On July 18th all ten of the club in the 2014-15 1.HNL league will see some action. The Croatian League comes into the new season ranked #20 by UEFA for top Leagues. Dinamo Zagreb are the defending champions and will play in the Champions League this year, starting in the second qualifying round. Rijeka finished second last year eleven points behind the champs. They will see in action in the Europa League along with third place finisher Hajduk Split. Both clubs will enter in the second qualifying round. RNK Split will also play in the Europa league. They started in the first qualifying round and already have a 2-0 win at home to their credit.
Joining those four clubs in the new season are Istra 1961, Lokomotiva Zagreb, Osijek, Slaven Koprivnica, Zadar and Zagreb. Again this year these ten clubs will be playing four one Champions league spot and three Europa league spots for 2015-16.
The first round games are as follows:
Dinamo Zagreb vs Slaven Koprivnica
Zadar vs RNK Split
Osijek vs Lokomotiva Zagreb
Hajduk Split vs Istra 1961
Zagreb vs Rijeka
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