Football is the most popular sport in the world. Notational analysis is of inestimable value in football, because we use the data obtained by it for the improvement and development of the football game. Research on the structure of football goalkeepers play is rare, that is why this paper is useful and contributes to the creation of new values. In this paper, the elements of situational efficiency are analysed through all four phases of the football game and during stoppages, for goalkeepers competing in the First, Second and Third Croatian football leagues with the aim to determine the frequency of goalkeeping actions. In the conducted research, three football goalkeepers were taken, one from each league. For each goalkeeper, through three matches in the 2021/2022 season, their goalkeeping actions were manually recorded using notational analysis as a total of 89 different variables. The research results indicate that the frequency of numerous goalkeeping actions in the first, second, and third football leagues is identical. From the above, it can be inferred that the tasks and requirements placed on goalkeepers of different competition ranks are similar and do not differentiate this playing position depending on the league rank. The assumption is that the number of goalkeeping actions in a match does not necessarily depend on the rank of the competition, but on external factors such as the opponent, the venue of the match, the position club in the ranking, etc.