2011–12 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season	2011–12
Champions	Dugopolje
Relegated	Marsonia 1909 Međimurje Croatia Sesvete
Matches played	209
Goals scored	534 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alen Guć (16)
Biggest home win	Pomorac 7–1 Međimurje
Biggest away win	Solin 0–7 Rudeš
Highest scoring	Pomorac 7–1 Međimurje
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) was the 21st season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. HNK Gorica were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, which was later denied after getting their top level license revoked. Second placed NK Lučko were the only promoted team at the end of the previous season. The competition started on 19 August 2011 and ended on 20 May 2012.^[1]

Format

The league was be contested by 15 teams (one less than in the previous season). Only Lučko were granted top level license, Gorica's license was revoked after appeal from Istra 1961. Third placed Pomorac unsuccessfully tried to obtain it through arbitration. Only two teams from Treća HNL were granted license for competing in the Druga HNL, but only Radnik Sesvete was promoted as Segesta didn't finish the season within top five places.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season:

From 2. HNL

Promoted to 1. HNL

Lučko (2nd place)

Relegated to 3. HNL

Vukovar '91 (15th place)
Suhopolje (16th place)

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

Hrvatski Dragovoljac (16th place)

Promoted from 3. HNL

Radnik Sesvete (3. HNL West winners)

Clubs

Zagreb

Pomorac

Zagreb clubs:

C. Sesvete
Dragovoljac
HAŠK
R. Sesvete
Rudeš

Locations of teams in 2011–12 Druga HNL

Club	City / Town	Stadium	2010-11 result	Capacity
Croatia Sesvete	Zagreb	Stadion Mladina	11th in 1. HNL	3,500
Dugopolje	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	8th in 2. HNL	5,200
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Stadion Radnika	1st in 2. HNL	8,000
HAŠK	Zagreb	Stadion na Peščenici	13th in 2. HNL	800
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	16th in 1. HNL	5,000
Imotski	Imotski	Stadion Gospin dolac	5th in 2. HNL	4,000
Junak Sinj	Sinj	Gradski stadion Sinj	9th in 2.HNL	3,000
Marsonia 1909	Slavonski Brod	Stadion Stanko Vlajnić-Dida	12th in 2. HNL	10,000
Međimurje	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	7th in 1. HNL	8,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Stadion Pricvić	14th in 2. HNL	2,000
Pomorac	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	3rd in 2. HNL	3,000
Radnik Sesvete	Zagreb	Sv. Josip Radnik	1st in 3. HNL - West	1,200
Rudeš	Zagreb	ŠC Rudeš	4th in 2. HNL	1,000
Solin	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	6th in 2. HNL	4,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Stadion Mladina	10th in 2. HNL	2,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dugopolje (C)	28	17	6	5	50	27	+23	57	Promotion to 2012–13 Prva HNL
2	Pomorac	28	18	2	8	63	30	+33	56
3	Mosor	28	15	7	6	36	16	+20	52
4	Vinogradar	28	15	5	8	47	32	+15	50
5	Imotski	28	11	9	8	26	21	+5	42
6	Rudeš	28	11	8	9	42	33	+9	41
7	Gorica	28	10	10	8	27	24	+3	40
8	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	28	10	10	8	36	37	−1	40
9	Radnik Sesvete	28	10	9	9	34	31	+3	39
10	Junak	28	10	9	9	29	27	+2	39
11	Solin	28	10	5	13	35	45	−10	35
12	Marsonia 1909 (R)	28	8	6	14	25	50	−25	30	Relegation to Treća HNL
13	Međimurje (R)	28	5	7	16	31	60	−29	22
14	HAŠK	28	6	3	19	33	52	−19	21
15	Croatia Sesvete (R)	28	4	4	20	23	52	−29	015¹

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: Druga-HNL.hr, 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
¹Croatia Sesvete were deducted 1 point
(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

Home ╲ Away^[1]	CRS	DUG	GOR	HŠK	HRD	IMO	JUN	MAR	MEĐ	MSR	POM	RAS	RUD	SOL	VIN
Croatia Sesvete		2–2	0–3^†	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–1
Dugopolje	2–0		1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–5
Gorica	1–0	3–2		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
HAŠK	1–2	2–4	3–4		1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–4	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–1		0–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–6	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Imotski	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Junak	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	2–1	0–1		1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–4	1–0
Marsonia 1909	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–0	1–2
Međimurje	4–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	5–0		1–3	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–3	1–2
Mosor	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0		2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Pomorac	4–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	3–2	5–1	1–0	3–1	7–1	0–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	3–0
Radnik Sesvete	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	5–0	3–0	1–2	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–1
Rudeš	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		0–0	2–1
Solin	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	3–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–7		2–0
Vinogradar	3–2	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	4–0	2–2	3–0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: Druga-HNL.hr
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
^† Croatia Sesvete was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0 to Gorica
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2011–12 Druga HNL season were:^[2]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals	Apps	Minutes played
1	Alen Guć	Dugopolje	16	25	2206
2	Ivor Weitzer	Pomorac	14	26	2268
3	Ivan Čurić	Mosor	12	13	1107
	Martin Šaban	Pomorac	12	14	1227
	Nikola Bucković	Vinogradar	12	27	1935
6	Hrvoje Tokić	Vinogradar	10	11	917
6	Mario Ćubel	Rudeš	10	27	2229
8	Ivan Božić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	9	13	1133
	Antonio Hrnčević	Vinogradar, Radnik Sesvete	9	19	1567
	Velimir Švarić	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	9	25	2054
	Franjo Tepurić	Croatia Sesvete, Radnik Sesvete	9	26	2158

References

↑ "Kalendar natjecanja Druge HNL za 2011-12 godinu" (PDF). Druga HNL (in Croatian). 22 July 2011.
↑ "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com.

External links

Official website (Croatian)

Croatian Second Football League

2014–15 teams

Former teams

in 1. HNL	Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Slaven Belupo RNK Split Zadar NK Zagreb

in 3. HNL	Bedem Belišće Bjelovar Croatia Zmijavci Dubrava HAŠK Jadran Kaštel Sućurac Jadran Poreč Junak Koprivnica Labin Marsonia 1909 Međimurje Mosor NAŠK Nehaj Neretva Neretvanac Omiš Orijent Otok PIK Vrbovec Podravac Primorac Rovinj Samobor Slavonija Požega Solin Šibenik Špansko Trnje Virovitica Vrapče Zagorec Krapina Zelina

in County leagues	Budućnost Hodošan Croatia Bogdanovci Čazmatrans Čakovec Dilj GOŠK Dubrovnik Grafičar Vodovod Graničar Županja Imotska Krajina Istra Pula Jadran Luka Ploče Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac Kraljevica Marsonia Metalac Osijek Mladost Cerić Mladost Molve Moslavina Naftaš Ivanić Grad Novalja Omladinac Novo Selo Rok Papuk Orahovica Pazinka Posavina Zagreb Slavonac CO Slaven Gruda Sloga Čakovec Sloga Nova Gradiška Suhopolje Trešnjevka Trogir Uskok Valpovka Vinogradar Žminj

Defunct	Croatia Sesvete Dubrovnik Ivančica Kamen Ingrad Karlovac Mladost 127 Radnik Velika Gorica Spačva TŠK Topolovac Vukovar '91

Seasons

2011–12 in Croatian football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL

Domestic cups	Croatian Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2012 (Group C) Slaven Bilić

Club seasons

Prva HNL	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Karlovac Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split Šibenik Varaždin Zadar NK Zagreb