2023–24 Croatian Football League

The 2023–24 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) is 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.[1]

SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season2023–24
Dates21 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
RelegatedRudeš
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Europa LeagueRijeka
Conference LeagueHajduk Split
Osijek
Matches played155
Goals scored393 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerRamón Miérez (14 goals)
Biggest home winRijeka 6–0 Istra 1961
(6 August 2023)
Biggest away winRudeš 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb
(24 September 2023)
Istra 1961 0–4 Lokomotiva
(2 October 2023)
Rudeš 0–4 Istra 1961
(11 November 2023)
Highest scoringIstra 1961 4–4 Osijek
(13 August 2023)
Longest winning run9 matches
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest winless run24 matches
Rudeš
Longest losing run6 matches
Rudeš
Total attendance828,877
Average attendance5,348
All statistics correct as of 22 April 2024.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Prva NL. 2022–23 Prva NL champions Rudeš were promoted and returned after a four-year absence, replacing the 2022–23 Croatian Football League bottom-placed team, Šibenik (relegated after three seasons in the top flight).

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
Locations of teams in 2023–24 HNL
 Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Opus Arena
Capacity: 5,350 Capacity: 13,005
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
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebMaksimir24,851[2]
GoricaVelika GoricaŠRC Velika Gorica5,200[3]
Hajduk SplitSplitPoljud33,987[4]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina9,800[5]
LokomotivaZagrebKranjčevićeva15,350[6]
OsijekOsijekOpus Arena13,005[7]
RijekaRijekaRujevica8,191[8]
RudešZagrebKranjčevićeva15,350[6]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,054[9]
VaraždinVaraždinStadion Varteks8,818[10]
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 City of Zagreb 3 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva, Rudeš
2 Istria 1 Istra 1961
Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Varaždin Varaždin
Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Sergej Jakirović Arijan Ademi Adidas PSK
Gorica Rajko Vidović Filip Mrzljak Alpas Kömmerling
Hajduk Split Jure Ivanković (caretaker) Lovre Kalinić Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Paolo Tramezzani Slavko Blagojević Joma Germania
Lokomotiva Silvijo Čabraja Mateo Marić Macron Favbet
Osijek Ivo Smoje (caretaker) Marko Malenica 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Željko Sopić Nediljko Labrović Joma Favbet
Rudeš Davor Mladina Mateo Pavlović Adidas Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Ivan Radeljić Tomislav Božić Jako Belupo
Varaždin Mario Kovačević 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 Zoran Zekić Contract expired 27 May 2023 Ricardo Moniz 7 May 2023 Pre-season
Rudeš Davor Mladina 5 June 2023 Robert Prosinečki 7 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Gonzalo Garcia Mutual consent 7 June 2023 Mislav Karoglan 11 June 2023 Pre-season
Istra 1961 Mislav Karoglan Sacked 9 August 2023 David Català 13 August 2023 9th
Dinamo Zagreb Igor Bišćan 21 August 2023 Sergej Jakirović 21 August 2023 7th
Rijeka Sergej Jakirović Signed by Dinamo Zagreb 21 August 2023 Darko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) 22 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Željko Sopić Signed by Rijeka 23 August 2023 Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) 23 August 2023 5th
Rijeka Darko Raić-Sudar (caretaker) End of caretaker tenure 25 August 2023 Željko Sopić 25 August 2023 3rd
Gorica Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) Signing of Jeličić 30 August 2023 Dinko Jeličić 30 August 2023 6th
Rudeš Robert Prosinečki Sacked 3 September 2023 Toni Golem 5 September 2023 10th
Slaven Belupo Ricardo Moniz 4 September 2023 Roy Ferenčina 5 September 2023 9th
Osijek Stjepan Tomas 3 October 2023 Ivo Smoje (caretaker) 3 October 2023 6th
Osijek Ivo Smoje (caretaker) Signing of Zekić 13 October 2023 Zoran Zekić 13 October 2023 5th
Hajduk Split Ivan Leko Mutual consent 23 October 2023 Mislav Karoglan 23 October 2023 2nd
Rudeš Toni Golem 12 November 2023 Ivan Mijač (caretaker) 17 November 2023 10th
Rudeš Ivan Mijač (caretaker) Signing of Mladina 6 December 2023 Davor Mladina 6 December 2023 10th
Istra 1961 David Català Sacked 7 February 2024 Paolo Tramezzani 8 February 2024 8th
Gorica Dinko Jeličić 11 March 2024 Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) 11 March 2024 6th
Gorica Mensur Mujdža (caretaker) Signing of Vidović 18 March 2024 Rajko Vidović 18 March 2024 6th
Hajduk Split Mislav Karoglan Mutual consent 8 April 2024 Jure Ivanković (caretaker) 8 April 2024 3rd
Slaven Belupo Roy Ferenčina Sacked 9 April 2024 Ivan Radeljić 9 April 2024 9th
Osijek Zoran Zekić 20 May 2024 Ivo Smoje (caretaker) 20 May 2024 4th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 25 7 4 67 30 +37 82 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
2 Rijeka 36 23 5 8 69 30 +39 74 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hajduk Split 36 21 5 10 54 26 +28 68 Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
4 Osijek 36 16 9 11 62 43 +19 57
5 Lokomotiva 36 12 15 9 52 45 +7 51
6 Varaždin 36 10 12 14 39 47 −8 42
7 Gorica 36 11 8 17 35 50 −15 41
8 Istra 1961 36 10 11 15 36 54 −18 41
9 Slaven Belupo 36 9 6 21 43 69 −26 33
10 Rudeš (R) 36 1 6 29 22 85 −63 9 Relegation to First Football League
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).[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup winners qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Dinamo Zagreb) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

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 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–3 5–2 1–0
Gorica 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–3
Hajduk Split 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 5–1 4–0 0–1
Istra 1961 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–4 4–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–0
Lokomotiva 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–5 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Osijek 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1
Rijeka 2–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–4 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Rudeš 1–5 0–2 0–2 0–4 0–0 3–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–3 3–3 2–3 0–3 1–3 0–2
Slaven Belupo 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 4–0 0–1
Varaždin 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–2
Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 26 May 2024[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ramón Miérez Osijek 18
2 Fran Brodić Varaždin (7), Dinamo Zagreb (6) 13
3 Duje Čop Lokomotiva 12
4 Niko Janković Rijeka 11
Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
6 Marko Livaja Hajduk Split 10
Benedik Mioč Slaven Belupo
8 Marin Šotiček Lokomotiva 8

Annual awards
Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season Sergej Jakirović Dinamo Zagreb
Young Player of the Season Martin Baturina Dinamo Zagreb
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Nediljko Labrović (Rijeka)
Defence Stefan Ristovski (Dinamo Zagreb) Stjepan Radeljić (Rijeka) Niko Galešić (Rijeka) Bruno Goda (Rijeka)
Midfield Toni Fruk (Rijeka) Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)
Attack Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb) Ramón Miérez (Osijek) Marko Pjaca (Rijeka)

References
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  3. "Povijest kluba". hnk-gorica.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. "Poljud Stadium". hajduk.hr. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. "Stadion Aldo Drosina". nkistra.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. "Nogometni stadion Zagreb". sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. "OPUS ARENA". nk-osijek.hr. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  9. "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". hnl.hr. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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