2024–25 Croatian Football League

SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season	2024–25
Dates	2 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
Champions	HNK Rijeka (2nd title)
Relegated	HNK Šibenik
Champions League	HNK Rijeka
Europa League	Dinamo Zagreb
Conference League	Hajduk Split; Varaždin
Matches	180
Goals	424 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Livaja (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Zagreb 5–0 Istra 1961; (2 August 2024); Dinamo Zagreb 5–0 Slaven Belupo; (10 May 2025)
Biggest away win	Šibenik 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb; (1 November 2024); Šibenik 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb; (17 April 2025)
Highest scoring	Dinamo Zagreb 5–1 Lokomotiva; (28 September 2024); Dinamo Zagreb 2–4 Osijek; (27 October 2024); Istra 3–3 Šibenik; (14 December 2024)
Longest winning run	4 matches; Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches; Rijeka
Longest winless run	11 matches; Šibenik
Longest losing run	5 matches; Osijek
Highest attendance	33,502
Lowest attendance	288
Total attendance	1,020,397
Average attendance	5,669
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) is 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 is being 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	Dinamo Lokomotiva Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Osijek Rijeka Slaven Šibenik Varaždin Locations of teams in 2024–25 HNL		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

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Maksimir	24,851	^[1]
Gorica	Velika Gorica	ŠRC Velika Gorica	8,000
Hajduk Split	Split	Poljud	33,987	^[2]
Istra 1961	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	10,000
Lokomotiva	Zagreb	Kranjčevićeva¹	3,690	^[3]
Osijek	Osijek	Opus Arena	13,005	^[4]
Rijeka	Rijeka	Rujevica	8,191	^[5]
Slaven Belupo	Koprivnica	Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš	3,054	^[6]
Šibenik	Šibenik	Šubićevac	3,701	^[7]
Varaždin	Varaždin	Stadion Varteks	8,818	^[8]

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 Zagreb	2	Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2	Istria	1	Istra 1961
	Koprivnica-Križevci		Slaven Belupo
	Osijek-Baranja		Osijek
	Primorje-Gorski Kotar		Rijeka
	Split-Dalmatia		Hajduk Split
	Šibenik-Knin		Šibenik
	Varaždin		Varaždin
	Zagreb County		Gorica

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb	Sandro Perković (caretaker)	Arijan Ademi	Castore	Favbet
Gorica	Mario Carević	Filip Mrzljak	Alpas	Kömmerling
Hajduk Split	Gennaro Gattuso	Lovre Kalinić	Adidas	Tommy
Istra 1961	Gonzalo García	Slavko Blagojević	Joma	Germania
Lokomotiva	Mario Cvitanović	Mateo Marić	Macron	Favbet
Osijek	Simon Rožman	Vedran Jugović	2Rule	Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka	Radomir Đalović	Martin Zlomislić	Joma	Favbet
Slaven Belupo	Mario Kovačević	Tomislav Božić	Jako	Belupo
Šibenik	Rajko Vidović	Antonio Đaković	Capelli Sport
Varaždin	Nikola Šafarić	Oliver Zelenika	Capelli Sport	BURAI

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Osijek	Ivo Smoje (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	26 May 2024	Pre-season	Federico Coppitelli	13 June 2024
Hajduk Split	Jure Ivanković (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	26 May 2024		Gennaro Gattuso	13 June 2024
Varaždin	Mario Kovačević	Contract expired	31 May 2024		Nikola Šafarić	31 May 2024
Rijeka	Željko Sopić	Sacked	13 August 2024	3rd	Radomir Đalović	13 August 2024
Slaven Belupo	Ivan Radeljić		2 September 2024	10th	Mario Kovačević	2 September 2024
Dinamo Zagreb	Sergej Jakirović		19 September 2024	3rd	Sandro Perković (caretaker)	19 September 2024
Dinamo Zagreb	Sandro Perković (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	26 September 2024	3rd	Nenad Bjelica	26 September 2024
Gorica	Rajko Vidović	Sacked	8 October 2024	8th	Mensur Mujdža (caretaker)	8 October 2024
Šibenik	Mario Carević	Mutual consent	10 October 2024	5th	Marko Kartelo (caretaker)	14 October 2024
Gorica	Mensur Mujdža (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	15 October 2024	8th	Mario Carević	15 October 2024
Šibenik	Marko Kartelo (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	10 October 2024	9th	Rajko Vidović	13 November 2024
Istra 1961	Paolo Tramezzani	Sacked	22 December 2024	8th	Gonzalo García	7 January 2025
Dinamo Zagreb	Nenad Bjelica	Sacked	29 December 2024	3rd	Fabio Cannavaro	29 December 2024
Lokomotiva	Silvijo Čabraja	Mutual consent	19 March 2025	7th	Damir Ferenčina (caretaker)	19 March 2025
Osijek	Federico Coppitelli	Sacked	19 March 2025	6th	Simon Rožman	20 March 2025
Dinamo Zagreb	Fabio Cannavaro	Sacked	9 April 2025	3rd	Sandro Perković (caretaker)	9 April 2025
Lokomotiva	Damir Ferenčina (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	24 April 2025	9th	Mario Cvitanović	24 April 2025

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rijeka (C)	36	18	11	7	49	21	+28	65^[b]	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	36	19	8	9	69	41	+28	65^[b]	Qualification to Europa League league phase
3	Hajduk Split	36	17	12	7	49	34	+15	63	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
4	Varaždin	36	11	16	9	28	24	+4	49	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
5	Slaven Belupo	36	13	9	14	42	45	−3	48
6	Istra 1961	36	11	15	10	39	42	−3	48
7	Osijek	36	11	9	16	46	52	−6	42
8	Lokomotiva	36	10	9	17	45	54	−9	39
9	Gorica	36	9	10	17	29	51	−22	37
10	Šibenik (R)	36	7	9	20	28	60	−32	30	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).^[9]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ The 2024–25 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.
1 2 Head to head points (GD) = Rijeka 5 (+3), Dinamo Zagreb 5 (-3).

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	RIJ	DIN	HAJ	VAR	IST	SLA	OSI	GOR	LOK	ŠIB	RIJ	DIN	HAJ	VAR	IST	SLA	OSI	GOR	LOK	ŠIB
Rijeka		1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0		4–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	4–1	1–1
Dinamo Zagreb	0–0		0–1	3–2	5–0	1–1	2–4	2–1	5–1	3–0	1–0		2–2	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0
Hajduk Split	2–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–3		1–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Varaždin	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
Istra 1961	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0		2–3	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–3	2–0	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–0
Slaven Belupo	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	0–1		3–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0		1–4	4–0	2–1	2–0
Osijek	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2		0–1	1–1	2–2
Gorica	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2		1–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	1–0		0–3	1–0
Lokomotiva	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0		0–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	1–1		1–2
Šibenik	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–3		0–1	0–4	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2025. Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 May 2025^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Livaja	Hajduk Split	19
2	Sandro Kulenović	Dinamo Zagreb	15
3	Robert Mudražija	Lokomotiva	14
4	Toni Fruk	Rijeka	11
5	Arnel Jakupović	Osijek	9
5	Duje Čop	Lokomotiva / Rijeka	9
7	Ilija Nestorovski	Slaven Belupo	8
	Dimitar Mitrovski	Varaždin
	Niko Janković	Rijeka

Annual awards

Official awards

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

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Marko Livaja	Hajduk Split
Young Player of the Season	Toni Fruk	Rijeka
Top goalscorer	Marko Livaja (19 goals)	Hajduk Split
Manager of the Season	Radomir Đalović	Rijeka
Goalkeeper of the Season	Martin Zlomislić	Rijeka
Goal of the Season	Marko Livaja vs Šibenik (Matchday 18)	Hajduk Split
Save of the Season	Marko Malenica vs Hajduk (Matchday 5)	Osijek

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	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.

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Marko Livaja	Hajduk Split
Manager of the Season	Gonzalo García	Istra
Young Player of the Season	Adriano Jagušić	Slaven Belupo

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	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 Year
Goalkeeper	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 attendance^[11]	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

↑ "Stadion". gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Poljud Stadium". hajduk.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Nogometni stadion Zagreb". sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Opus Arena". SoccerWay. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
↑ "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
↑ "Stadion Šubićevac". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
↑ "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
↑ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo SuperSport Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2024/2025" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
↑ "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.
↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro25.htm

External links

Official website (in Croatian)
Prva HNL at UEFA.com

[9] The 2024–25 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.

[table_hth_RIJ0.19643908748237-10] 1 2 Head to head points (GD) = Rijeka 5 (+3), Dinamo Zagreb 5 (-3).

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[8] "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

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