2023–24 First Football League (Croatia)

Prva nogometna liga
Season	2023–24
Dates	11 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
Champions	Šibenik
Promoted	Šibenik
Relegated	Solin
Matches played	198
Goals scored	495 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dominik Dogan (23)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 8 June 2024.

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

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 Brdo	Bijelo Brdo	Stadion BSK	1,200
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Stadion Cibalia	9,958
Croatia Zmijavci	Zmijavci	Stadion Marijan Šuto Mrma	2,000
Dubrava	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	5,000
Dugopolje	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	5,200
Jarun	Zagreb	Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium	5,228
Orijent	Rijeka	Stadion Krimeja	3,500
Sesvete	Sesvete	Stadion Sveti Josip radnik	2,000
Solin	Solin	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	5,200
Šibenik	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	3,412
Vukovar 1991	Vukovar	Stadion u Borovu naselju	3,550
Zrinski Osječko 1664	Jurjevac Punitovački	Stadion Gradski vrt	17,061

Rank	Counties of Croatia	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	City of Zagreb	3	Dubrava, Jarun, Sesvete
1	Split-Dalmatia	3	Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Solin
3	Osijek-Baranja	2	BSK Bijelo Brdo, Zrinski Jurjevac
3	Vukovar-Syrmia	2	Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
5	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	1	Orijent
5	Šibenik-Knin	1	Šibenik

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Šibenik (C, P)	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]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (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

^ "Velika nogometna reforma: Pogledajte što nas čeka u sljedeće dvije sezone". dalmatinskinogomet.hr (in Croatian). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "SEZONA 2022/23 Prva HNL dobiva naziv Elitna liga, druga liga postaje Prva liga, jedinstvena treća liga postaje Druga liga". sportcom.hr. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "ZAVRŠEN SREDIŠNJI POSTUPAK LICENCIRANJA ZA SEZONU 2023./2024". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Dvomeč je završen. Kustošija je pokušavala, ali presudio im je Rijekin talent". telegram.hr. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^ "hns-cff.hr/natjecanja/supersport-prva-nl/".

External links

Prva NL

[1] "Velika nogometna reforma: Pogledajte što nas čeka u sljedeće dvije sezone". dalmatinskinogomet.hr (in Croatian). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[2] "SEZONA 2022/23 Prva HNL dobiva naziv Elitna liga, druga liga postaje Prva liga, jedinstvena treća liga postaje Druga liga". sportcom.hr. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[3] "ZAVRŠEN SREDIŠNJI POSTUPAK LICENCIRANJA ZA SEZONU 2023./2024". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[4] "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[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.

[6] "Dvomeč je završen. Kustošija je pokušavala, ali presudio im je Rijekin talent". telegram.hr. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

[7] "hns-cff.hr/natjecanja/supersport-prva-nl/".

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v t e Second level football seasons in Croatia
Druga HNL	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Prva NL	2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2023–24 in Croatian football
« 2022–23 2024–25 »
Domestic leagues	HNL 1. NL 2. NL 3. NL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Super Cup Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa Conference League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2024 (Qualifying: Group E) Zlatko Dalić
Club seasons
HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Rudeš Slaven Belupo Varaždin