2023–24 Croatian Football League

SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season	2023–24
Dates	21 July 2023 – 25 May 2024
Matches played	99
Goals scored	257 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Benedik Mioč; Ramón Miérez; Marko Livaja; Mijo Caktaš; Fran Brodić; (7 goals each)
Biggest home win	Rijeka 6–0 Istra 1961; (6 August 2023)
Biggest away win	Rudeš 1–5 Dinamo Zagreb; (24 September 2023); Istra 1961 0–4 Lokomotiva; (2 October 2023); Rudeš 0–4 Istra 1961; (11 November 2023)
Highest scoring	Istra 1961 4–4 Osijek; (13 August 2023)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Hajduk Split
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Rijeka
Longest winless run	19 matches; Rudeš
Longest losing run	5 matches; Rudeš
Total attendance	539,666
Average attendance	5,451
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 28 January 2024.

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.

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			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
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Maksimir	24,851
Gorica	Velika Gorica	ŠRC Velika Gorica	5,200
Hajduk Split	Split	Poljud	33,987
Istra 1961	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	9,800
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva¹	5,350
Osijek	Osijek	Opus Arena	13,005
Rijeka	Rijeka	Rujevica	8,191
Rudeš	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva¹	5,350
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	3,054
Varaždin	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	8,818

¹ Lokomotiva and Rudeš host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva. The stadium is originally the home ground of third-level side NK Zagreb.

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	Dinko Jeličić	Filip Mrzljak	Alpas	Kömmerling
Hajduk Split	Mislav Karoglan	Lovre Kalinić	Macron	Tommy
Istra 1961	David Català	Slavko Blagojević	Joma	Germania
Lokomotiva	Silvijo Čabraja	Mateo Marić	Macron	Favbet
Osijek	Zoran Zekić	Marko Malenica	2Rule	Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka	Željko Sopić	Nediljko Labrović	Joma	Favbet
Rudeš	Davor Mladina		Adidas	Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo	Roy Ferenčina	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	Contract expired	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	Sacked	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	Mutual consent	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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rijeka	21	13	5	3	41	19	+22	44	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	21	13	3	5	27	13	+14	42	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Dinamo Zagreb	20	12	4	4	34	17	+17	40
4	Osijek	21	8	7	6	40	29	+11	31
5	Lokomotiva	21	6	10	5	27	20	+7	28
6	Gorica	21	7	6	8	22	22	0	27
7	Slaven Belupo	21	7	5	9	28	37	−9	26
8	Varaždin	20	4	10	6	24	27	−3	22
9	Istra 1961	21	4	6	11	18	38	−20	18
10	Rudeš	21	0	4	17	7	46	−39	4	Relegation to First Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. 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).
Notes:

The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be 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	~~19 Aug~~		2–0	0–0		0–3		25 Feb			18 Feb
Gorica	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–1					1–2		11 Feb		25 Feb	1–3
Hajduk Split	1–0	3–0		0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	a			2 Mar			1–2		11 Feb
Istra 1961	0–3	0–1	0–2		0–4	4–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1					10 Feb		24 Feb
Lokomotiva		1–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–3	10 Feb			3–0		23 Feb				2 Feb
Osijek	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1		0–0	3–0	6–1	1–1	3 Mar	18 Feb	1–1					2–0	4–1
Rijeka	2–2	1–0	1–0	6–0	2–1	2–1		4–0	2–4	2–2			a	3–0	17 Feb			3–0		3 Mar
Rudeš	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–0	3–4	1–2		0–0	0–0		4 Mar	17 Feb
Slaven Belupo	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2		3–2				16 Feb	2 Mar			4–0
Varaždin	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2				24 Feb					9 Feb	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2024. Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 26 January 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Benedik Mioč	Slaven Belupo	7
	Ramón Miérez	Osijek
	Marko Livaja	Hajduk Split
	Mijo Caktaš	Osijek
	Fran Brodić	Varaždin
6	Niko Janković	Rijeka	6
	Indrit Tuci	Lokomotiva
	Ante Erceg	Istra 1961
	Bruno Petković	Dinamo Zagreb
	Franjo Ivanović	Rijeka
	Igor Postonjski	Varaždin

[11] The 2023–24 Croatian Football Cup winners qualify for the Europa League first qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Croatian Cup winners finish first). If the Croatian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.