Croatian First League (women's handball)

The Croatian Women's First Handball League (Croatian: Prva hrvatska rukometna liga za žene) is the top women's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation. The league comprises fourteen teams.

Croatian First League
Founded1991
No. of teams14
Country Croatia
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)		Lokomotiva (5th title)
Most titlesPodravka (26 titles)
TV partner(s)Sportska TV
Level on pyramid1
Relegation to2. HRLŽ
International cup(s)Champions League
European League
European Cup
Official websitehttp://www.hrs.hr/
Current sports event 2022–23 season

Current teams
Locations of teams in 2021–22 Croatian First League

As of 2021–22 season

EHF league ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:[1]

List of champions
Key
0†0 League champions also won the Croatian Women's Handball Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double.
Season Champions[2] Runners-up Third Place
1992 Lokomotiva Zagreb (1) † Split Podravka Koprivnica
1992–93 Podravka Koprivnica (1) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Zamet
1993–94 Podravka Koprivnica (2) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Graničar Đurđevac
Zamet
1994–95 Podravka Koprivnica (3) † Kraš Zagreb Graničar Đurđevac
Karbon Zaprešić
1995–96 Podravka Vegeta (4) † Graničar Đurđevac Kraš Zagreb
1996–97 Podravka Dolcela (5) † Kraš Zagreb Graničar Đurđevac
1997–98 Podravka Dolcela (6) † Kraš Zagreb Osijek
1998–99 Podravka Dolcela (7) † Kraš Zagreb Osijek
Split Kaltenberg
1999–2000 Podravka Dolcela (8) † Osijek Kraš Zagreb
2000–01 Podravka Vegeta (9) † Split Kaltenberg Osijek
Zvečevo Požega
2001–02 Podravka Vegeta (10) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Koka Varaždin
Sonic Osijek
2002–03 Podravka Vegeta (11) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Sonic Osijek
2003–04 Lokomotiva Zagreb (2) Podravka Vegeta Brodosplit Inženjering
2004–05 Podravka Vegeta (12) TVIN Virovitica Lokomotiva Zagreb
2005–06 Podravka Vegeta (13) † Lokomotiva Zagreb TVIN Virovitica
2006–07 Podravka Vegeta (14) Lokomotiva Zagreb Trogir
2007–08 Podravka Vegeta (15) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Trešnjevka
2008–09 Podravka Vegeta (16) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Trogir
2009–10 Podravka Vegeta (17) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Arena Pula
2010–11 Podravka Vegeta (18) † Trešnjevka Lokomotiva Zagreb
2011–12 Podravka Vegeta (19) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Sesvete Agroproteinka
2012–13 Podravka Vegeta (20) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Fantasyland Samobor
2013–14 Lokomotiva Zagreb (3) † Podravka Vegeta Trešnjevka
2014–15 Podravka Vegeta (21) † Zamet Zelina
2015–16 Podravka Vegeta (22) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Sesvete Agroproteinka
2016–17 Podravka Vegeta (23) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Koka Varaždin
2017–18 Podravka Vegeta (24) Lokomotiva Zagreb Koka Varaždin
2018–19[3] Podravka Vegeta (25) † Lokomotiva Zagreb Bjelovar
2019–20 Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Podravka Vegeta (26) Lokomotiva Zagreb Umag
2021–22 Lokomotiva Zagreb (4) Podravka Vegeta Bjelovar
2022–23 Lokomotiva Zagreb (5) Podravka Vegeta Bjelovar

Performance by club

Teams in bold compete in the First League as of the 2022–23 season.

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Podravka Koprivnica 26 4 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Lokomotiva Zagreb 5 20 1992, 2004, 2014, 2022, 2023
Split – 2
Đurđevac – 1
Osijek – 1
Trešnjevka – 1
Virotivica – 1
Zamet – 1

See also

References
  1. "2021/22 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. "Povijest natjecanja". Croatian Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. "Podravka osvojila 25. naslov prvakinja Hrvatske". Croatian Handball Federation. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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