2016–17 Croatian Women's First Football League

The 2016–17 Croatian Women's First Football League (Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene) was the twenty sixth season of Croatian Women's First Football League, the national championship for women's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 10 September 2016 and ended on 4 June 2017.

Prva HNLŽ

Season	2016–17
Champions	Osijek
Relegated	Lepoglava
Champions League	Osijek
Matches played	90
Goals scored	529 (5.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mateja Andrlić (39)
Biggest home win	Osijek 19–0 Marjan
Biggest away win	Trnava 0–13 Osijek
Highest scoring	Osijek 19–0 Marjan
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 4 June 2017.

The league was contested by ten teams and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team two times over 18 rounds. ŽNK Osijek were the defending champions, having won their twentieth title in 2015–16.

Teams

Agram

Katarina Zrinski

Lepoglava

Neretva

Osijek

Pregrada

Split
Marjan

Trnava

Viktorija

Locations of teams in 2016–17 Croatian Women's First Football League

The following is a complete list of teams who are contesting the 2016–17 Croatian Women's First Football League.^[1]

Team	Location	Stadium(s)	Position in 2015–16
Agram	Zagreb	Stadion Buzin	0044th
Katarina Zrinski	Čakovec	Stadion NK Sloga Čakovec	0088th
Lepoglava	Lepoglava		0211st (2. HNLŽ North-West)
Marjan	Split	Stadion Poljud	0055th
Neretva	Metković	Stadion Iza Vage	0211st (2. HNLŽ South)
Osijek	Osijek	Mačkamama, Stadion Gradski vrt	0011st
Pregrada	Pregrada	Stadion NK Pregrada	0066th
Split	Split	Stadion Park Mladeži	0022nd
Trnava	Goričan	Stadion Gaj	0033rd
Viktorija	Slavonski Brod	Stadion Jelas	0099th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Osijek (C)	18	18	0	0	157	2	+155	54	Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2	Agram	18	16	0	2	92	25	+67	48
3	Split	18	14	0	4	74	32	+42	42
4	Trnava[a]	18	7	4	7	36	54	−18	22
5	Neretva	18	5	5	8	36	63	−27	20
6	Viktorija	18	4	4	10	29	59	−30	16
7	Pregrada	18	4	2	12	34	67	−33	14
8	Katarina Zrinski	18	2	8	8	23	69	−46	14
9	Marjan	18	4	0	14	26	92	−66	12
10	Lepoglava (R)	18	2	5	11	22	64	−42	11	Relegation to 2. HNLŽ

Source: soccerway.com HNS.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Deducted 3 points

Results

Home \ Away	AGR	KAT	LEP	MAR	NER	OSI	PRE	SPL	TRN	VIK
Agram		7–0	3–1	9–1	12–2	0–4	4–1	5–3	3–1	7–2
Katarina Zrinski	0–3		0–0	4–2	3–3	1–10	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1
Lepoglava	1–4	2–2		4–0	3–3	0–5	3–2	1–5	0–2	1–3
Marjan	0–6	0–3	3–2		3–1	0–10	6–0	1–2	1–3	1–5
Neretva	1–6	4–0	2–0	3–2		0–10	4–0	1–2	2–1	2–2
Osijek	6–0	14–0	10–0	19–0	5–1		9–0	9–0	3–0	17–0
Pregrada	0–3	5–1	7–0	6–1	4–4	0–7		1–4	0–4	4–2
Split	0–5	10–1	9–0	10–0	4–0	0–3	7–0		6–1	4–1
Trnava	1–8	2–2	2–2	3–2	3–3	0–13	5–3	1–3		2–1
Viktorija	1–7	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–0	0–3	2–0	1–3	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2017. Source: HNS Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 4 June 2017.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mateja Andrlić	Osijek	39
2	Tomislava Matijević	Agram	31
3	Izabela Lojna	Osijek	28
4	Maja Joščak	Osijek	26
5	Anela Lubina	Split	24
6	Ana Dujmović	Agram	16
7	Perica Cicijelj	Trnava	15
8	Helena Perić	Neretva	13
9	Andrea Valušek	Split	12
10	Petra Glavač	Pregrada	11
	Doris Tomić	Agram
	Andreja Šćukanec-Hopinski	Katarina Zrinski
	Sandra Žigić	Osijek

References

1. Freiler, Josip (16 July 2016). "ŽNK Katarina Zrinski Čakovec: Potrudit ćemo se za bolji plasman u novoj sezoni". medjimurje.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 July 2016.
2. "Women's First League". HNS. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

External links

• Croatian Women's First Football League at UEFA.com
• Croatian Women's First Football League at Croatian Football Federation website