2019–20 Croatian Women's First Football League
# 2019–20 Croatian Women's First Football League

The 2019–20 Croatian Women's First Football League (Prva hrvatska nogometna liga za žene) is twenty ninth 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 22 September 2019.

The league was contested by eight teams, two less than in the previous season. It used competition format last used in 2011–12 season with championship and relegation play-offs. 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 Split were the defending champions, having won their first title in 2018–19.

The league was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and resumed behind closed doors on 13 June 2020.

## Teams

The following is a complete list of teams who have secured a place in the 2019–20 Croatian Women's First Football League.

| Team | Location | Stadium(s) | Position in 2018–19 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Agram | Zagreb | Stadion Buzin | 0044th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb | Stadion Maksimir | 0033rd |
| Katarina Zrinski | Čakovec | Stadion NK Sloga Čakovec | 0077th |
| Lepoglava | Lepoglava | | 0211st (2. HNLŽ North-West) |
| Neretva | Metković | Stadion Iza Vage | 0055th |
| Osijek | Osijek | Mačkamama, Stadion Gradski vrt | 0022nd |
| Split | Split | Stadion Park Mladeži | 0011st |
| Viktorija | Slavonski Brod | Stadion Jelas | 0066th |

## Regular season

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Osijek | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 7 | +91 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 2 | Split | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 3 | +114 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Agram | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 18 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Neretva | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 58 | −35 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 6 | Viktorija | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 77 | −64 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 7 | Katarina Zrinski | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 71 | −59 | 8 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Lepoglava | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 70 | −57 | 4 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |

* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Osijek 1, Split 0

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGR | DIN | KAT | LEP | NER | OSI | SPL | VIK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agram | — | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–14 | 0–9 | 8–1 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 7–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 4–0 |
| Katarina Zrinski | 0–3 | 0–6 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–10 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Lepoglava | 0–10 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | 5–2 | 0–11 | 0–12 | 2–3 |
| Neretva | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–10 | 0–6 | 5–1 |
| Osijek | 5–1 | 3–1 | 15–1 | 6–0 | 6–0 | — | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| Split | 15–0 | 2–0 | 16–0 | 7–0 | 13–0 | 2–1 | — | 18–0 |
| Viktorija | 2–1 | 0–11 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–11 | — |

## Play-offs

### Championship play-offs

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Split | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 8 | +144 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Osijek | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 16 | +119 | 54 | |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 61 | 35 | +26 | 33 | |
| 4 | Agram | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 110 | −74 | 21 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Split +3 (10), Osijek –3 (7)

**Results**

| Home \ Away | AGR | DIN | OSI | SPL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Agram | — | 0–4 | 0–10 | 0–5 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–9 |
| Osijek | 16–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–1 |
| Split | 10–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | — |

### Relegation play-offs

**League table**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Neretva | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 23 | |
| 6 | Katarina Zrinski | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 74 | −49 | 23 | |
| 7 | Viktorija | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 85 | −58 | 22 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
| 8 | Lepoglava (R) | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 90 | −71 | 7 | Relegation to 2. HNLŽ |

**Results**

| Home \ Away | KAT | LEP | NER | VIK |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Katarina Zrinski | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Lepoglava | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–5 |
| Neretva | 2–4 | 6–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Viktorija | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — |

* ↑ The Lepoglava v Neretva match was interrupted in 36th minute at the result 1–1, after Neretva was left with only six infield players (they started the match with nine players).

**Relegation play-off**

At the end of season, seventh placed Viktorija qualified for a home and away relegation playoff tie against a team from second level. However, sixth placed Katarina Zrinski failed to get a licence for top-level football and were demoted to second level. Viktorija automatically avoided relegation and qualified for 2020–21 Croatian Women's First Football League. 2019–20 Croatian Women's Second Football League was suspended in March due to COVID-19 and was not resumed after. Top two teams at the time of suspension, Donat and Marjan qualified for the 2020–21 Croatian Women's First Football League.

## Top scorers

    Updated to matches played on 9 August 2020.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lorena Balić | Osijek | 42 |
| 2 | Izabela Lojna | Osijek | 34 |
| 3 | Monika Conjar | Osijek | 25 |
| 3 | Anela Lubina | Split | 25 |
| 5 | Aida Hadžić | Split | 20 |
| 6 | Ivana Stanić | Dinamo Zagreb | 19 |
| 7 | Ana Dujmović | Split | 18 |
| 8 | Kristjana Kolgjeraj | Split | 17 |
| 9 | Matea Bošnjak | Split | 15 |
| 9 | Melani Mihić | Agram | 15 |
