2022–23 Croatian Football League

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SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season2022–23
Dates15 July 2022 – 28 May 2023[1]
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
RelegatedŠibenik
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Europa Conference LeagueHajduk Split
Osijek
Rijeka
Matches played180
Goals scored445 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Livaja
(19 goals)
Biggest home winHajduk Split 5–1 Slaven Belupo
(4 September 2022)
Dinamo Zagreb 4–0 Hajduk Split
(26 February 2023)
Biggest away winRijeka 2–7 Dinamo Zagreb
(13 November 2022)
Highest scoringRijeka 2–7 Dinamo Zagreb
(13 November 2022)
Gorica 5–4 Istra 1961
(10 March 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Dinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split
Longest winless run18 matches
Gorica
Longest losing run5 matches
Šibenik
Gorica
Total attendance735,219
Average attendance4,085
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.

The 2022–23 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd 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 15 July 2022. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the last round before the winter break was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed on 21 January and concluded on 28 May 2023.

Teams[edit]

The following teams competed in the 2022–23 HNL.

Changes[edit]

Varaždin (promoted after a one-year absence) was promoted from the 2021–22 Druga HNL. Hrvatski Dragovoljac (relegated after single season in the top flight) was relegated to 2022–23 Prva NL.

Stadia and locations[edit]

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
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Locations of teams in 2022–23 HNL
 Osijek
Stadion Kranjčevićeva Stadion Gradski vrt
Capacity: 3,690 Capacity: 18,856
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 [2]
Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 4,536 [3]
Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987 [4]
Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,921 [5]
Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 3,690 [6]
Osijek Osijek Gradski vrt 18,856 [7]
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 [8]
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 [9]
Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 3,701 [10]
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 [11]
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams 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 Šibenik-Knin County Šibenik-Knin Šibenik
Coat of arms of Varaždin County Varaždin Varaždin
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits[edit]

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Igor Bišćan Croatia Dominik Livaković Adidas PSK
Gorica Croatia Željko Sopić Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Jovičić Alpas Admiral Bet
Hajduk Split Croatia Ivan Leko Croatia Lovre Kalinić Macron Tommy
Istra 1961 Spain Gonzalo García Croatia Slavko Blagojević Kelme Germania
Lokomotiva Croatia Silvijo Čabraja Croatia Josip Pivarić Macron —
Osijek Croatia Stjepan Tomas Croatia Mihael Žaper 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović Croatia Nediljko Labrović Joma Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Croatia Zoran Zekić Croatia Tomislav Božić Jako Belupo
Šibenik Austria Damir Canadi Croatia Mario Ćurić Macron Favbet
Varaždin Croatia Mario Kovačević Croatia Igor Postonjski Legea BURA VENTURES

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Šibenik Croatia Dean Računica[12] Resigned 21 May 2022 Austria Damir Canadi 7 June 2022 Pre-season
Rijeka Croatia Goran Tomić[13] Mutual consent 28 May 2022 Croatia Dragan Tadić 20 June 2022 Pre-season
Rijeka Croatia Dragan Tadić[14] 16 August 2022 Croatia Fausto Budicin (caretaker) 16 August 2022 9th
Gorica Croatia Samir Toplak Sacked 26 August 2022

North Macedonia Igor Angelovski

27 August 2022 9th
Osijek Croatia Nenad Bjelica 29 August 2022

Austria Rene Poms

1 September 2022 5th
Rijeka Croatia Fausto Budicin (caretaker) End of Caretaker spell 5 September 2022 Italy Serse Cosmi 5 September 2022 10th
Hajduk Split Lithuania Valdas Dambrauskas Mutual consent 12 September 2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan 12 September 2022 4th
Šibenik Austria Damir Canadi 24 September 2022 Croatia Mario Cvitanović 25 September 2022 7th
Rijeka Italy Serse Cosmi 13 November 2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sergej Jakirović 25 November 2022 8th
Gorica North Macedonia Igor Angelovski 13 November 2022 Croatia Željko Sopić 28 November 2022 10th
Hajduk Split Bosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Karoglan Removed from position 31 December 2022 Croatia Ivan Leko 31 December 2022 2nd
Šibenik Croatia Mario Cvitanović Sacked 31 January 2023 Austria Damir Canadi 31 January 2023 9th
Osijek Austria Rene Poms 2 March 2023

Croatia Borimir Perković

2 March 2023 3rd
Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Ante Čačić 6 April 2023 Croatia Igor Bišćan 6 April 2023 1st
Osijek Croatia Borimir Perković Mutual consent 22 April 2023 Croatia Stjepan Tomas 24 April 2023 4th

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 24 9 3 81 28 +53 81 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 36 21 8 7 65 41 +24 71 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round[a]
3 Osijek 36 13 11 12 46 41 +5 50 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Rijeka 36 14 7 15 44 44 0 49
5 Istra 1961 36 11 13 12 36 38 −2 46
6 Varaždin 36 12 10 14 41 51 −10 46
7 Lokomotiva 36 11 10 15 45 50 −5 43
8 Slaven Belupo 36 10 13 13 27 46 −19 43
9 Gorica 36 7 11 18 36 50 −14 32
10 Šibenik (R) 36 5 12 19 24 56 −32 27 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).[15]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Hajduk qualified for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round by winning the 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup.

Results[edit]

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 ŠIB VAR DIN GOR HAJ IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 0–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 5–2 3–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 — 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–0
Gorica 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 5–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 5–2
Hajduk Split 1–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–2 3–4 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0
Istra 1961 1–0 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–1
Lokomotiva 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 — 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–1 — 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Osijek 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1
Rijeka 2–7 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 — 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 3–1
Slaven Belupo 1–5 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–4 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 — 0–1 1–1
Šibenik 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 — 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–3 0–0 0–4 1–4 1–2 3–1 — 0–2
Varaždin 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 — 1–3 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 —
Source: SuperSport HNL (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.

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of 28 May 2023[16]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split 19
2 Croatia Matija Frigan Rijeka 14
3 Croatia Fran Brodić Varaždin 12
Croatia Luka Ivanušec Dinamo Zagreb
Argentina Ramón Miérez Osijek
6 Croatia Ante Erceg Istra 1961 11
7 Slovenia Jan Mlakar Hajduk Split 10
Croatia Bruno Petković Dinamo Zagreb
9 Croatia Sandro Kulenović Lokomotiva 9
10 Algeria Monsef Bakrar Istra 1961 8
Croatia Dion Drena Beljo Osijek
Croatia Mijo Caktaš Osijek
Croatia Mislav Oršić Dinamo Zagreb

Awards[edit]

Annual awards[edit]

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season[17] Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split
Manager of the Season[18] Croatia Zoran Zekić Slaven Belupo
Young Player of the Season[19] Croatia Martin Baturina Dinamo Zagreb
Team of the Year[20]
Goalkeeper Croatia Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)
Defence North Macedonia Stefan Ristovski (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Dino Perić (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Josip Šutalo (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Dario Melnjak (Hajduk Split)
Midfield Croatia Tonio Teklić (Varaždin) Croatia Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb) Croatia Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb)
Attack Croatia Matija Frigan (Rijeka) Croatia Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) Croatia Luka Ivanušec (Dinamo Zagreb)

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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