1998–99 HNK Hajduk Split season

Hajduk Split

1998–99 season
Chairman	Željko Kovačević
Manager	Ivan Katalinić
Prva HNL	3rd
Croatian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Zvonimir Deranja (14) All: Zvonimir Deranja (17)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Rijeka (23 May 1999)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (Two matches)
Average home league attendance	11,875
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 season was the 88th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their eighth in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1997–98 season meant it was their 8th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Prva HNL	N/A	3rd	7 August 1998	26 May 1999
Croatian Football Cup	First round	Semi-final	6 September 1998	17 March 1999
UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	First round	11 August 1998	28 September 1998

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Prva HNL	32	17	9	6	62	32	+30	53.13
Croatian Football Cup	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	66.67
UEFA Cup	4	1	2	1	4	4	+0	25.00
Total	42	22	12	8	79	42	+37	52.38

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Croatia Zagreb	22	17	2	3	44	14	+30	53	0 Championship group0
2	Rijeka	22	17	1	4	35	18	+17	52
3	Hajduk Split	22	12	6	4	38	17	+21	42
4	Osijek	22	11	3	8	37	23	+14	36
5	Varteks	22	9	3	10	40	36	+4	30
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	6	7	9	17	23	−6	25
7	Šibenik	22	7	3	12	27	45	−18	24	0 Relegation group0
8	Cibalia	22	6	5	11	22	29	−7	23		CIB 1–1 ZAG ZAG 2–2 CIB
9	NK Zagreb	22	5	8	9	28	37	−9	23
10	Zadarkomerc	22	5	6	11	27	40	−13	21		ZAD 2–1 SLA SLA 1–1 ZAD
11	Slaven Belupo	22	5	6	11	24	37	−13	21
12	Mladost 127	22	5	4	13	22	42	−20	19

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croatia Zagreb (C)	10	5	3	2	11	6	+5	45	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Rijeka	10	5	3	2	18	15	+3	44	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Hajduk Split	10	5	3	2	24	15	+9	39	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Osijek	10	3	3	4	14	16	−2	30	1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round
5	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	10	3	1	6	15	21	−6	23	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6	Varteks	10	2	1	7	10	19	−9	22

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	17	9	6	62	32	+30	60	14	1	1	42	10	+32	3	8	5	20	22	−2

Last updated: 26 May 1999.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L
Position	7	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3

Last updated: 26 May 1999.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team	1–22		23–32		Points
	1	2	1	2
Cibalia	2–2	2–0	—	—	4
Croatia Zagreb	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	5
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–0	2–0	6–1	1–3	7
Mladost 127	3–0	1–1	—	—	4
Osijek	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	10
Rijeka	3–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	4
Slaven Belupo	5–0	1–1	—	—	4
Šibenik	2–1	0–1	—	—	4
Varteks	4–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	12
Zadarkomerc	1–1	2–0	—	—	3
NK Zagreb	1–3	1–0	—	—	3

Source: 1998–99 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 1998–99 Croatian First Football League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
1	7 Aug	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 0	3,500		HRnogomet.com
2	16 Aug	H	Mladost 127	3 – 0	2,000	Deranja (3)	HRnogomet.com
3	21 Aug	A	Cibalia	2 – 2	4,000	Računica, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
4	30 Aug	H	Slaven Belupo	5 – 0	4,000	Računica (3), Baturina, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
5	11 Sep	A	Varteks	4 – 1	5,000	Računica, Leko, Baturina, Deranja	HRnogomet.com
6	20 Sep	H	Rijeka	3 – 1	6,000	Računica, Deranja (2)	HRnogomet.com
7	25 Sep	A	NK Zagreb	1 – 3	4,000	Leko	HRnogomet.com
8	4 Oct	A	Osijek	1 – 0	6,000	Baturina	HRnogomet.com
9	18 Oct	H	Šibenik	2 – 1	4,000	Baturina (2)	HRnogomet.com
10	25 Oct	A	Zadarkomerc	1 – 1	7,000	Skoko	HRnogomet.com
11	30 Oct	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	30,000	Leko	HRnogomet.com
12	7 Nov	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	2 – 0	4,000	Vučko, Deranja	HRnogomet.com
13	15 Nov	A	Mladost 127	1 – 1	3,500	Računica	HRnogomet.com
14	22 Nov	H	Cibalia	2 – 0	1,000	Deranja (2)	HRnogomet.com
15	29 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	1 – 1	3,000	Deranja	HRnogomet.com
16	6 Dec	H	Varteks	3 – 0	2,000	Bulat, Deranja, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
17	13 Dec	A	Rijeka	1 – 2	15,000	Deranja	HRnogomet.com
18	21 Feb	H	NK Zagreb	1 – 0	10,000	Skoko	HRnogomet.com
19	28 Feb	H	Osijek	2 – 1	18,000	Vučko, Biliškov	HRnogomet.com
20	7 Mar	A	Šibenik	0 – 1	4,000	Leko	HRnogomet.com
21	14 Mar	H	Zadarkomerc	2 – 0	9,000	Deranja, Pralija	HRnogomet.com
22	21 Mar	A	Croatia Zagreb	0 – 1	25,000		HRnogomet.com
23	17 Apr	H	Osijek	4 – 1	7,000	Erceg (2), Vučko, Pralija	HRnogomet.com
24	21 Apr	A	Varteks	2 – 1	4,000	Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
25	25 Apr	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 0	30,000	Erceg	HRnogomet.com
26	2 May	A	Rijeka	3 – 3	20,000	Baturina, Vučko, Biliškov	HRnogomet.com
27	9 May	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	6 – 1	8,000	Mujdža, Pralija, Leko, Erceg, Skoko, Mrzlečki	HRnogomet.com
28	12 May	A	Osijek	1 – 1	7,000	Vučko	HRnogomet.com
29	16 May	H	Varteks	4 – 1	15,000	Vuković, Miladin, Deranja, Računica	HRnogomet.com
30	19 May	A	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	18,000	Vuković	HRnogomet.com
31	23 May	H	Rijeka	1 – 3	40,000	Miladin	HRnogomet.com
32	26 May	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 3	3,000	Erceg	HRnogomet.com

Source: hajduk.hr

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
R1	6 Sep	A	Bojovnik 7 Novi Golubovec	3 – 2	2,000	Miladin, Deranja, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
R2	21 Oct	H	Mladost 127	5 – 1	2,000	Baturina, Skoko, Računica, Mujdža	HRnogomet.com
QF	11 Nov	A	Čakovec	0 – 0	4,000		HRnogomet.com
QF	18 Nov	H	Čakovec	2 – 0	1,000	Računica, Leko	HRnogomet.com
SF	3 Mar	A	Cibalia	1 – 2	5,000	Baturina	HRnogomet.com
SF	17 Mar	H	Cibalia	2 – 1 (5 – 6 p)	2,500	Ratković, Deranja	HRnogomet.com

Source: hajduk.hr

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
QR2	11 Aug	H	Malmö	1 – 1	17,000	Brajković	HRnogomet.com
QR2	25 Aug	A	Malmö	2 – 1	4,453	Vučko (2)	HRnogomet.com
R1	14 Sep	AR	Fiorentina	1 – 2	6,000	Vučko	HRnogomet.com
R1	28 Sep	H	Fiorentina	0 – 0	35,000		HRnogomet.com

Source: hajduk.hr

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Zvonimir Deranja	14	–	3	17
2	Jurica Vučko	8	3	1	12
3	Dean Računica	8	–	2	10
4	Mate Baturina	6	–	2	8
5	Tomislav Erceg	7	–	–	7
6	Ivan Leko	4	–	1	5
7	Josip Skoko	3	–	1	4
8	Nenad Pralija	3	–	–	3
	Darko Miladin	2	–	1	3
10	Marino Biliškov	2	–	–	2
	Jasmin Mujdža	1	–	1	2
	Hrvoje Vuković	2	–	–	2
13	Elvis Brajković	–	1	–	1
	Josip Bulat	1	–	–	1
	Alen Mrzlečki	1	–	–	1
	Zoran Ratković	–	–	1	1
	TOTALS	62	3	12	77

Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 1998–99 Croatian First Football League
• 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup

External sources

• 1998–99 Prva HNL at HRnogomet.com
• 1998–99 Croatian Cup at HRnogomet.com
• 1998–99 UEFA Cup at rsssf.com