Četvrta HNL

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.

Geographic areas covered by the eight 4.HNL divisions;
Blue - 4.HNL East,
Dark Green - 4.HNL North "A",
Light Green - 4.HNL North "B",
Red - 4.HNL Center "A"
Maroon - 4.HNL Center "B" North
Light Blue - 4.HNL West
Yellow - 4. HNL South "A"
Olive - 4.HNL South "B"

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)