2023–24 First Football League (Croatia)

Prva nogometna liga
Season2023–24
Dates11 August 2023 – 2 June 2024
ChampionsŠibenik
PromotedŠibenik
RelegatedSolin
Matches played198
Goals scored495 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerDominik Dogan (23)
All statistics correct as of 8 June 2024.

The 2023–24 First Football League (also known as Prva nogometna liga and 1. NL) was the 33rd season of the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992.

The league will be contested by 12 teams and played in a triple round robin format.[1]

This is the second season that the second level of men's football in Croatia is named First football league (Prva nogometna liga).[2]

Teams

Changes

Rudeš was promoted to the 2023–24 HNL, while Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Kustošija were relegated to 2023–24 Druga NL.

Newcomer from higher level (HNL) is Šibenik. Newcomers from lower level (2. NL) are champions Sesvete and Zrinski Jurjevac, who beat Kustošija in play-offs.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in 2023–24 Prva NL
Team City Stadium[3] Capacity[4]
BSK Bijelo Brdo Bijelo Brdo Stadion BSK 1,200
Cibalia Vinkovci Stadion Cibalia 9,958
Croatia Zmijavci Zmijavci Stadion Marijan Šuto Mrma 2,000
Dubrava Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 5,000
Dugopolje Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 5,200
Jarun Zagreb Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium 5,228
Orijent Rijeka Stadion Krimeja 3,500
Sesvete Sesvete Stadion Sveti Josip radnik 2,000
Solin Solin Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 5,200
Šibenik Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 3,412
Vukovar 1991 Vukovar Stadion u Borovu naselju 3,550
Zrinski Osječko 1664 Jurjevac Punitovački Stadion Gradski vrt 17,061
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 3 Dubrava, Jarun, Sesvete
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Solin
3 Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja 2 BSK Bijelo Brdo, Zrinski Jurjevac
Coat of arms of Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Syrmia Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
5 Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 Orijent
Coat of arms of Šibenik-Knin County Šibenik-Knin Šibenik

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Šibenik (C, P) 33 26 4 3 68 18 +50 82 Promotion to the Croatian Football League
2 Zrinski Osječko 1664 33 26 3 4 53 18 +35 81
3 Vukovar 1991 33 16 10 7 56 36 +20 58
4 Sesvete 33 12 6 15 36 41 −5 42
5 Jarun 33 11 7 15 35 46 −11 40
6 Dubrava 33 10 8 15 36 44 −8 38
7 Dugopolje 33 8 13 12 38 45 −7 37
8 Cibalia 33 11 4 18 37 57 −20 37
9 Croatia Zmijavci 33 8 12 13 39 48 −9 36
10 BSK Bijelo Brdo 33 7 13 13 30 44 −14 34
11 Orijent 33 7 12 14 34 48 −14 33 Relegation play-off
12 Solin (R) 33 4 12 17 33 50 −17 24 Relegation to the Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Prva NL
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 for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG JAR ORI SES SOL ŠIB VUK ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1
Cibalia 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–4
Croatia Zmijavci 1–1 5–1 — 1–2 4–1 1–0 6–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Dubrava 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–1
Dugopolje 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 — 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
Jarun 2–2 2–0 5–2 1–0 0–2 — 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–3 0–1
Orijent 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 5–4 0–1 0–1
Sesvete 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1
Solin 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 — 2–3 1–1 1–2
Šibenik 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 3–0 3–0
Vukovar 1991 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 — 1–2
Zrinski Jurjevac 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 —
Source: Prva NL (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.
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG JAR ORI SES SOL ŠIB VUK ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3
Cibalia — 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 1–5 1–2
Croatia Zmijavci 3–0 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 0–3
Dubrava 4–0 1–2 1–1 — 0–1 3–0 0–4
Dugopolje 1–2 0–0 — 0–0 1–3 2–2
Jarun 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 2–2 1–2
Orijent 3–0 0–0 — 2–2 0–0 0–1
Sesvete 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 — 1–2 0–4
Solin 0–1 4–0 0–1 — 0–1 0–1
Šibenik 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1
Vukovar 1991 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–2
Zrinski Jurjevac 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Prva NL (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.

Relegation play-offs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kustošija 2–4[6] Orijent 1–2 1–2

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 June 2024[7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Dominik Dogan Zrinski Osječko 1664 23
2 Croatia Josip Majić Šibenik 14
3 Croatia Ivan Božić Šibenik 13
4 Croatia Dragan Juranović Dubrava 12
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zinedin Mustedanagić Vukovar 1991 11

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