Season | 2017–18 |
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Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 126 (2.8 per match) |
Top goalscorer | El Arabi Hillel Soudani (6) |
Biggest home win | Rijeka 7–0 Cibalia |
Biggest away win | Rudeš 0–4 Hajduk Split |
Highest scoring | Rijeka 7–0 Cibalia |
Longest winning run | Dinamo Zagreb (6) |
Longest unbeaten run | Dinamo Zagreb (9) |
Longest winless run | Rudeš (8) |
Longest losing run |
Cibalia Inter Zaprešić (4) |
Highest attendance | 18,108 Hajduk Split 0–2 Rijeka |
Lowest attendance | 250 Rudeš 1–0 Istra 1961 |
Total attendance | 142,530 |
Average attendance | 3,167 |
← 2016–17
All statistics correct as of 17 September 2017.
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The 2017–18 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 14 July 2017 and is expected to end on 19 May 2018.
The league is contested by 10 teams.
On 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2017–18 season was complete. For the 2017–18 Prva HNL, only seven clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Lokomotiva, Osijek, Rijeka and Slaven Belupo. All of these clubs except Inter Zaprešić were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions. In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage can appeal on the decision. On 23 May 2017, it was announced that all remaining Prva HNL clubs except RNK Split were granted top level license. Four teams from Druga HNL acquired the top level license: Gorica, Rudeš, Solin and NK Zagreb.
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.