1992 Croatian Second Football League Explained

Competition:Druga HNL
Season:1992
Winners:NK Radnik
Promoted:NK Radnik, NK Pazinka, HNK Segesta and NK Belišće
Biggest Home Win:MAR Solin 5-0 NK Jadran Ploce
Highest Scoring:NK Slaven Konavle 6-3 NK Junak Sinj
Matches:116
Total Goals:294
Nextseason:1992–93

The 1992 Croatian Second Football League was the first season of second-division football in Croatia.

The league consisted of 24 teams organized into four geographic groups: Jug (South, 8 teams), Sjever (North, 7 teams), Zapad (West, 4 teams), and Istok (East, 5 teams). Before the competition started, Metalac Sisak were excluded from the north region, and the east region did not play any games due to the war. The winners of each group played in a three-team playoff to determine the champion, won by NK Radnik Velika Gorica.[1]

The league consisted of teams from the third and fourth Yugoslavian division who were not admitted to the 1992 Croatian First Football League.

East Group "Istok"

The East Group was not played due to the Croatian War of Independence. The group would have consisted of NK Belišće, NK Croatia Bogdanovci, HŠK Marsonia Slavonski Brod, NK Metalac Osijek, and NK Olimpija Osijek. NK Belišće was invited to the 1. HNL for the 1992-93 season.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Croatia 1992. www.rsssf.org.
  2. Web site: Povijest. 16 July 2014.