2025–26 Croatian Women's First Football League

The 2025–26 season of the First League was the 35th edition of the Croatian top-tier women's football league. The league was consisted of 8 teams. During the regular season, teams were played each other twice, once at home and once away. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams qualified for the Championship Group, while the bottom four teams qualified for the Relegation Group.

First League
Season2025–26
Dates30 August 2025 – 15 February 2026
(Regular season)
22 February – 31 May 2026
(Play-off matches)
ChampionsHajduk Split[1]
RelegatedIstra
Champions LeagueHajduk Split
Europa CupAgram
Matches75
Goals323 (4.31 per match)
Top goalscorerJasna Đoković
(27 goals)
All statistics correct as of 31 May 2026.

Agram were the defending champions, having won their first title in the 2024–25 season.

Teams

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Team Home city Home ground Capacity 2024–25 finish
AgramZagrebSRC Špansko1,0001st
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebStadion Maksimir25,9125th
GoricaVelika GoricaGradski Stadion4,5367th
Hajduk SplitSplitStadion Poljud33,9873rd
IstraPulaStadion Aldo Drosina10,0001st (Druga HNLŽ A)
Međimurje ČakovecČakovecStadion SRC Mladost8,0004th
OsijekOsijekGradski Vrt Stadium18,8562nd
SplitSplitStadion Park Mladeži4,0756th

Team changes

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Entering league Exiting league
Promoted from 2024 to 2025 Second League Relegated to 2025–26 Second League

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hajduk Split 12 10 1 1 43 10 +33 31 Advances to championship round
2 Agram 12 9 0 3 51 15 +36 27
3 Dinamo Zagreb 12 8 1 3 38 13 +25 25
4 Međimurje Čakovec 12 6 2 4 28 19 +9 20
5 Osijek 12 4 2 6 27 23 +4 14 Participates in qualification round
6 Gorica 12 2 0 10 12 43 31 6
7 Split 12 0 0 12 4 80 76 0
8 Istra (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Withdraw from the competition
Source: HNS.family
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).[2]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Istra has been expelled from the league.

Results

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Home \ Away AGR DIN GOR HAJ MEĐ IST OSI SPL
Agram 2–3 8–0 0–4 2–0 3–0 13–0
Dinamo Zagreb 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 5–1 11–0
Gorica 2–6 0–4 1–3 0–4 1–2 2–0
Hajduk Split 2–0 2–1 5–2 4–0 2–1 8–0
Međimurje Čakovec 2–5 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 5–2
Istra
Osijek 1–5 0–0 5–1 1–2 1–1 5–0
Split 0–5 0–6 0–3 0–8 2–5 0–9
Source: HNS.family
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hajduk Split (C) 24 18 3 3 69 17 +52 57 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Agram 24 16 1 7 80 31 +49 49 Qualification for Europa Cup second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Zagreb 24 13 2 9 55 33 +22 41
4 Međimurje Čakovec 24 8 2 14 42 62 20 26
Source: HNS.family
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).[2]
(C) Champions

Results

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Rounds 1–6

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Home \ Away HAJ DIN AGR MEĐ
Hajduk Split 1–1 1–1 5–1
Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 0–3 2–0
Agram 1–2 0–1 4–2
Međimurje Čakovec 0–2 1–4 1–5
Source: HNS.family
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 7–12

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Home \ Away HAJ DIN AGR MEĐ
Hajduk Split 1–0 1–2 3–0
Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 3–2 2–3
Agram 0–4 2–0 4–1
Međimurje Čakovec 0–4 5–3 0–5
Source: HNS.family
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Osijek 18 7 4 7 44 32 +12 25
2 Gorica 18 4 1 13 21 55 34 13
3 Split 18 2 1 15 12 94 82 7 Participates in relegation play-off
4 Istra (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdraw from the competition
Source: HNS.family
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).[2]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Results

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Rounds 1–6

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Home \ Away OSI GOR SPL IST
Osijek 3–3 1–1
Gorica 3–0 1–3
Split 1–3 1–2
Istra
Source: HNS.family
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 7–12

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Home \ Away OSI GOR SPL IST
Osijek 3–3 7–1
Gorica 0–3 0–2
Split
Istra
Source: HNS.family
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

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The team that finishes 3rd in the qualification group participates in a two-leg play-off against the loser of the 2025–26 Druga Liga promotion play-off between the winners of the two divisions. The winner earns a spot in the 2026–27 Prva Liga.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marsonia Split 0–8
31 May 2026 Marsonia 0–8 Split Slavonski Brod
11:00 Report
  • Rusković 2', 55'
  • Mišura 16', 32'
  • Kapitanović 55', 57'
  • Plazibat 71'
  • Skenderi 86'
Stadium: Stadion uz Savu
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ivana Martinčić
7 June 2026 Split v Marsonia Split
11:00 Stadium: Stadion Park Mladeži

Top scorers

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References

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  1. "Titula stiže na Poljud! Igračice Hajduka su prvakinje Hrvatske" (in Croatian). 24sata. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Propozicije natjecanja Magenta Prve HNLŽ 2025-26". HNS.family (in Croatian). 3 September 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
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