2025-26 Croatian Football League

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SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 23 May 2026
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (26th title)
RelegatedVukovar 1991
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Europa LeagueHajduk Split
Conference LeagueRijeka
Varaždin
Matches180
Goals479 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerDion Drena Beljo
(31 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Zagreb 7–0 Osijek (4 April 2026)
Biggest away winVukovar 1991 0–6 Hajduk Split (21 March 2026)
Highest scoringHajduk Split 6–3 Vukovar 1991 (22 May 2026)
Longest winning runDinamo Zagreb (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runDinamo Zagreb (23 matches)
Longest winless runOsijek (11 matches)
Longest losing runIstra 1961 (5 matches)
Total attendance945,330
Average attendance5,252
All statistics correct as of 23 May 2026.

The 2025–26 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th 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 1 August 2025.

The league was contested by 10 teams.

Teams

The following teams compete in the 2025–26 HNL.

Changes

Vukovar 1991 were promoted from the 2024–25 Prva NL for the first time in their history while Šibenik were relegated to the 2025–26 Prva NL after one season back 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: 8,000 Capacity: 33,987 Capacity: 9,921
Lokomotiva Osijek
Stadion Maksimir Opus Arena
Capacity: 24,851 Capacity: 13,005
Rijeka Slaven Belupo Varaždin Vukovar 1991
Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Varteks Stadion Gradski vrt
Capacity: 8,191 Capacity: 3,054 Capacity: 8,818 Capacity: 18,856
Club City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebMaksimir24,851[1]
GoricaVelika GoricaŠRC Velika Gorica4,536[2]
Hajduk SplitSplitPoljud33,987[3]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina10,000
LokomotivaZagrebMaksimir24,851[1]
OsijekOsijekOpus Arena13,005[4]
RijekaRijekaRujevica8,191[5]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,054[6]
VaraždinVaraždinStadion Varteks8,818[7]
Vukovar 1991VukovarStadion Gradski vrt18,856
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of clubs Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2 Coat of arms of Istria County Istria 1 Istra 1961
Coat of arms of Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split
Coat of arms of Varaždin County Varaždin Varaždin
Coat of arms of Vukovar-Srijem County Vukovar-Srijem Vukovar 1991
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Mario Kovačević Croatia Josip Mišić Castore PSK
Gorica Croatia Mario Carević Croatia Jurica Pršir Alpas Kömmerling
Hajduk Split Spain Gonzalo García Croatia Marko Livaja Adidas Tommy
Istra 1961 Croatia Krešimir Režić Croatia Josip Radošević Joma Germania
Lokomotiva Croatia Nikica Jelavić Croatia Denis Kolinger Macron Favbet
Osijek Croatia Tomislav Radotić Croatia Borna Barišić 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Spain Víctor Sánchez Bosnia and Herzegovina Martin Zlomislić Joma Favbet
Slaven Belupo Croatia Mario Gregurina Croatia Tomislav Božić Jako Belupo
Varaždin Croatia Nikola Šafarić Croatia Oliver Zelenika Capelli Sport BURAI
Vukovar 1991 Croatia Tomislav Stipić Croatia Jakov Biljan Nike Ellington Properties

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Sandro Perković (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 4 June 2025 Pre-season Croatia Mario Kovačević 4 June 2025
Slaven Belupo Croatia Mario Kovačević Signed by Dinamo Zagreb 4 June 2025 Croatia Mario Gregurina 6 June 2025
Hajduk Split Italy Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 5 June 2025 Spain Gonzalo García 13 June 2025
Istra 1961 Spain Gonzalo García Signed by Hajduk Split 13 June 2025 Croatia Goran Tomić 13 June 2025
Lokomotiva Croatia Mario Cvitanović End of contract 17 June 2025 Croatia Nikica Jelavić 17 June 2025
Rijeka Montenegro Radomir Đalović Sacked 1 September 2025 7th Spain Víctor Sánchez 3 September 2025
Istra 1961 Croatia Goran Tomić 13 September 2025 8th Spain Oriol Riera 17 September 2025
Vukovar 1991 Croatia Gordon Schildenfeld 18 September 2025 10th Croatia Kristijan Polovanec (caretaker) 18 September 2025
Croatia Kristijan Polovanec (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 22 September 2025 10th Croatia Silvijo Čabraja 22 September 2025
Osijek Slovenia Simon Rožman Sacked 29 October 2025 9th Croatia Željko Sopić 29 October 2025
Croatia Željko Sopić 23 February 2026 10th Croatia Tomislav Radotić 24 February 2026
Vukovar 1991 Croatia Silvijo Čabraja 16 March 2026 Croatia Tomislav Stipić 18 March 2026
Istra 1961 Spain Oriol Riera 19 April 2026 7th Croatia Krešimir Režić 20 April 2026

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 27 5 4 93 28 +65 86 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 36 20 8 8 61 36 +25 68 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Varaždin 36 15 9 12 47 46 +1 54 Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round[a]
4 Rijeka 36 14 11 11 49 36 +13 53
5 Lokomotiva 36 10 14 12 40 52 −12 44
6 Istra 1961 36 12 7 17 39 50 −11 43
7 Gorica 36 11 8 17 40 48 −8 41
8 Slaven Belupo 36 10 11 15 46 61 −15 41
9 Osijek 36 8 11 17 27 49 −22 35
10 Vukovar 1991 (R) 36 6 10 20 37 73 −36 28 Relegation to First Football League
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).[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. The 2025–26 Croatian Football Cup winners qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Dinamo Zagreb) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League spot 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 SLA VAR VUK DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA VAR VUK
Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 7–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 3–1
Gorica 0–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 0–0
Hajduk Split 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 6–3
Istra 1961 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Lokomotiva 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–5 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1
Osijek 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0
Rijeka 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 3–0
Slaven Belupo 2–5 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–2
Varaždin 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Vukovar 1991 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 1–2 0–6 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2
Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 May 2026[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo Zagreb 31
2 Croatia Jakov Puljić Vukovar 1991 17
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Smail Prevljak Istra 1961 14
4 Croatia Michele Šego Hajduk Split 13
5 Croatia Toni Fruk Rijeka 12
6 Algeria Monsef Bakrar Dinamo Zagreb 10
7 Croatia Ivan Mamut Varaždin 9
Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split
United States Rokas Pukštas Hajduk Split
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nail Omerović Osijek
11 Slovenia Miha Zajc Dinamo Zagreb 8
Croatia Josip Mitrović Slaven Belupo
Montenegro Aleksa Latković Varaždin
Croatia Luka Mamić Varaždin
Slovenia Aleks Stojaković Lokomotiva Zagreb

Annual awards

Official awards

Given by HNS, SuperSport, MAXSport and Sportnet.hr.

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Croatia Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo Zagreb
Young Player of the Season Croatia Luka Stojković Dinamo Zagreb
Top goalscorer Croatia Dion Drena Beljo (31 goals) Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season Croatia Mario Kovačević Dinamo Zagreb
Goalkeeper of the Season Croatia Marko Malenica Osijek
Goal of the Season Croatia Tomislav Duvnjak vs Hajduk (Matchday 15) Varaždin
Save of the Season Croatia Toni Silić vs Dinamo (Matchday 16) Hajduk Split
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Croatia Marko Malenica (Osijek)
Defence Croatia Ante Oreč (Rijeka) Scotland Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) Spain Sergi Domínguez (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Marko Pajač (Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Midfield Croatia Luka Stojković (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Slovenia Miha Zajc (Dinamo Zagreb)
Attack Croatia Ante Rebić (Hajduk Split) Croatia Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo Zagreb) Montenegro Aleksa Latković (Varaždin)

Trophy Footballer

Given by Croatian Association Football Union.

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Croatia Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo Zagreb
Manager of the Season Croatia Mario Kovačević Dinamo Zagreb
Young Player of the Season Croatia Adriano Jagušić Slaven Belupo
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Croatia Marko Malenica (Osijek)
Defence Spain Sergi Domínguez (Dinamo Zagreb) Scotland Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Ante Oreč (Rijeka) Croatia Marko Pajač (Lokomotiva Zagreb)
Midfield Croatia Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Toni Fruk (Rijeka) Croatia Luka Stojković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Attack Croatia Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) Croatia Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Jakov Puljić (Vukovar 1991)
Second best Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Croatia Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence Austria Dario Marešić (Hajduk Split) Bosnia and Herzegovina Stjepan Radeljić (Rijeka) Croatia Frane Maglica (Varaždin) Croatia Bruno Goda (Dinamo Zagreb)
Midfield United States Rokas Pukštas (Hajduk Split) Slovenia Miha Zajc (Dinamo Zagreb) Portugal Tiago Dantas (Rijeka)
Attack Montenegro Aleksa Latković (Varaždin) Algeria Monsef Bakrar (Dinamo Zagreb) Cape Verde Iuri Tavares (Varaždin)

References

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  2. "Povijest kluba". hnk-gorica.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. "Poljud Stadium". hajduk.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. "Stadion Gradski vrt". nk-osijek.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo SuperSport Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2025/2026" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.