2025–26 Croatian Football League

SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches60
Goals156 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerSandro Kulenović (6 goals)
Biggest home winOsijek 4–0 Vukovar 1991 (13 September 2025)
Highest scoringVukovar 1991 3–2 Rijeka (22 September 2025)
Dinamo Zagreb 4–1 Slaven Belupo (28 September 2025)
Longest winning runDinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split (4)
Longest unbeaten runDinamo Zagreb
Hajduk Split (4)
Longest winless runVukovar 1991 (6)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 3 November 2025.

The 2025–26 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 will be 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
Locations of teams in 2024–25 HNL
 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 HNK Cibalia
Capacity: 8,191 Capacity: 3,054 Capacity: 8,818 Capacity: 10,000
Club 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 10,000
Lokomotiva Zagreb Maksimir 24,851 [1]
Osijek Osijek Gradski vrt 18,856 [4]
Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 [5]
Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 [6]
Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 [7]
Vukovar 1991 Vukovar Stadion HNK Cibalia 10,000
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of clubs 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
Varaždin Varaždin
Vukovar-Srijem Vukovar 1991
Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Mario Kovačević Josip Mišić Castore PSK
Gorica Mario Carević Jurica Pršir Alpas Kömmerling
Hajduk Split Gonzalo García Marko Livaja Adidas Tommy
Istra 1961 Oriol Riera Dario Marešić Joma Germania
Lokomotiva Nikica Jelavić Denis Kolinger Macron Favbet
Osijek Željko Sopić Vedran Jugović 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft.
Rijeka Víctor Sánchez Martin Zlomislić Joma Favbet
Slaven Belupo Mario Gregurina Tomislav Božić Jako Belupo
Varaždin Nikola Šafarić Oliver Zelenika Capelli Sport BURAI
Vukovar 1991 Silvijo Čabraja 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 Sandro Perković (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 4 June 2025 Pre-season Mario Kovačević 4 June 2025
Slaven Belupo Mario Kovačević Signed by Dinamo Zagreb 4 June 2025 Mario Gregurina 6 June 2025
Hajduk Split Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 5 June 2025 Gonzalo García 13 June 2025
Istra 1961 Gonzalo García Signed by Hajduk Split 13 June 2025 Goran Tomić 13 June 2025
Lokomotiva Mario Cvitanović End of contract 17 June 2025 Nikica Jelavić 17 June 2025
Rijeka Radomir Đalović Sacked 1 September 2025 7th Víctor Sánchez 3 September 2025
Istra 1961 Goran Tomić 13 September 2025 8th Oriol Riera 17 September 2025
Vukovar 1991 Gordon Schildenfeld 18 September 2025 10th Kristijan Polovanec (caretaker) 18 September 2025
Kristijan Polovanec (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 22 September 2025 Silvijo Čabraja 22 September 2025
Osijek Simon Rožman Sacked 29 October 2025 9th Željko Sopić 29 October 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Dinamo Zagreb 18 12 2 4 38 16 +22 38 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Hajduk Split 18 11 4 3 29 17 +12 37 Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
3 Istra 1961 17 7 5 5 23 21 +2 26
4 Slaven Belupo 18 7 5 6 26 28 −2 26
5 Rijeka 17 6 6 5 27 19 +8 24
6 Varaždin 18 6 5 7 22 25 −3 23
7 Gorica 18 5 4 9 21 27 −6 19
8 Lokomotiva 18 4 7 7 20 30 −10 19
9 Vukovar 1991 18 3 6 9 19 32 −13 15
10 Osijek 18 2 8 8 16 26 −10 14 Relegation to First Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. 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]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025–26 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.

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 a
Gorica 0–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1
Hajduk Split 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 a a
Istra 1961 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 2–1 PP 1–1 1–0 1–1 a
Lokomotiva 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Osijek 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0
Rijeka 0–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 a a
Slaven Belupo 2–5 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–1
Varaždin 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 4–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1
Vukovar 1991 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: SuperSport HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 December 2025[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Toni Fruk Rijeka 7
Michele Šego Hajduk Split 7
3 Sandro Kulenović Dinamo Zagreb 6
4 Arbër Hoxha Dinamo Zagreb 5
Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo Zagreb 5
Jakov Puljić Vukovar 1991 5
Nail Omerović Osijek 5
Adriano Jagušić Slaven Belupo 5
Robin González Vukovar 1991 5

References

  1. ^ a b "Stadion". gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  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 2022/2023" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Strijelci - SuperSport HNL". hnl.hr.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.