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Football league season
Prva nogometna liga
Season2024–25
Dates16 August 2024 – 16 March 2025
Top goalscorerDominik Mulac (7 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 27 October 2024.

The 2024–25 First Football League (also known as Prva nogometna liga and 1. NL) is the 34th season of the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The league is contested by 12 teams and played in a triple round robin format. This is the third season that the second level of men's football in Croatia is named First football league (Prva nogometna liga).

Teams

Changes

Šibenik was promoted to the 2024–25 HNL, while Solin was relegated to 2024–25 Druga NL.

Newcomer from higher level (HNL) is Rudeš. Newcomers from lower level (2. NL) are champions Opatija.

Stadia and locations

2024–25 First Football League (Croatia) is located in CroatiaVukovar 1991Vukovar 1991BSKBSKCibaliaCibaliaDugopoljeDugopoljeOpatijaOpatijaOrijentOrijentCroatiaCroatiaJarunJarunDubravaDubravaRudešRudešSesveteSesveteZrinski JurjevacZrinski Jurjevacclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in 2024–25 Prva NL
Team City Stadium Capacity
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
Opatija Opatija Stadion Kantrida 10,600
Orijent Rijeka Stadion Krimeja 3,500
Rudeš Zagreb Stadion SC Rudeš 2,500
Sesvete Sesvete Stadion Sveti Josip radnik 2,000
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 4 Dubrava, Jarun, Rudeš, Sesvete
2 Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia 2 Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja BSK Bijelo Brdo, Zrinski Jurjevac
Coat of arms of Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Syrmia Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Opatija, Orijent

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vukovar 1991 17 10 4 3 23 8 +15 34 Promotion to the Croatian Football League
2 Opatija 17 9 7 1 25 11 +14 34
3 Dubrava 17 8 3 6 17 16 +1 27
4 Sesvete 17 7 6 4 21 16 +5 27
5 Cibalia 17 6 6 5 25 17 +8 24
6 Orijent 17 5 9 3 20 16 +4 24
7 Croatia Zmijavci 17 4 8 5 16 20 −4 20
8 Rudeš 17 5 4 8 14 17 −3 19
9 Jarun 17 4 6 7 19 19 0 18
10 BSK Bijelo Brdo 17 4 6 7 12 25 −13 18
11 Dugopolje 17 2 10 5 16 25 −9 16 Relegation play-off
12 Zrinski Osječko 1664 17 1 5 11 13 31 −18 8 Relegation to the Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 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).

Results

Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG JAR OPA ORI RUD SES VUK ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–0
Cibalia 1–0 — 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0
Croatia Zmijavci — 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0
Dubrava 3–0 0–1 — 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2
Dugopolje 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1
Jarun 1–2 3–1 2–2 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1
Opatija 5–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 2–1
Orijent 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–2
Rudeš 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 2–0 0–1
Sesvete 1–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–3 — 0–1 1–0
Vukovar 1991 1–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 3–0
Zrinski Jurjevac 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 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.

Statistics

Top scorers

References

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