Croatian football league system

The Croatian football league system is a series of connected leagues for club football in Croatia. This system has hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. This system is used from season 2014−15 .

Men's system

Level	Leagues
1	Prva HNL 10 clubs
2	Druga HNL 12 clubs
3	Treća HNL West 16 clubs	Treća HNL East 16 clubs	Treća HNL South 18 clubs
4	Inter-county league of Rijeka 16 clubs Inter-county league of Center 16 clubs	Inter-county league of North 30 clubs(2 groups) Inter-county league of East 16 clubs	without inter-county league
5	First League of Zagreb 16 clubs First League of Sisak-Moslavina County 16 clubs First League of Karlovac County 10 clubs First League of Krapina-Zagorje County 14 clubs Unified League of Zagreb County 16 clubs First League of Istria County 13 clubs First League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 13 clubs First League of Lika-Senj County 9 clubs	First League of Međimurje County 16 clubs First League of Varaždin County 14 clubs First League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County 12 clubs First League of Koprivnica-Križevci County 14 clubs First League of Virovitica-Podravina County 14 clubs First League of Brod-Posavina County 14 clubs First league of Osijek-Baranja County 16 clubs First league of Vukovar-Syrmia County 16 clubs First League of Požega-Slavonia County 12 clubs	First League of Dubrovnik-Neretva County 12 clubs First League of Split-Dalmatia County 14 clubs First League of Šibenik-Knin County 9 clubs First League of Zadar County 13 clubs
6	Second League of Zagreb 10 clubs Second League of Sisak-Moslavina County 12 clubs Second League of Karlovac County 16 clubs(2 groups) First League of Krapina-Zagorje County 11 clubs First League of Zagreb County 32 clubs(2 groups) Second League of Istria County 37 clubs(3 groups) Second League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 13 clubs	Second league of Međimurje County 32 clubs(2 groups) Second League of Varaždin County 19 clubs(2 groups) Second League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County 20 clubs(2 groups) Second League of Koprivnica-Križevci County 14 clubs Second league of Virovitica-Podravina County 27 clubs(2 groups) Second league of Brod-Posavina County 42 clubs(3 groups) Second league of Osijek-Baranja County 70 club(5 groups) Second league of Vukovar-Syrmia County 35 club(3 groups) Second league of Požega-Slavonia County 10 clubs	Second league of Dubrovnik-Neretva County 9 clubs Second league of Split-Dalmatia County 8 clubs Second league of Zadar County 11 clubs
7	Third league of Zagreb 10 clubs Third league of Sisak-Moslavina County 34 clubs(3 groups) Second League of Zagreb County 30 clubs(3 groups)	Third league of Međimurje County 13 clubs Third League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County 20 clubs(2 groups) Third League of Koprivnica-Križevci County 32 clubs(3 groups) Third league of Virovitica-Podravina County 14 clubs(2 groups) Third league of Brod-Posavina County 28 clubs(3 groups) Third league of Osijek-Baranja County 61 clubs(6 groups) Third league of Vukovar-Syrmia County 19 clubs(2 groups) Third league of Požega-Slavonia County 9 clubs

Croatian Football League System.

Women's system

Level	Leagues
1	Prva HNLŽ 10 clubs
2	Druga HNLŽ North-West 6 clubs	Druga HNLŽ South 4 clubs

External links

• League321.com - Croatian football league tables, records & statistics database. (English)
• rsssf.com - Croatian football league tables and results 2015-16. (English)