2000–01 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season 2000–01
Champions Kamen Ingrad
Promoted Kamen Ingrad
Pomorac Kostrena
Zadar
TŠK Topolovac
Relegated Jadran Poreč

The 2000–01 Druga HNL was the 10th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football. The format of the league was unchanged from the 1999–2000 season. A total of 18 clubs competed in Druga HNL this season, in a double round-robin format.

Due to the expansion of top level Prva HNL set for the 2001–02 season, four clubs were promoted at the end of season (Kamen Ingrad, Pomorac Kostrena, Zadar and TŠK Topolovac, while Solin entered promotion playoff). Also, Druga HNL was split into two divisions the following season.

Clubs

Club City / Town Stadium Capacity 1999–2000 result
Belišće Belišće Gradski stadion Belišće 4,000
Bjelovar Bjelovar Gradski stadion Bjelovar 4,000
Croatia Sesvete Sesvete Stadion ŠRC Sesvete 3,500
Imotska Krajina Proložac Stadion Šarampov 1,000
Istra Pula Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 7,000
Jadran Poreč Poreč Stadion Veli Jože 2,000
Kamen Ingrad Velika Stadion Kamen Ingrada 8,000
Koprivnica Koprivnica Gradski stadion u Koprivnici 3,400
Mosor Žrnovnica Igralište Pricviće 3,000
Orijent Rijeka Stadion SC Krimeja 4,000
Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 3,500
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 8,000
Solin Građa Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 4,000
TŠK Topolovac Topolovac Park grofova 1,000
PIK Vrbovec Vrbovec Gradski stadion kraj Sajmišta 3,000
Vukovar '91 Vukovar Gradski stadion Borovo Naselje 6,000
Zadar Zadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860
Žminj Žminj Igralište Žminja 1,000

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Kamen Ingrad (C) (P) 34 23 5 6 78 32+46 74 Promotion to 2001–02 Prva HNL 1
2 Pomorac (P) 34 21 7 6 80 30+50 70
3 Croatia Sesvete 34 20 5 9 61 33+28 65
4 Zadar (P) 34 18 7 9 40 30+10 61
5 TŠK Topolovac (P) 34 18 5 11 73 54+19 59
6 Belišće 34 16 7 11 48 35+13 55
7 Solin Građa 34 14 9 11 44 46−2 51 Relegation play-off
8 Mosor 34 15 5 14 43 41+2 50
9 PIK Vrbovec 34 14 6 14 51 56−5 48
10 Orijent 34 13 8 13 40 400 47
11 Segesta 34 13 7 14 38 47−9 46
12 Vukovar '91 34 13 5 16 56 59−3 44
13 Bjelovar 34 12 8 14 43 52−9 44
14 Istra Pula 34 10 11 13 44 440 41
15 Koprivnica 34 9 6 19 41 65−24 33
16 Žminj 34 8 6 20 35 67−32 30
17 Imotska Krajina 34 5 10 19 28 57−29 25
18 Jadran Poreč (R) 34 2 7 25 22 77−55 13

Updated to games played on 26 May 2001.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Due to the expansion of Prva HNL to 16 clubs in the 2001–02 season, top four clubs from the 2000–01 Druga HNL were to be automatically promoted.
However, third-placed Croatia Sesvete and sixth-placed Belišće had decided to step back from promotion.
Therefore, 7th placed team of Druga HNL, Solin played a two-legged relegation play-off against the 12th placed team of Prva HNL, Marsonia.
(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.

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