The 2016–17 Treća HNL season is the 26th since its establishment.

The league consists of three regional groups, Istok (East), Jug (South) and Zapad (West).

Overview before the season

50 teams will join the league, including two relegated from the 2015–16 Druga HNL and five promoted from the lower leagues.

Relegated from 2015–16 Druga HNL

• Segesta (Druga HNL→Treća HNL West)
• Zadar (Druga HNL→Treća HNL South)

Promoted from 2015–16 Treća HNL

• Novigrad (Treća HNL West→Druga HNL)
• Solin (Treća HNL South→Druga HNL)

Relegated from 2015–16 Treća HNL

• Mladost Antin (Treća HNL East→Inter-county league of East)
• Podravina (Treća HNL East→Inter-county league of North−Group Čakovec-Varždin)
• Špansko (Treća HNL West→Inter-county league of Center)
• Zagora (Treća HNL South→First League of Šibenik-Knin county)
• Mosor (Treća HNL South→First League of Split-Dalmatia county)

Promoted from 2015–16 Inter-county leagues and County leagues

Group

East

Treća HNL East

Season	2016–17
Matches played	144
Goals scored	347 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	11 goals Josip Špoljarić (Osijek II) Nenad Erić (Međimurje) Ivan Jakešević (Slavonija)
Biggest home win	Varaždin 6−1 Bjelovar Vukovar '91 5−0 Slavonija Belišće 5−0 Đakovo Croatia
Biggest away win	Đakovo Croatia 1−5 Osijek II
Highest scoring	Varaždin 6−1 Bjelovar Višnjevac 2−5 Osijek II
← 2015−16 All statistics correct as of 22 March 2017.

Stadia and locations

Bedem Ivankovo

Belišće

Bjelovar

BSK

Đakovo Croatia

Koprivnica

Marsonia

Međimurje

Mladost Ždralovi

Oriolik

Osijek II

Slavija

Slavonija

Varaždin

Višnjevac

Vukovar '91

Location of teams in 2016–17 Treća HNL East

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Bedem Ivankovo	Ivankovo	Grac	1,000
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion	5,000
Bjelovar	Bjelovar	Gradski stadion	4,000
BSK	Bijelo Brdo	Igralište BSK-a	1,000
Đakovo Croatia	Đakovo	Stadion na Pazarištu	3,000
Koprivnica	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion	3,500
Marsonia	Slavonski Brod	Stadion uz Savu	8,000
Međimurje	Čakovec	SRC Mladost	6,000
Mladost Ždralovi	Ždralovi	Igralište NK Mladosti	1,000
Oriolik	Oriovac	Igralište NK Oriolika	1,500
Osijek II	Osijek	Igralište u Donjem gradu	1,000
Slavija	Pleternica	Stadion Stjepan Zdenko Šivo	700
Slavonija	Požega	Stadion kraj Orljave	4,000
Varaždin	Varaždin	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec	9,099
Višnjevac	Višnjevac	Stadion NK Višnjevca	1,500
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Međimurje	30	20	4	6	56	25	+31	64	Promotion to 2017–18 Druga HNL
2	Varaždin	30	18	6	6	53	27	+26	60
3	Osijek II	29	15	7	7	58	31	+27	52
4	Bedem Ivankovo	29	15	5	9	49	35	+14	50
5	BSK	29	14	4	11	55	39	+16	46
6	Marsonia	29	13	7	9	38	31	+7	46
7	Slavonija	29	12	8	9	45	43	+2	44
8	Mladost Ždralovi	29	12	7	10	27	27	0	43
9	Slavija	29	11	8	10	45	32	+13	41
10	Oriolik	29	10	8	11	30	30	0	38
11	Bjelovar	29	11	4	14	34	47	−13	37
12	Đakovo Croatia	29	10	5	14	33	50	−17	35
13	Vukovar '91	29	9	5	15	34	49	−15	32
14	Belišće	29	8	6	15	37	41	−4	30
15	Koprivnica	29	7	5	17	25	48	−23	26	Relegation to 2017–18 Inter-county league
16	Višnjevac (-1)	29	3	3	23	17	82	−65	12

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2017. Source: Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	BED	BEL	BJE	BSK	ĐAK	KOP	MAR	MEĐ	MLŽ	ORI	OSI	SLA	SLO	VAR	VIŠ	VUK
Bedem Ivankovo		2–1			3–1	4–1	1–0	3–0			1–2	1–1		4–0	2–0
Belišće	1–0			0–1	5–0				1–1		1–1	0–0		0–1	2–0	3–1
Bjelovar	2–0	2–0		2–1	2–1		0–0	3–2			0–2	0–1			0–0
BSK Bijelo Brdo	2–3		3–1			2–0		2–1	1–0	2–1		5–2	0–1			0–0
Đakovo-Croatia				2–1		0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–5		2–0	2–1
Koprivnica		2–1	2–0	1–1					0–1	0–1		0–1	2–1	1–2		1–0
Marsonia		3–2		1–0	4–1	3–2		0–1	0–1				3–1	0–3		1–2
Međimurje		2–1		2–1		3–0			2–1	1–1			1–2	0–0	5–2	1–1
Mladost Ždralovi	0–0		0–0							1–0		1–0	1–0		1–0	2–1
Oriolik	2–0	0–0	2–0		2–3		0–0				1–0	2–0			1–1
Osijek				0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0					1–1		1–2
Slavija Pleternica					4–1	1–1	0–0	0–2			1–0			1–3	3–0
Slavonija		2–0	2–1		1–1					1–1	3–2	2–1			4–0
Varaždin	3–0	2–0	6–1	1–3					1–1	2–0			1–0			1–0
Višnjevac				0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–3			2–5			1–0
Vukovar 91'	0–0	1–0	0–2		2–0					1–0		1–0	3–4		2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

Treća HNL South

Season	2016–17
Matches played	153
Goals scored	425 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	12 goals Vlatko Blažević(Zadar)
Biggest home win	Hajduk II 8−0 Val
Biggest away win	Jadran LP 0−5 OŠK Otok
Highest scoring	Hajduk II 8−0 Val
← 2015−16 All statistics correct as of 29 November 2016.

Stadia and locations

Split

BŠK Zmaj

CroatiaZmijavci

GOŠK

Hrvace

Jadran LP

Junak

Kamen Ivanbegovina

Neretva

Neretvanac

Omiš

Orkan Dugi Rat

OŠK Otok

Primorac

Val

Zadar

Zmaj Makarska

Split clubs:

Hajduk II
Mosor
Primorac 1929

Location of teams in 2015–16 Treća HNL South

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
BŠK Zmaj	Blato	Zlinje	3,000
Croatia Zmijavci	Zmijavci	ŠRC Marijan Šuto Mrma	1,000
GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919	Dubrovnik	Lapad	3,000
Hajduk II	Split	Poljud	34,448
Hrvace	Hrvace	Gradski stadion	3,075
Jadran LP	Ploče	Igralište NK Jadrana	2,000
Junak	Sinj	Gradski stadion	3,096
Kamen Ivanbegovina	Ivanbegovina	Igralište NK Kamena	1,000
Neretva	Metković	Igralište iza Vage	2,000
Neretvanac	Opuzen	Podvornica	2,500
Omiš	Omiš	Stadion Anđelko Marušić-Ferata	5,000
Orkan	Dugi Rat	ŠRC Dalmacija	3,000
OŠK Otok	Otok	Igralište NK Otok	450
Primorac B/M	Biograd na Moru	Gradski stadion Kazimir i Silvio	1,500
Primorac 1929	Stobreč	Igralište u Blatu	3,600
Val	Kaštel Stari	Vukovar	2,000
Zadar	Zadar	Stanovi	5,860
Zmaj Makarska	Makarska	Gradski sportski centar	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk II	33	22	5	6	82	28	+54	71	Promotion to 2017–18 Druga HNL
2	Hrvace	32	17	9	6	56	23	+33	60
3	Croatia Zmijavci	33	17	6	10	51	30	+21	57
4	Neretvanac	33	15	6	12	57	56	+1	51
5	Zadar	33	13	10	10	50	37	+13	49
6	Primorac B/M	32	14	4	14	52	44	+8	46
7	Junak	32	13	7	12	34	29	+5	46
8	GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919	33	13	7	13	40	42	−2	46
9	Jadran LP	33	14	4	15	36	49	−13	46
10	Kamen Ivanbegovina	32	13	6	13	42	53	−11	45
11	Zmaj Makarska	33	13	4	16	53	50	+3	43
12	OŠK Otok	33	12	6	15	41	49	−8	42
13	Val	33	12	6	15	34	53	−19	42
14	Primorac 1929	32	11	6	15	35	54	−19	39
15	Neretva	27	11	5	11	36	36	0	38	Relegation to 2017–18 County league
16	BŠK Zmaj	33	9	8	16	50	63	−13	35
17	Omiš	33	9	6	18	35	53	−18	33
18	Orkan	32	7	7	18	36	61	−25	28

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	BŠK	CRO	GOŠ	HAJ	HRV	JAD	JUN	KAM	NEA	NEC	OMI	ORK	OŠK	PBM	PRI	VAL	ZAD	ZMA
BŠK Zmaj		1–4									3–3	3–0		0–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Croatia Zmijavci			0–1	2–1		1–0				2–2		0–2		1–1	5–0	4–0		3–0
GOŠK	3–1			0–2	0–0		2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0			0–0				0–0
Hajduk II	1–2							4–0	0–1			2–0	3–0	4–2		8–0		3–1
Hrvace	4–3	3–2		1–1			0–1	3–3	1–0		2–0		6–0				0–0
Jadran LP	3–0		2–1	1–1	2–3		2–1	0–2	1–2	0–3			0–5
Junak	3–0	2–0		2–4				0–0	2–1		0–1		1–0		0–0		1–0
Kamen Ivanbegovina	1–0	2–2							0–0		2–0		2–0	2–0	1–2		2–0
Neretva	1–0	0–2									3–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–2		2–1
Neretvanac	3–2			1–3	2–2		1–0	3–0	2–0		3–1		1–0				1–2
Omiš		2–4	0–1	1–2		2–0						2–1		2–1	0–0	3–0		1–1
Orkan			0–3		0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0		2–2						4–1		3–3
OŠK Otok	2–0	1–0									3–2	2–1		2–3	2–0		2–2	2–0
Primorac B/M			2–0		0–1	2–0	1–0			0–2		2–1				3–1		5–1
Primorac 1929			2–2	0–4	0–1	2–1				3–0		1–1		1–0		3–0		2–0
Val			0–0		1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1			2–1
Zadar		2–0		1–0		0–0					1–0	6–0		1–1	4–0	2–0		1–1
Zmaj Makarska			2–0		1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–3						1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West

Treća HNL West

Season	2016–17
Champions	NK Vinogradar
Promoted	NK Kustošija
Matches played	120
Goals scored	334 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	10 goals Goran Ljubojević (Vinogradar)
Biggest home win	Krk 4−0 Segesta Maksimir 5−1 Zagorec Vrapče 5-1 Opatija
Biggest away win	Jadran Poreč 0−5 Vinogradar
Highest scoring	Kustošija 4−3 Opatija
← 2015−16 All statistics correct as of 5 June 2017.

Stadia and locations

Zagreb

Dugo Selo

Jadran Poreč

Krk

Opatija

Segesta

Samobor

Vinogradar

Vrbovec

Zagorec

Zagreb clubs:

Dubrava
HAŠK
Kustošija
Maksimir
Stupnik
Trnje
Vrapče

Location of teams in 2016–17 Treća HNL West

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Dubrava	Zagreb	ŠRC Grana-Klaka	2,000
Dugo Selo	Dugo Selo	Gradski stadion	2,000
HAŠK	Zagreb	ŠRC Pešćenica	3,000
Jadran Poreč	Poreč	Veli Jože	2,000
Krk	Krk	SRC Josip Uravić Pepi	500
Kustošija	Zagreb	Igralište Kustošije	2,550
Maksimir	Zagreb	Oboj	247
Opatija	Opatija	Stadion NK Opatije	2,000
Samobor	Samobor	SC NK Samobor	5,000
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion	8,000
Stupnik	Gornji Stupnik	SRC Stupnik	1,000
Trnje	Zagreb	Stadion Trnja	1,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Mladina	2,000
Vrapče	Zagreb	Igralište Vrapča	1,000
Vrbovec	Vrbovec	Gradski stadion kraj Sajmišta	4,000
Zagorec	Krapina	ŠRC Podgora	2,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vinogradar	30	20	6	4	69	19	+50	66	Promotion to 2017–18 Druga HNL
2	Kustošija	30	16	6	8	59	35	+24	54
3	Trnje	30	16	6	8	44	24	+20	54
4	Krk	30	15	5	10	47	36	+11	50
5	Opatija	30	14	7	9	58	51	+7	49
6	Vrapče	30	12	8	10	49	38	+11	44
7	Jadran Poreč	30	12	7	11	50	53	−3	43
8	HAŠK	30	12	5	13	51	49	+2	41
9	Dubrava	30	11	8	11	38	46	−8	41
10	Maksimir	30	9	9	12	35	40	−5	36
11	Segesta	30	8	12	10	45	53	−8	36
12	Vrbovec	30	9	6	15	45	54	−9	33
13	Dugo Selo	30	9	6	15	33	51	−18	33
14	Zagorec	30	9	5	16	37	59	−22	32	Relegation to 2017–18 Inter-county league
15	Samobor	30	6	10	14	29	37	−8	28
16	Stupnik	30	5	8	17	47	91	−44	23

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2017. Source: Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding Champion, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	DUB	DUG	HAŠ	JAD	KRK	KUS	MAK	OPA	SAM	SEG	STU	TRN	VIN	VRA	VRB	ZAG
Dubrava		3–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–5	2–4	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	3–0
Dugo Selo	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–0	2–0
HAŠK	1–2	2–1		0–3	1–4	2–1	1–0	3–5	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	4–0	3–3
Jadran	0–0	0–1	2–1		2–1	3–2	3–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	7–5	2–4	0–5	1–1	3–2	3–0
Krk	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	4–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–4	1–2
Kustošija	2–1	5–0	1–2	5–1	1–3		1–0	4–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–2
Maksimir	0–1	1–1	0–4	3–2	2–0	0–2		2–4	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	5–1
Opatija	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–1	6–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	2–1
Samobor	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2		3–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	1–0
Segesta	1–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0		2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–2
Stupnik	2–2	2–2	4–2	3–2	1–5	0–3	3–3	3–2	3–3	0–2		0–6	1–4	2–0	1–5	0–1
Trnje	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0		0–2	0–2	4–0	2–0
Vinogradar	4–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–4	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	6–2	0–2		2–1	6–2	1–0
Vrapče	2–1	2–1	0–4	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	9–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–2
Vrbovec	3–1	3–2	0–3	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–4	1–1		4–1
Zagorec	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–5	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References