Croatian Football League
Each season starts in late July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month hiatus between December and February.As of 2023, only four of the 12 founding members of the Croatian league have never been relegated: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Osijek and Rijeka.Affected by the ongoing war in Croatia, the first Prva HNL season was held over the course of a single calendar year, from February to June 1992.In the 1994–95 season, Hajduk Split eliminated Legia Warsaw in the qualifying round and entered the group stage.In the 2011–12 season, Dinamo Zagreb advanced through three qualifying rounds and were drawn in the group with Real Madrid, Lyon and Ajax.As of 5 November 2023 Source: Bert Kassies' website Archived 12 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine (country rankings); last updated 29 May 2022 As of 21 June 2023 Source: Bert Kassies' website Archived 12 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine (team rankings); last updated 29 May 2022[8] Most of the clubs weren't satisfied with the scheduling of fixtures and demanded a move from Sunday afternoon to Saturday evening.[11] In November 2010, broadcasting rights were sold to marketing agency Digitel Komunikacije for a period of five years, beginning with 2011–12 season.After the negotiations fell through with public broadcasting television HRT, which covered Prva HNL for the past twenty seasons, Digitel signed a deal with Hrvatski Telekom.The matches were broadcast on Arenasport, a cable television network with five channels, available to subscribers of MAXtv, IPTV solution from T-HT subsidiary T-Com.Former Dinamo Zagreb striker Igor Cvitanović held the record for most Prva HNL goals with 126 until April 2012.Goran Vlaović, Robert Špehar, Igor Cvitanović, Tomislav Šokota and Ivica Olić have won two titles each.[24] Six goals is the record individual scoring total for a player in a single Prva HNL match, held by Marijo Dodik.[26] The highest-scoring match to date in the Prva HNL occurred on 12 December 1993 when Dinamo Zagreb defeated minnows NK Pazinka 10–1.