2022–23 Croatian First Futsal League Explained

Competition:Croatian First Futsal League
Dates:30 September 2022 – 29 May 2023
Winners:Futsal Dinamo(1st title)
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Futsal Dinamo
Olmissum
Relegated:Universitas
Matches:90
Total Goals:504
League Topscorer:Andrej Pandurević (Osijek)
18 goals
Biggest Home Win:Futsal Dinamo 6–1 Osijek
Vrgorac 5–0 Stanoinvest-Futsal Pula
Futsal Dinamo 6–1 Universitas
Square 6–1 Vrgorac
Stanoinvest-Futsal Pula 7–2 Osijek
Olmissum 6–1 Universitas
Biggest Away Win:Torcida 3–7 Vrgorac
Highest Scoring:Osijek 7–5 Vrgorac
Prevseason:2021–22
Updated:29 May 2023

The 2022–23 Croatian First Futsal League (also known as Prva hrvatska malonogometna liga or Prva HMNL) was the 32nd season of the Croatian First Futsal League, the national championship for men's futsal teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 30 September 2022 with first round and finished on 29 May 2022 with the fourth game finals, where Futsal Dinamo beat Olmissum.

Competition system

The competition takes place in two parts.

First part: Double round robin league with ten clubs playing total of 18 rounds. After end of first part top eight teams goes to playoffs while the last one is relegated and ninth goes to promotion/relegation playoff with the winner of three groups of the Second Croatian futsal league.

Second part: Playoffs in which eight best placed clubs play after the first part of the competition. The quarter-finals and semi-finals are played on two won matches, and the finals on three won matches. During the playoffs in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, the better placed club from the first part of the championship retains the right to host in the first, third and eventual fifth game. Playoff match pairs are determined according to the following schedule:[1]

Quarter-finals: 1st against 8th, 2nd against 7th, 3rd against 6th and 4th against 5th;

Semi-finals: winner of quarterfinal match 1 against winner of quarterfinal match 4 and winner of quarterfinal match 2 against winner of quarterfinal of match 3;

Finale: winner of semifinal match 1 against winner of semifinal match 2.

Teams

Changes

Osijek and Torcida were promoted to the Prva HMNL after finishing on top two places in qualifications. Alumnus Sesvete was relegated finishing last in the Prva HMNL, while Šibenik 1983 was eliminated in qualification.

Club locations

TeamCitySport hall
CrnicaŠibenikSportska dvorana Baldekin
Futsal DinamoZagrebDom sportova, hall 2
Stanoinvest-Futsal PulaPulaDom sportova Mate Parlov
Novo VrijemeMakarskaSportski centar Makarska
OlmissumOmišSportska dvorana Ribnjak
OsijekOsijekŠportska dvorana Zrinjevac
SquareDubrovnikSportska dvorana Gospino polje
TorcidaSplitSportski centar Gripe
UniversitasSplitSportski centar Gripe
VrgoracVrgoracDom sportova Vrgorac

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 18 matches each played.

Playoff

Quarter-finals

Novo Vrijeme wins 2–1 overall.----Olmissum wins 2–0 overall.----Square wins 2–1 overall.----Futsal Dinamo wins 2–1 overall.

Semi-finals

Futsal Dinamo wins 2–0 overall.----Olmissum wins 2–0 overall.

Final

Futsal Dinamo wins 3–1 overall.

Promotion/relegation playoff

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 6 matches each played.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Andrej PandurevićOsijek19
2Toni JelavićNovo Vrijeme16
3Vitor Hugo de Lima da SilvaOsijek14
Zvonimir ŠućurFutsal Dinamo
5Domagoj DamjanovićOsijek12
Luka PerićFutsal Dinamo
7Kristian Čekol11
Rafael Ferreira LimaNovo Vrijeme
Matheus Moura BatistaOlmissum
9Antonio Sekulić10
Nikola Pavić
Maro ĐurašSquare
Josip BoškovićVrgorac
Daniel MoravacFutsal Pula
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Notes and References

  1. News: Propozicije natjecanja za Prve hrvatske malonogometne lige za natjecateljsku 2022/2023 godinu . hns-cff.hr . hr . 15 September 2022 . 30 September 2022 .
  2. https://hns-cff.hr/natjecanja/mali-nogomet-futsal/supersport-1-hmnl/ Prva HMNL