2023–24 First Football League (Croatia)

The 2023–24 First Football League (also known as Prva nogometna liga and 1. NL) will be the 33rd season of the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992.

Prva nogometna liga
Season2023–24
Dates2023 – 2024
ChampionsŠibenik
PromotedŠibenik
RelegatedSolin
Matches played198
Goals scored495 (2.5 per match)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 8 June 2024.

The league will be contested by 12 teams and played in a triple round robin format.[1]

This is the second season that the second level of men's football in Croatia is named First football league (Prva nogometna liga).[2]

Teams

Changes

Rudeš was promoted to the 2023–24 HNL, while Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Kustošija were relegated to 2023–24 Druga NL.

Newcomer from higher level (HNL) is Šibenik. Newcomers from lower level (2. NL) are champions Sesvete and Zrinski Jurjevac, who beat Kustošija in play-offs.

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in 2023–24 Prva NL
Team City Stadium[3] Capacity[4]
BSK Bijelo BrdoBijelo Brdo Stadion BSK1,200
CibaliaVinkovciStadion Cibalia9,958
Croatia ZmijavciZmijavciStadion Marijan Šuto Mrma2,000
DubravaZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić5,000
DugopoljeDugopoljeStadion Hrvatski vitezovi5,200
JarunZagrebIvan Laljak-Ivić Stadium5,228
OrijentRijekaStadion Krimeja3,500
SesveteSesveteStadion Sveti Josip radnik2,000
SolinSolinStadion Hrvatski vitezovi5,200
ŠibenikŠibenikStadion Šubićevac3,412
Vukovar 1991VukovarStadion u Borovu naselju3,550
Zrinski Osječko 1664Jurjevac PunitovačkiStadion Gradski vrt17,061
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 City of Zagreb 3 Dubrava, Jarun, Sesvete
Split-Dalmatia Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Solin
3 Osijek-Baranja 2 BSK Bijelo Brdo, Zrinski Jurjevac
Vukovar-Syrmia Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
5 Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 Orijent
Šibenik-Knin Šibenik

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Šibenik 33 26 4 3 68 18 +50 82 Promotion to the Croatian Football League
2 Zrinski Osječko 1664 33 26 3 4 53 18 +35 81
3 Vukovar 1991 33 16 10 7 56 36 +20 58
4 Sesvete 33 12 6 15 36 41 −5 42
5 Jarun 33 11 7 15 35 46 −11 40
6 Dubrava 33 10 8 15 36 44 −8 38
7 Dugopolje 33 8 13 12 38 45 −7 37
8 Cibalia 33 11 4 18 37 57 −20 37
9 Croatia Zmijavci 33 8 12 13 39 48 −9 36
10 BSK Bijelo Brdo 33 7 13 13 30 44 −14 34
11 Orijent 33 7 12 14 34 48 −14 33 Relegation play-off
12 Solin (R) 33 4 12 17 33 50 −17 24 Relegation to the Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Prva NL
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 for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[5]
(R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG JAR ORI SES SOL ŠIB VUK ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1
Cibalia 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–4
Croatia Zmijavci 1–1 5–1 — 1–2 4–1 1–0 6–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Dubrava 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–1
Dugopolje 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 — 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Jarun 2–2 2–0 5–2 1–0 0–2 — 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–1
Orijent 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 5–4 0–1 0–1
Sesvete 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Solin 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 — 2–3 1–1 1–2
Šibenik 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 3–0 3–0
Vukovar 1991 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 — 1–2
Zrinski Jurjevac 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 —
Source: Prva NL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG JAR ORI SES SOL ŠIB VUK ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3
Cibalia — 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–5 1–2
Croatia Zmijavci 3–0 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 0–3
Dubrava 4–0 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 0–4
Dugopolje 1–2 0–0 — 0–0 1–3 2–2
Jarun 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 2–2 1–2
Orijent 3–0 0–0 — 2–2 0–0 0–1
Sesvete 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 — 1–2 0–4
Solin 0–1 4–0 0–1 — 0–1 0–1
Šibenik 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1
Vukovar 1991 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–2
Zrinski Jurjevac 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Prva NL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kustošija 2–4[6] Orijent 1–2 1–2

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 2 June 2024[7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dominik Dogan Zrinski Osječko 1664 23
2 Josip Majić Šibenik 14
3 Ivan Božić Šibenik 13
4 Dragan Juranović Dubrava 12
5 Zinedin Mustedanagić Vukovar 1991 11

References
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  5. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku 2021/2022 godinu" (PDF). druga-hnl.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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