2007–08 Croatian Second Football League Explained

Competition:	Druga HNL
Season:	2007–08
Winners:	Croatia Sesvete
Promoted:	Croatia Sesvete
Relegated:	Marsonia Kamen Ingrad Vukovar '91 Belišće
League Topscorer:	Marijan Maruna (19)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	661
Prevseason:	2006–07
Nextseason:	2008–09

The 2007–08 Druga HNL season was the 17th since its establishment. The first placed team were Croatia sesvete and the last four clubs were relegated to Treća HNL.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2006–07 season:

From 2. HNL

Promoted to 1. HNL

• Inter Zaprešić (winners of 2006–07 Druga HNL)
• Zadar (2nd place)¹

Relegated to 3. HNL

• Naftaš HAŠK (10th place)²
• Koprivnica (14th place)
• Bjelovar (15th place)
• Čakovec (16th place)

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

• Pula (11th place)
• Kamen Ingrad (12th place)

Promoted from 3. HNL

• Slavonac CO (3. HNL East winners)
• Trogir (3. HNL South winners)
• Vinogradar (3. HNL West winners)
• Segesta (3. HNL West runners-up)³

Notes

¹ In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Zadar (as 2. HNL runners-up) and Pula (as 11th placed 1. HNL team), the former earned promotion to Prva HNL by beating Pula with 5–2 on aggregate.² Naftaš HAŠK didn't obtain a licence for competing in Druga HNL, and because of that 13th placed Moslavina were allowed to stay in the 2. HNL.³ Segesta, as the 3. HNL West runners-up, qualified for the two-legged promotion playoff, which takes place between second-placed teams of 3. HNL East and West Division. In the playoff, they defeated 3. HNL East runners-up Suhopolje with an aggregate score 6–2.^[1]

Clubs

Club	City	Stadium	2006–07 result	Capacity
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion	7th in 2. HNL	3,000
Croatia Sesvete	Zagreb		3rd in 2. HNL	3,500
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb		4th in 2. HNL	5,000
Imotski	Imotski	Gospin dolac	6th in 2. HNL	4,000
Istra 1961	Pula	Veruda	11th in 1. HNL	3,500
Kamen Ingrad	Velika	Stadion Kamen Ingrad	12th in 1. HNL	8,000
Marsonia	Slavonski Brod	Gradski stadion uz Savu	12th in 2. HNL	10,000
Moslavina	Kutina	Gradski stadion u Kutini	13th in 2. HNL	2,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Pricviće	11th in 2. HNL	2,000
Pomorac	Kostrena	Žuknica	8th in 2. HNL	3,000
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion Sisak	2nd in 3. HNL West	8,000
Slavonac CO	Stari Perkovci	Igralište Slavonca	1st in 3. HNL East	1,000
Solin	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	5th in 2. HNL	4,000
Trogir	Trogir	Poljud	1st in 3. HNL South	35,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Stadion Mladina	1st in 3. HNL West	2,000
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion u Borovu naselju	9th in 2. HNL	6,000

League table

See also

• 2007–08 Prva HNL
• 2007–08 Croatian Cup

External links

• League's official website

Notes and References

1. News: Segesta se vratila u Drugu HNL . Korać . Branimir . Strahija . Ivana . 21 June 2007 . Sportnet.hr . Croatian . 3 May 2011.