2016–17 Croatian Second Football League

FavBet Druga liga
Season	2016–17
Champions	Rudeš
Promoted	Rudeš
Relegated	Hrvatski Dragovoljac NK Zagreb Imotski
Matches played	198
Goals scored	447 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Benjamin Tatar (13)
Biggest home win	Rudeš 7–1 Lučko
Biggest away win	NK Zagreb 2–5 Gorica Imotski 1–4 Solin
Highest scoring	Solin 5–4 NK Zagreb
Total attendance	62,809^[1]
Average attendance	317^[1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.

The league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds. At the end of the previous season Cibalia were promoted, returning to the top flight after three seasons.

The fixtures were announced on 17 July 2016.^[2]

Teams

On 22 April 2016, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2016–17 season was completed. For the 2016–17 Druga HNL, only eight clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Dugopolje, Dinamo II, Gorica, Imotski, Lučko, Rijeka II, Sesvete and Solin. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.^[3] On 23 May 2016, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Novigrad and Vinogradar.^[4]

Stadia and locations

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo II
Dragovoljac
Lučko
Rudeš
Sesvete
NK Zagreb

Locations of teams in 2016–17 Druga HNL

Club	Coach	City / Town	Stadium	2015–16 result	Capacity
Dinamo II	Mario Cvitanović	Zagreb	Stadion Hitrec-Kacian	0266th	5,000
Dugopolje	Miroslav Bojko	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	0277th	5,200
Gorica	Davor Mladina	Velika Gorica	Stadion Radnika	0244th	8,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Iztok Kapušin	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	03010th	5,000
Imotski	Vjeran Simunić	Imotski	Stadion Gospin dolac	0299th	4,000
Lučko	Dražen Biškup	Zagreb	Stadion Lučko	0288th	1,500
Novigrad	Nino Bule	Novigrad	Stadion Lako	0411st (3. HNL West)	1,000
Rudeš	Igor Bišćan	Zagreb	ŠC Rudeš	0255th	1,000
Sesvete	Denis Bezer	Zagreb	Sv. Josip Radnik	0233rd	1,200
Solin	Mirko Labrović	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	0411st (3. HNL South)	4,000
Šibenik	Zoran Slavica	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	0222nd	8,000
NK Zagreb	Dražen Madunović	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	01212th (1. HNL)	8,850

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rudeš (P)	33	17	9	7	43	27	+16	60	Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2	Gorica	33	15	12	6	53	31	+22	57	promotion play-off
3	Solin	33	16	7	10	40	36	+4	55
4	Sesvete	33	15	7	11	53	36	+17	52
5	Dinamo Zagreb II	33	12	11	10	39	32	+7	47
6	Dugopolje	33	12	10	11	36	32	+4	46
7	Šibenik	33	12	9	12	32	33	−1	45
8	Novigrad	33	11	9	13	28	35	−7	42
9	Lučko	33	9	11	13	34	48	−14	38
10	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	33	9	9	15	30	39	−9	36	Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
11	Imotski (R)	33	8	7	18	36	58	−22	31
12	NK Zagreb (R)	33	6	11	16	34	50	−16	29

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: Druga-HNL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home ╲ Away	Dinamo Zagreb II !DIN	Dugopolje !DUG	Gorica !GOR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !HRD	Imotski !IMO	Lučko !LUČ	Novigrad !NOV	Rudeš !RUD	Sesvete !SES	Solin !SOL	Šibenik !ŠIB	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Dinamo Zagreb II !Dinamo Zagreb II		1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
Dugopolje !Dugopolje	1–0		4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1
Gorica !Gorica	1–0	3–0		4–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1	0–2	1–1		2–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–0
Imotski !Imotski	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1		3–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–4	3–2	2–3
Lučko !Lučko	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	0–1	3–3	0–1	2–1	2–2
Novigrad !Novigrad	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0		1–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–1
Rudeš !Rudeš	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Sesvete !Sesvete	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0		4–1	4–0	0–0
Solin !Solin	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–2		1–1	5–4
Šibenik !Šibenik	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–1		1–1
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb	0–2	0–0	2–5	0–0	1–3	4–0	0–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to games played on 20 March 2017.
Source: Druga-HNL.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23-33

Home ╲ Away	Dinamo Zagreb II !DIN	Dugopolje !DUG	Gorica !GOR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac !HRD	Imotski !IMO	Lučko !LUČ	Novigrad !NOV	Rudeš !RUD	Sesvete !SES	Solin !SOL	Šibenik !ŠIB	NK Zagreb !ZAG
Dinamo Zagreb II !Dinamo Zagreb II		0–1				1–1	1–0			3–0	0–0	3–0
Dugopolje !Dugopolje				2–2	1–1	1–1					0–0	3–1
Gorica !Gorica	1–0	1–1		2–1	2–2		5–0			1–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac !Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–1				4–0		2–0			1–0	0–1
Imotski !Imotski	2–0						2–1			1–1	1–1	0–1
Lučko !Lučko			3–2	1–0	2–0			1–1	0–2
Novigrad !Novigrad		1–1				0–1			2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Rudeš !Rudeš	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1		2–0
Sesvete !Sesvete	4–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0			1–3
Solin !Solin		2–1				2–0		0–1	1–0		1–0	1–0
Šibenik !Šibenik			2–2			2–0		1–0	2–1			2–0
NK Zagreb !NK Zagreb			0–2	0–0		0–1		0–1	0–4

Updated to games played on 28 May 2017.
Source: Druga-HNL.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 28 May 2017^[5]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Benjamin Tatar	Gorica	13
2	Mario Jelavić	Solin	12
3	Edin Šehić	NK Zagreb	10
4	Tomislav Havojić	Rudeš	9
	Vedran Mesec	Sesvete
	Miro Slavica	Šibenik
	Tomislav Štrkalj	Sesvete
8	Marin Pejić	Gorica	8
8	Martin Vukorepa	Šibenik	8

References

1 2 Statistics Druga HNL. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
↑ "RASPORED UTAKMICA FAVBET DRUGA HNL - PRVI DIO". www.druga-hnl.com. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2016/17. godinu završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 22 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja klubova za natjecateljsku 2016/17. godinu - Konačne odluke" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ druga-hnl.com

External links

Official website (in Croatian)

Croatian Second Football League
2017–18 teams	Dinamo Zagreb II Dugopolje Gorica Hajduk Split II Hrvatski Dragovoljac Kustošija Lučko Novigrad Sesvete Solin Šibenik Varaždin
Seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

2016–17 in Croatian football
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL Treća HNL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final)
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group I) Ante Čačić
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split

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