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Četvrta HNL Countries Croatia Confederation UEFA Founded 1991 Number of teams 119 in total Levels on pyramid 4 Feeder to Treća HNL Relegation to County leagues Domestic cup(s) Croatian Cup Current champions BSK (East)
Nedeljanec (North "A")
Mladost Ždralovi (North "B")
Dubrava (Center "A")
Stupnik (Center "B")
Vinodol (West)
Krka (South "A")
Val (South "B")Website ZNL (unofficial) The Croatian Fourth Football League (Croatian: Četvrta hrvatska nogometna liga, or commonly Četvrta HNL or 4.HNL) is the fourth tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was established in 1991 following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian Football Federation.
Subdivisions
Since the 2011-11 season the league is divided into eight divisions: East, North "A", North "B", Center "A", Center "B", West, South "A" and South "B". Teams are competing in a double round-robin format. At the end of each season, the bottom teams are relegated to the county leagues while the winners of each league are either promoted directly to Treća HNL or enter a two-legged playoff to gain promotion.
Subdivisions are organized geographically and composed of the following Croatian counties:
- Četvrta HNL East
- Brod-Posavina County (Brodsko-posavska županija)
- Osijek-Baranja County (Osječko-baranjska županija)
- Požega-Slavonia County (Požeško-slavonska županija)
- Vukovar-Syrmia County (Vukovarsko-srijemska županija)
- Četvrta HNL North "A"
- Međimurje County (Međimurska županija)
- Varaždin County (Varaždinska županija)
- Četvrta HNL North "B"
- Bjelovar-Bilogora County (Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija)
- Koprivnica-Križevci County (Koprivničko-križevačka županija)
- Virovitica-Podravina County (Virovitičko-podravska županija)
- Četvrta HNL Center "A"
- City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb)
- Karlovac County (Karlovačka županija)
- Krapina-Zagorje County (Krapinsko-zagorska županija)
- Četvrta HNL Center "B"
- Sisak-Moslavina County (Sisačko-moslavačka županija)
- Zagreb County (Zagrebačka županija)
- Četvrta HNL West
- Istria County (Istarska županija)
- Lika-Senj County (Ličko-senjska županija)
- Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (Primorsko-goranska županija)
- Četvrta HNL South "A"
- Zadar County (Zadarska županija)
- Šibenik-Knin County (Šibensko-kninska županija)
- Četvrta HNL South "B"
- Split-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija)
- Dubrovnik-Neretva County (Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija)
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