2017–18 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season 2017–18

The 2017–18 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) will be the 27th 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 is scheduled to start on 19 August 2017 and end on 23 May 2018.[1]

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.

Teams

On 21 April 2017, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2016–17 season was completed. For the 2017–18 Druga HNL, eight clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Rudeš, Solin, Gorica, Dinamo Zagreb II, Dugopolje ,In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[2] On 23 May 2017, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Kustošija, Hajduk Split II, Varaždin and Trnje.[3]

Stadia and locations

Club Coach City / Town Stadium 2016–17 result Capacity
Dinamo Zagreb II Igor Jovičević Zagreb Stadion Hitrec-Kacian 5th 5,000
Dugopolje Miroslav Bojko Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 6th 5,200
Gorica Dean Klafurić Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika 2nd 8,000
Hajduk Split II Marko Lozo Split Stadion Poljud 1st in (3. HNL South) 35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Damir Milinović Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 10th 5,000
Kustošija Renato Jurčec Zagreb Stadion NK Kustošija 2nd in (3. HNL West) 2,550
Lučko Besnik Prenga Zagreb Stadion Lučko 9th 1,500
Novigrad Nino Bule Novigrad Stadion Lako 8th 1,000
Sesvete Denis Bezer Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik 4th 1,200
Solin Mirko Labrović Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 3rd 4,000
Šibenik Zoran Slavica Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 7th 8,000
Varaždin Zoran Kastel Varaždin Stadion Anđelko Herjavec 2nd in (3. HNL East) 8,850

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2 Dugopolje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 promotion play-off
3 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hajduk Split II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kustošija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lučko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Novigrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sesvete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Solin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 relegation play-off
12 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
First match(es) will be played on 19 August 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

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away DIN DUG GOR HAJ HRV KUS LUČ NOV SES SOL ŠIB VAR
Dinamo Zagreb II —
Dugopolje —
Gorica —
Hajduk Split II —
Hrvatski Dragovoljac —
Kustošija —
Lučko —
Novigrad —
Sesvete —
Solin —
Šibenik —
Varaždin —
First match(es) will be played on 18 August 2017. Source: Druga HNL (in Croatian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Glasnik Hrvatskog Nogometnog Saveza" (PDF). hns-cff.hr. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2017/18. godinu završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Središnji postupak licenciranja klubova za natjecateljsku 2017/18. godinu - Konačne odluke" (PDF). HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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