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2022–23 Croatian Football League

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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 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.

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

Teams

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The following teams competed in the 2022–23 HNL.

Changes

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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

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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   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
  Šibenik-Knin Šibenik
  Varaždin Varaždin
  Zagreb County Gorica

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

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

  Igor Angelovski

27 August 2022 9th
Osijek   Nenad Bjelica 29 August 2022

  Rene Poms

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

  Borimir Perković

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

League table

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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

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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

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Top scorers

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

Awards

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Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
Player of the Season[17]   Marko Livaja Hajduk Split
Manager of the Season[18]   Zoran Zekić Slaven Belupo
Young Player of the Season[19]   Martin Baturina Dinamo Zagreb
Team of the Year[20]
Goalkeeper   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)

References

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  2. ^ "Stadion". gnkdinamo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Povijest kluba". hnk-gorica.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Poljud Stadium". hajduk.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Stadion Aldo Drosina". nkistra.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Nogometni stadion Zagreb". sportskiobjekti.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Stadion Gradski vrt". nk-osijek.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Stadion HNK Rijeka". hnl.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Gradski stadion "Ivan Kušek Apaš"". nk-slaven-belupo.hr. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Stadion Šubićevac". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Stadion Anđelko Herjavec". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Računica nakon poraza od Dinama najavio odlazak s klupe Šibenika: "Nema nastavka!"" (in Croatian). gol.hr. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Goran Tomić više nije trener Rijeke" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Dragan Tadić više nije trener HNK Rijeka" (in Croatian). HNK Rijeka. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "HNL 2022/2023 live scores, results, Football Croatia". Flashscore.
  17. ^ "Najbolji igrač SuperSport HNL-a 2022/2023". facebook.com/HUNS.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Najbolji trener SuperSport HNL-a 2022/2023". facebook.com/HUNS.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Najbolji mladi igrač SuperSport HNL-a 2022/2023". facebook.com/HUNS.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Najboljih 11 SuperSport HNL-a". facebook.com/HUNS.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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