2024–25 First Football League (Croatia)

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.^[1] This is the third season that the second level of men's football in Croatia is named First football league (Prva nogometna liga).^[2]

Prva nogometna liga

Season	2024–25
Dates	16 August 2024 – 16 March 2025
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 27 October 2024.

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

Vukovar 1991

BSK

Cibalia

Dugopolje

Opatija

Orijent

Croatia

Jarun

Dubrava

Rudeš

Sesvete

Zrinski Jurjevac

Locations of teams in 2024–25 Prva NL

Team	City	Stadium[3]	Capacity[4]
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	City of Zagreb	4	Dubrava, Jarun, Rudeš, Sesvete
2	Split-Dalmatia	2	Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje
	Osijek-Baranja		BSK Bijelo Brdo, Zrinski Jurjevac
	Vukovar-Syrmia		Cibalia, Vukovar 1991
	Primorje-Gorski Kotar		Opatija, Orijent

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vukovar 1991	14	9	3	2	22	7	+15	30	Promotion to the Croatian Football League
2	Opatija	14	7	6	1	19	11	+8	27
3	Dubrava	14	7	3	4	16	12	+4	24
4	Sesvete	14	6	4	4	18	15	+3	22
5	Cibalia	14	5	5	4	23	15	+8	20
6	Croatia Zmijavci	14	4	6	4	14	17	−3	18
7	Jarun	14	4	5	5	18	16	+2	17
8	Orijent	14	3	8	3	14	14	0	17
9	Rudeš	14	5	2	7	13	15	−2	17
10	Dugopolje	14	2	8	4	11	18	−7	14
11	BSK Bijelo Brdo	14	2	6	6	10	20	−10	12	Relegation play-off
12	Zrinski Osječko 1664	14	1	2	11	8	26	−18	5	Relegation to the Second Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 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).^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	BSK	CIB	CRO	DUB	DUG	JAR	OPA	ORI	RUD	SES	VUK	ZRI
BSK Bijelo Brdo	—	0–4	2–2		1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0				1–0
Cibalia		—	3–3	1–2		1–1		1–1	2–0			5–0
Croatia Zmijavci			—			1–0	0–0	1–1			1–0
Dubrava	3–0		0–1	—	2–0		2–1			0–0	1–2
Dugopolje	1–1	1–1	0–0		—		2–2			0–0	0–1
Jarun				3–1	2–2	—			1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1
Opatija		1–1		0–0		2–1	—	2–0	1–0			2–1
Orijent			0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1		—	1–1	0–1
Rudeš	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2				—	2–0	0–1
Sesvete	1–3	2–1	3–2				1–1			—	0–1	1–0
Vukovar 1991	1–1	2–0					1–1	0–1		1–0	—	3–0
Zrinski Jurjevac			0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2		2–0	1–1			—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 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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3. "ZAVRŠEN SREDIŠNJI POSTUPAK LICENCIRANJA ZA SEZONU 2023./2024". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
4. "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. "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.