2022–23 First Football League (Croatia)

The 2022–23 First Football League (also known as Prva nogometna liga and 1. NL) was the 32nd season of the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 13 August 2022 and concluded on 3 June 2023.

Prva nogometna liga
Season2022–23
Dates13 August 2022 – 3 June 2023
PromotedRudeš
RelegatedHrvatski Dragovoljac, Kustošija
Matches played198
Goals scored497 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerIvor Ljubanović (14)
Biggest home win6–0, BSK Bijelo Brdo v Solin
(1 Apr 2023)
Biggest away win0–4, multiple
Highest scoring7 goals, multiple
All statistics correct as of 22 May 2023.

The league was contested by 12 teams, four less than the previous season, and played in a triple round robin format.[1]

This was the first season that the second level of men's football in Croatia was named First football league (Prva nogometna liga).[2]

Teams

Changes

Varaždin was promoted to the 2022–23 HNL, while Croatia Zmijavci, Osijek II, Sesvete and Opatija were relegated to 2022–23 Druga NL. Dinamo Zagreb II was disbanded.

New clubs were Hrvatski Dragovoljac (relegated after single season in the top flight), relegated from 2021–22 Prva HNL and Vukovar 1991, winner of playoff between winners of five third tier leagues.

Before the start of the season, Inter Zaprešić ended up in bankruptcy and was dissolved. Instead of them, Croatia Zmijavci, originally relegated, was returned to the league.[3]

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in 2022–23 Prva NL
Team City Stadium[4] Capacity[5]
BSK Bijelo BrdoBijelo Brdo Stadion BSK1,200
CibaliaVinkovciStadion Cibalia9,958
Croatia ZmijavciZmijavciStadion Marijan Šuto Mrma2,000
DubravaZagrebStadion Kustošija2,550
DugopoljeDugopoljeStadion Hrvatski vitezovi5,200
Hrvatski DragovoljacZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić4,500
JarunZagrebStadion Lučko1,500
KustošijaZagrebStadion Kustošija2,550
OrijentRijekaStadion Krimeja3,500
RudešZagrebStadion SC Rudeš2,500
SolinSolinStadion Hrvatski vitezovi5,200
Vukovar 1991VukovarStadion u Borovu naselju3,550
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb 5 Dubrava, Hrvatski Dragovoljac,
Jarun, Kustošija, Rudeš
2 Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia 3 Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Solin
3 Coat of arms of Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Syrmia 2 Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
4 Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja 1 BSK Bijelo Brdo
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Orijent

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rudeš (C, P) 33 19 7 7 56 26 +30 64 Promotion to the Croatian Football League
2 Vukovar 1991 33 17 12 4 57 25 +32 63
3 Cibalia 33 13 15 5 37 26 +11 54
4 BSK Bijelo Brdo 33 12 8 13 41 37 +4 44
5 Jarun 33 13 5 15 43 57 −14 44
6 Orijent 33 10 13 10 45 45 0 43
7 Croatia Zmijavci 33 12 7 14 37 44 −7 43
8 Solin 33 12 7 14 47 55 −8 43
9 Dubrava 33 11 9 13 38 39 −1 42
10 Dugopolje 33 9 14 10 30 35 −5 41
11 Kustošija (R) 33 9 7 17 35 50 −15 34 Relegation play-off
12 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (R) 33 4 10 19 31 58 −27 22 Relegation to the Second Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2023. 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).[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG HRV JAR KUS ORI RUD SOL VUK
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1
Cibalia 4–0 — 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Croatia Zmijavci 2–0 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Dubrava 0–1 0–2 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–2 5–0 1–1 4–1 0–0
Dugopolje 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–3[upper-alpha 1] 3–3 0–1
Jarun 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–5 — 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–4
Kustošija 5–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–2 — 0–0 0–2 2–3 0–0
Orijent 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–3 1–0 — 1–2 1–1 0–0
Rudeš 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–0 2–2
Solin 0–3 0–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–0
Vukovar 1991 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. 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.
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DUB DUG HRV JAR KUS ORI RUD SOL VUK
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 3–1 1–2 1–0 6–0 2–1
Cibalia 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1
Croatia Zmijavci 2–0 — 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1
Dubrava 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 0–3 0–4
Dugopolje — 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–4 0–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 — 2–2
Jarun 2–1 1–0 3–2 — 2–1 0–1
Kustošija 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 — 2–1
Orijent 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 —
Rudeš 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–2 1–2
Solin 4–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 3–3 — 2–5
Vukovar 1991 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2023. 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.

Relegation play-offs
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kustošija 2–2 Zrinski Jurjevac 2–1 0–1

Notes
  1. Game originally ended with 1-0 win for Hrvatski Dragovoljac, but it was later awarded to Rudeš because Hrvatski Dragovoljac did not field enough players younger than 21 as per league rules.[7]

References
  1. "Velika nogometna reforma: Pogledajte što nas čeka u sljedeće dvije sezone". dalmatinskinogomet.hr (in Croatian). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  2. "SEZONA 2022/23 Prva HNL dobiva naziv Elitna liga, druga liga postaje Prva liga, jedinstvena treća liga postaje Druga liga". sportcom.hr. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. "Odluka o popunjavanju drugog i trećeg stupnja natjecanja" [Decision on filling the second and third stages of the competition]. HNS (in Croatian). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja za sezonu 2022./23" [The central licensing procedure for the 2022/23 season has been completed.]. Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku 2021/2022 godinu" (PDF). druga-hnl.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. "Rudeš izgubio, ali za zelenim stolom upisali pobjedu! Dragovoljci grme: Nema viteštva u nogometu". gol.dnevnik.hr. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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