2022–23 Croatian Football League

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SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga 2022–23
Season information
Dates	15 July 2022–3 June 2023
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Season statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	181
Top goalscorer	Marko Livaja (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Hajduk Split 5–1 Slaven Belupo
Biggest away win	Slaven Belupo 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoring	Dinamo Zagreb 5–2 Osijek
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The 2022–23 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd 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 15 July 2022. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup will start on 20 November, the last round before stoppage will be held on 12–13 November. The league will resume games on 21 January.

The league is contested by 10 teams.

Teams

The following teams will compete in the 2022–23 HNL.

Changes

Varaždin (promoted after a one-year absence) was promoted from the 2021–22 Druga HNL. Hrvatski Dragovoljac (relegated after single season in the top flight) was relegated to 2022–23 Prva NL.

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			Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva			Stadion Gradski vrt
Capacity: 5,350			Capacity: 18,856
Rijeka	Slaven Belupo	Šibenik	Varaždin
Stadion Rujevica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	Stadion Šubićevac	Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 8,191	Capacity: 3,205	Capacity: 3,412	Capacity: 8,850

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Maksimir	24,851
Gorica	Velika Gorica	ŠRC Velika Gorica	5,200
Hajduk Split	Split	Poljud	33,987
Istra 1961	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	9,800
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva1	5,350
Osijek	Osijek	Gradski vrt	18,856
Rijeka	Rijeka	Rujevica	8,191
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	3,205
Šibenik	Šibenik	Šubićevac	3,412
Varaždin	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	8,850

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

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb	Čačić, AnteAnte Čačić	Ademi, ArijanArijan Ademi	Adidas	PSK
Gorica	Angelovski, IgorIgor Angelovski	Jovičić, AleksandarAleksandar Jovičić	Alpas	Admiral Bet
Hajduk Split	Karoglan, MislavMislav Karoglan	Kalinić, LovreLovre Kalinić	Macron	Tommy
Istra 1961	Gonzalo García	Blagojević, SlavkoSlavko Blagojević	Kelme	Germania
Lokomotiva	Silvijo Čabraja	Pivarić, JosipJosip Pivarić	Macron	—
Osijek	Poms, ReneRene Poms	Škorić, MileMile Škorić	2Rule	Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka	Cosmi, SerseSerse Cosmi	Haris Vučkić	Joma	Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo	Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić	Božić, TomislavTomislav Božić	Jako	Belupo
Šibenik	Cvitanović , MarioMario Cvitanović	Mario Ćurić	Macron	—
Varaždin	Kovačević, MarioMario Kovačević	Postonjski, IgorIgor Postonjski	Legea	Upchain

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Šibenik	Računica, DeanDean Računica	Resigned	02022-05-21-21 May 2022	Canadi, DamirDamir Canadi	02022-06-07-7 June 2022	Pre-season
Rijeka	Tomić, GoranGoran Tomić	Mutual consent	02022-05-28-28 May 2022	Tadić, DraganDragan Tadić	02022-06-20-20 June 2022	Pre-season
Rijeka	Tadić, DraganDragan Tadić	Mutual consent	02022-08-16-16 August 2022	Budicin, FaustoFausto Budicin (caretaker)	02022-08-16-16 August 2022	9th
Gorica	Toplak , SamirSamir Toplak	Sacked	02022-08-26-26 August 2022	Angelovski, IgorIgor Angelovski	02022-08-27-27 August 2022	9th
Osijek	Bjelica , NenadNenad Bjelica	Sacked	02022-08-29-29 August 2022	Poms, ReneRene Poms	02022-09-01-1 September 2022	5th
Rijeka	Budicin, FaustoFausto Budicin (caretaker)	Signing of Serse Cosmi	02022-09-05-5 September 2022	Cosmi, SerseSerse Cosmi	02022-09-05-5 September 2022	10th
Hajduk Split	Dambrauskas , ValdasValdas Dambrauskas	Mutual consent	02022-09-12-12 September 2022	Karoglan, MislavMislav Karoglan	02022-09-12-12 September 2022	4th
Šibenik	Canadi , DamirDamir Canadi	Mutual consent	02022-09-24-24 September 2022	Cvitanović , MarioMario Cvitanović	02022-09-25-25 September 2022	7th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Zagreb	13	11	2	0	38	14	+24	35	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	14	9	3	2	26	14	+12	30	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Osijek	14	7	3	4	25	18	+7	24
4	Slaven Belupo	14	7	2	5	13	23	−10	23
5	Varaždin	14	5	4	5	20	20	0	19
6	Istra 1961	13	3	5	5	13	16	−3	14
7	Šibenik	14	1	10	3	9	12	−3	13
8	Lokomotiva	14	4	1	9	19	27	−8	13
9	Rijeka	14	3	3	8	12	19	−7	12
10	Gorica	14	1	3	10	10	22	−12	6	Relegation to First Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2022. 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).

Results

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

First round Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR Dinamo Z — 4–1 4–1 3–2 5–2 3–1 4–1 6 Nov 3–1 Gorica 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 30 Oct 0–0 Hajduk Sp 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–1 5 Nov 2–0 5–1 2–1 Istra 1961 4 Nov 0–2 — 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 Lokomotiva 1–2 2–1 30 Oct — 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 Osijek 29 Oct 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 0–0 1–1 2–2 Rijeka 1–1 0–1 29 Oct 3–0 0–3 — 0–1 0–0 1–2 Slaven 1–5 2–1 0–3 5 Nov 0–4 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 Šibenik 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 — 28 Oct Varaždin 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 6 Nov 0–1 2–2 — Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2022. Source: SuperSport HNL Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR Dinamo Z — Gorica — Hajduk Sp — Istra 1961 — Lokomotiva — Osijek — Rijeka — Slaven — Šibenik — Varaždin — Source: SuperSport HNL Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Livaja	Hajduk Split	10
2	Mijo Caktaš	Osijek	7
	Bruno Petković	Dinamo Zagreb
4	Mislav Oršić	Dinamo Zagreb	6
	Dion Drena Beljo	Osijek
	László Kleinheisler	Osijek
7	Sandro Kulenović	Lokomotiva	5
	Ante Erceg	Istra 1961
	Arbër Hoxha	Slaven Belupo
10	Fran Brodić	Varaždin	4
	Tonio Teklić	Varaždin
	Chidozie Awaziem	Hajduk Split

External links

• Official website
• Prva HNL at UEFA.com

Croatian Football League stadiums 2020–21

Aldo Drosina (Pula) · Anđelko Herjavec (Varaždin) · Gradski (Koprivnica) · Gradski vrt (Osijek) · Ivan Laljak-Ivić (Zaprešić) · Kranjčevićeva (Zagreb) · Maksimir (Zagreb) · Poljud (Split) · Radnik (Velika Gorica) · Rujevica (Rijeka)