Croatian Women's First Football League

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Croatian Women's First Football League
Founded	1992
Country	Croatia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Druga HNLŽ
Domestic cup(s)	Croatian Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Women's Champions League
Current champions	Osijek (25th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Osijek (25 titles)
Top goalscorer	Izabela Lojna (334 Goals)
Current: 2024–25 Prva HNLŽ

The Croatian Women's First Football League (Croatian: Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene, also known as Prva HNLŽ or 1. HNLŽ) is the top women's football league in Croatia. The league was formed in 1992 following the dissolution of the Yugoslav First Women's League, and it currently features 8 clubs. League winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

List of winners

Key

0†0	League champions also won the Croatian Women's Football Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Top Scorer(s)	Goals
1992	Maksimir (1) †	Loto Zagreb	Osijek
1993	Zagreb (1)	Osijek	Loto Zagreb
1993–94	Osijek (1)	Zagreb	Maksimir
1994–95	Osijek (2) †	Loto Zagreb	Maksimir
1995–96	Osijek (3) †	Maksimir	Loto Zagreb
1996–97	Osijek (4) †	Maksimir	Loto Zagreb
1997–98	Osijek (5) †	Maksimir	Susedgrad
1998–99	Osijek (6) †
1999–2000	Osijek (7) †	Maksimir
2000–01	Osijek (8) †	Maksimir
2001–02	Osijek (9) †	Dinamo Tomašanci	Pregrada
2002–03	Osijek (10)	Radnik '99	Maksimir
2003–04	Maksimir (2) †	Osijek	Dalmacija
2004–05	Maksimir (3) †	Viktorija	Osijek
2005–06	Dinamo-Maksimir (4) †	Ombla	Osijek
2006–07	Osijek (11) †	Dinamo-Maksimir	Viktorija
2007–08	Osijek (12) †	Dinamo-Maksimir	Viktorija
2008–09	Osijek (13) †	Viktorija	Dinamo-Maksimir
2009–10	Osijek (14) †	Viktorija	Ombla
2010–11	Osijek (15) †	Rijeka-Jack Pot	Dinamo-Maksimir
2011–12	Osijek (16) †	Dinamo-Maksimir	Agram	Ana Marija Kalamiza (Osijek)	34
2012–13	Osijek (17) †	Rijeka-Jack Pot	Agram	Maja Joščak (Osijek)	39
2013–14	Osijek (18) †	Split	Rijeka-Jack Pot	Mateja Andrlić (Osijek)	43
2014–15	Osijek (19) †	Split	Dinamo-Maksimir	Ana Marija Kalamiza (Split)	33
2015–16	Osijek (20) †	Split	Trnava	Izabela Lojna (Osijek)	28
2016–17	Osijek (21) †	Agram	Split	Mateja Andrlić (Osijek)	39
2017–18	Osijek (22)	Split	Agram	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	61
2018–19	Split (1) †	Osijek	Dinamo Zagreb	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	24
2019–20	Split (2)	Osijek	Dinamo Zagreb	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	42
2020–21	Osijek (23)	Split	Dinamo Zagreb	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	44
2021–22	Split (3) †	Osijek	Dinamo Zagreb	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	33
2022–23	Osijek (24)	Split	Dinamo Zagreb	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	33
2023–24	Osijek (25)	Hajduk Split	Split	Lorena Balić (Osijek)	28

Performance by club

Titles	Team
25	Osijek
4	Dinamo-Maksimir
3	Split
1	Zagreb

Records

Top goalscorers of all time

Season: 2011-12 and 2023-24

Update: 24 November 2024

#	Player	Goals	Apps
1	Izabela Lojna	334	225
2	Lorena Balić	309	183
3	Mateja Andrlić	252	172
4	Maja Joščak	192	159
5	Martina Šalek	156	177
6	Anela Lubina	148	235
7	Ana-Marija Kalamiza	141	95
8	Monika Conjar	112	91

References

"Croatia - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

External links

v t e Croatian Women's First Football League
2024–25 teams	Agram Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Međimurje Čakovec Neretva Osijek Split
Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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