# Croatian First League (women's handball)

The Croatian Women's First Handball League (Croatian: Prva hrvatska rukometna liga za žene) is the top women's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation. The league comprises fourteen teams.

## Current teams

As of 2024–25 season
* Bjelovar - Bjelovar
* Dalmatinka - Ploče
* Dugo Selo 55 - Dugo Selo
* Koka - Varaždin
* Lokomotiva - Zagreb
* Osijek - Osijek
* Podravka Vegeta - Koprivnica
* Rudar - Labin
* Sinj - Sinj
* Split 2010 - Split
* Trešnjevka - Zagreb
* Zamet - Rijeka
* Zelina - Sveti Ivan Zelina
* Zrinski - Čakovec

## EHF league ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:
* 6. (4) Liga Națională (94.50)
* 7. (7) Prva Liga (61.33)
* 8. (9) 1. HRL (57.00)
* 9. (8) Handball Bundesliga Frauen (56.33)
* 10. (11) 1. A DRL

## List of champions
### Key

| 0†0 | League champions also won the Croatian Women's Handball Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double. |
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place |
| 1992 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (1) † | Split | Podravka Koprivnica |
| 1992–93 | Podravka Koprivnica (1) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Zamet |
| 1993–94 | Podravka Koprivnica (2) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Graničar Đurđevac Zamet |
| 1994–95 | Podravka Koprivnica (3) † | Kraš Zagreb | Graničar Đurđevac Karbon Zaprešić |
| 1995–96 | Podravka Vegeta (4) † | Graničar Đurđevac | Kraš Zagreb |
| 1996–97 | Podravka Dolcela (5) † | Kraš Zagreb | Graničar Đurđevac |
| 1997–98 | Podravka Dolcela (6) † | Kraš Zagreb | Osijek |
| 1998–99 | Podravka Dolcela (7) † | Kraš Zagreb | Osijek Split Kaltenberg |
| 1999–2000 | Podravka Dolcela (8) † | Osijek | Kraš Zagreb |
| 2000–01 | Podravka Vegeta (9) † | Split Kaltenberg | Osijek Zvečevo Požega |
| 2001–02 | Podravka Vegeta (10) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Koka Varaždin Sonic Osijek |
| 2002–03 | Podravka Vegeta (11) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Sonic Osijek |
| 2003–04 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (2) | Podravka Vegeta | Brodosplit Inženjering |
| 2004–05 | Podravka Vegeta (12) | TVIN Virovitica | Lokomotiva Zagreb |
| 2005–06 | Podravka Vegeta (13) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | TVIN Virovitica |
| 2006–07 | Podravka Vegeta (14) | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Trogir |
| 2007–08 | Podravka Vegeta (15) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Trešnjevka |
| 2008–09 | Podravka Vegeta (16) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Trogir |
| 2009–10 | Podravka Vegeta (17) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Arena Pula |
| 2010–11 | Podravka Vegeta (18) † | Trešnjevka | Lokomotiva Zagreb |
| 2011–12 | Podravka Vegeta (19) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Sesvete Agroproteinka |
| 2012–13 | Podravka Vegeta (20) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Fantasyland Samobor |
| 2013–14 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (3) † | Podravka Vegeta | Trešnjevka |
| 2014–15 | Podravka Vegeta (21) † | Zamet | Zelina |
| 2015–16 | Podravka Vegeta (22) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Sesvete Agroproteinka |
| 2016–17 | Podravka Vegeta (23) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Koka Varaždin |
| 2017–18 | Podravka Vegeta (24) | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Koka Varaždin |
| 2018–19 | Podravka Vegeta (25) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Bjelovar |
| 2019–20 | Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Podravka Vegeta (26) | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Umag |
| 2021–22 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (4) | Podravka Vegeta | Bjelovar |
| 2022–23 | Lokomotiva Zagreb (5) | Podravka Vegeta | Bjelovar |
| 2023–24 | Podravka Vegeta (27) † | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Zrinski Čakovec |

## Performance by club

Teams in bold compete in the First League as of the 2023–24 season.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years |
| Podravka Koprivnica | 27 | 4 | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 21 | 1992, 2004, 2014, 2022, 2023 |
| Split | – | 2 | |
| Đurđevac | – | 1 | |
| Osijek | – | 1 | |
| Trešnjevka | – | 1 | |
| Virotivica | – | 1 | |
| Zamet | – | 1 | |