2008–09 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season 2008–09
Champions Istra 1961
Promoted Istra 1961
Karlovac
Lokomotiva
Međimurje
Relegated Trogir
Matches played 240
Goals scored 612 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer Marijan Vuka (19)

The 2008–09 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 18th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season.

The league featured 16 clubs, playing in a double round robin league system. The season started on 23 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season:

From 2. HNL

Promoted to 1. HNL

Relegated to 3. HNL

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

Promoted from 3. HNL

Notes

In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Inter Zaprešić (as 11th placed 1. HNL team) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (as 2. HNL runners-up), the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0).

Clubs

Club City Stadium 2007–08 result Capacity
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb NŠC Stjepan Spajić 2nd in 2.HNL 5,000
Imotski Imotski Gospin dolac 10th in 2.HNL 4,000
Istra 1961 Pula Veruda 3rd in 2.HNL 3,500
Junak Sinj Sinj Gradski stadion Sinj 3rd in 3.HNL South 3,096
Karlovac Karlovac Branko Čavlović-Čavlek 1st in 3.HNL West 8,000
Lokomotiva Zagreb ŠRC Hitrec-Kacijan 2nd in 3.HNL West 1,000
Međimurje Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 12th in 1.HNL 8,000
Moslavina Kutina Gradski stadion u Kutini 9th in 2.HNL 2,000
Mosor Žrnovnica Stadion Pricviće 11th in 2.HNL 2,000
Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 4th in 2.HNL 3,000
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 7th in 2.HNL 8,000
Slavonac CO Stari Perkovci Igralište Slavonca 6th in 2.HNL 1,000
Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 12th in 2.HNL 4,000
Suhopolje Suhopolje Stadion Park 1st in 3.HNL East 8,000
Trogir Trogir Gradski stadion Sinj 8th in 2.HNL 3,096
Vinogradar Jastrebarsko Stadion Mladina 5th in 2.HNL 2,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Istra 1961 (C) (P) 30 18 6 6 46 20+26 60 Promotion to 2009–10 Prva HNL
2 Karlovac (P) 30 18 5 7 50 24+26 59
3 Lokomotiva (P) 30 18 5 7 50 30+20 59
4 Slavonac CO (R) 30 15 12 3 39 18+21 0571
5 Međimurje (P) 30 16 2 12 61 34+27 50
6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 13 10 7 38 36+2 49 Relegation play-offs
7 Solin 30 14 5 11 37 31+6 47
8 Vinogradar 30 11 7 12 40 5010 40
9 Imotski 30 10 4 16 31 4514 34
10 Suhopolje 30 8 9 13 33 374 33
11 Segesta 30 8 9 13 33 4714 33
12 Junak 30 9 6 15 35 5116 33
13 Pomorac 30 9 5 16 29 4516 32
14 Mosor 30 8 6 16 25 4419 30
15 Moslavina 30 7 7 16 33 5118 28 Relegation to Treća HNL
16 Trogir (R) 30 3 12 15 32 4917 21

Updated to games played on 30 May 2009.
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground, and were demoted to the 1st county league;
therefore Međimurje were promoted directly and Hrvatski Dragovoljac entered the playoff, while Moslavina were not relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away HRD IMO ISTJUNKARLOKMEĐMSLMSRPOMSEGSLVSOLSUHTROVIN
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 02 10 11 10 21 25 00 00 31 11 11 21 21 21 10
Imotski 10 01 20 01 02 20 21 20 23 20 01 01 21 11 20
Istra 1961 20 21 20 20 12 10 30 50 20 10 10 10 20 22 50
Junak 31 10 02 02 21 01 11 01 30 13 11 13 21 11 30
Karlovac 01 32 42 21 11 10 20 60 21 30 12 00 10 20 20
Lokomotiva 00 20 00 40 30 21 32 21 20 20 00 42 31 32 10
Međimurje 12 40 20 91 12 61 41 31 01 31 20 01 31 20 30
Moslavina 12 40 11 02 04 02 31 21 21 42 00 10 20 11 22
Mosor 11 41 10 10 01 14 12 10 20 10 00 03 01 00 01
Pomorac 13 10 01 23 00 01 11 30 21 10 21 10 01 21 33
Segesta 22 22 01 21 15 32 22 10 13 11 00 20 00 10 11
Slavonac CO 00 22 00 10 21 20 30 20 21 30 33 20 00 30 31
Solin 21 30 01 24 21 00 10 00 21 31 10 01 40 10 10
Suhopolje 12 41 11 20 11 10 02 42 11 20 01 11 11 00 60
Trogir 22 01 33 22 12 10 12 42 00 10 23 01 22 11 12
Vinogradar 42 11 21 11 00 12 21 21 21 11 20 12 41 20 52

Updated to games played on 30 May 2009.
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2008–09 Druga HNL season were:[3]

Rank Name Club Goals Apps Minutes played
1 Croatia Marijan Vuka Međimurje 19 27 2072
2 Croatia Denis Ljuta Solin 13 28 2291
Croatia Romano Obilinović Imotski 13 28 2452
4 Croatia Zoran Zekić Segesta, Moslavina 11 24 1729
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Golubović Slavonac CO 11 24 1833
Brazil Pinheiro Vinogradar 11 25 2090
Croatia Ivica Žuljević Međimurje 11 29 2451
8 Croatia Ivan Lišnić Karlovac 10 18 1301
9 Brazil Eliomar Međimurje 9 24 1964
Croatia Hrvoje Mišić Slavonac CO 9 28 2396

See also

References

  1. Jurica, Ivana (1 June 2008). "Riješena i posljednja nepoznanica". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  2. Plevnik, Petar (27 May 2008). "Virovitica odustala od kvalifikacija". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  3. "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com.

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