2014–15 Croatian Second Football League

The 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL or 2. HNL) is the 24th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992.

Croatian Second Football League
Season2014–15
ChampionsInter Zaprešić
PromotedInter Zaprešić
RelegatedBistra
Matches played165
Goals scored380 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerIlija Nestorovski (24)
Biggest home win
Biggest away winImotski 0–4 Gorica
Highest scoringSegesta 4–3 Sesvete

NK Zagreb were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, Croatian First Football League. Pomorac withdrew from the competition due to financial instability.[1]

Format

The league is contested by 12 teams. Only two teams from Croatian Third Football League were granted license for competing in the second level - Bistra and Imotski.

Hrvatski Dragovoljac were relegated from 2013–14 Croatian First Football League.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season:

Clubs
Locations of teams in 2014–15 Druga HNL
Club City / Town Stadium 2013-14 result Capacity
Bistra Donja Bistra SRC Bistra 3rd in 3. HNL Center 1,000
Cibalia Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 2nd in 2. HNL 10,000
Dugopolje Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 10th in 2. HNL 5,200
Gorica Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika 7th in 2. HNL 8,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 12th in 1. HNL 5,000
Imotski Imotski Stadion Gospin dolac 1st in 3. HNL South 4,000
Inter Zaprešić Zaprešić Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić 3rd in 2. HNL 5,228
Lučko Zagreb Stadion Lučko 9th in 2. HNL 1,500
Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 7th in 2. HNL 3,000
Rudeš Zagreb ŠC Rudeš 4th in 2. HNL 1,000
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 6th in 2. HNL 8,000
Sesvete Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik 5th in 2. HNL 1,200

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Cibalia Croatia Stanko Mršić Contract expired 31 May 2014[2] Croatia Zoran Tomić 25 June 2014[2] Pre-season
Segesta Croatia Valentin Barišić Contract expired 31 May 2014 Croatia Vjeran Simunić 2 July 2014[3] Pre-season
Dugopolje Croatia Stipe Balajić Resigned 11 September 2014[4] Croatia Mario Smodlaka 11 September 2014[4] 2nd
Segesta Croatia Vjeran Simunić Resigned 11 September 2014[5] Croatia Mile Buinac 11 September 2014[5] 8th
Cibalia Croatia Zoran Tomić Resigned 15 October 2014[6] Croatia Siniša Sesar 20 October 2014[7] 4th
Bistra Slovenia Iztok Kapušin Sacked 28 October 2014 Croatia Bernard Gulić 28 October 2014 8th
Gorica Croatia Ilija Lončarević Mutual consent 29 November 2014[8] Croatia Dražen Biškup 3 December 2014[9] 1st
Cibalia Croatia Siniša Sesar Resigned 29 March 2015 Croatia Branko Buhač (caretaker) 4th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Zaprešić (C, P) 30 17 7 6 48 25 +23 58 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2 Sesvete 30 15 8 7 53 30 +23 53 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Gorica 30 13 12 5 46 26 +20 51
4 Rudeš 30 10 12 8 36 28 +8 42
5 Imotski 30 9 11 10 31 38 −7 38
6 Cibalia 30 10 8 12 36 44 −8 38
7 Dugopolje 30 7 13 10 27 32 −5 34
8 Segesta 30 9 7 14 31 42 −11 34
9 Lučko 30 8 9 13 24 35 −11 33
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 8 9 13 30 42 −12 33 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League[lower-alpha 1]
11 Bistra (R) 30 5 12 13 18 38 −20 27
12 Pomorac (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdraw from the league
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Sportnet.hr (in 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.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Hrvatski Dragovoljac were kept in the division despite getting relegated.

Results

Matches 1–22
Home \ Away BIS CIB DUG GOR HRD IMO INT LUČ RUD SEG SES
Bistra 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–2
Cibalia 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Dugopolje 3–0 0–1 0–3 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
Gorica 2–0 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–1
Imotski 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–4 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Inter Zaprešić 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1
Lučko 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
Rudeš 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–4 3–0 1–2
Segesta 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–3
Sesvete 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Hrsport.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33
Home \ Away BIS CIB DUG GOR HRD IMO INT LUČ RUD SEG SES
Bistra 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Cibalia 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–4
Dugopolje 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
Gorica 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0
Imotski 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Inter Zaprešić 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0
Lučko 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Rudeš 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0
Segesta 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Sesvete 4–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1
Source: Druga-HNL.com, Hrsport.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League season were:[10]

Rank Name Club Goals Apps Minutes played
1 North Macedonia Ilija Nestorovski Inter Zaprešić 24 27 2423
2 Croatia Jakov Puljić Cibalia 16 26 2320
3 Cameroon Franck Ohandza Sesvete 15 22 1785
4 Croatia Tomislav Kiš[n 1] Gorica 11 16 1327
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Josip Ćorić[n 2] Sesvete 9 27 2296
6 Croatia Miro Slavica Imotski, Lučko 8 23 1852
Croatia Matija Dvorneković[n 3] Gorica 8 24 2123
Croatia Matej Dumbović Segesta 8 29 2189
9 Croatia Ante Vitaić Dugopolje 7 22 1905
Croatia Nikola Rak Gorica 7 26 2051

See also

Notes
  1. Doesn't include a goal Kiš scored in a 3–0 victory over Pomorac on 7 September 2014
  2. Doesn't include a goal Ćorić scored in a 1–0 victory over Pomorac on 24 August 2014
  3. Doesn't include two goals Dvorneković scored in a 3–0 victory over Pomorac on 7 September 2014

References
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  2. Mikulić, Davor (25 June 2014). "Cibalia predstavila novog trenera, na klupu sjeda Zoran Tomić". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. Prerad, Danijel (3 July 2014). "Vjeran Simunić na čelu Segeste". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. Mikulić, Davor (11 September 2014). "Stipe Balajić napustio klupu Dugopolja". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. Prerad, Danijel (12 September 2014). "Mile Buinac je novi trener Segeste". sisak.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. Mikulić, Davor (16 October 2014). "Četvrta utakmica u nizu bez pobjede za Cibaliju, klupu napustio Zoran Tomić". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  7. G., A. (21 October 2014). "Siniša Sesar potvrđen kao novi trener Vinkovčana". glas-slavonije.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  8. "Ilija Lončarević više nije trener Gorice". dalmacijanews.hr (in Croatian). 29 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  9. "Dražen Biškup novi trener HNK Gorice". vgdanas.hr (in Croatian). 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  10. "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
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