2008–09 Croatian Second Football League

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.

Druga HNL
Season2008–09
ChampionsIstra 1961
PromotedIstra 1961
Karlovac
Lokomotiva
Međimurje
RelegatedTrogir
Matches played240
Goals scored612 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerMarijan Vuka (19)

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:

Notes
  • 1 Hrvace had won the 3. HNL South but didn't obtain a license for competing in Druga HNL, while second-placed team Zagora didn't even requested one. Because of this, third-placed Junak Sinj qualified automatically for promotion.[1]
  • 2 Lokomotiva, as the 3. HNL West runners-up, qualified for the two-legged promotion playoff, which would have taken place between second-placed teams of 3. HNL East and West Division. As the 3. HNL East runners-up Grafičar Vodovod didn't get the license for Druga HNL, third-placed Virovitica qualified for the playoff. However, their board of directors decided to withdrew five days before the first match. Because of this, Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL.[2]

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
Locations of teams in 2008–09 Druga HNL
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 Croatian First Football League
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[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 15 12 3 39 18 +21 57
5 Međimurje (P) 30 16 2 12 61 34 +27 50
6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 13 10 7 38 36 +2 49 Qualification to promotion play-offs
7 Solin 30 14 5 11 37 31 +6 47
8 Vinogradar 30 11 7 12 40 50 −10 40
9 Imotski 30 10 4 16 31 45 −14 34
10 Suhopolje 30 8 9 13 33 37 −4 33
11 Segesta 30 8 9 13 33 47 −14 33
12 Junak 30 9 6 15 35 51 −16 33
13 Pomorac 30 9 5 16 29 45 −16 32
14 Mosor 30 8 6 16 25 44 −19 30
15 Moslavina 30 7 7 16 33 51 −18 28 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
16 Trogir (R) 30 3 12 15 32 49 −17 21
Source: Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Slavonac 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.

Results
Home \ Away HRD IMO IST JUN KAR LOK MEĐ MSL MSR POM SEG SLV SOL SUH TRO VIN
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–5 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0
Imotski 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Istra 1961 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0
Junak 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–0
Karlovac 0–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Lokomotiva 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 1–0
Međimurje 1–2 4–0 2–0 9–1 1–2 6–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–0
Moslavina 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Mosor 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1
Pomorac 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–3
Segesta 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Slavonac CO 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–1
Solin 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0
Suhopolje 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 6–0
Trogir 2–2 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2
Vinogradar 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 5–2
Source: Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
Legend: 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 Marijan Vuka Međimurje 19 27 2072
2 Denis Ljuta Solin 13 28 2291
Romano Obilinović Imotski 13 28 2452
4 Zoran Zekić Segesta, Moslavina 11 24 1729
Bojan Golubović Slavonac CO 11 24 1833
Pinheiro Vinogradar 11 25 2090
Ivica Žuljević Međimurje 11 29 2451
8 Ivan Lišnić Karlovac 10 18 1301
9 Eliomar Međimurje 9 24 1964
Hrvoje Mišić Slavonac CO 9 28 2396

See also
  • 2008–09 Prva HNL
  • 2008–09 Croatian Cup

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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