2019–20 Croatian Second Football League

The 2019–20 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 29th 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 16 August 2019 and ended on 6 May 2020.[1]

Druga HNL
Season2019–20
Dates16 August 2019 – 6 May 2020[1]
ChampionsŠibenik[1]
PromotedŠibenik[1]
Matches played152
Goals scored378 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerMijo Šabić (12)
Biggest home winOsijek II 6–0 BSK Bijelo Brdo
Biggest away winCibalia 0–4 Hajduk II
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–4 Dubrava
Highest scoringOsijek II 6–0 Bijelo Brdo
Total attendance8,176
Average attendance515
All statistics correct as of 6 May 2020.

The league is contested by 16 teams and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team twice over 30 rounds.

Teams

On 25 April 2019, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2019–20 season was completed. For the 2019–20 Druga HNL, clubs that were issued a second level license: BSK, Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II, Kustošija, Međimurje, Osijek II, Sesvete, Šibenik. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[2] On 25 May 2019, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Cibalia, Croatia, Dubrava, Dugopolje, Hr. Dragovoljac, Orijent 1919, Rudeš and Solin.[3]

Changes

Lučko were relegated from the 2018–19 Druga HNL after finishing last, and Zadar were administratively relegated by the Croatian Football Federation. Varaždin were promoted to the Prva HNL as the champion of the 2018–19 Druga HNL.

Rudeš were relegated from the Prva HNL. Orijent 1919 and Dubrava were promoted from the Treća HNL West, Cibalia were promoted from the Treća HNL East and Croatia Zmijavci were promoted from the Treća HNL South.

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in 2019–20 Druga HNL
Club Coach City / Town Stadium 2018–19 result Capacity
BSK Denis Krstanović Bijelo Brdo Igralište BSK 0259th 500
Cibalia Petar Tomić Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 025 1st (in Treća HNL East) 10,000
Croatia Zmijavci Krešimir Režić Zmijavci ŠRC Marijan Šuto 027 2nd (in Treća HNL South) 1,000
Dinamo Zagreb II Igor Jovićević Zagreb Stadion Hitrec-Kacian 0237th 5,000
Dubrava Darko Šantek Zagreb Stadion NK Kustošija 030 2nd (in Treća HNL West) 2,550
Dugopolje Stipe Balajić Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 0265th 5,200
Hajduk Split II Mario Despotović Split Stadion Poljud 0254th 35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Boris Perković Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 03112th 5,000
Kustošija Ante Ivanda Zagreb Stadion NK Kustošija 02811th 2,550
Međimurje Damir Lepen-Jurak Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 030 13th 6,500
Orijent 1919 Fausto Budicin Rijeka Stadion Krimeja 012 3rd (in Treća HNL West) 3,500
Osijek II Ronald Grnja Osijek Stadion Gradski vrt 030 3rd 18,856
Rudeš Marko Babić Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva 02510th (in Prva HNL) 10,850
Sesvete Dino Babić Zagreb Stadion sv. Josip Radnik 024 6th 1,200
Solin Ivan Bubalo Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 029 10th 4,000
Šibenik Krunoslav Rendulić Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 0272nd 3,412[4]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Šibenik Borimir Perković Sacked 5 June 2019 Krunoslav Rendulić 20 June 2019 Pre-season
Rudeš Tomislav Ivković Sacked 27 June 2019 Mirko Labrović 27 June 2019 Pre-season
Međimurje Matija Kristić Sacked 2 September 2019 Damir Lepen Jurak 2 September 2019 Season

Number of teams by county
Position County Number Teams
1 City of Zagreb6Dinamo Zagreb II, Dubrava, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Kustošija, Rudeš and Sesvete
2  Split-Dalmatia4Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Hajduk Split II and Solin
3  Osijek-Baranja2BSK and Osijek II
4  Međimurje1Međimurje
 Primorje-Gorski Kotar1Orijent 1919
 Šibenik-Knin1Šibenik
 Vukovar-Srijem1Cibalia

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Šibenik 19 13 2 4 26 15 +11 41 Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2 Croatia Zmijavci 19 10 3 6 28 17 +11 33
3 Orijent 1919 19 9 6 4 26 23 +3 33 Qualification to the promotion play-off
4 Sesvete 19 8 5 6 28 22 +6 29
5 Rudeš 19 8 5 6 25 20 +5 29
6 Hajduk Split II 19 7 6 6 29 23 +6 27
7 Osijek II 19 7 5 7 26 19 +7 26
8 Dinamo Zagreb II 19 7 5 7 20 21 −1 26
9 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 19 7 5 7 21 26 −5 26
10 Dugopolje 19 7 4 8 30 31 −1 25
11 Međimurje 19 6 5 8 26 26 0 23
12 Dubrava 19 6 5 8 21 24 −3 23
13 Kustošija 19 6 5 8 19 27 −8 23
14 BSK Bijelo Brdo 19 6 4 9 18 23 −5 22 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
15 Solin 19 5 4 10 22 27 −5 19 Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
16 Cibalia 19 2 7 10 13 34 −21 13
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. 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).[5]
Notes:
  1. Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II and Osijek II are ineligible for promotion

Results
Home \ Away BSK CIB CRO DIN DUB DUG HAJ HRV KUS MEĐ ORI OSI RUD SES SOL ŠIB
BSK Bijelo Brdo — 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1
Cibalia — 3–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
Croatia Zmijavci 4–0 — 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Dinamo Zagreb II 2–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0
Dubrava 0–0 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–1
Dugopolje 0–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 — 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–2
Hajduk Split II 0–0 2–4 1–2 — 4–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 — 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 1–0
Kustošija 0–3 3–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 — 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–0
Međimurje 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2
Orijent 1919 1–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–2 — 2–0 3–2 1–0
Osijek II 6–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 — 1–1 1–1
Rudeš 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 — 1–0 0–1
Sesvete 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 — 1–1 0–1
Solin 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 —
Šibenik 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: Druga HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top goalscorers
As of 9 March 2020[6][7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mijo Šabić Croatia Zmijavci 12
2 Deni Jurić Rudeš 10
Marko Dabro BSK Bijelo Brdo
3 Jurica Bajić Hajduk Split II 8
Luka Juričić Šibenik
Mihovil Geljić Sesvete
Dragan Juranović Dubrava
Stjepan Šimičić Međimurje
4 Davor Kukec Šibenik 7
Matej Jukić Dugopolje
Jakov Blagaić Hajduk Split II
Vinko Petković Hrvatski Dragovoljac

See also

References
  1. "NASTAVAK NOGOMETNIH NATJECANJA 30. SVIBNJA". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2019/20. godinu završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. "Središnji postupak licenciranja klubova za natjecateljsku 2019/20. godinu – Konačne odluke" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "Javna ustanova športski objekti "Šibenik"". www.juso-sibenik.hr. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2019/2020" (PDF). druga-hnl.com (in Croatian). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. PrvaHNL.hr
  7. SofaScore

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