# 2022–23 Croatian First Futsal League

The 2022–23 Croatian First Futsal League (also known as Prva hrvatska malonogometna liga or Prva HMNL) was the 32nd 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 30 September 2022 with first round and finished on 29 May 2022 with the fourth game finals, where Futsal Dinamo beat Olmissum.

## 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.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Novo Vrijeme (X) | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 37 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 2 | Olmissum (X) | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 31 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 3 | Square (X) | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 31 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Futsal Dinamo (X) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 30 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 5 | Vrgorac (X) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 29 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 6 | Crnica (X) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 24 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 7 | Stanoinvest-Futsal Pula (X) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 24 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 8 | Osijek (X) | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 23 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 9 | Torcida (Y) | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 15 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Universitas (R) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 67 | −37 | 6 | Relegation to Croatian Second Futsal League |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Olmissum 6 pts, Square 0 pts
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Crnica 4 pts, Stanoinvest-Futsal Pula 1 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 | CRN | DIN | NVA | OLM | OSI | PUL | SQU | TOR | UNI | VRG |
| Crnica | — | 2–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Futsal Dinamo | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 |
| Novo Vrijeme | 3–1 | 4–3 | — | 4–4 | 4–3 | 7–4 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 |
| Olmissum | 1–2 | 4–4 | 3–2 | — | 7–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 |
| Osijek | 6–4 | 2–6 | 5–5 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 4–2 | 6–5 | 3–1 | 7–5 |
| Stanoinvest-Futsal Pula | 5–5 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 7–2 | — | 2–3 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Square | 6–2 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Torcida | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 3–7 |
| Universitas | 2–2 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–3 |
| Vrgorac | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — |

## Playoff

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

### Quarter-finals

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

### Semi-finals

Futsal Dinamo wins 2–0 overall.
Olmissum wins 2–0 overall.

### Final

Futsal Dinamo wins 3–1 overall.

## Promotion/relegation playoff
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Torcida (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 13 | Promotion to Croatian First Futsal League |
| 2 | Uspinjača Gimka (P) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 9 | Promotion to Croatian First Futsal League |
| 3 | Nova Gradiška (R) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 7 | Relegation to Croatian Second Futsal League |
| 4 | Split (R) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 5 | 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 | NGR | SPL | TOR | USP |
| Nova Gradiška | — | 8–4 | 4–6 | 6–4 |
| Split | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 2–0 |
| Torcida | 6–3 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 |
| Uspinjača Gimka | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrej Pandurević | Osijek | 19 |
| 2 | Toni Jelavić | Novo Vrijeme | 16 |
| 3 | Vitor Hugo de Lima da Silva | Osijek | 14 |
| 3 | Zvonimir Šućur | Futsal Dinamo | 14 |
| 5 | Domagoj Damjanović | Osijek | 12 |
| 5 | Luka Perić | Futsal Dinamo | 12 |
| 7 | Kristian Čekol | Futsal Dinamo | 11 |
| 7 | Rafael Ferreira Lima | Novo Vrijeme | 11 |
| 7 | Matheus Moura Batista | Olmissum | 11 |
| 9 | Antonio Sekulić | Olmissum | 10 |
| 9 | Nikola Pavić | Olmissum | 10 |
| 9 | Maro Đuraš | Square | 10 |
| 9 | Josip Bošković | Vrgorac | 10 |
| 9 | Daniel Moravac | Futsal Pula | 10 |
    As of 31 March 2023