The 2025–26 Croatian Football League (officially SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga for sponsorship reasons) was 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 was 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 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 Gradski vrt Capacity: 8,191 Capacity: 3,054 Capacity: 8,818 Capacity: 18,856 Club City Stadium Capacity Ref. 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 10,000 Lokomotiva Zagreb Maksimir 24,851 Osijek Osijek Opus Arena 13,005 Rijeka Rijeka Rujevica 8,191 Slaven Belupo Koprivnica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš 3,054 Varaždin Varaždin Stadion Varteks 8,818 Vukovar 1991 Vukovar Stadion Gradski vrt 18,856
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of clubs Club(s)1 City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva2 Istria1 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 Josip Mišić Castore PSK Gorica Alpas Kömmerling Hajduk Split Adidas Tommy Istra 1961 Joma Germania Lokomotiva Macron Favbet Osijek 2Rule Mészáros és Mészáros Kft. Rijeka Joma Favbet Slaven Belupo Jako Belupo Varaždin Capelli Sport BURAI Vukovar 1991 Nike Ellington Properties
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentDinamo Zagreb (caretaker) End of caretaker spell Pre-season Slaven Belupo Signed by Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Mutual consent Istra 1961 Signed by Hajduk Split Lokomotiva End of contract Rijeka Sacked 7th Istra 1961 8th Vukovar 1991 10th (caretaker) (caretaker) End of caretaker spell10th Osijek Sacked 9th 10th Vukovar 1991 Istra 1961 7th
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 Dion Drena BeljoDinamo Zagreb312 Jakov PuljićVukovar 1991173 Smail PrevljakIstra 1961144 Michele ŠegoHajduk Split135 Toni FrukRijeka126 Monsef BakrarDinamo Zagreb107 Ivan MamutVaraždin9 Marko LivajaHajduk Split Rokas PukštasHajduk Split Nail OmerovićOsijek11 Miha ZajcDinamo Zagreb8 Josip MitrovićSlaven Belupo Aleksa LatkovićVaraždin Luka MamićVaraždin Aleks StojakovićLokomotiva Zagreb
Annual awards Official awards Given by HNS, SuperSport, MAXSport and Sportnet.hr. AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo ZagrebYoung Player of the Season Luka Stojković Dinamo ZagrebTop goalscorer Dion Drena Beljo (31 goals) Dinamo ZagrebManager of the Season Mario Kovačević Dinamo ZagrebGoalkeeper of the Season Marko Malenica OsijekGoal of the Season Tomislav Duvnjak vs Hajduk (Matchday 15) VaraždinSave of the Season Toni Silić vs Dinamo (Matchday 16) Hajduk Split Team of the YearGoalkeeper Marko Malenica (Osijek)Defence Ante Oreč (Rijeka) Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) Sergi Domínguez (Dinamo Zagreb) Marko Pajač (Lokomotiva Zagreb)Midfield Luka Stojković (Dinamo Zagreb) Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Miha Zajc (Dinamo Zagreb)Attack Ante Rebić (Hajduk Split) Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo Zagreb) Aleksa Latković (Varaždin) Trophy Footballer Given by Croatian Association Football Union. AwardWinnerClubPlayer of the Season Dion Drena Beljo Dinamo ZagrebManager of the Season Mario Kovačević Dinamo ZagrebYoung Player of the Season Adriano Jagušić Slaven Belupo Team of the YearGoalkeeper Marko Malenica (Osijek)Defence Sergi Domínguez (Dinamo Zagreb) Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) Ante Oreč (Rijeka) Marko Pajač (Lokomotiva Zagreb)Midfield Josip Mišić (Dinamo Zagreb) Toni Fruk (Rijeka) Luka Stojković (Dinamo Zagreb)Attack Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split) Dion Drena Beljo (Dinamo Zagreb) Jakov Puljić (Vukovar 1991)
Second best Team of the YearGoalkeeper Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb)Defence Dario Marešić (Hajduk Split) Stjepan Radeljić (Rijeka) Frane Maglica (Varaždin) Bruno Goda (Dinamo Zagreb)Midfield Rokas Pukštas (Hajduk Split) Miha Zajc (Dinamo Zagreb) Tiago Dantas (Rijeka)Attack Aleksa Latković (Varaždin) Monsef Bakrar (Dinamo Zagreb) Iuri Tavares (Varaždin)
References
External links Official website Prva HNL at UEFA.com