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 Only Lučko were granted top level license, Gorica's license was revoked after appeal from Istra 1961.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

Relegated to 3. HNL

To 2. HNL

Relegated from 1. HNL

  • Hrvatski Dragovoljac (16th place)

Promoted from 3. HNL

  • Radnik Sesvete (3. HNL West winners)

Clubs

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 36 371 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 4510 35
12 Marsonia 1909 (R) 28 8 6 14 25 5025 30 Relegation to Treća HNL
13 Međimurje (R) 28 5 7 16 31 6029 22
14 HAŠK 28 6 3 19 33 5219 21
15 Croatia Sesvete (R) 28 4 4 20 23 5229 151

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 GORHŠKHRDIMOJUNMARMEĐMSRPOMRASRUDSOLVIN
Croatia Sesvete 22 03 30 02 11 11 23 30 03 12 12 02 14 01
Dugopolje 20 10 10 50 10 10 50 20 22 21 30 10 31 25
Gorica 10 32 20 00 10 11 10 00 00 20 00 10 01 00
HAŠK 12 24 34 12 10 12 11 40 00 24 21 02 30 21
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 11 41 21 21 00 12 20 22 21 06 11 20 20 12
Imotski 10 01 10 21 10 11 30 11 00 01 20 11 10 10
Junak 20 10 00 42 21 01 10 00 01 00 24 12 14 10
Marsonia 1909 10 00 00 21 11 21 10 21 02 11 13 40 10 12
Međimurje 41 11 41 12 03 03 00 50 13 12 10 32 33 12
Mosor 20 02 10 00 30 00 00 21 40 21 01 20 10 31
Pomorac 40 12 41 30 32 51 10 31 71 01 10 21 21 30
Radnik Sesvete 10 00 11 31 00 00 02 50 30 12 21 11 21 11
Rudeš 01 11 11 32 22 13 11 40 30 10 21 10 00 21
Solin 31 01 21 10 11 00 14 31 31 21 02 22 07 20
Vinogradar 32 32 02 20 00 31 20 11 30 10 42 40 22 30

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

See also

References

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

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