- 2008–09 Druga HNL
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Druga HNL Season 2008–09 Champions Istra 1961 Promoted Istra 1961
Karlovac
Lokomotiva
MeđimurjeRelegated Trogir Matches played 240 Goals scored 612 (2.55 per match) Top goalscorer Marijan Vuka (19) ← 2007–082009–10 →The 2008–09 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 18th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season.
The league featured 16 clubs, playing in a double round robin league system. The season started on 23 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009.
Contents
Changes from last season
The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season:
From 2. HNL
Promoted to 1. HNL
- Croatia Sesvete (winners of 2007–08 Druga HNL)
Relegated to 3. HNL
- Marsonia (13th place)
- Kamen Ingrad (14th place)
- Vukovar '91 (15th place)
- Belišće (16th place)
To 2. HNL
Relegated from 1. HNL
- Međimurje (12th place)
Promoted from 3. HNL
- Suhopolje (3. HNL East winners)
- Junak Sinj (3. HNL South third place)1
- Karlovac (3. HNL West winners)
- Lokomotiva (3. HNL West runners-up)2
Notes
- 1 Hrvace had won the 3. HNL South but didn't obtain a license for competing in Druga HNL, while second-placed team Zagora didn't even requested one. Because of this, third-placed Junak Sinj qualified automatically for promotion.[1]
- 2 Lokomotiva, as the 3. HNL West runners-up, qualified for the two-legged promotion playoff, which would have taken place between second-placed teams of 3. HNL East and West Division. As the 3. HNL East runners-up Grafičar Vodovod didn't get the license for Druga HNL, third-placed Virovitica qualified for the playoff. However, their board of directors decided to withdrew five days before the first match. Because of this, Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL.[2]
In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Inter Zaprešić (as 11th placed 1. HNL team) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (as 2. HNL runner-ups), the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0).
Clubs
ZagrebTrogir
Zagreb clubs:Locations of teams in 2008–09 Druga HNLClub City Stadium 2007–08 result Capacity Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb NŠC Stjepan Spajić 2nd in 2.HNL 5,000 Imotski Imotski Gospin dolac 10th in 2.HNL 4,000 Istra 1961 Pula Veruda 3rd in 2.HNL 3,500 Junak Sinj Sinj Gradski stadion Sinj 1st in 3.HNL South 3,000 Karlovac Karlovac Branko Čavlović-Čavlek 1st in 3.HNL West 8,000 Lokomotiva Zagreb ŠRC Hitrec-Kacijan 2nd in 3.HNL West 1,000 Međimurje Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 12th in 1.HNL 8,000 Moslavina Kutina Gradski stadion u Kutini 9th in 2.HNL 2,000 Mosor Žrnovnica Pricviće 11th in 2.HNL 2,000 Pomorac Kostrena Žuknica 4th in 2.HNL 3,000 Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 7th in 2.HNL 8,000 Slavonac CO Stari Perkovci Igralište Slavonca 6th in 2.HNL 1,000 Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 12th in 2.HNL 4,000 Suhopolje Suhopolje Stadion Park 1st in 3.HNL East 8,000 Trogir Trogir Gradski Stadion Sinj 8th in 2.HNL 1,000 Vinogradar Jastrebarsko Stadion Mladina 5th in 2.HNL 2,000 League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Istra 1961 (C) (P) 30 18 6 6 46 20 +26 60 Promotion to the 2009–10 Prva HNL 2 Karlovac (P) 30 18 5 7 50 24 +26 59 3 Lokomotiva (P) 30 18 5 7 50 30 +20 59 4 Slavonac CO (R) 30 15 12 3 39 18 +21 571 5 Međimurje (P) 30 16 2 12 61 34 +27 50 6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 13 10 7 38 36 +2 49 Relegation play-offs 7 Solin 30 14 5 11 37 31 +6 47 8 Vinogradar 30 11 7 12 40 50 −10 40 9 Imotski 30 10 4 16 31 45 −14 34 10 Suhopolje 30 8 9 13 33 37 −4 33 11 Segesta 30 8 9 13 33 47 −14 33 12 Junak 30 9 6 15 35 51 −16 33 13 Pomorac 30 9 5 16 29 45 −16 32 14 Mosor 30 8 6 16 25 44 −19 30 15 Moslavina 30 7 7 16 33 51 −18 28 Relegation to the Treća HNL 16 Trogir (R) 30 3 12 15 32 49 −17 21 Updated to games played on 30 May 2009
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground, and were demoted to the 1st county league;
therefore Međimurje were promoted directly and Hrvatski Dragovoljac entered the playoff, while Moslavina were not relegated.
(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.Results
Home \ Away1 HRD IMO IST JUN KAR LOK MEĐ MSL MSR POM SEG SLV SOL SUH TRO VIN Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–5 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 Imotski 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 Istra 1961 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 Junak 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 Karlovac 0–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Lokomotiva 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 Međimurje 1–2 4–0 2–0 9–1 1–2 6–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 Moslavina 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 Mosor 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 Pomorac 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 Segesta 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–5 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 Slavonac CO 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 Solin 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 Suhopolje 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 6–0 Trogir 2–2 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 Vinogradar 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 5–2 Updated to games played on 30 May 2009
Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.Top goalscorers
Position Player Club Goals 1 
Marijan VukaMeđimurje 19 2 Denis LjutaSolin 13 Romano ObilinovićImotski 13 4 
PinheiroVinogradar 11 Zoran ZekićMoslavina 11 Ivica ŽuljevićMeđimurje 11 
Bojan GolubovićSlavonac CO 11 8 Ivan LišnićKarlovac 10 9 Hrvoje MišićSlavonac CO 9 EliomarMeđimurje 9 Source: Druga-HNL
See also
- 2008–09 Prva HNL
- 2008–09 Croatian Cup
References
- ^ Jurica, Ivana (1 June 2008). "Riješena i posljednja nepoznanica" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/360782/nogomet-3-hnl/rijesena-i-posljednja-nepoznanica. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ Plevnik, Petar (27 May 2008). "Virovitica odustala od kvalifikacija" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/360596/nogomet-3-hnl/virovitica-odustala-od-kvalifikacija. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
External links
Druga HNL 2011–12 teams Croatia Sesvete · Dugopolje · Gorica · HAŠK · Hrvatski Dragovoljac · Imotski · Junak · Marsonia 1909 · Međimurje · Mosor · Pomorac · Radnik Sesvete · Rudeš · Solin · VinogradarSeasons Categories:- Druga HNL seasons
- 2008 in Croatia
- 2009 in Croatia
- 2008–09 domestic association football leagues
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