4,000 |
| Stadion Veruda | Pula | Istra | 3,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb(C) | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 25 | +58 | 75 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 61 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 53 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Rijeka | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 49 | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Slaven Belupo | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 49 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Cibalia | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Varteks | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 40 | |
| 8 | NK Zagreb | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Šibenik | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 33 | |
| 11 | Istra Pula(R) | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 30 | Relegation toCroatian Second Football League |
| 12 | Vukovar '91(R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 30 |
The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.
| Home \ Away | CIB | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | VUK | ZAG | CIB | DIN | HAJ | HRD | IST | OSI | RIJ | SLA | ŠIB | VAR | VUK | ZAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cibalia | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |||||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |||||||
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||||||||
| Istra Pula | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | ||||||||
| Osijek | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Rijeka | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Slaven Belupo | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Šibenik | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Varteks | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||
| Vukovar '91 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||
| NK Zagreb | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |