2017–18 Croatian Second Football League
Season | 2017–18 |
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Champions | Gorica |
Promoted | Gorica |
Relegated | Novigrad |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 456 (2.3 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Domagoj Drožđek (16) |
Biggest home win | Varaždin 6–0 Solin |
Biggest away win | Novigrad 0–3 Hajduk Split II Solin 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb II Šibenik 0–3 Hajduk Split II |
Highest scoring | Gorica 5–2 Novigrad Varaždin 4–3 Šibenik |
Total attendance | 87,758 |
Average attendance | 443 |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2018. |
The 2017–18 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL and 2. HNL) was the 27th 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 18 August 2017 and ended on 23 May 2018.[1]
The league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds.[2]
Teams
[edit]On 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2016–17 season was completed. For the 2017–18 Druga HNL, eight clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Rudeš, Solin, Gorica, Dinamo Zagreb II, Dugopolje. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[3] On 23 May 2017, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Kustošija, Hajduk Split II, Varaždin and Trnje.[4]
Stadia and locations
[edit]Club | Coach | City / Town | Stadium | 2016–17 result | Capacity |
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Dinamo Zagreb II | Igor Jovičević | Zagreb | Stadion Hitrec-Kacian | 5th | 5,000 |
Dugopolje | Miroslav Bojko | Dugopolje | Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi | 6th | 5,200 |
Gorica | Ivan Prelec | Velika Gorica | Stadion Radnika | 2nd | 8,000 |
Hajduk Split II | Siniša Oreščanin | Split | Stadion Poljud second training ground | 1st in (3. HNL South) | 2,000 |
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Igor Pamić | Zagreb | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić | 10th | 5,000 |
Kustošija | Zagreb | Stadion NK Kustošija | 2nd in (3. HNL West) | 2,550 | |
Lučko | Denis Bezer | Zagreb | Stadion Lučko | 9th | 1,500 |
Novigrad | Nino Bule | Novigrad | Stadion Lako | 8th | 1,000 |
Sesvete | Sergej Jakirović | Zagreb | Sv. Josip Radnik | 4th | 1,200 |
Solin | Mirko Labrović | Solin | Stadion pokraj Jadra | 3rd | 4,000 |
Šibenik | Borimir Perković | Šibenik | Stadion Šubićevac | 7th | 6,824 |
Varaždin | Mario Kovačević | Varaždin | Stadion Varteks | 2nd in (3. HNL East) | 8,850 |
Number of teams by county
[edit]Position | County | Number | Teams |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | Dinamo Zagreb II, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Kustošija, Lučko and Sesvete |
2 | ![]() |
3 | Dugopolje, Hajduk Split II and Solin |
3 | ![]() |
1 | Novigrad |
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1 | Šibenik | |
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1 | Varaždin | |
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1 | Gorica |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Gorica (C, P) | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 62 | Promotion to the Croatian First Football League |
2 | Varaždin | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 61[b] | Qualification to the promotion play-off |
3 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 61[b] | Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Croatian First Football League |
4 | Sesvete | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 54 | |
5 | Hajduk Split II | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 50 | Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Croatian First Football League |
6 | Dugopolje | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 46 | |
7 | Šibenik | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 42 | |
8 | Kustošija | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 40 | |
9 | Solin | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 34[c] | |
10 | Lučko | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 34[c] | |
11 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 34[c] | Qualification to the relegation play-off |
12 | Novigrad (R) | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 31 | Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
[edit]Matches 1–22
[edit]Matches 23–33
[edit]Relegation play-offs
[edit]At the end of the season, eleventh placed team Hrvatski Dragovoljac was to contest a two-legged relegation play-off tie against RNK Split, runners-up of the 2017–18 Croatian Third Football League South Division. The matches, however, were not played because RNK Split did not receive a licence for Druga HNL.
First leg
[edit]Second leg
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 20 May 2018[5]
Rank | Player | Club(s) | Goals |
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Varaždin | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Lučko (2), Kustošija (11) | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 11 |
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Dinamo Zagreb II | ||
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Hajduk Split II | 9 |
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Varaždin | ||
7 | ![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb II | 8 |
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Sesvete | ||
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Sesvete |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Glasnik Hrvatskog Nogometnog Saveza" (PDF). hns-cff.hr. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo druge Hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku 2017./2018. godinu" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 27 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2017/18. godinu završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Središnji postupak licenciranja klubova za natjecateljsku 2017/18. godinu - Konačne odluke" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 3 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)
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