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The Croatian Supercup is a football match between the winners of the Prva HNL and the Croatian Cup. The Supercup serves as a curtain raiser of the new football season and is only held when different clubs happen to win the two most important competitions during the previous season (e.g. the Supercup isn't held when a club wins The Double).

Since the two Croatian powerhouses won Doubles on seven occasions (Dinamo Zagreb 6 and Hajduk Split 1), the Supercup wasn't held in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In addition to this, the Supercup wasn't held on three occasions - in 1999 Dinamo refused to play Osijek saying it didn't fit their schedule, and in 2000 and 2001 Hajduk and Dinamo couldn't settle on match rules (whether it should be played in one leg or two legs, and in what order). In 2002 the Croatian Football Federation took over the organisation of the Supercup and made it an official single-legged fixture (with 30 minutes of extra time followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary) which must be played a week before the next football season kicks off.^[1]

Since 2002, the match has always been hosted by the club that won the league title, with the exception of 2002 when NK Zagreb were reigning champions, but they chose to "host" the match at Dinamo's Maksimir Stadium saying that playing at Maksimir would help them prepare for their upcoming UEFA Champions League qualifying fixture (as their own stadium at Kranjčevićeva had been declared unfit for UEFA competitions).^[1]

[edit] Winners

Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb are the only two clubs which won the Supercup, with 5 and 3 wins respectively. Four out of eight Supercups held were decided in Eternal derbies featuring both clubs.

[edit] Key

	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Match decided by a golden goal in extra time
Bold	Indicates the winner in two-legged fixtures

[edit] Results

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up
1992	Hajduk Split (1)	0–0 (aet), (3–1 p)	Inter Zaprešić
1993	Hajduk Split (2)	4–4, 0–0 (a)	Dinamo Zagreb
1994	Hajduk Split (3)	1–0, 0–1 (aet), (5–4 p)	Dinamo Zagreb
1995	Wasn't held as Hajduk Split won the Double
1996	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double
1997	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double
1998	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double
1999	Wasn't contested (Dinamo Zagreb won the League and Osijek won the Cup)
2000	Wasn't contested (Dinamo Zagreb won the League and Hajduk Split won the Cup)
2001	Wasn't contested (Hajduk Split won the League and Dinamo Zagreb won the Cup)
2002	Dinamo Zagreb (1)	3–2 (aet)	NK Zagreb
2003	Dinamo Zagreb (2)	4–1	Hajduk Split
2004	Hajduk Split (4)	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb
2005	Hajduk Split (5)	1–0 (aet)	Rijeka
2006	Dinamo Zagreb (3)	4–1	Rijeka
2007	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double
2008	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double
2009	Wasn't held as Dinamo Zagreb won the Double

[edit] Results by team

Only five clubs participated in the Supercup since 1992. Osijek also qualified for the Supercup by winning the 1999 Croatian Cup, but the match wasn't held as clubs couldn't agree on the date of the fixture.^[1]

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Hajduk Split	5	1
Dinamo Zagreb^[2]	3	3
Rijeka	0	2
Inter Zaprešić^[3]	0	1
NK Zagreb	0	1

[edit] Match details

[edit] 2002

21 July 2002	Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	NK Zagreb	Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)
	Marić 1' Zahora 41' Petrović 92'	Report (Croatian)	Samardžić 17' Krpan 30'

[edit] 2003

20 July 2003 20:00 CET	Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 1	Hajduk Split	Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)
	Ante Tomić 30' Sedloski 48' Eduardo 75' Zahora 90+2'	Report (Croatian)	T. Rukavina 23'

[edit] 2004

17 July 2004	Hajduk Split	1 – 0	Dinamo Zagreb	Poljud, Split Attendance: 17,000
	Blatnjak 49'	Report (Croatian)		Poljud, Split Attendance: 17,000

[edit] 2005

15 July 2005	Hajduk Split	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rijeka	Poljud, Split Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)
	Kranjčar 103'	Report (Croatian)

[edit] 2006

19 July 2006 20:15 CET	Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 1	Rijeka	Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)
	Etto 20' Modrić 40' Eduardo 62' (pen), 67'	Report (Croatian)	Bolić 51'

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Hrvatski superkup" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 15 July 2005. http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20050715/sport01.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
^ During the 1990s, Dinamo Zagreb was known as HAŠK Građanski, and later as Croatia Zagreb until going back to Dinamo Zagreb in 2000.
^ Inter Zaprešić was known as Inker Zaprešić until 2003.

[Slobodna2005-0] "Hrvatski superkup" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 15 July 2005. http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20050715/sport01.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-16.

[1] During the 1990s, Dinamo Zagreb was known as HAŠK Građanski, and later as Croatia Zagreb until going back to Dinamo Zagreb in 2000.

[2] Inter Zaprešić was known as Inker Zaprešić until 2003.

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