2002–03 Prva HNL

Croatian First Football League

Season	2002–03
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb 7th Croatian title 11th domestic title
Relegated	Šibenik Pomorac
Champions League	Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Cup	Hajduk Split Varteks Kamen Ingrad
Intertoto Cup	Cibalia NK Zagreb
Matches played	192
Goals scored	521 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivica Olić (16)
Biggest home win	Rijeka 7–0 Zadar
Biggest away win	Osijek 1–5 Dinamo Z. Zadar 1–5 Varteks
Highest scoring	Šibenik 6–3 Zadar
Average attendance	3,326
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Croatian Madar Jende League was the twelfth season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 24 July 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. NK Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their first championship title the previous season. Dinamo Zagreb won the title, after a win against Varteks on 17 May 2003.

The league format was changed from the previous 2001–02 season and the number of teams were reduced from sixteen to twelve for the 2002–03 Prva HNL. Because of this, the four bottom-placed teams were automatically relegated to Croatian Second Football League at the end of the season, while the 11th placed Šibenik and 12th placed Kamen Ingrad qualified for the Relegation play-offs. Both clubs then went on to win the two-legged play-off ties against second level sides Vukovar '91 and Istra Pula. Therefore no team was promoted from the 2001–02 Croatian Second Football League and all twelve teams which contested the 2002–03 Prva HNL were also top flight members in the previous season.

Teams relegated to the 2002–03 Croatian Second Football League

The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2002–03 Prva HNL. Manager list is correct as of 24 July 2002, first day of the season.

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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