It all comes down to the final week. All six matches of week 33 will be played at noon on Sunday, and five of those matches will have some implication on where teams will end up next season. NK Lokomotiva has wrapped up second place and will be playing in European competition for the first time ever next season. Even after the disappointing last-minute loss to Dinamo last … [Read more...] about HNL Week 32
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Throwback Thursday: Boban’s Kick
By 123 CommentsPrva Generacija member, nije bitno, had the fantastic idea of Throwback Thursday for CroatianSports.com, where we would take a look into Croatia's sporting history book. What better way to start this series than in the same week that Zvonimir Boban's 'kick heard round the world' would symbolically be remembered as the unofficial start of the Croatian War of Independence … [Read more...] about Throwback Thursday: Boban’s Kick
HNL Week 31
By 56 CommentsDinamo Zagreb may have been crowned league champions already, but the action is far from over. The matter of third place is still on the mind of several clubs, who are doing everything they can to finish the season in the top three positions. NK Lokomotiva could have claimed second place on Sunday in their match against Hajduk Split. The match at Poljud saw … [Read more...] about HNL Week 31
HNL Week 30
By 18 CommentsResults for May 3-5, 2013 HNK RIJEKA 0 - 0 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB Both clubs had ample opportunity to claim victory, but an off sides goal called back for Rijeka, and several near-comical misses for Dinamo left the score sheet blank and the teams split the points. Dinamo may have won the league, but a ferocious battle for second and third place is brewing between … [Read more...] about HNL Week 30
HNL Week 29
By 19 CommentsResults for April 26-28, 2013 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB 1 - 0 NK SLAVEN BELUPO It has been 768 minutes since the current Croatian champions have given up a goal to an opponent. Goalkeeper Ivan Kelava has stood tall behind a solid defense and is now the holder of a new Prva Liga record for longest shutout streak. During Dinamo’s 1-0 victory at home against Slaven … [Read more...] about HNL Week 29
CHAMPIONS!
By 44 CommentsIt took some help from Lokomotiva and Slaven Belupo, but Građanski Nogometni Klub Dinamo Zagreb clinched their eighth consecutive Prva Liga title, and 25th over all league title, on Sunday, April 21, 2013. Youngster Tin Jedvaj scored his first ever professional goal to achieve a 1-0 victory over Cibalia on Saturday, helping his team take all three points needed to claim the … [Read more...] about CHAMPIONS!
HNL Week 27
By 3 CommentsResults for April 13-15, 2013 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB 2 - 0 NK INTER ZAPREŠIĆ Second half goals by Said Husejinović and Marcelo Brozović wrapped up another win for Dinamo and sent them that much closer to an eighth consecutive Prva Liga tile. It took nearly 50 minutes, but Dinamo found a way around the 10-men defense that Inter brought to Maksimir. Husejinović … [Read more...] about HNL Week 27
HNL Week 26: Remembering Hrvoje Ćustić
By 14 CommentsResults for April 5- 7, 2013 NK ZAGREB 0 - 3 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB Dinamo Zagreb payed a visit to Kranjčevičeva street on Friday to face their neighbors NK Zagreb. The last time these two teams faced each other at the Poet’s home ended in a surprising defeat of Dinamo. The bad news for Zagreb was that, the scorer of the winning goal in their last victory over Dinamo and … [Read more...] about HNL Week 26: Remembering Hrvoje Ćustić
HNL Week 26 Remembering Horvoje Ćustić
By 15 CommentsResults for April 5- 7, 2013 NK ZAGREB 0 - 3 GNK DINAMO ZAGREB Dinamo Zagreb payed a visit to Kranjčevičeva street on Friday to face their neighbors NK Zagreb. The last time these two teams faced each other at the Poet’s home ended in a surprising defeat of Dinamo. The bad news for Zagreb was that, the scorer of the winning goal in their last … [Read more...] about HNL Week 26 Remembering Horvoje Ćustić