2024–25 Croatian Football League

SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsHNK Rijeka (2nd title)
RelegatedHNK Šibenik
Europa LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Conference LeagueHajduk Split
Varaždin
Matches played180
Goals scored424 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Livaja (19 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Zagreb 5–0 Istra 1961
(2 August 2024)
Dinamo Zagreb 5–0 Slaven Belupo
(10 May 2025)
Biggest away winŠibenik 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb
(1 November 2024)
Šibenik 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb
(17 April 2025)
Highest scoringDinamo Zagreb 5–1 Lokomotiva
(28 September 2024)
Dinamo Zagreb 2–4 Osijek
(27 October 2024)
Istra 3–3 Šibenik
(14 December 2024)
Longest winning run4 matches
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run19 matches
Rijeka
Longest winless run11 matches
Šibenik
Longest losing run5 matches
Osijek
Highest attendance33,502
Lowest attendance288

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: 4,536 Capacity: 33,987 Capacity: 9,921
Lokomotiva
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 4,536 [2]
Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987 [3]
Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,921 [4]
Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 3,690 [5]
Osijek Osijek Opus Arena 13,005 [6]
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 [7]
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 [8]
Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 3,701 [9]
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 [10]
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) 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
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) 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 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 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
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).[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b 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[12]
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
Duje Čop Lokomotiva / Rijeka
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)

References

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  5. ^ "Nogometni stadion Zagreb". sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Opus Arena". SoccerWay. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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  10. ^ "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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