The 2024–25 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 34th 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 began on 2 August 2024.
The league was contested by ten teams.
Teams The following teams will compete in the 2024–25 HNL.
Changes Šibenik (promoted after a one-year absence) was promoted from the 2023–24 Prva NL. Rudeš (relegated after one season in the top flight) was relegated to 2024–25 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: 8,000 Capacity: 33,987 Capacity: 10,000 Lokomotiva Osijek Stadion Kranjčevićeva Opus Arena Capacity: 5,350 Capacity: 13,005 Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varaždin Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Šubićevac Stadion Varteks Capacity: 8,191 Capacity: 3,054 Capacity: 3,701 Capacity: 8,818 TeamCityStadiumCapacityRef. Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Maksimir 24,851 Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 8,000 Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987 Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 10,000 Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 3,690 Osijek Osijek Opus Arena 13,005 Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 3,701 Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 1 Lokomotiva host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva. The stadium is originally the home ground of fifth-level side NK Zagreb.
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)1 City of Zagreb2Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva2 Istria1Istra 1961 Koprivnica-KriževciSlaven Belupo Osijek-BaranjaOsijek Primorje-Gorski KotarRijeka Split-DalmatiaHajduk Split Šibenik-KninŠibenik VaraždinVaraždin Zagreb CountyGorica
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors Dinamo Zagreb (caretaker) Castore Favbet Gorica Alpas Kömmerling Hajduk Split Adidas Tommy Istra 1961 Joma Germania Lokomotiva Macron Favbet Osijek 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. Rijeka Joma Favbet Slaven Belupo Jako Belupo Šibenik Antonio Đaković Capelli Sport Varaždin Capelli Sport BURAI
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentOsijek (caretaker) End of caretaker spell Pre-season Hajduk Split (caretaker) Varaždin Contract expired Rijeka Sacked 3rd Slaven Belupo 10th Dinamo Zagreb 3rd (caretaker) (caretaker)End of caretaker spell 3rd Gorica Sacked 8th (caretaker) Šibenik Mutual consent 5th (caretaker) Gorica (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 8th Šibenik (caretaker) 9th Istra 1961 Sacked 8th Dinamo Zagreb 3rd Lokomotiva Mutual consent 7th (caretaker) Osijek Sacked 6th Dinamo Zagreb 3rd (caretaker) Lokomotiva (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 9th
League table
Results Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marko LivajaHajduk Split192 Sandro KulenovićDinamo Zagreb153 Robert MudražijaLokomotiva144 Toni FrukRijeka115 Arnel JakupovićOsijek9 Duje ČopLokomotiva / Rijeka7 Ilija NestorovskiSlaven Belupo8 Dimitar MitrovskiVaraždin Niko JankovićRijeka
Annual awards Official awards Given by HNS, SuperSport, HRNogomet, MAXSport and Sportnet.hr. AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Marko Livaja Hajduk SplitYoung Player of the Season Toni Fruk RijekaTop goalscorer Marko Livaja (19 goals) Hajduk SplitManager of the Season Radomir Đalović RijekaGoalkeeper of the Season Martin Zlomislić RijekaGoal of the Season Marko Livaja vs Šibenik (Matchday 18) Hajduk SplitSave of the Season Marko Malenica vs Hajduk (Matchday 5) Osijek Team of the YearGoalkeeper Ivan Sušak (Slaven Belupo)Defence Moris Valinčić (Istra) Stjepan Radeljić (Rijeka) Filip Uremović (Hajduk Split) Roko Jurišić (Osijek)Midfield Alen Grgić (Slaven Belupo) Toni Fruk (Rijeka) Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb) Mateo Lisica (Istra)Attack Sandro Kulenović (Dinamo Zagreb) Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split)
Trophy Footballer Given by Croatian Association Football Union. AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Marko Livaja Hajduk SplitManager of the Season Gonzalo García IstraYoung Player of the Season Adriano Jagušić Slaven Belupo Team of the YearGoalkeeper Marko Malenica (Osijek)Defence Dario Marešić (Istra) Moris Valinčić (Istra) Stjepan Radeljić (Rijeka) Roko Jurišić (Osijek)Midfield Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Toni Fruk (Rijeka) Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)Attack Dimitar Mitrovski (Varaždin) Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) Marko Pjaca (Dinamo Zagreb)
Second best Team of the YearGoalkeeper Martin Zlomislić (Rijeka)Defence Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (Dinamo Zagreb) Ante Majstorović (Rijeka) Ville Koski (Istra) Frane Maglica (Varaždin)Midfield Petar Sučić (Dinamo Zagreb) Ivan Rakitić (Hajduk Split) Robert Mudražija (Lokomotiva Zagreb)Attack Adriano Jagušić (Slaven Belupo) Mateo Lisica (Istra) Alen Grgić (Slaven Belupo)
Attendances
No. Club Average attendancehttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro25.htm Change Highest 1 HNK Hajduk Split 22,028 16,7% 33,502 2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 10,987 21,9% 23,756 3 NK Osijek 5,739 -22,6% 11,532 4 HNK Rijeka 5,375 -16,1% 8,187 5 NK 1961 Istra Pula 3,193 22,7% 7,443 6 NK Varaždin 3,082 3,8% 10,428 7 HNK Gorica 1,770 -3,3% 5,146 8 HNK Šibenik 1,559 74,5% 3,438 9 NK Slaven Koprivnica 1,529 19,5% 3,200 10 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 1,518 -6,5% 8,981
References
External links Official website Prva HNL at UEFA.com