Croatian football league system
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The Croatian football league system is a series of connected leagues
League system
A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport, usually with a system of promotion and relegation between consecutive levels of the hierarchy. They are often called pyramids due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions the further down the pyramid one descends...

 for club football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. This system has hierarchical format with promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 between leagues at different levels.

Present System


Level

Leagues

1

Prva HNL

16 clubs

2

Druga HNL

16 clubs

3

Treća HNL West

18 clubs

Treća HNL East

18 clubs

Treća HNL South

18 clubs

4

Četvrta HNL Centre Group A

Četvrta HNL Centre Group B

Četvrta HNL West

Četvrta HNL South Group A

Četvrta HNL South Group B

Četvrta HNL East

Četvrta HNL North Group A

Četvrta HNL North Group B

5

First League of Zagreb

First League of Sisacko-Moslavacka County

First League of Karlovac County

First League of Krapina-Zagorje County

Unified League of Zagreb County

First League of Istria County

First League of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

First League of Lika-Senj County

First League of Split-Dalmatia County

First League of Dubrovnik-Neretva County

First League of Šibenik-Knin County

First League of Zadar County

First League of Brod-Posavina County

First League of Osijek-Baranja County

First League of Požega-Slavonia County

First League of Vukovar-Syrmia County

First League of Međimurje

First League of Bjelovar-Bilogora County

First League of Koprivnica-Križevci County

First League of Virovitica-Podravina County

6

Second leagues of most counties and first league in Zagreb County

7

Third leagues of some counties, second league in Zagreb County, League of Baranja, League of Osijek etc.

8

Fourth Leagues of few counties
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