Croatian Football Federation
Also known as HNS, Hrvatski nogometni savez
governing body of association football in Croatia
Key facts
- Founded
- 14 June 1912 ; 113 years ago ( 14 June 1912 )
- Headquarters
- Zagreb
- Fifa affiliation
- 17 July 1941, (as Independent State of Croatia ) , 3 July 1992, (as Republic of Croatia )
- Uefa affiliation
- 16 June 1993
- President
- Marijan Kustić
- Website
- hns .family
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.hns-cff.hr
Show 3 more facts
- native label
- Hrvatski nogometni savez
- inception
- 1912-00-00
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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.
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. 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.