# 2021–22 Croatian First Futsal League

The 2021–22 Croatian First Futsal League (also known as Prva hrvatska malonogometna liga or Prva HMNL) is the 31st 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 1 October 2021 with first round od league and ended on 29 May 2022 with fourth game of finals.

## 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:
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

Futsal Pula and Šibenik 1983 were promoted to the Prva HMNL after finishing on top two places in qualifications. Osijek Kelme was relegated finishing last in the Prva HMNL, while Uspinjača was eliminated in qualification.

### Club locations
## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olmissum (X) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 35 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 2 | Futsal Pula (X) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 30 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 3 | Square (X) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 30 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Crnica (X) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 30 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 5 | Novo Vrijeme (X) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 30 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 6 | Futsal Dinamo (X) | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 27 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 7 | Universitas (X) | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 25 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 8 | Vrgorac (X) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 24 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 9 | Šibenik 1983 (Y) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 20 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Alumnus Sesvete (R) | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 37 | 114 | −77 | 3 | Relegation to Croatian Second Futsal League |
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head points: Futsal Pula 10 pts, Square 9 pts, Crnica 8 pts, Novo Vrijeme 7 pts

## Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 18 matches each played.
| Home \ Away | ALU | CRN | DIN | PUL | NVA | OLM | SQU | ŠIB | UNI | VRG |
| Alumnus Sesvete | — | 1–6 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 4–7 | 2–7 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 3–6 |
| Crnica | 4–5 | — | 2–9 | 6–2 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 6–3 | 6–4 |
| Futsal Dinamo | 6–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–4 |
| Futsal Pula | 6–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | — | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 7–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Novo Vrijeme | 13–2 | 5–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–6 | 3–3 | 5–3 |
| Olmissum | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| Square | 12–2 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Šibenik 1983 | 9–2 | 2–6 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 5–5 | 1–7 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 3–3 |
| Universitas | 9–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–9 | — | 6–1 |
| Vrgorac | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 1–1 | — |

## Playoff

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Fianals | Fianals |
| Olmissum | 2 | | |
| Vrgorac | 0 | | |
| Vrgorac | 0 | Olmissum | 1 |
| | | Novo Vrijeme | 2 |
| Crnica | 0 | Novo Vrijeme | 2 |
| Novo Vrijeme | 2 | | | | |
| Novo Vrijeme | 2 | | | Novo Vrijeme | 3 |
| | | | | Futsal Pula | 1 |
| Futsal Pula | 2 | | | Futsal Pula | 1 |
| Universitas | 0 | | | | |
| Universitas | 0 | Futsal Pula | 2 | | |
| | | Square | 0 |
| Square | 2 | Square | 0 |
| Futsal Dinamo | 1 | | |

### Quarter-finals

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

### Semi-finals

Novo Vrijeme wins 2–1 overall.
Futsal Pula wins 2–0 overall.

### Final

Novo Vrijeme wins 3–1 overall.

## Promotion/relegation playoff
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Osijek (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 13 | Promotion to Croatian First Futsal League |
| 2 | Torcida (P) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 12 | Promotion to Croatian First Futsal League |
| 3 | Šibenik 1983 (R) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 8 | Relegation to Croatian Second Futsal League |
| 4 | Gorica (R) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 34 | −22 | 1 | Relegation to Croatian Second Futsal League |

### Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 6 matches each played.
| Home \ Away | GOR | OSI | ŠIB | TOR |
| Gorica | — | 2–7 | 2–5 | 1–6 |
| Osijek | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 6–2 |
| Šibenik 1983 | 1–1 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 |
| Torcida | 7–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zvonimir Šućur | Šibenik 1983 | 22 |
| 2 | Antonio Sekulić | Olmissum | 20 |
| 3 | Josip Bošković | Vrgorac | 19 |
| 4 | Luka Suton | Novo Vrijeme | 18 |
| 5 | Ivan Gotovac | Universitas | 17 |
| 5 | Marko Kuraja | Square | 17 |
| 7 | Kristian Čekol | Futsal Dinamo | 13 |
| 7 | Toni Jelavić | Novo Vrijeme | 13 |
| 7 | David Mataja | Futsal Pula | 13 |
| 7 | Daniel Moravac | Futsal Pula | 13 |
    As of 15 April 2022