The Hrvatski Telekom Premijer liga ( en, Hrvatski Telekom Premier League, ), also known as HT Premijer liga or simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level men's professional

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league in

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. It began in 1991, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and therefore the

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

, and is organized by the

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. The HT Premijer liga, which is played under

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rules, currently consists of 12 teams. The most successful club is

KK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...

with 19 championship titles.

History

Prior to 1991, clubs from

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played in the Yugoslav First Federal League. From the inaugural season in 1946, three Croatian clubs won 15 national championships in total;

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(six titles),

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(six titles), and Cibona (three titles).

Title holders

* 1991–92: Cibona * 1992–93: Cibona * 1993–94: Cibona * 1994–95: Cibona * 1995–96: Cibona * 1996–97: Cibona * 1997–98: Cibona * 1998–99: Cibona * 1999–00: Cibona * 2000–01: Cibona * 2001–02: Cibona VIP * 2002–03: Split CO * 2003–04: Cibona VIP * 2004–05:

* 2005–06: Cibona VIP * 2006–07: Cibona VIP * 2007–08:

* 2008–09: Cibona VIP * 2009–10: Cibona VIP * 2010–11: Zagreb CO * 2011–12: Cibona * 2012–13: Cibona * 2013–14: Cedevita * 2014–15: Cedevita * 2015–16: Cedevita * 2016–17: Cedevita * 2017–18: Cedevita * 2018–19: Cibona * 2019–20: ''Season canceled due to

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'' * 2020–21:

* 2021–22: Cibona

Performance by club

Playoffs finals

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

By club

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).''

Players with 3 or more trophies

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Coaches with 2 or more trophies

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External links

Official website
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