2018–19 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season 2018–19
Matches played 55
Goals scored 149 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer Leon Benko
Antonio Repić (5)
Biggest home win Dugopolje 4–0 Međimurje
Biggest away win Varaždin 1–4 Dinamo Zagreb II
Međimurje 1–4 Hajduk Split II
Highest scoring Sesvete 3–3 Zadar
Total attendance 24,550
Average attendance 501
All statistics correct as of 13 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 24 August 2018 and is scheduled to end in May 2019.

The league is contested by 14 teams and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team twice over 26 rounds.

Teams

On 23 April 2018, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2018–19 season was completed. For the 2018–19 Druga HNL, only six clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Dinamo Zagreb II, Gorica, Hajduk Split II, Lučko, Osijek II and Sesvete. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[1]

The following teams have mathematically secured their place in the 2018–19 Druga HNL.

Stadia and locations

Club Coach City / Town Stadium 2017–18 result Capacity
BSK Croatia Željko Mažar Bijelo Brdo Igralište BSK 2nd (in Treća HNL East)
Dinamo Zagreb II Croatia Igor Jovićević Zagreb Stadion Hitrec-Kacian 3rd 5,000
Dugopolje Croatia Miroslav Bojko Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 6th 5,200
Hajduk Split II Croatia Siniša Oreščanin Split Stadion Poljud 5th 35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Croatia Boris Perković Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 11th 5,000
Kustošija Vacant Zagreb Stadion NK Kustošija 8th 2,550
Lučko Croatia Dražen Biškup Zagreb Stadion Lučko 10th 1,500
Međimurje Croatia Matija Kristić Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 3rd (in Treća HNL East) 6,500
Osijek II Croatia Dino Skender Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt 1st (in Treća HNL East) 18,856
Sesvete Croatia Denis Bezer Zagreb Stadion sv. Josip Radnik 4th 1,200
Solin Croatia Mladen Jurić Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 9th 4,000
Šibenik Croatia Borimir Perković Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 7th 6,824
Zadar Croatia Krešimir Sunara Zadar Stadion Stanovi 3rd (in Treća HNL South) 5,860
Varaždin Croatia Miljenko Mumlek Varaždin Stadion Anđelko Herjavec 2nd 8,850

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Šibenik 8 4 3 1 15 9 +6 15 Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2 Osijek II 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15 Promotion play-off
3 Varaždin 8 5 0 3 12 13 −1 15
4 Zadar 8 4 2 2 13 11 +2 14
5 Dinamo Zagreb II 8 4 1 3 13 9 +4 13
6 Sesvete 8 3 2 3 12 9 +3 11
7 Međimurje 8 3 2 3 11 15 −4 11
8 Hajduk Split II 8 3 1 4 11 11 0 10
9 Kustošija 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10
10 Dugopolje 8 3 0 5 11 13 −2 9
11 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 8 2 3 3 10 12 −2 9
12 Lučko 8 2 3 3 5 8 −3 9
13 Solin 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 8 Relegation play-off
14 BSK Bijelo Brdo 8 2 1 5 8 12 −4 7 Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: Druga-HNL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[2]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II and Osijek II are ineligible for promotion

Results

Home \ Away BSK DIN DUG HAJ HRV KUS LUČ MEĐ OSI SES SOL ŠIB VAR ZAD
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1
Dinamo Zagreb II 3–1 — 3–0 0–2
Dugopolje — 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–2
Hajduk Split II 2–0 —
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–0 1–2 — 2–2 1–1 3–1
Kustošija 3–2 1–1 — 0–1 2–1
Lučko 1–0 0–0 2–1 — 2–2
Međimurje 1–4 3–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–0
Osijek II 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 3–0
Sesvete 1–0 1–2 3–1 — 3–0 3–3
Solin 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–2
Šibenik 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 —
Varaždin 1–4 4–2 1–0 —
Zadar 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: Druga HNL (in Croatian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2018/19. godinu za UEFA klupska natjecanja, Prvu HNL i u Drugu HNL završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2018/2019" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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