2013–14 Croatian Second Football League Explained

Competition:Druga HNL
Season:2013–14
Winners:NK Zagreb
Promoted:NK Zagreb
League Topscorer:Ilija Nestorovski (20)
Biggest Home Win:Rudeš 8–0 Zelina
Biggest Away Win:Zelina 0–4 Inter Zaprešić
Highest Scoring:Rudeš 8–0 Zelina
Matches:198
Total Goals:450
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) was the 23rd 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, Prva HNL.

Format

The league was contested by 12 teams (four less than in the previous season). Only two teams from Treća HNL were granted license for competing in the Druga HNL, HNK Segesta and HNK Val. Segesta won the qualification playoffs by 3-2 on aggregate and earned a place in Druga HNL.

Zagreb, Cibalia and Inter Zaprešić were relegated from 2012–13 Prva HNL.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season:

From 2. HNL

Promoted to 1. HNL

Relegated to 3. HNL

Relegated to County league (fifth tier)

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

Promoted from 3. HNL

Clubs

ClubCity / TownStadium2012-13 resultCapacity
CibaliaVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia11th in 1. HNL10,000
DugopoljeDugopoljeStadion Hrvatski vitezovi8th in 2. HNL5,200
GoricaVelika GoricaStadion Radnika10th in 2. HNL8,000
Inter ZaprešićZaprešićStadion ŠRC Zaprešić10th in 1. HNL5,228
LučkoZagrebStadion Lučko9th in 2. HNL1,500
PomoracKostrenaStadion Žuknica7th in 2. HNL3,000
RudešZagrebŠC Rudeš3rd in 2. HNL1,000
SegestaSisakGradski stadion Sisak1st in 3. HNL Center8,000
SesveteZagrebSv. Josip Radnik11th in 2. HNL1,200
SolinSolinStadion pokraj Jadra2nd in 2. HNL4,000
ZagrebZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva12th in 1. HNL8,850
ZelinaSv. Ivan ZelinaSRC Sveti Ivan Zelina6th in 2. HNL1,000

League table

Results

Matches 23–33

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2013–14 Druga HNL season were:[1]

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1 Ilija NestorovskiInter Zaprešić20302622
2 Gabrijel BobanNK Zagreb18312353
3 Hrvoje TokićCibalia16281900
4 Antonio HrnčevićSegesta14262138
5 Miroslav KonopekRudeš11242013
Domagoj AbramovićLučko11322797
7 Jurica GrgecZelina10272361
8 Josip JurendićNK Zagreb9251807
9 Marko KolarSesvete8211491
Lovro MedićNK Zagreb8241924

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje. Druga-HNL.com. Croatian. 2014-08-31. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074834/http://www.druga-hnl.com/upl/novosti/novosti_815_822.pdf. dead.