2017–18 Croatian First Football League

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The 2017–18 Croatian First Football League (officially HT Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) will be the 27th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season is scheduled to start on 14 July 2017 and is expected to end on 19 May 2018.

The league contested of 10 teams.

Teams

On 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2017–18 season was complete. For the 2017–18 Prva HNL, only seven clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. All of these clubs except Inter Zaprešić were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions. In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage can appeal on the decision. On 23 May 2017, it was announced that all remaining Prva HNL clubs except RNK Split were granted top level license. Four teams from Druga HNL acquired the top level license: Gorica, Rudeš, Solin and NK Zagreb.

The following teams have secured their place in the 2017–18 Prva HNL.

Stadia and locations

Stadium	City	Home club	Licensed club(s)	Capacity
Maksimir	Zagreb	Dinamo Zagreb	Lokomotiva	38,079
Poljud	Split	Hajduk Split		34,448
Gradski vrt	Osijek	Osijek		22,050
Stadion HNK Cibalia	Vinkovci	Cibalia		9,958
Aldo Drosina	Pula	Istra 1961		8,923
Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	Zagreb	Rudeš	8,850
Rujevica	Rijeka	Rijeka		8,274
ŠRC Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Inter Zaprešić		5,228
Gradski stadion	Koprivnica	Slaven Belupo		3,134

Personnel and kits

Club	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Cibalia	Miroslav Gagro	Bartolović, MladenMladen Bartolović	Vitaić, FraneFrane Vitaić	Jako
Dinamo Zagreb	Mirko Barišić	Petev, IvayloIvaylo Petev	Antolić, DomagojDomagoj Antolić	adidas
Hajduk Split	Ivan Kos	Carrillo, JoanJoan Carrillo	Nižić, ZoranZoran Nižić	Macron	Tommy
Inter Zaprešić	Branko Laljak	Toplak, SamirSamir Toplak	CzovicIvan Čović	Joma	Veleučilište Baltazar Zaprešić
Istra 1961	Michael Glover, via Round Midnight Investments	Raić-Sudar, DarkoDarko Raić-Sudar	Roce, GoranGoran Roce	Nike	Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva	Tin Dolički	Tokić, MarioMario Tokić	Capan, LukaLuka Capan	Nike	Crodux
Osijek	Ivan Meštrović	Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić	Barišić, BornaBorna Barišić	Nike	Osječko
Rijeka	Damir Mišković	Kek, MatjažMatjaž Kek	Maleš, MateMate Maleš	Jako	Sava Osiguranje
Rudeš	Ivan Knežević	Iñaki Alonso	Grbić, LovreLovre Grbić	Kelme
Slaven Belupo	Hrvoje Kolarić	Kopić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Kopić	Purić, VedranVedran Purić	adidas	Belupo

League table

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External links

• Official website
• Prva HNL at UEFA.com

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