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.

Croatian First League

Founded	1991
No. of teams	14
Country	Croatia
Confederation	EHF
Most recent champion(s)	Podravka (27th title)
Most titles	Podravka (27 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	Sportska TV
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	2. HRLŽ
International cup(s)	Champions League European League European Cup
Official website	http://www.hrs.hr/
2022–23 season

Current teams

Bjelovar

Zrinski

Dugo Selo

Podravka

Osijek

Rudar

Sinj

Split

Koka

Dalmatinka

Zamet

Zelina

Lokomotiva
Trešnjevka

Locations of teams in 2024–25 Croatian First League

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

Former pin badge of the ŽRK Zrinski, women's handball club from Čakovec

EHF league ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:^[1]

• 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[2]	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[3]	Podravka Vegeta (25) †	Lokomotiva Zagreb	Bjelovar
2019–20	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

See also

• Croatian Premier Handball League