2021–22 Croatian First Football League

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Hrvatski telekom Prva liga 2021–22
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The 2021–22 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992.

The league will be contested by 10 teams.

Teams

On 23 April 2021, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. For the 2021–22 Prva HNL, eleven clubs were issued a top level license: Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Istra 1961, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo and Varaždin. All of these clubs except Cibalia and Hrvatski Dragovoljac were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.

The following teams will compete in the 2021–22 Prva HNL.

Changes

Hrvatski Dragovoljac (promoted after a seven-year absence) was promoted from the 2020–21 Druga HNL. Varaždin (relegated after two years in the top flight) was relegated to 2020–21 Druga HNL.

Stadia and locations

Dinamo Zagreb	Gorica	Hajduk Split	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Stadion Maksimir	Gradski stadion Velika Gorica	Stadion Poljud	Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 35,123	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 34,198	Capacity: 5,350
Istra 1961			Lokomotiva
Stadion Aldo Drosina			Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 9,800			Capacity: 5,350
Osijek	Rijeka	Slaven Belupo	Šibenik
Stadion Gradski vrt	Stadion Rujevica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	Stadion Šubićevac
Capacity: 17,061	Capacity: 8,279	Capacity: 3,205	Capacity: 3,412

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Maksimir	35,123
Gorica	Velika Gorica	ŠRC Velika Gorica	8,000
Hajduk Split	Split	Poljud	34,198
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva1	5,350
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva2	5,350
Osijek	Osijek	Gradski vrt	17,061
Rijeka	Rijeka	Rujevica	8,279
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	3,205
Šibenik	Šibenik	Šubićevac	3,412

• ¹ Hrvatski Dragovoljac host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva. The stadium is originally the home ground of third-level side NK Zagreb.
• ² Lokomotiva host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva. The stadium is originally the home ground of third-level side NK Zagreb.

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb	Krznar, DamirDamir Krznar	Ademi, ArijanArijan Ademi	Adidas	Lana grupa
Gorica	Vacant	Jovičić, AleksandarAleksandar Jovičić	FCG	—
Hajduk Split	Gustafsson, JensJens Gustafsson	Kalinić, LovreLovre Kalinić	Macron	Tommy
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Kuljanac, MiroslavMiroslav Kuljanac	Šubarić, ZvonimirZvonimir Šubarić		—
Istra 1961	Jumić, DanijelDanijel Jumić	Blagojević, SlavkoSlavko Blagojević	Kelme	Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva	Vacant	Pivarić, JosipJosip Pivarić	Adidas	—
Osijek	Bjelica, NenadNenad Bjelica	Škorić, MileMile Škorić	2Rule	DOBRO, Stadler
Rijeka	Tomić, GoranGoran Tomić	Andrijašević, FrankoFranko Andrijašević	Joma	Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo	Stipić, TomislavTomislav Stipić	Paracki, GoranGoran Paracki	Adidas	Belupo
Šibenik	Vacant	Marko Bulat	Jako	Krka National Park

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Šibenik	Sergi Escobar	Signed by Castellón	02021-05-23-23 May 2021			Pre-season
Gorica	Siniša Oreščanin	Sacked	02021-05-24-24 May 2021			Pre-season
Hajduk Split	Paolo Tramezzani	Mutual consent	02021-05-27-27 May 2021	Jens Gustafsson	02021-05-28-28 May 2021	Pre-season
Lokomotiva	Toplak, SamirSamir Toplak	Contract expired	02021-05-28-28 May 2021			Pre-season

League table

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External links

• Official website
• Prva HNL at UEFA.com

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