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SuperSport HNL

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Croatia

Abbreviation

CRO1

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Summary

The SuperSport HNL (CRO1) or SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga, is the top competitive league in the Croatian football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 season, the CRO1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 CRO1 team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2025-2026 CRO1 team

The winner of the 2025-2026 Hrvatski nogometni kup (Croation Cup), typically a CRO1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Croatia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
CRO1	SuperSport Hrvatska nogometna liga	10
CRO2	Prva nogometna liga (Prva NL or 1.NL)	12
CRO3	Druga nogometna liga (Druga NL or 2.HNL)	16

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
2 Aug 2025 - 23 May 2026			10: CRO1 (9), CRO2 (1)

Season Format

Each CRO1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 CRO1 clubs twice for a total of 36 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head to head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams are tied), (4) goal difference, (5) goals scored, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 CRO1 season, the 10th place CRO1 team is relegated to the CRO2.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Dinamo Zagreb	33	25 -4-4	79	-	87	27	60	16	13 -2-1	41	47	15	32	17	12 -2-3	38	40	12	28
2	HNK Hajduk Split	33	19 -7-7	64	-	53	30	23	17	11 -2-4	35	27	15	12	16	8 -5-3	29	26	15	11
3	NK Varaždin	33	13 -8-12	47	-	42	45	-3	16	8 -5-3	29	23	20	3	17	5 -3-9	18	19	25	-6
4	HNK Rijeka	33	12 -10-11	46	-	44	36	8	16	7 -5-4	26	24	15	9	17	5 -5-7	20	20	21	-1
5	NK Lokomotiva	33	10 -11-12	41	-	38	50	-12	17	8 -4-5	28	23	24	-1	16	2 -7-7	13	15	26	-11
6	NK Istra 1961	33	11 -6-16	39	-	38	47	-9	17	6 -4-7	22	19	23	-4	16	5 -2-9	17	19	24	-5
7	HNK Gorica	33	10 -8-15	38	-	38	45	-7	16	6 -2-8	20	20	22	-2	17	4 -6-7	18	18	23	-5
8	NK Slaven Koprivnica	33	9 -11-13	38	-	44	55	-11	16	7 -5-4	26	24	21	3	17	2 -6-9	12	20	34	-14
9	NK Osijek	33	7 -11-15	32	-	25	46	-21	16	3 -7-6	16	10	18	-8	17	4 -4-9	16	15	28	-13
10	HNK Vukovar 1991	33	6 -10-17	28	-	34	62	-28	18	5 -7-6	22	23	30	-7	15	1 -3-11	6	11	32	-21
2026-2027 UEFACL 2026-2027 UEFAECL Relegation to CRO2