Croatian Football Federation
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Founded | 1912 |
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FIFA affiliation | 1941 |
UEFA affiliation | 1992 |
President | |
Vlatko Marković |
The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) (in Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni savez) is the governing body of football in Croatia. It is based in Zagreb.
It organizes the football leagues:
- Prva HNL (Croatian First League)
- Druga HNL (Croatian Second League)
- Treća HNL (Croatian Third League)
It also organizes the Croatian national football team and the Croatian national under-21 football team.
The HNS had originally joined FIFA in 1941, but this was during the short-lived Independent State of Croatia and lasted only up to the end of World War II. It rejoined the organization when Croatia actually gained independence in the 1990s.