2014–15 Croatian Second Football League

Croatian Second Football League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Inter Zaprešić
Promoted	Inter Zaprešić
Relegated	Bistra
Matches played	165
Goals scored	380 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ilija Nestorovski (24)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL or 2. HNL) is the 24th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992.

NK Zagreb were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, Croatian First Football League. Pomorac withdrew from the competition due to financial instability.^[1]

Format

The league is contested by 12 teams. Only two teams from Croatian Third Football League were granted license for competing in the second level - Bistra and Imotski.

Hrvatski Dragovoljac were relegated from 2013–14 Croatian First Football League.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season:

From 2. HNL

Promoted to 1. HNL

Zagreb

Relegated to 3. HNL

Solin (11th place)
Zelina (12th place)

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

Hrvatski Dragovoljac (12th place)

Promoted from 3. HNL

Bistra (3. HNL Center)
Imotski (3. HNL South)

Clubs

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Lučko
Rudeš
Sesvete

Locations of teams in 2014–15 Druga HNL

Club	City / Town	Stadium	2013-14 result	Capacity
Bistra	Donja Bistra	SRC Bistra	3rd in 3. HNL Center	1,000
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	2nd in 2. HNL	10,000
Dugopolje	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	10th in 2. HNL	5,200
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Stadion Radnika	7th in 2. HNL	8,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	12th in 1. HNL	5,000
Imotski	Imotski	Stadion Gospin dolac	1st in 3. HNL South	4,000
Inter Zaprešić	Zaprešić	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	3rd in 2. HNL	5,228
Lučko	Zagreb	Stadion Lučko	9th in 2. HNL	1,500
Pomorac	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	7th in 2. HNL	3,000
Rudeš	Zagreb	ŠC Rudeš	4th in 2. HNL	1,000
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion Sisak	6th in 2. HNL	8,000
Sesvete	Zagreb	Sv. Josip Radnik	5th in 2. HNL	1,200

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Cibalia	Mršić, StankoStanko Mršić	Contract expired	000000002014-05-31-000031 May 2014^[2]	Tomić, ZoranZoran Tomić	000000002014-06-25-000025 June 2014^[2]	Pre-season
Segesta	Barišić, ValentinValentin Barišić	Contract expired	000000002014-05-31-000031 May 2014	Simunić, VjeranVjeran Simunić	000000002014-07-02-00002 July 2014^[3]	Pre-season
Dugopolje	Balajić, StipeStipe Balajić	Resigned	000000002014-09-11-000011 September 2014^[4]	Smodlaka, MarioMario Smodlaka	000000002014-09-11-000011 September 2014^[4]	2nd
Segesta	Simunić, VjeranVjeran Simunić	Resigned	000000002014-09-11-000011 September 2014^[5]	Buinac, MileMile Buinac	000000002014-09-11-000011 September 2014^[5]	8th
Cibalia	Tomić, ZoranZoran Tomić	Resigned	000000002014-10-15-000015 October 2014^[6]	Sesar, SinišaSiniša Sesar	000000002014-10-20-000020 October 2014^[7]	4th
Bistra	Kapušin, IztokIztok Kapušin	Sacked	000000002014-10-28-000028 October 2014	Gulić, BernardBernard Gulić	000000002014-10-28-000028 October 2014	8th
Gorica	Lončarević, IlijaIlija Lončarević	Mutual consent	000000002014-11-29-000029 November 2014^[8]	Biškup, DraženDražen Biškup	000000002014-12-03-00003 December 2014^[9]	1st
Cibalia	Sesar, SinišaSiniša Sesar	Resigned	000000002015-03-29-000029 March 2015	Buhač, BrankoBranko Buhač (caretaker)		4th

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić (C) (P)	30	17	7	6	48	25	+23	58	Promotion to 2015–16 First League
2	Sesvete !Sesvete	30	15	8	7	53	30	+23	53	0 Promotion play-off0
3	Gorica !Gorica	30	13	12	5	46	26	+20	51
4	Rudeš !Rudeš	30	10	12	8	36	28	+8	42
5	Imotski !Imotski	30	9	11	10	31	38	−7	38
6	Cibalia !Cibalia	30	10	8	12	36	44	−8	38
7	Dugopolje !Dugopolje	30	7	13	10	27	32	−5	34
8	Segesta !Segesta	30	9	7	14	31	42	−11	34
9	Lučko !Lučko	30	8	9	13	24	35	−11	33
10	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac	30	8	9	13	30	42	−12	33	Relegation to 2015–16 Third League
11	Bistra !Bistra (R)	30	5	12	13	18	38	−20	27
12	Pomorac !Pomorac	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 30 May 2015.
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champion, promotion and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(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.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Bistra !BIS	Cibalia !CIB	Dugopolje !DUG	Gorica !GOR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !HRD	Imotski !IMO	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Lučko !LUČ	Rudeš !RUD	Segesta !SEG	Sesvete !SES
Bistra !Bistra		1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2
Cibalia !Cibalia	2–1		2–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Dugopolje !Dugopolje	3–0	0–1		0–3	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
Gorica !Gorica	2–0	1–2	0–0		5–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1		0–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1
Imotski !Imotski	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–4	2–2		1–4	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	2–1	2–0	4–1
Lučko !Lučko	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1		1–0	0–2	0–0
Rudeš !Rudeš	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–4		3–0	1–2
Segesta !Segesta	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		4–3
Sesvete !Sesvete	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–1

Updated to games played on 22 March 2015.
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Hrsport.net
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

Home ╲ Away	Bistra !BIS	Cibalia !CIB	Dugopolje !DUG	Gorica !GOR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !HRD	Imotski !IMO	Inter Zaprešić !INT	Lučko !LUČ	Rudeš !RUD	Segesta !SEG	Sesvete !SES
Bistra !Bistra				0–2	0–0	1–1					1–1
Cibalia !Cibalia	1–2		2–2			2–2	2–1			2–4
Dugopolje !Dugopolje	0–0				0–0			0–0		1–0
Gorica !Gorica		3–1	1–1		3–2		0–1	0–2	0–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac		2–1					1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0
Imotski !Imotski			3–1	1–1	0–0			2–0	0–0		1–1
Inter Zaprešić !Inter Zaprešić	3–0		1–1			3–1				2–0	3–0
Lučko !Lučko	1–0	0–1					1–0		1–1	1–1
Rudeš !Rudeš	1–0	1–1	1–0				1–1			4–0
Segesta !Segesta	1–1			1–1		1–0					1–1
Sesvete !Sesvete		4–0	3–0	3–1	2–0			1–2	2–1

Updated to games played on 30 May 2015.
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Hrsport.net
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League season were:^[10]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals	Apps	Minutes played
1	Ilija Nestorovski	Inter Zaprešić	24	27	2423
2	Jakov Puljić	Cibalia	16	26	2320
3	Franck Ohandza	Sesvete	15	22	1785
4	Tomislav Kiš^{[n 1]}	Gorica	11	16	1327
5	Josip Ćorić^{[n 2]}	Sesvete	9	27	2296
6	Miro Slavica	Imotski, Lučko	8	23	1852
	Matija Dvorneković^{[n 3]}	Gorica	8	24	2123
	Matej Dumbović	Segesta	8	29	2189
9	Ante Vitaić	Dugopolje	7	22	1905
9	Nikola Rak	Gorica	7	26	2051

Notes

↑ Doesn't include a goal Kiš scored in a 3–0 victory over Pomorac on 7 September 2014
↑ Doesn't include a goal Ćorić scored in a 1–0 victory over Pomorac on 24 August 2014
↑ Doesn't include two goals Dvorneković scored in a 3–0 victory over Pomorac on 7 September 2014

References

↑ http://www.sportcom.hr/lokalni-sport/nogomet/druga-liga/u-kostreni-osnovan-pomorac-1921-marijan-karlovcan-prvi-predsjednik-novog-kluba.html
1 2 Mikulić, Davor (25 June 2014). "Cibalia predstavila novog trenera, na klupu sjeda Zoran Tomić". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ Prerad, Danijel (3 July 2014). "Vjeran Simunić na čelu Segeste". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
1 2 Mikulić, Davor (11 September 2014). "Stipe Balajić napustio klupu Dugopolja". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
1 2 Prerad, Danijel (12 September 2014). "Mile Buinac je novi trener Segeste". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
↑ Mikulić, Davor (16 October 2014). "Četvrta utakmica u nizu bez pobjede za Cibaliju, klupu napustio Zoran Tomić". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ G., A. (21 October 2014). "Siniša Sesar potvrđen kao novi trener Vinkovčana". glas-slavonije.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Ilija Lončarević više nije trener Gorice". dalmacijanews.hr (in Croatian). 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Dražen Biškup novi trener HNK Gorice". vgdanas.hr (in Croatian). 3 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
↑ "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com.

External links

Official website (Croatian)

Croatian Second Football League

2015–16 teams	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb II Dugopolje Gorica Hrvatski Dragovoljac Imotski Lučko Rudeš Segesta Sesvete Šibenik Zadar

Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2014–15 in Croatian football

« 2013–14 2015–16 »

Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL Prva HŽNL

Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Croatian Super Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group H) Niko Kovač

Club seasons

Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split Zadar NK Zagreb

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