2012–13 Croatian Second Football League

The 2012–13 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) is the 22nd season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 18 August 2012 and is expected to end on 1 June 2013.[1]

Druga HNL
Season2012–13
ChampionsHrvatski Dragovoljac
PromotedHrvatski Dragovoljac
RelegatedŠibenik, Radnik Sesvete, Mosor, Junak Sinj, Imotski, Primorac 1929, HAŠK
Matches played240
Goals scored602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerDražen Pilčić (18)
Biggest home winRadnik Sesvete 7–1 Vinogradar
Rudeš 7–1 Lučko
Biggest away winRadnik Sesvete 1–4 Rudeš
Highest scoringMosor 5–4 Rudeš
Radnik Sesvete 6–3 Dugopolje

NK Dugopolje were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, but were unable to complete all the requirement necessary for top league license. None of the teams from 2011–12 season were promoted to 1. HNL.

Format

The league is contested by 16 teams (one more than in the previous season). Only three teams from Treća HNL were granted license for competing in the Druga HNL, but only Primorac 1929 and Zelina were promoted.

Lučko, Šibenik and Karlovac were relegated from 2011–12 Prva HNL and were supposed to participate in the 2012–13 Druga HNL season. But only Lučko and Šibenik fulfilled all the requirements necessary for the second level license, while Karlovac was relegated to Treća HNL. A fourth team, the financially troubled Varaždin, was suspended from the 2011–12 Prva HNL mid-season for not paying its players, and was immediately relegated to the lowest football level possible of the Croatian football league system, being the seventh-tier Third County League.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season:

Clubs
Locations of teams in 2012–13 Druga HNL
Club City / Town Stadium 2011-12 result Capacity
Dugopolje Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 1st in 2. HNL 5,200
Gorica Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika 7th in 2. HNL 8,000
HAŠK Zagreb Stadion na Peščenici 14th in 2. HNL 800
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 8th in 2. HNL 5,000
Imotski Imotski Stadion Gospin dolac 5th in 2. HNL 4,000
Junak Sinj Sinj Gradski stadion Sinj 10th in 2.HNL 3,000
Lučko Zagreb Stadion Lučko 13th in 1. HNL 1,500
Mosor Žrnovnica Stadion Pricvić 3rd in 2. HNL 2,000
Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 2nd in 2. HNL 3,000
Primorac 1929 Stobreč Stadion Poljud 2nd in 3. HNL South 35,000
Radnik Sesvete Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik 9th in 2. HNL 1,200
Rudeš Zagreb ŠC Rudeš 6th in 2. HNL 1,000
Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 11th in 2. HNL 4,000
Šibenik Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 14th in 1. HNL 8,000
Vinogradar Jastrebarsko Stadion Mladina 4th in 2. HNL 2,000
Zelina Sv. Ivan Zelina SRC Sveti Ivan Zelina 1st in 3. HNL West 1,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac (C, P) 30 16 5 9 39 25 +14 53 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2 Solin 30 14 9 7 43 39 +4 51
3 Rudeš[lower-alpha 1] 30 14 8 8 47 30 +17 48
4 Šibenik[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 13 10 7 42 31 +11 48 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League[lower-alpha 3]
5 Vinogradar (R) 30 14 6 10 43 39 +4 48 Relegation to County Football League[lower-alpha 4]
6 Zelina 30 13 7 10 46 30 +16 46
7 Pomorac 30 13 7 10 50 38 +12 46
8 Dugopolje 30 14 4 12 39 42 −3 46
9 Lučko 30 12 9 9 31 28 +3 45
10 Gorica 30 10 10 10 40 35 +5 40
11 Radnik Sesvete 30 12 4 14 42 43 −1 40
12 Mosor (R) 30 9 11 10 31 40 −9 38 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
13 Junak (R) 30 10 6 14 34 43 −9 36
14 Imotski (R) 30 9 4 17 26 41 −15 31
15 Primorac 1929 (R) 30 6 10 14 25 43 −18 28
16 HAŠK (R) 30 3 6 21 24 55 −31 15
Source: Druga-HNL.hr, 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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rudeš were deducted 2 points after fielding an ineligible player in the penultimate round match against Gorica.
  2. Šibenik were deducted 1 point after they fielded an ineligible player, 15-year-old Duje Ćaleta-Car, in the first round match against Radnik Sesvete. According to the competition rulebook, only players over age of 16 can play in a senior match.
  3. Šibenik were denied a license for competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the third level.
  4. Vinogradar withdrew from competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the fifth level.

Results
Home \ Away DUG GOR HŠK HRD IMO JUN LUČ MSR POM PRI RAS RUD SOL ŠIB VIN ZEL
Dugopolje 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–3
Gorica 1–0 5–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0
HAŠK 2–2 3–4 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–2
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0
Imotski 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1
Junak 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–2
Lučko 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Mosor 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 5–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0
Pomorac 1–2 0–2 4–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 5–2 0–2
Primorac 1929 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–3
Radnik Sesvete 6–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 2–2 3–1 7–1 1–3
Rudeš 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 7–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Solin 3–4 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–3
Šibenik 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Vinogradar 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1
Zelina 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–2 3–1
Source: Druga-HNL.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2012–13 Druga HNL season were:[2]

Rank Name Club Goals Apps Minutes played
1 Dražen Pilčić Pomorac 18 23 1624
2 Željko Sablić Mosor, Lučko 14 28 2429
3 Ivica Žuljević Dugopolje 13 26 2164
4 Franjo Tepurić Šibenik 12 25 2104
Vedran Mesec Zelina 12 28 2437
Domagoj Abramović Gorica 12 29 2557
7 Alen Guć Solin 11 16 1440
Anto Gudelj Rudeš 11 22 1569
Elvis Sarić Vinogradar, Lučko 11 23 2017
10 Miro Slavica Šibenik 10 26 1816

See also
  • 2012–13 Prva HNL
  • 2012–13 Croatian Cup

References
  1. "Raspored utakmica Druge HNL za sezonu 2012/2013" (PDF). Druga-HNL.com (in Croatian). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com.
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