The 2022–23 Croatian Football League (also known as HNL; officially styled 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 began 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 The following teams competed in the 2022–23 HNL.
Changes 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 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 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 TeamCityStadiumCapacityRef. Dinamo Zagreb Zagreb Maksimir 24,851 Gorica Velika Gorica ŠRC Velika Gorica 4,536 Hajduk Split Split Poljud 33,987 Istra 1961 Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 9,921 Lokomotiva Zagreb Kranjčevićeva1 3,690 Osijek Osijek Gradski vrt 18,856 Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 Šibenik Šibenik Šubićevac 3,701 Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 1 Lokomotiva host their home matches at Stadion Kranjčevićeva. The stadium is originally the home ground of fifth-level side NK Zagreb.
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)1 City of Zagreb2Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva2 Istria1Istra 1961 Koprivnica-KriževciSlaven Belupo Osijek-BaranjaOsijek Primorje-Gorski KotarRijeka Split-DalmatiaHajduk Split Šibenik-KninŠibenik VaraždinVaraždin Zagreb CountyGorica
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors Dinamo Zagreb Adidas PSK Gorica Željko Sopić Alpas Admiral Bet Hajduk Split Ivan Leko Macron Tommy Istra 1961 Gonzalo García Kelme Germania Lokomotiva Silvijo Čabraja Macron — Osijek 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. Rijeka Nediljko Labrović Joma Sava Osiguranje Slaven Belupo Jako Belupo Šibenik Mario Ćurić Macron Favbet Varaždin Legea BURA VENTURES
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Šibenik Resigned Pre-seasonRijeka Mutual consent Pre-seasonRijeka (caretaker) 9thGorica Sacked 9thOsijek 5thRijeka (caretaker) End of Caretaker spell 10thHajduk Split Mutual consent 4thŠibenik 7thRijeka 8thGorica 10thHajduk Split Removed from position 2ndŠibenik Sacked 9thOsijek 3rdDinamo Zagreb 1stOsijek Mutual consent 4th
League table
Results Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marko LivajaHajduk Split192 Matija FriganRijeka143 Fran BrodićVaraždin12 Luka IvanušecDinamo Zagreb Ramón MiérezOsijek6 Ante ErcegIstra 1961117 Jan MlakarHajduk Split10 Bruno PetkovićDinamo Zagreb9 Sandro KulenovićLokomotiva910 Monsef BakrarIstra 19618 Dion Drena BeljoOsijek Mijo CaktašOsijek Mislav OršićDinamo Zagreb
Awards Annual awards AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Marko LivajaHajduk SplitManager of the Season Zoran ZekićSlaven BelupoYoung Player of the Season Martin BaturinaDinamo Zagreb Team of the YearGoalkeeper Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)Defence Stefan Ristovski (Dinamo Zagreb) Dino Perić (Dinamo Zagreb) Josip Šutalo (Dinamo Zagreb) Dario Melnjak (Hajduk Split)Midfield Tonio Teklić (Varaždin) Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb) Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb)Attack Matija Frigan (Rijeka) Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) Luka Ivanušec (Dinamo Zagreb)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Hajduk 15,345 2 Dinamo Zagreb 6,061 3 Rijeka 4,891 4 Osijek 4,044 5 Varaždin 2,978 6 Istra 1,910 7 Gorica 1,724 8 Lokomotiva 1,438 9 Šibenik 1,241 10 Slaven 1,213Source:
References
External links Official website Prva HNL at UEFA.com