Premijer liga (Croatian basketball)

Favbet Premijer liga
Founded	1991
Country	Croatia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Prva muška liga
Domestic cup(s)	Krešimir Ćosić Cup
Current champions	Zadar (4th title) ; (2022–23 season)
Most championships	Cibona (20 titles)
Website	www.hks-cbf.hr
	2023–24 season

The Favbet Premijer liga (English: Favbet Premier League, lit. 'Favbet Premier League'), also known as simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Croatia. It began in 1991, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and therefore the Yugoslav League, and is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation.

Favbet Premijer liga, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 12 teams. The most successful club is KK Cibona with 19 championship titles.

History

Prior to 1991, clubs from Croatia played in the Yugoslav First Federal League. From the inaugural season in 1946, three Croatian clubs won 15 national championships in total; Zadar (six titles), Split (six titles), and Cibona (three titles).

Title holders

1991–92: Cibona
1992–93: Cibona (2)
1993–94: Cibona (3)
1994–95: Cibona (4)
1995–96: Cibona (5)
1996–97: Cibona (6)
1997–98: Cibona (7)
1998–99: Cibona (8)
1999–00: Cibona (9)
2000–01: Cibona (10)
2001–02: Cibona VIP (11)
2002–03: Split CO
2003–04: Cibona VIP (12)
2004–05: Zadar
2005–06: Cibona VIP (13)
2006–07: Cibona VIP (14)
2007–08: Zadar (2)
2008–09: Cibona VIP (15)
2009–10: Cibona VIP (16)
2010–11: Zagreb CO
2011–12: Cibona (17)
2012–13: Cibona (18)
2013–14: Cedevita
2014–15: Cedevita (2)
2015–16: Cedevita (3)
2016–17: Cedevita (4)
2017–18: Cedevita (5)
2018–19: Cibona (19)
2019–20: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21: Zadar (3)
2021–22: Cibona (20)
2022–23: Zadar (4)

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
Cibona	20	1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2021–22
Cedevita	5	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Zadar	4	2004–05, 2007–08, 2020–21, 2022–23
Split	1	2002–03
Zagreb	1	2010–11

Playoffs finals

Winners in matches between first & fourth and second & third in regular season play against each other for the title

Season	Home court advantage	Result	Home court disadvantage	1st of Regular Season	Record
1991–92	Cibona	2–1	Zadar	Cibona	8–2
1992–93	Cibona	2–1	Slobodna Dalmacija	Cibona (2)	17–1
1993–94	Cibona	3–0	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona (3)	14–0
1994–95	Cibona	3–1	Zrinjevac	Cibona (4)	12–2
1995–96	Cibona	3–1	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona (5)	25–3
1996–97	Cibona	3–1	Croatia Osiguranje	Cibona (6)	19–3
1997–98	Cibona	3–1	Zadar	Cibona (7)	24–2
1998–99	Zadar	1–3	Cibona	Zadar	19–3
1999–00	Zadar	0–2	Cibona	Zadar (2)	20–2
2000–01	Cibona	3–0	Split CO	Cibona (8)	18–4
2001–02	Cibona VIP	2–0	Zadar	Cibona VIP (9)	12–2
2002–03	Split CO	2–0	Cibona VIP	Split CO	12–2
2003–04	Cibona VIP	3–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP (10)	13–1
2004–05	Zadar	3–2	Cibona VIP	Zadar (3)	12–2
2005–06	Cibona VIP	2–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP (11)	14–0
2006–07	Cibona VIP	3–2	Zadar	Cibona VIP (12)	12–2
2007–08	Zadar	3–2	Split CO	Zadar (4)	13–1
2008–09	Cibona VIP	3–1	Zadar	Cibona VIP (13)	13–1
2009–10	Cibona VIP	3–2	Zadar	Cibona VIP (14)	12–2
2010–11	Cedevita	0–3	Zagreb CO	Cedevita	12–2
2011–12	Cibona	3–1	Cedevita	Cibona (15)	14–0
2012–13	Cibona	3–0	Zadar	Cibona (16)	12–2
2013–14	Cedevita	3–0	Cibona	Cedevita (2)	13–1
2014–15	Cedevita	3–1	Cibona	Cedevita (3)	12–2
2015–16	Cedevita	3–0	Cibona	Cedevita (4)	13–1
2016–17	Cibona	2–3	Cedevita	Šibenik	21–5
2017–18	Cedevita	3–1	Cibona	Cedevita (5)	23–1
2018–19	Cibona	4–0	Cedevita	Zadar (5)	18–4
2019–20	Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Zadar	3–2	Split	Zadar (6)	29–4
2021–22	Cibona	3–2	Zadar	Cibona (17)	25–7
2022–23	Split	0–3	Zadar	Split (2)	26–6

By club

Club	W	L	Total
Cibona	20	7	27
Cedevita	5	3	8
Zadar	4	12	16
Split	1	8	9
Zagreb	1	0	1
Zrinjevac	0	1	1

All–time national champions

Total number of national champions won by Croatian clubs. Table includes titles won during the Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992).

Club	Champions	Winning years
Cibona	23	1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2021–22
Zadar	10	1965, 1967, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1985–86, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2020–21, 2022–23
Split	7	1970–71, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2002–03
Cedevita	5	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Zagreb	1	2010–11

Players with 3 or more trophies

Championships	Player
8	Davor Kus
8	Davor Marcelić
7	Marin Rozić
6	Dževad Alihodžić
	Marko Arapović
	Veljko Mršić
	Davor Pejčinović
	Slaven Rimac
	Ivica Žurić
5	Vladan Alanović
	Damir Mulaomerović
	Sandro Nicević
	Nikola Prkačin
	Josip Sesar
	Tomislav Zubčić
	Karlo Žganec
4	Lukša Andrić
	Luka Babić
	Miro Bilan
	Gordan Giriček
	Alan Gregov
	Lovro Mazalin
	Mate Skelin
	Marko Tomas
	Andrija Žižić
3	Ivan Grgat
	Toni Katić
	Bariša Krasić
	Marijan Mance
	Pavle Marčinković
	Damir Markota
	Džanan Musa
	Fran Pilepić
	Zdravko Radulović
	Ivan Ramljak
	Damir Rančić
	Marko Šamanić
	Roko Ukić
	Josip Vranković

Source: basketball.hr

Coaches with 2 or more trophies

Championships	Coach
6	Aleksandar Petrović
6	Jasmin Repeša
4	Veljko Mršić
3	Dražen Anzulović
2	Velimir Perasović
2	Neven Spahija