2023–24 Croatian Football League

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The 2023–24 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 33rd season of the

Croatian top division football, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 21 July 2023.[1]

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Prva NL. 2022–23 Prva NL champions Rudeš were promoted and returned after a four-year absence, replacing the 2022–23 Croatian Football League bottom-placed team, Šibenik (relegated after three seasons in the top flight).

Stadia and locations

Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961
Stadion Maksimir
Gradski stadion Velika Gorica
 Stadion Poljud Stadion Aldo Drosina
Capacity: 24,851 Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 33,987 Capacity: 9,800
Lokomotiva
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Locations of teams in 2023–24 HNL
 Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Opus Arena
Capacity: 5,350 Capacity: 13,005
Rijeka Rudeš Slaven Belupo Varaždin
Stadion Rujevica Stadion Kranjčevićeva Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 8,191 Capacity: 5,350 Capacity: 3,054 Capacity: 8,818
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Maksimir 24,851 [2]
Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 5,200 [3]
Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987 [4]
Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,800 [5]
Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 5,350 [6]
Osijek Osijek Opus Arena 13,005 [7]
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 [8]
Rudeš Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 5,350 [6]
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 [9]
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 [10]
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1
City of Zagreb
 3 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva, Rudeš
2 Coat of arms of Istria County Istria 1 Istra 1961
Coat of arms of Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Coat of arms of Varaždin County Varaždin Varaždin
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović North Macedonia Arijan Ademi Adidas PSK
Gorica Croatia Dinko Jeličić Croatia Filip Mrzljak Alpas Kömmerling
Hajduk Split Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Ivanković (caretaker) Croatia Lovre Kalinić Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Italy Paolo Tramezzani Croatia Slavko Blagojević Joma Germania
Lokomotiva Croatia Silvijo Čabraja Bosnia and Herzegovina Mateo Marić Macron Favbet
Osijek Croatia Zoran Zekić Croatia Marko Malenica 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Croatia Željko Sopić Croatia Nediljko Labrović Joma Favbet
Rudeš Croatia Davor Mladina Croatia Mateo Pavlović Adidas Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Croatia Roy Ferenčina Croatia Tomislav Božić Jako Belupo
Varaždin Croatia Mario Kovačević Croatia Igor Postonjski Capelli Sport BURAI

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Slaven Belupo Croatia Zoran Zekić Contract expired 27 May 2023 Netherlands Ricardo Moniz 7 May 2023 Pre-season
Rudeš Croatia Davor Mladina 5 June 2023 Croatia Robert Prosinečki 7 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Spain Gonzalo Garcia Mutual consent 7 June 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan 11 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Sacked 9 August 2023 Spain David Català 13 August 2023 9th
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Igor Bišćan 21 August 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović 21 August 2023 7th
Rijeka Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović Signed by Dinamo Zagreb 21 August 2023 Croatia Darko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) 22 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Croatia Željko Sopić Signed by Rijeka 23 August 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) 23 August 2023 5th
Rijeka Croatia Darko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) End of caretaker tenure 25 August 2023 Croatia Željko Sopić 25 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) Signing of Jeličić 30 August 2023 Croatia Dinko Jeličić 30 August 2023 6th
Rudeš Croatia Robert Prosinečki Sacked 3 September 2023 Croatia Toni Golem 5 September 2023 10th
Slaven Belupo Netherlands Ricardo Moniz 4 September 2023 Croatia Roy Ferenčina 5 September 2023 9th
Osijek Croatia Stjepan Tomas 3 October 2023 Croatia Ivo Smoje (caretaker) 3 October 2023 6th
Osijek Croatia Ivo Smoje (caretaker) Signing of Zekić 13 October 2023 Croatia Zoran Zekić 13 October 2023 5th
Hajduk Split Croatia Ivan Leko Mutual consent 23 October 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan 23 October 2023 2nd
Rudeš Croatia Toni Golem 12 November 2023 Croatia Ivan Mijač (caretaker) 17 November 2023 10th
Rudeš Croatia Ivan Mijač (caretaker) Signing of Mladina 6 December 2023 Croatia Davor Mladina 6 December 2023 10th
Istra 1961 Spain David Català Sacked 7 February 2024 Italy Paolo Tramezzani 8 February 2024 8th
Gorica Croatia Dinko Jeličić 11 March 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) 11 March 2024 6th
Gorica Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) Signing of Vidović 18 March 2024 Croatia Rajko Vidović 18 March 2024 6th
Hajduk Split Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Mutual consent 8 April 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Ivanković (caretaker) 8 April 2024 3rd

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rijeka (Y) 31 22 5 4 62 20 +42 71 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Zagreb (Y) 31 21 6 4 57 24 +33 69 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Hajduk Split 31 18 4 9 41 20 +21 58 Qualification to Εuropa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Osijek 31 12 9 10 52 41 +11 45
5 Lokomotiva 31 10 14 7 41 32 +9 44
6 Varaždin 31 8 12 11 35 41 −6 36
7 Gorica 31 9 8 14 29 40 −11 35
8 Istra 1961 32 8 10 14 30 50 −20 34
9 Slaven Belupo 32 8 6 18 36 59 −23 30
10 Rudeš (R) 31 1 4 26 13 69 −56 7 Relegation to First Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[11]
(R) Relegated; (Y) Guaranteed at least Εuropa Conference League
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup winners (Dinamo Zagreb or Rijeka) qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). Since both Croatian Cup finalists clinched the final position at the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ RUD SLA VAR DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ RUD SLA VAR
Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–3 11 May 1–0 25 May 5–2 1–0
Gorica 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 25 May 1–2 28 Apr 0–2 10 May 1–0 1–3
Hajduk Split 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 19 May 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 27 Apr 4–0 5 May
Istra 1961 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–4 4–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 12 May 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 17 May
Lokomotiva 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 25 May 3–0 1–1 28 Apr 3–0 12 May 0–0
Osijek 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 4 May 19 May 2–0 4–1 0–1
Rijeka 2–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 5 May 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 25 May 2–0
Rudeš 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–0 3–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 3 May 18 May 2–3 0–3 1–3 0–2
Slaven Belupo 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 18 May 4 May 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–1
Varaždin 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 27 Apr 2–4 1–1 2–2 0–2 25 May 11 May 1–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 April 2024[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Ramón Miérez Osijek 14
2 Croatia Fran Brodić Varaždin (7), Dinamo Zagreb (4) 11
3 Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split 10
Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
5 Croatia Kristijan Lovrić Osijek 8
Croatia Benedik Mioč Slaven Belupo
7 Croatia Mijo Caktaš Osijek 7
Croatia Duje Čop Lokomotiva
Croatia Niko Janković Rijeka
Croatia Igor Postonjski Varaždin

References

  1. ^ "Održan ždrijeb natjecateljskih brojeva nove sezone Supersport HNL-a" (in Croatian). hnl.hr. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Stadion". gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Povijest kluba". hnk-gorica.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Poljud Stadium". hajduk.hr. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Stadion Aldo Drosina". nkistra.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Nogometni stadion Zagreb". sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. ^ "OPUS ARENA". nk-osijek.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". hnl.hr. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo SuperSport Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2023/2024" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.

External links

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