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2008–09 Croatian Second Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Druga HNL |
| season | 2008–09 |
| winners | Istra 1961 |
| promoted | Istra 1961 |
| Karlovac | |
| Lokomotiva | |
| Međimurje | |
| relegated | Trogir |
| league topscorer | Marijan Vuka (19) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 612 |
| prevseason | 2007–08 |
| nextseason | 2009–10 |
Karlovac Lokomotiva Međimurje
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.
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.
- 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 withdraw five days before the first match. Because of this, Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL.
In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Inter Zaprešić (as 11th placed 1. HNL team) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (as 2. HNL runners-up), the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0).
Clubs
| Club | 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 | 3rd in 3.HNL South | 3,096 |
| 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 | Stadion Pricviće | 11th in 2.HNL | 2,000 |
| Pomorac | Kostrena | Stadion 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 | 3,096 |
| Vinogradar | Jastrebarsko | Stadion Mladina | 5th in 2.HNL | 2,000 |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2008–09 Druga HNL season were:
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | Apps | Minutes played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRO Marijan Vuka | Međimurje | 19 | 27 | 2072 |
| 2 | CRO Denis Ljuta | Solin | 13 | 28 | 2291 |
| CRO Romano Obilinović | Imotski | 13 | 28 | 2452 | |
| 4 | CRO Zoran Zekić | Segesta, Moslavina | 11 | 24 | 1729 |
| BIH Bojan Golubović | Slavonac CO | 11 | 24 | 1833 | |
| BRA Pinheiro | Vinogradar | 11 | 25 | 2090 | |
| CRO Ivica Žuljević | Međimurje | 11 | 29 | 2451 | |
| 8 | CRO Ivan Lišnić | Karlovac | 10 | 18 | 1301 |
| 9 | BRA Eliomar | Međimurje | 9 | 24 | 1964 |
| CRO Hrvoje Mišić | Slavonac CO | 9 | 28 | 2396 |
References
References
- Jurica, Ivana. (1 June 2008). "Riješena i posljednja nepoznanica". Sportnet.hr.
- Plevnik, Petar. (27 May 2008). "Virovitica odustala od kvalifikacija". Sportnet.hr.
- "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje". Druga-HNL.com.
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