2002–03 Druga HNL

Druga HNL

Season	2002–03
Champions	Marsonia (North Division) Inker Zaprešić (South Division)
Promoted	Marsonia Inker Zaprešić
Relegated	Podravac Istra Pula TŠK Topolovac
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 12th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. The league was contested in two regional groups (North Division and South Division), with 12 clubs each.

North Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marsonia	22	13	7	2	52	18	+34	46	Play-off Group
2	Belišće	22	13	5	4	45	20	+25	44
3	Čakovec	22	11	3	8	35	28	+7	36
4	Koprivnica	22	11	3	8	40	34	+6	36
5	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	22	9	4	9	33	38	−5	31
6	Sloga Nova Gradiška	22	8	6	8	29	34	−5	30
7	Valpovka	22	8	5	9	44	35	+9	29	Play-out Group
8	Metalac Osijek	22	8	3	11	29	41	−12	27
9	Vukovar '91	22	6	7	9	25	33	−8	25
10	Podravac	22	6	7	9	26	38	−12	25
11	Grafičar Vodovod	22	5	6	11	25	36	−11	21
12	Dilj	22	2	8	12	20	48	−28	14

Updated to games played on 22 March 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marsonia (C) (P)	32	19	9	4	65	28	+37	66	Promotion play-off
2	Belišće	32	19	8	5	62	24	+38	65
3	Čakovec	32	13	7	12	44	39	+5	46
4	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	32	13	6	13	48	52	−4	45
5	Sloga Nova Gradiška	32	12	7	13	41	43	−2	43
6	Koprivnica	32	12	5	15	44	56	−12	41

Updated to games played on May 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Metalac Osijek	32	13	4	15	42	56	−14	43
8	Valpovka	32	12	5	15	55	54	+1	41
9	Vukovar '91	32	11	8	13	47	49	−2	41
10	Dilj	32	9	9	14	47	59	−12	36
11	Grafičar Vodovod	32	9	7	16	40	54	−14	34
12	Podravac (R)	32	9	7	16	37	58	−21	34	Relegation to the Treća HNL

Updated to games played on May 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Uljanik	22	15	4	3	45	20	+25	49	Play-off Group
2	Inker Zaprešić	22	15	1	6	53	22	+31	46
3	Solin Građa	22	9	6	7	30	26	+4	33
4	Uskok Klis	22	9	5	8	27	27	0	32
5	Croatia Sesvete	22	8	7	7	28	32	−4	31
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	9	2	11	33	35	−2	29
7	GOŠK Dubrovnik	22	8	5	9	26	29	−3	29	Play-out Group
8	Imotski	22	6	9	7	22	25	−3	27
9	Novalja	22	6	9	7	22	26	−4	27
10	Istra Pula	22	8	3	11	29	34	−5	27
11	Orijent	22	6	4	12	23	36	−13	22
12	TŠK Topolovac	22	4	3	15	16	42	−26	15

Updated to games played on 22 March 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inker Zaprešić (C) (P)	32	23	3	6	79	30	+49	72	Promotion play-off
2	Uljanik	32	20	7	5	63	31	+32	67
3	Uskok Klis	32	13	7	12	48	45	+3	46
4	Croatia Sesvete	32	12	8	12	43	52	−9	44
5	Solin Građa	32	11	8	13	45	47	−2	41
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	32	10	4	18	44	63	−19	34

Updated to games played on May 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	GOŠK Dubrovnik	32	12	6	14	36	40	−4	42
8	Orijent	32	12	6	14	36	48	−12	42
9	Novalja	32	10	11	11	33	35	−2	41
10	Imotski	32	10	10	12	30	35	−5	40
11	Istra Pula (R)	32	10	5	17	35	48	−13	35
12	TŠK Topolovac (R)	32	9	5	18	32	51	−19	32	Relegation to the Treća HNL

Updated to games played on May 2003
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Promotion play-off

Marsonia and Inker Zaprešić, winners of the North and South Division, qualified for a two-legged promotion play-off, which took place on 28 May and 1 June 2003. The tie ended in a 4–4 aggregate score and Marsonia won it on away goals, thereby earning promotion to the Prva HNL for the following season.

28 May 2003	Inker Zaprešić	4 – 3	Marsonia	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)
	Brlek  3', 5' Lalić  35' (pen.) Vidak  90'	Report (Croatian)	Martinović  28' Vuka  47' (pen.) Marić  78'

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1 June 2003	Marsonia	1 – 0	Inker Zaprešić	Gradski stadion uz Savu, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Miroslav Vitković (Vinkovci)
	Šimić  4'	Report (Croatian)

However, Inker had another chance for promotion, as the losing team from the promotion play-off played another two-legged tie against the 11th placed team of Prva HNL, Pomorac. Inker won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to 2003–04 Prva HNL.

See also

• 2002–03 Prva HNL
• 2002–03 Croatian Cup

External links

• 2002–03 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Official website (Croatian)