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SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
2023–24
Season information
Dates 21 July 2023–25 May 2024
Winners Dinamo Zagreb
Relegated Rudeš
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Dinamo Zagreb
Europa League Rijeka
Conference League Hajduk Split
Osijek
Season statistics
Matches played 155
Goals scored 393
Top goalscorer Ramón Miérez (14 goals)
Biggest home win Rijeka 6–0 Istra 1961
(6 August 2023)
Biggest away win Rudeš 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb
(24 September 2023)
Istra 1961 0–4 Lokomotiva
(2 October 2023)
Rudeš 0–4 Istra 1961
(11 November 2023)
Highest scoring Istra 1961 4–4 Osijek
(13 August 2023)
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The 2023–24 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) was 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.

The league contested by 10 teams.

Teams[]

The following teams competed in the 2023–24 HNL.

Changes[]

Rudeš (promoted after a four-year absence) was promoted from the 2022–23 Prva NL. Šibenik (relegated after three season in the top flight) was relegated to 2023–24 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
Stadion Maksimir in February 2019 Stadium Radnik in Velika Gorica, Croatia 2010 IAAF Continental Cup - Poljud, Split Aldo Drosina Stadium 2011-02-19
Lokomotiva Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Opus Arena
Capacity: 5,350 Capacity: 13,005
Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj - panoramio Stadion NK Osijeka na Pampasu
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
Rujevica stadium, Rijeka, Croatia Stadion u Kranjčevićevoj - panoramio Stadion Slaven Belupa - panoramio Stade Varteks
Team City Stadium Capacity
Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Maksimir 24,851
Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 4,536
Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987
Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,921
Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 3,690
Osijek Osijek Opus Arena 13,005
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191
Rudeš Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 5,350
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818
  • 1 Lokomotiva and Rudeš 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 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jakirović, SergejSergej Jakirović Flag of North Macedonia Ademi , ArijanArijan Ademi Adidas PSK
Gorica Flag of Croatia Jeličić , DinkoDinko Jeličić Flag of Croatia Mrzljak, FilipFilip Mrzljak Alpas Kömmerling
Hajduk Split Flag of Croatia Leko, IvanIvan Leko Flag of Croatia Kalinić, LovreLovre Kalinić Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Flag of Spain Català, DavidDavid Català Flag of Croatia Blagojević, SlavkoSlavko Blagojević Joma Germania
Lokomotiva Flag of Croatia Čabraja, SilvijoSilvijo Čabraja Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marić, MateoMateo Marić Macron Favbet
Osijek Flag of Croatia Zekić , ZoranZoran Zekić Flag of Croatia Malenica, MarkoMarko Malenica 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Flag of Croatia Sopić, ŽeljkoŽeljko Sopić Flag of Croatia Labrović, NediljkoNediljko Labrović Joma Favbet
Rudeš Flag of Croatia Golem, ToniToni Golem Adidas Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Flag of Croatia Roy Ferenčina Flag of Croatia Božić, TomislavTomislav Božić Jako Belupo]
Varaždin Flag of Croatia Kovačević, MarioMario Kovačević Flag of 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 Flag of Croatia Zekić, ZoranZoran Zekić Contract expired 27 May 2023 Flag of Netherlands Moniz, RicardoRicardo Moniz 7 May 2023 Pre-season
Rudeš Flag of Croatia Mladina, DavorDavor Mladina Contract expired 5 June 2023 Flag of Croatia Prosinečki, RobertRobert Prosinečki 7 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Flag of Spain Garcia, GonzaloGonzalo Garcia Mutual consent 7 June 2023 Flag of Croatia Karoglan, MislavMislav Karoglan 11 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Flag of Croatia Karoglan, MislavMislav Karoglan Sacked 9 August 2023 Flag of Spain Català, DavidDavid Català 13 August 2023 9th
Dinamo Zagreb Flag of Croatia Bišćan , IgorIgor Bišćan Sacked 21 August 2023 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jakirović, SergejSergej Jakirović 21 August 2023 7th
Rijeka Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jakirović, SergejSergej Jakirović Signed by Dinamo Zagreb 21 August 2023 Flag of Croatia Raić-Sudar, DarkoDarko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) 22 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Flag of Croatia Sopić , ŽeljkoŽeljko Sopić Signed by Rijeka 23 August 2023 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mujdža , MensurMensur Mujdža (caretaker) 23 August 2023 5th
Rijeka Flag of Croatia Raić-Sudar, DarkoDarko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) End of caretaker tenure 25 August 2023 Flag of Croatia Sopić , ŽeljkoŽeljko Sopić 25 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mujdža , MensurMensur Mujdža (caretaker) Signing of Jeličić 30 August 2023 Flag of Croatia Jeličić , DinkoDinko Jeličić 30 August 2023 6th
Rudeš Flag of Croatia Prosinečki , RobertRobert Prosinečki Sacked 3 September 2023 Flag of Croatia Golem , ToniToni Golem 5 September 2023 10th
Slaven Belupo

Flag of Netherlands Moniz , RicardoRicardo Moniz

Sacked 4 September 2023 Flag of Croatia Ferenčina , RoyRoy Ferenčina 5 September 2023 9th
Osijek

Flag of Croatia Tomas , StjepanStjepan Tomas

Sacked 3 October 2023

Flag of Croatia Smoje , IvoIvo Smoje (caretaker)

3 October 2023 6th
Osijek Flag of Croatia Smoje , IvoIvo Smoje (caretaker) Signig of Zekić 13 October 2023

Flag of Croatia Zekić , ZoranZoran Zekić

13 October 2023 5th

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hajduk Split 9 7 0 2 13 5 +8 21 Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Rijeka 9 6 1 2 20 8 +12 19 Conference League Second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Zagreb 8 5 1 2 17 7 +10 16
4 Gorica 9 4 3 2 9 6 +3 15
5 Varaždin 9 3 5 1 14 11 +3 14
6 Osijek 9 3 3 3 21 17 +4 12
7 Lokomotiva 8 2 3 3 9 10 −1 9
8 Slaven Belupo 10 2 3 5 11 22 −11 9
9 Istra 1961 9 1 4 4 8 18 −10 7
10 Rudeš 10 0 1 9 7 25 −18 1 First Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2023. 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.

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 2–1 3–0 19 Aug a
Gorica 2–1 1–0 12 Aug 2–2 1–1
Hajduk Split 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 a a
Istra 1961 0–3 0–1 4–4 0–0
Lokomotiva 12 Aug 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–3
Osijek 2–3 1–0 6 Aug 6–1 1–1
Rijeka a 6–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 a
Rudeš 1–5 0–2 0–2 3–4 1–2
Slaven Belupo 1 Sep 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–2
Varaždin 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2023. Source: SuperSport HNL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 1 October 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Croatia Mijo Caktaš Osijek 7
2 Flag of Croatia Fran Brodić Varaždin 6
3 Flag of Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb 5
4 Flag of Croatia Niko Janković Rijeka 4
Flag of Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split
Flag of Argentina Ramón Miérez Osijek
Flag of Croatia Benedik Mioč Slaven Belupo
Flag of Croatia Igor Postonjski Varaždin

External links[]

Template:Prva HNL

2023–24 in Croatian football
Domestic leagues
HNL · 1. NL · 2. NL · 3. NL
Domestic cups
Croatian Football Cup (Final) · Super Cup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa Conference League (Final)

2022-23                                                        2024-25

202324 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues

Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '23 '24 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '23 '24 · Faroe Islands '23 '24 · Finland '23 '24 · France · Georgia '23 '24 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '23 '24 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '23 '24 · Kosovo · Latvia '23 '24 · Lithuania '23 '24 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway '23 '24 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '23 '24 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '23 '24 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

Domestic cups

Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '23 '24 · Finland '23 '24 · France · Georgia '23 '24 · Germany · Gibraltar · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '23 '24 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '23 '24 · Kosovo · Latvia '23 '24 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania '23 '24 · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '23 '24 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales

League cups
England · Finland · Iceland · Israel · Northern Ireland · Portugal · Scotland · Wales
Supercups

Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · England · Estonia '23 '24 · Faroe Islands · France · Georgia · Germany · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '23 '24 · Kosovo · Lithuania '23 '24 · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '23 '24 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Spain · Turkey · Ukraine

UEFA competitions
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa Conference League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup
International competitions
UEFA Euro 2024 (qualification) · 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup · 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup · 2025 Euro Under-21 (qualification) · 2024 Euro Under-19 (qualification) · 2024 Euro Under-17 (qualification)
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