The Croatian Academy Football League is the top level of youth football in Croatia. It is contested by academy teams of First League clubs and is organised by the Croatian Football Federation.
Since its inception in 1991, and with the exception of 2014–15 when U19 league was not played, the youth league has been contested in two age categories and from 2014-15 three age categories: Under-19s (Prva HNL za Juniore) Under-17s (Prva HNL za Kadete) Under-15s (Prva HNL za Pionire)
Past winners
By season
SeasonPrva HNL AcademyU19 (Juniori)U17 (Kadeti)U15 (Pioniri)1991–92Rijeka HAŠK Građanski NK Zagreb1992–93VarteksOsijek Hajduk Split 1993–94Osijek Osijek Hajduk Split 1994–95Hajduk Split Hajduk Split Osijek 1995–96Rijeka Hajduk Split Rijeka1996–97Hajduk Split Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb 1997–98Hajduk Split VarteksDinamo Zagreb 1998–99VarteksCroatia Zagreb Osijek 1999–2000Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka2000–01Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Osijek 2001–02Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb 2002–03Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb NK Zagreb2003–04Hajduk Split Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb2004–05Hajduk Split Hajduk Split Dinamo Zagreb 2005–06Osijek Dinamo Zagreb Varteks2006–07NK Zagreb NK Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb 2007–08Varteks Dinamo Zagreb 2008–09Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split2009–10Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb 2010–11Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split2011–12Hajduk SplitHajduk Split2012–13Osijek Dinamo Zagreb 2013–14Rijeka Dinamo Zagreb 2014–15RNK SplitDinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb 2015–16Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb2016–17Lokomotiva Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb2017–18Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo Zagreb2018–19Dinamo Zagreb Dinamo ZagrebLokomotiva 2019–20Hajduk Split*Dinamo Zagreb*Istra 1961*2020–21Hajduk SplitDinamo ZagrebOsijek2021–22Hajduk SplitDinamo ZagrebDinamo Zagreb2022–23Dinamo ZagrebOsijekHajduk Split2023–24Dinamo ZagrebDinamo ZagrebGorica
Championship canceled due to COVID-19
By titles
Under 19 10 wins Dinamo Zagreb U19 7 wins Hajduk Split U19 3 wins Osijek U19, Rijeka U19, Varteks U19 1 win Lokomotiva U19, NK Zagreb U19
Under 17 18 wins Dinamo Zagreb U17 (including two titles as "HAŠK Građanski" and "Croatia Zagreb") 7 wins Hajduk Split U17 2 wins Osijek U17 1 win Varteks U17, NK Zagreb U17
Under 15 11 wins Dinamo Zagreb U15 4 wins Hajduk Split U15 3 wins Osijek U15 2 wins NK Zagreb U15 1 win Istra U15, Lokomotiva U15, Varteks U15
Top scorers SeasonPrva HNL AcademyU19 (Juniori)GoalsU17 (Kadeti)GoalsU15 (Pioniri)Goals2005–06Slavko Blagojević (Cibalia)12Igor Prijić (Osijek)25Not held2006–07Marko Šimić (NK Zagreb)19Alen Buljević (Osijek)212007–08Nikola Frljužec (Varteks)35Andrej Kramarić (Dinamo Zagreb)332008–09Mario Sačer (Varteks)32Armando Mance (Rijeka)242009–10Ivan Lendrić (Hajduk Split)20Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)202010–11Armando Mance (Rijeka)17Tomislav Kiš (Croatia Sesvete)272011–12Tomislav Horvat (Lokomotiva)25Marko Kolar (Dinamo Zagreb)382012–13Dino Špehar (Dinamo Zagreb)25Robert Murić (Dinamo Zagreb)212013–14Ivan Prskalo (Hajduk Split)18Borna Miklić (Dinamo Zagreb)232014–15Not heldBruno Rihtar (Lokomotiva)22Jakov Blagaić (Hajduk Split)232015–16Ivor Ljubanović (Istra 1961)16Dario Špikić (Dinamo Zagreb)24Bruno Jenjić (Hajduk Split)232016–17Edi Horvat (Inter Zaprešić)16Leon Šipoš (Dinamo Zagreb)26Nikola Pavlović (NK Zagreb)182017–18Milan Ristovski (Rijeka)17Ivan Šarić (Hajduk Split)27Bartol Barišić (Dinamo Zagreb)482018–19Ivan Šarić (Hajduk Split)13Ivan Laća (Šibenik)19Marko Batur (Lokomotiva)192019–20Mario Čuić (Hajduk Split)12Bartol Barišić (Dinamo Zagreb)21Marko Cukon (Istra)162020–21
References
External links Official website (U19) Official website (U17) Official website (U15)