2023-05-03 19:04:44
Football in Croatia has grown a lot in recent times. Even the selection of that country He came to play a semifinal and a final in Russia 2018 and in Qatar 2022, respectively. However, the league got pretty boring: a date earlier, the Dinamo Zagreb he won the title again and reached the mark of having won 17 of the last 18 local tournaments.
Only HNK Rijeka managed to break the hegemony of the champion in the 16/17 seasonwhere Dinamo was also close to winning it: was runner-up. With this latest edition of the Croatian First League (Prva HNL), Those from Zagreb got their 24th title.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CROATIAN LEAGUE AND ACCESS TO EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS
Before the creation of the Prva HNL, Croatia had a league between 1941 and 1945, when it was a puppet state during World War II. At the end of the war, the unification of Yugoslavia took place and the Croatian clubs were integrated into that national championship.
The first season of this league it was played in 1992, although incredibly, the champion was not Dinamo Zagrebif not it was him Hajduk Split. These two teams are the ones that dominated the league since its creation, with 30 of 32 leagues obtained between both clubs (24 for the maximum winner and six for the Split).
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this little tournament qualify the champion to the Champions Leaguewhich starts from the second phase of the qualifying round. Whoever finishes second plays in the UEFA Europa League from the third qualifying round, the same as the national cup champion, while the third does so from the second qualifying round.
Orsic against Benacer, in a duel for the Champions League against Milan. (EFE) 
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