2021–22 Croatian Women's First Football League

The 2021–22 Croatian Women's First Football League (Croatian: Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene) was the 31st 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 5 September 2021 and ended on 29 May 2022.

Prva HNLŽ

Season	2021–22
Champions	Split
Relegated	Neretva
Champions League	Split
Matches played	82
Goals scored	495 (6.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lorena Balić (33)
Biggest home win	Osijek 25–0 Neretva
Biggest away win	Neretva 0–15 Split
Highest scoring	Osijek 25–0 Neretva
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2022.

The league was contested by eight teams. First stage was played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team two times over 14 rounds. In a second stage teams were divided in two groups according to the table standings. ŽNK Osijek were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title in 2020–21.

Teams

 

 

Agram
Dinamo

 

Donat

 

Međimurje

 

Neretva

 

Osijek

 

Rijeka

 

Split

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Locations of teams in 2021–22 Croatian Women's First Football League

The following is a complete list of teams who have secured a place in the 2021–22 Croatian Women's First Football League.

Team	Location	Stadium(s)	Position in 2020–21
Agram	Zagreb	Stadion Buzin	0044th
Dinamo Zagreb	Zagreb	Stadion Maksimir	0033rd
Donat	Zadar	Stadion Stanovi	0055th
Međimurje-Čakovec	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	0211st (2. HNLŽ B)
Neretva	Metković	Stadion Iza Vage	0066th
Osijek	Osijek	Mačkamama, Stadion Gradski vrt	0011st
Rijeka	Rijeka	Stadion Kantrida	0211st (2. HNLŽ A)
Split	Split	Stadion Park Mladeži	0022nd

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Osijek	14	12	1	1	104	8	+96	37	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
2	Split	14	12	1	1	92	5	+87	37
3	Dinamo Zagreb	14	11	0	3	58	11	+47	33
4	Rijeka	14	6	1	7	32	41	−9	19
5	Agram	14	5	1	8	35	41	−6	16	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
6	Međimurje-Čakovec	14	5	0	9	19	71	−52	15
7	Donat	14	2	1	11	17	56	−39	7
8	Neretva	14	0	1	13	2	126	−124	1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2022. Source: soccerway.com HNS.hr
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 to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	AGR	DIN	DON	MEĐ	NER	OSI	RIJ	SPL
Agram	—	0–4	2–3	8–0	10–0	1–8	1–2	0–1
Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	—	4–0	6–0	12–0	1–3	5–0	1–0
Donat	0–4	0–6	—	2–4	8–0	0–5	0–7	0–5
Međimurje-Čakovec	0–3	0–5	4–2	—	4–0	0–13	3–1	0–7
Neretva	1–3	1–8	0–0	0–4	—	0–3	0–3	0–15
Osijek	5–0	4–0	9–0	11–0	25–0	—	8–0	0–4
Rijeka	1–1	0–4	3–1	3–0	12–0	0–8	—	0–1
Split	14–1	2–0	3–1	10–0	19–0	2–2	9–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2022. Source: HNS.hr
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.

Play-offs

Championship play-offs

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Split (C)	20	16	2	2	117	10	+107	50	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Osijek	20	15	2	3	132	14	+118	47
3	Dinamo Zagreb	20	15	0	5	75	20	+55	45
4	Rijeka	20	6	1	13	32	91	−59	19

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2022. Source: HNS.hr
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 to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	DIN	OSI	RIJ	SPL
Dinamo Zagreb	—	2–1	2–0	2–1
Osijek	4–1	—	8–0	1–1
Rijeka	0–8	0–14	—	0–7
Split	3–2	2–0	11–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2022. Source: HNS.hr
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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Agram	20	9	2	9	57	53	+4	29
6	Međimurje-Čakovec	20	9	1	10	41	80	−39	28
7	Donat (O)	20	4	1	15	31	76	−45	13	Qualification to Relegation play-off
8	Neretva (R)	20	1	1	18	10	151	−141	4	Relegation to 2. HNLŽ

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2022. Source: HNS.hr
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 to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AGR	DON	MEĐ	NER
Agram	—	7–3	3–2	4–1
Donat	1–4	—	3–4	3–1
Međimurje-Čakovec	2–2	2–0	—	6–1
Neretva	3–2	2–4	0–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2022. Source: HNS.hr
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-off

At the end of the season, seventh placed Donat will contest a two-legged relegation play-off tie against the losing team of promotion play-off tie between Hajduk Split and Viktorija.

First leg

5 June 2022

18:00

Donat	4–0	Viktorija
Ivandić   55' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Ćubić   88' Čavić   90+3'	Report

Stadion Stanovi, Zadar

Attendance: 500

Referee: Jelena Pejković

Second leg

12 June 2022

Viktorija	0–5	Donat
	Report

Slavonski Brod

Donat won 9–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 29 May 2022.^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lorena Balić	Osijek	33
2	Izabela Lojna	Osijek	25
3	Aida Hadžić	Split	24
4	Koral Hazan	Split	21
5	Karla Kurkutović	Dinamo Zagreb	20
6	Maja Joščak	Osijek	15
	Sandra Žigić	Agram
8	Merjema Medić	Osijek	13
9	Petra Mikulica	Rijeka	12
10	Andrea Grebenar	Split	11
	Ivana Stanić	Dinamo Zagreb
	Ayuri Terawaki	Međimurje-Čakovec

References

1. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Prve hrvatske nogometne lige za žene u natjecateljskoj godini 2021./2022". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
2. "1. HNLŽ - Strijelci" (in Croatian). HNS. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

External links

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