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T-Com Prva HNL
Season	2007–08
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb; 10th Croatian title; 14th domestic title
Relegated	Međimurje
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Slaven Belupo; Hajduk Split (via Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Rijeka
Goals scored	573
Average goals/game	2.89
Top goalscorer	Želimir Terkeš (21)
Biggest home win	Hajduk Split 7–1 Inter Zaprešić; (2007-07-28); Slaven Belupo 6–0 Varteks; (2007-08-19)
Biggest away win	Inter Zaprešić 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb; (2007-08-04)
Highest scoring	Dinamo Zagreb 6–3 NK Zagreb (9 goals); (2007-12-02); NK Zagreb 7–2 Zadar (9 goals); (2007-12-08); Hajduk Split 6–3 Inter Zaprešić (9 goals); (2008-03-22)
Longest winning run	8 - Dinamo Zagreb; (2007-07-21–2007-09-15)
Longest unbeaten run	13 - Dinamo Zagreb; (2008-03-01–2008-05-10)
Longest losing run	8 - Varteks; (2007-07-21–2007-09-15); 8 - Međimurje; (2007-12-01–2008-03-22)
Average attendance	3,094
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The 2007-08 Prva HNL (renamed T-Com Prva HNL for sponsorship reasons) season was the seventeenth since its establishment, and started on 20 July 2007. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their ninth Prva HNL title the previous season.

The league was composed of 12 teams, with two clubs being promoted from the Druga HNL — Inter Zaprešić having been automatically promoted and Zadar being promoted after defeating Pula in the two-leg promotion/relegation playoff (6:2 on aggregate).

Dinamo Zagreb won the championship on 12 April 2008 after beating Međimurje 2-1, which mathematically secured Dinamo's title with 5 rounds left to play in the season.

[edit] Participating teams

Club	City	Stadium	2006-2007 season
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Stadion Cibalia	10th in Prva HNL
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Maksimir Stadium	Prva HNL Champions
Hajduk Split	Split	Gradski stadion u Poljudu	2nd in Prva HNL
Inter Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Stadion Intera	Druga HNL Champions
Međimurje	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	9th in Prva HNL
Osijek	Osijek	Gradski vrt	6th in Prva HNL
Rijeka	Rijeka	Kantrida Stadium	7th in Prva HNL
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Gradski Stadion u Koprivnici	5th in Prva HNL
Šibenik	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	4th in Prva HNL
Varteks	Varaždin	Stadion NK Varteks	8th in Prva HNL
Zadar	Zadar	Stanovi Stadium	2nd in Druga HNL
NK Zagreb	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	3rd in Prva HNL

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb (C)	33	26	4	3	91	34	+57	82	UEFA Champions League 2008–09 First qualifying round
2	Slaven Belupo	33	16	6	11	45	29	+16	54	UEFA Cup 2008-09 First qualifying round
3	Osijek	33	16	6	11	43	34	+9	54
4	Rijeka	33	14	11	8	53	41	+12	53
5	Hajduk Split	33	14	10	9	57	41	+16	52	UEFA Cup 2008-09 First qualifying round ¹
6	NK Zagreb	33	11	11	11	51	40	+11	44
7	Varteks	33	11	7	15	46	53	−7	40
8	Cibalia	33	11	7	15	40	48	−8	40
9	Zadar	33	11	7	15	49	61	−12	40
10	Šibenik	33	9	12	12	34	52	−18	39
11	Inter Zaprešić	33	8	9	16	27	59	−32	33	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	Međimurje (R)	33	3	6	24	37	81	−44	15	Relegation to Druga HNL 2008-09

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹ via 2007–08 Croatian Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Relegation play-offs

Inter Zaprešić, placed 11th, played a two-legged relegation playoff against the second placed team of Druga HNL 2007-08, Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Inter Zaprešić won the playoff by winning 2:0 on aggregate (2:0, 0:0) on 21 May 2008.

[edit] Results

[edit] Matches 1-22

Locations of teams in Prva HNL 2007-08

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away¹	CIB	DIN	HAJ	INT	MEĐ	OSI	RIJ	SLA	ŠIB	VAR	ZAD	ZAG
Cibalia		1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	3–1
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1		1–0	5–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	5–0	1–2	5–1	6–3
Hajduk Split	2–2	1–2		7–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1
Inter Zaprešić	1–0	0–4	0–1		3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1
Međimurje	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3		0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	2–4	0–3
Osijek	5–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	4–0		2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1
Rijeka	3–0	2–4	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Slaven Belupo	2–2	5–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	6–0	4–2	1–0
Šibenik	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	0–2		4–3	0–0	0–0
Varteks	2–1	4–3	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	0–1
Zadar	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	4–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0		1–0
NK Zagreb	4–1	1–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	7–2

Updated to games played on 8 March 2008
Source: Sportnet.hr
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Matches 23-33

During matches 23-33 each team plays every other team once (either at home or away). This means that during matches 1-33 each team played every other team 3 times (either 1 home, 2 away or 2 home, 1 away).

Home \ Away¹	CIB	DIN	HAJ	INT	MEĐ	OSI	RIJ	SLA	ŠIB	VAR	ZAD	ZAG
Cibalia				1–1	3–0				2–0	0–1		2–2
Dinamo Zagreb	4–0			1–0		3–2	6–1	1–0	5–1
Hajduk Split	1–2	1–1		7–2		0–2		2–0	4–1
Inter Zaprešić						1–2	2–1	0–0		1–0		0–0
Međimurje		1–2	2–2	4–0					0–1		2–3
Osijek	2–1				3–1		1–0	1–0		2–0		2–1
Rijeka	2–0		1–1		5–2					2–2	5–3	1–1
Slaven Belupo	2–0				4–0		1–1			2–1	2–0	1–0
Šibenik				0–0		1–0	0–0	0–0				0–2
Varteks		1–1	4–0		3–2				1–1		5–2
Zadar	1–0	2–5	1–3	3–1		1–1			0–2
NK Zagreb		0–0	2–1		6–1					3–1	0–0

Updated to games played on 10 May 2008
Source: Sportnet.hr
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Želimir Terkeš	Zadar	21
2	Radomir Đalović	Rijeka	18
3	Nikola Kalinić	Hajduk Split	17
4	Krunoslav Lovrek	NK Zagreb	14
5	Luka Modrić	Dinamo Zagreb	13
6	Senijad Ibričić	NK Zagreb	12
	Željko Malčić	Cibalia	12
	Mario Mandžukić	Dinamo Zagreb	12
9	Boško Balaban	Dinamo Zagreb	11
	Anas Sharbini	Rijeka	11
	Josip Tadić	Dinamo Zagreb	11
	Ognjen Vukojević	Dinamo Zagreb	11