The Croatian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Croatia. This system has hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. Last revision of league system was made in 2022:
Men's league system[]
Update: 19 September 2022
Tier | Leagues | |||||||||
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1 | HNL 10 clubs | |||||||||
2 | Prva NL 12 clubs | |||||||||
3 | Druga NL 16 clubs | |||||||||
4 | Treća HNL West 13 clubs |
Treća HNL Center 18 clubs |
Treća HNL North 10 clubs |
Treća HNL East 16 clubs |
Treća HNL South 16 clubs | |||||
5 | Četvrta NL Rijeka 14 clubs |
Četvrta NL Zagreb 32 clubs (2 groups) |
Četvrta NL Čakovec-Varaždin 14 clubs |
Četvrta NL Bjelovar-Koprivnica-Virovitica 14 clubs |
MŽNL Osijek-Vinkovci 18 clubs |
MŽNL Brod-Požega 14 clubs |
without inter-county league | |||
6 |
First League of Istria County |
First League of Zagreb |
Premier League of Međimurje County |
First League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County |
First league of Osijek-Baranja County |
First League of Brod-Posavina County |
First League of Dubrovnik-Neretva County | |||
7 |
Second League of Istria County |
Second League of Zagreb |
First League of Međimurje County |
Second League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County |
Second league of Osijek-Baranja County |
Second League of Brod-Posavina County |
Second League of Dubrovnik-Neretva County | |||
8 |
Third League of Istria County |
Second League of Zagreb County |
Second League of Međimurje County |
Third League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County |
Third League of Osijek-Baranja County |
Championship of the island of Hvar | ||||
9 | Third League of Međimurje County 16 clubs(2 groups) Third League of Varaždin County |
Fourth League of Koprivnica-Križevci County 7 clubs |
Evolution of the Croatian league system[]
Tier\Years | 1992–95 | 1995–97 | 1997–2006 | 2006–12 | 2012–22 | 2022–present |
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1 | Prva HNL | Prva A HNL | Prva HNL | HNL | ||
2 | Druga HNL | Prva B HNL | Druga HNL | Prva NL | ||
3 | Treća HNL | Druga HNL | Treća HNL | Druga NL | ||
4 | Lower | Treća HNL | Lower | Četvrta HNL | Lower | Treća NL |
5 | Lower | Lower | Lower | |||
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7 | ||||||
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External links[]
- League321.com – Croatian football league tables, records & statistics database.
- rsssf.com – Croatian football league tables and results 2015–16.
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