Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Football Federation
UEFA
Founded14 June 1912; 112 years ago (14 June 1912)
HeadquartersZagreb
FIFA affiliation17 July 1941
(as Independent State of Croatia)[1]
3 July 1992
(as Croatia)[2]
UEFA affiliation16 June 1993
PresidentMarijan Kustić
Websitehns.family

The Croatian Football Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni savez, HNS) is the national governing body of football in Croatia. It was originally formed in 1912 and is based in the capital city of Zagreb. The organisation is a member of both FIFA and UEFA, and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Croatia. Marijan Kustić has served as president of the federation since 2021.[3]

The HNS sanctions all competitive football matches in Croatia, beginning with the HNL down to 3. NL, as well as the Croatian Cup, while low-tiered leagues are sanctioned by inter-county and county associations. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the men's, women's and youth national football teams.[4] As of 2009, the HNS had 118,316 registered players (650 of them professionals) and a total of 1,732 registered association football and futsal clubs.[5]

  1. ^ "History - Croatian Football Federation". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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  3. ^ Index Sport (29 July 2021). "Smijenjen je Davor Šuker. Marijan Kustić novi predsjednik HNS-a". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ Patković, Nikola (19 March 2014). "Davor Šuker potvrdio da se ukida udruga prvoligaša: 'HNL je naša odgovornost!'" [Davor Šuker confirmed that the association of first league clubs is being abolished: 'HNL is our responsibility!']. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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