European Records
Hajduk Split is the only Croatian club—either during the Yugoslavian period or since independence—to have played in the latter stages of the European Cup or UEFA Champions League, having reached the quarterfinals on three occasions (1975–76, 1979–80 and 1994–95). Dinamo Zagreb has qualified to the group round on three occasions (1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2010–11) but has yet to advance to the elimination rounds. Hajduk are also the only Croatian club to have advanced past the round of sixteen of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, reaching the semi-finals in 1983–84 and the quarterfinals in 1985–86. They reached the UEFA Cup's last sixteen in 1981–82 and 1986–87, while Dinamo Zagreb were eliminated in the same round in 1997–98.
Croatian clubs had their most consistent success in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Both Dinamo Zagreb (1960–61) and Hajduk Split (1972–73) reached the semi-finals. Dinamo also reached the quarterfinals in 1964–65 and 1969–70, and Hajduk were eliminated at that stage in 1977–78. The Cup Winners' Cup is also the only European competition to have seen a Croatian club other than one of the big two reach the last sixteen, when Varteks advanced to the quarterfinals in 1998–99, the cup's final edition.
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