Croatian Basketball League (Favbet Premijer Liga) History

League status

The A1 Liga is the first-tier professional basketball league in Croatia. A1 Liga was established in 1991.
The Premijer Liga sits above the Prva Hrvatska Kosarkaska Liga which effectively forms the second-tier of Croatian basketball.
At the end of regular season, top 8 teams qualify to the play-offs.
The bottom 1 teams are relegated to Prva Hrvatska Kosarkaska Liga.
Limits of non-Croatian players per team: 4 import players (non-Europeans), 4 Bosman players (with European passport) . Total number of allowed imports and Bosmans is 4.
Available Job Openings in Premijer Liga.

League name history

1991-2017: A1 Liga  1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017
2004-2005: A1 Ozujsko Liga  2004-2005
2005-2017: A1 Liga  2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017
2017-2023: Hrvatski Telekom Premijer Liga  2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023
2023 until now: Favbet Premijer Liga  2023-2024 2024-2025
Until 2005
2005-2017
2017-2023
Since 2023

Title holders

Championships by club

TitlesClubYears
28Cibona 1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1981-82, 1986-87, 2013-14, 2021-22, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1992-93, 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
13Zadar 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1985-86, 2002-03, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2020-21, 2024-25
5Cedevita 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
11Split 1970-71, 1971-72, 1976-77, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2002-03
1Zagreb 2010-11

Finals year-by-year

SeasonWinnerResultFinalistRegular Season Champion
1991-92KK Cibona Zagreb2-1KK ZadarKK Cibona Zagreb
1992-93KK Cibona Zagreb2-1Croatia Osiguranje SplitKK Cibona Zagreb
1993-94KK Cibona Zagreb3-0Croatia Osiguranje SplitKK Cibona Zagreb
1994-95KK Cibona Zagreb3-1KK Zrinjevac 1937 ZagrebKK Cibona Zagreb
1995-96KK Cibona Zagreb3-1Croatia Osiguranje SplitKK Cibona Zagreb
1996-97KK Cibona Zagreb3-1Croatia Osiguranje SplitKK Cibona Zagreb
1997-98KK Cibona Zagreb3-1KK ZadarKK Cibona Zagreb
1998-99KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-1KK ZadarKK Zadar
1999-00KK Cibona VIP Zagreb2-0KK ZadarKK Zadar
2000-01KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-0Croatia Osiguranje SplitKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2001-02KK Cibona VIP Zagreb2-0KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2002-03Croatia Osiguranje Split2-0KK Cibona VIP ZagrebCroatia Osiguranje Split
2003-04KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-1KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2004-05KK Zadar3-2KK Cibona VIP ZagrebKK Zadar
2005-06KK Cibona VIP Zagreb2-1KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2006-07KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-2KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2007-08KK Zadar3-2KK SplitKK Zadar
2008-09KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-1KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2009-10KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-2KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2010-11KK Zagreb3-0Cedevita ZagrebCedevita Zagreb
2011-12KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-1Cedevita ZagrebKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2012-13KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-0KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2013-14Cedevita Zagreb3-0KK Cibona VIP ZagrebCedevita Zagreb
2014-15Cedevita Zagreb3-1KK Cibona VIP ZagrebCedevita Zagreb
2015-16Cedevita Zagreb3-0KK Cibona VIP ZagrebCedevita Zagreb
2016-17Cedevita Zagreb3-2KK Cibona VIP ZagrebGKK Sibenik
2017-18Cedevita Zagreb3-1KK Cibona VIP ZagrebCedevita Zagreb
2018-19KK Cibona VIP Zagreb4-0Cedevita ZagrebKK Zadar
2019-20Not held [+]
2020-21KK Zadar3-2KK SplitKK Zadar
2021-22KK Cibona VIP Zagreb3-2KK ZadarKK Cibona VIP Zagreb
2022-23KK Zadar85-74,94-84,99-62KK SplitKK Split
2023-24KK Zadar93-66KK SplitKK Zadar
2024-25KK Zadar3-1KK SplitKK Zadar

Finals participants

ClubWLTotal
Cibona20727
Zadar61218
Split11011
Cedevita538
Zagreb101
Zrinjevac011

Final Four participants

Club1st2nd3rd4th
Zadar2000
Split0200
Dinamo0011
Cibona0011

Players with the most appearances in the Croatian Finals

PlayerFinals AppearancesYears
Davor Marcelic141994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Marin Rozic132005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Nikola Prkacin121996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Tomislav Zubcic122002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Filip Kruslin122006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Vedran Morovic112000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Davor Kus112001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Branimir Longin102001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Toni Prostran102002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Ivan Mikulic102002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015

Players with the most Croatian titles

PlayerCountYears Won
Davor Marcelic121994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Tomislav Zubcic92005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Dzevad Alihodzic81992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Slaven Rimac81992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004
Ivica Zuric81993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Nikola Prkacin81999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
Davor Kus82001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013
Branimir Longin82001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Filip Kruslin82006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
Karlo Zganec82011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025