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

Season	2014–15
Champions	Inter Zaprešić
Promoted	Inter Zaprešić
Relegated	Bistra
Matches played	165
Goals scored	380 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ilija Nestorovski (24)
Biggest home win	Sesvete 5–0 Inter Zaprešić Gorica 5–0 H. Dragovoljac
Biggest away win	Imotski 0–4 Gorica
Highest scoring	Segesta 4–3 Sesvete
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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:

From 2. HNL Promoted to 1. HNL Zagreb Relegated to 3. HNL Solin (11th place) Zelina (12th place)

To 2. HNL Relegated from 1. HNL Hrvatski Dragovoljac (12th place) Promoted from 3. HNL Bistra (3. HNL Center) Imotski (3. HNL South)

Clubs

Dugopolje

Zagreb

Gorica

Imotski

Bistra

Segesta

Cibalia

Pomorac

Inter

Zagreb clubs:

• Hrvatski Dragovoljac
• Lučko
• Rudeš
• Sesvete

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	Stanko Mršić	Contract expired	31 May 2014[2]	Zoran Tomić	25 June 2014[2]	Pre-season
Segesta	Valentin Barišić	Contract expired	31 May 2014	Vjeran Simunić	2 July 2014[3]	Pre-season
Dugopolje	Stipe Balajić	Resigned	11 September 2014[4]	Mario Smodlaka	11 September 2014[4]	2nd
Segesta	Vjeran Simunić	Resigned	11 September 2014[5]	Mile Buinac	11 September 2014[5]	8th
Cibalia	Zoran Tomić	Resigned	15 October 2014[6]	Siniša Sesar	20 October 2014[7]	4th
Bistra	Iztok Kapušin	Sacked	28 October 2014	Bernard Gulić	28 October 2014	8th
Gorica	Ilija Lončarević	Mutual consent	29 November 2014[8]	Dražen Biškup	3 December 2014[9]	1st
Cibalia	Siniša Sesar	Resigned	29 March 2015	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[a]
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	Ilija Nestorovski	Inter Zaprešić	24	27	2423
2	Jakov Puljić	Cibalia	16	26	2320
3	Franck Ohandza	Sesvete	15	22	1785
4	Tomislav Kiš[n 1]	Gorica	11	16	1327
5	Josip Ćorić[n 2]	Sesvete	9	27	2296
6	Miro Slavica	Imotski, Lučko	8	23	1852
	Matija Dvorneković[n 3]	Gorica	8	24	2123
	Matej Dumbović	Segesta	8	29	2189
9	Ante Vitaić	Dugopolje	7	22	1905
	Nikola Rak	Gorica	7	26	2051

See also

• 2014–15 Croatian First Football League
• 2014–15 Croatian Football Cup

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