1992 Croatian Second Football League

The 1992 Croatian Second Football League was the first season of second-division football in Croatia.

Druga HNL
Season1992
ChampionsNK Radnik
PromotedNK Radnik, NK Pazinka, HNK Segesta and NK Belišće
Matches played116
Goals scored294 (2.53 per match)
Biggest home winMAR Solin 5-0 NK Jadran Ploce
Highest scoringNK Slaven Konavle 6-3 NK Junak Sinj

The league consisted of 24 teams organized into four geographic groups: Jug (South, 8 teams), Sjever (North, 7 teams), Zapad (West, 4 teams), and Istok (East, 5 teams). Before the competition started, Metalac Sisak were excluded from the north region, and the east region did not play any games due to the war. The winners of each group played in a three-team playoff to determine the champion, won by NK Radnik Velika Gorica.[1]

The league consisted of teams from the third and fourth Yugoslavian division who were not admitted to the 1992 Croatian First Football League.

West Group "Zapad"
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pazinka (P) 12 7 3 2 22 12 +10 17 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2 Kraljevica 12 5 2 5 14 18 −4 12
3 Orijent 12 4 3 5 14 13 +1 11
4 Labin 12 4 0 8 13 20 −7 8
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted.

South Group "Jug"
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Primorac Stobreč 14 10 3 1 18 5 +13 23 Won playoff 3-2 (1-1, 2-1) on aggregate over MAR Solin
2 MAR Solin 14 10 3 1 23 7 +16 23
3 NK Split 14 8 4 2 19 20 −1 20
4 Neretva Metković 14 4 5 5 14 11 +3 13
5 Neretvanac Opuzen 14 6 1 7 10 18 −8 13
6 Junak Sinj 14 4 0 10 22 19 +3 8
7 Jadran Ploče 14 2 3 9 11 24 −13 7
8 Slaven Konavle 14 2 1 11 16 35 −19 5
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com

North Group "Sjever"
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Radnik Velika Gorica (P) 10 7 2 1 22 9 +13 16 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2 Špansko 10 6 1 3 16 11 +5 13
3 Samobor 10 4 1 5 16 14 +2 9
4 Segesta Sisak (P) 10 4 0 6 12 13 −1 8 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
5 Karlovac 10 3 2 5 8 17 −9 8
6 Trešnjevka 10 2 3 5 9 19 −10 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted.

East Group "Istok"

The East Group was not played due to the Croatian War of Independence. The group would have consisted of NK Belišće, NK Croatia Bogdanovci, HŠK Marsonia Slavonski Brod, NK Metalac Osijek, and NK Olimpija Osijek. NK Belišće was invited to the 1. HNL for the 1992-93 season.[2]

Playoff
  Semi-final Final
                         
 Zapad  NK Pazinka 1 4 5  
Jug NK Primorac 4 0 4  
    NK Pazinka 1 0 1
  NK Radnik 0 3 3
 Sjever  NK Radnik
Istok (bye)  

References
  1. "Croatia 1992". www.rsssf.com.
  2. "Povijest". 16 July 2014.
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