2011–12 Croatian Second Football League

The 2011–12 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) was the 21st season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. HNK Gorica were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, which was later denied after getting their top level license revoked. Second placed NK Lučko were the only promoted team at the end of the previous season. The competition started on 19 August 2011 and ended on 20 May 2012.[1]

Druga HNL
Season2011–12
ChampionsDugopolje
RelegatedMarsonia 1909
Međimurje
Croatia Sesvete
Matches played209
Goals scored534 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerAlen Guć (16)
Biggest home winPomorac 7–1 Međimurje
Biggest away winSolin 0–7 Rudeš
Highest scoringPomorac 7–1 Međimurje

Format

The league was contested by 15 teams (one less than in the previous season). Only Lučko were granted top level license, Gorica's license was revoked after appeal from Istra 1961. Third placed Pomorac unsuccessfully tried to obtain it through arbitration. Only two teams from Treća HNL were granted license for competing in the Druga HNL, but only Radnik Sesvete was promoted as Segesta didn't finish the season within top five places.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season:

Clubs
Locations of teams in 2011–12 Druga HNL
Club City / Town Stadium 2010-11 result Capacity
Croatia Sesvete Zagreb Stadion Mladina 11th in 1. HNL 3,500
Dugopolje Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 8th in 2. HNL 5,200
Gorica Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika 1st in 2. HNL 8,000
HAŠK Zagreb Stadion na Peščenici 13th in 2. HNL 800
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 16th in 1. HNL 5,000
Imotski Imotski Stadion Gospin dolac 5th in 2. HNL 4,000
Junak Sinj Sinj Gradski stadion Sinj 9th in 2.HNL 3,000
Marsonia 1909 Slavonski Brod Stadion Stanko Vlajnić-Dida 12th in 2. HNL 10,000
Međimurje Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 7th in 1. HNL 8,000
Mosor Žrnovnica Stadion Pricvić 14th in 2. HNL 2,000
Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Žuknica 3rd in 2. HNL 3,000
Radnik Sesvete Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik 1st in 3. HNL - West 1,200
Rudeš Zagreb ŠC Rudeš 4th in 2. HNL 1,000
Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 6th in 2. HNL 4,000
Vinogradar Jastrebarsko Stadion Mladina 10th in 2. HNL 2,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dugopolje (C) 28 17 6 5 50 27 +23 57 Promotion to Croatian First Football League declined
2 Pomorac 28 18 2 8 63 30 +33 56
3 Mosor 28 15 7 6 36 16 +20 52
4 Vinogradar 28 15 5 8 47 32 +15 50
5 Imotski 28 11 9 8 26 21 +5 42
6 Rudeš 28 11 8 9 42 33 +9 41
7 Gorica 28 10 10 8 27 24 +3 40
8 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 28 10 10 8 36 37 −1 40
9 Radnik Sesvete 28 10 9 9 34 31 +3 39
10 Junak 28 10 9 9 29 27 +2 39
11 Solin 28 10 5 13 35 45 −10 35
12 Marsonia 1909 (R) 28 8 6 14 25 50 −25 30 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
13 Međimurje (R) 28 5 7 16 31 60 −29 22
14 HAŠK 28 6 3 19 33 52 −19 21
15 Croatia Sesvete[lower-alpha 1] (R) 28 4 4 20 23 52 −29 15 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Croatia Sesvete were deducted 1 point

Results
Home \ Away CRS DUG GOR HŠK HRD IMO JUN MAR MEĐ MSR POM RAS RUD SOL VIN
Croatia Sesvete 2–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–1
Dugopolje 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–5
Gorica 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
HAŠK 1–2 2–4 3–4 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–1
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–6 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Imotski 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Junak 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 1–2 1–4 1–0
Marsonia 1909 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 1–2
Međimurje 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 5–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–3 1–2
Mosor 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Pomorac 4–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–1 7–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Radnik Sesvete 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Rudeš 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Solin 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 3–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–7 2–0
Vinogradar 3–2 3–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 4–0 2–2 3–0
Source: Druga-HNL.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Croatia Sesvete was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0 to Gorica

Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2011–12 Druga HNL season were:[2]

Rank Name Club Goals Apps Minutes played
1 Croatia Alen Guć Dugopolje 16 25 2206
2 Croatia Ivor Weitzer Pomorac 14 26 2268
3 Croatia Ivan Čurić Mosor 12 13 1107
Croatia Martin Šaban Pomorac 12 14 1227
Croatia Nikola Bucković Vinogradar 12 27 1935
6 Croatia Hrvoje Tokić Vinogradar 10 11 917
Croatia Mario Ćubel Rudeš 10 27 2229
8 Croatia Ivan Božić Hrvatski Dragovoljac 9 13 1133
Croatia Antonio Hrnčević Vinogradar, Radnik Sesvete 9 19 1567
Croatia Velimir Švarić Hrvatski Dragovoljac 9 25 2054
Croatia Franjo Tepurić Croatia Sesvete, Radnik Sesvete 9 26 2158

See also

References
  1. "Kalendar natjecanja Druge HNL za 2011-12 godinu" (PDF). Druga HNL (in Croatian). 22 July 2011.
  2. "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
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