2015–16 Croatian Second Football League

The 2015–16 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL or 2. HNL) is the 25th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 14 August 2015 and will end on 21 May 2016.[2]

Croatian Second Football League
Season2015–16
ChampionsCibalia
PromotedCibalia
RelegatedSegesta
Zadar
Matches played198
Goals scored508 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerFrane Vitaić (15)
Biggest home winH. Dragovoljac 5–0 Zadar
Šibenik 5–0 Zadar
Lučko 5–0 Zadar
Biggest away winZadar 0–5 Dugopolje
Highest scoringZadar 2–5 Sesvete
Zadar 5–2 Sesvete
Longest winning runCibalia, Šibenik (6)
Longest unbeaten runCibalia, Šibenik (12)
Longest winless runZadar (13)
Longest losing runZadar (9)
Highest attendance5,000
(Šibenik 0–0 Cibalia)
Total attendance83,695[1]
Average attendance423[1]
All statistics correct as of 6 July 2016.

The league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds. At the end of the previous season Inter Zaprešić were promoted, returning to the top flight after two seasons, while Bistra were relegated in their début season. Pomorac were also relegated due to financial insolvency. Bistra and Pomorac were replaced by Dinamo II and Šibenik, after winning their respective Croatian Third Football League divisions.

Teams

On 20 April 2015, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2015–16 season was completed. For the 2015–16 Druga HNL, only nine clubs were issued a second level license: Dinamo II, Gorica, Hajduk Split II, Imotski, Istra 1961, Mosor, Rijeka II, Rudeš and Sesvete. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[3] On 20 May 2015, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Šibenik and Dinamo II.[4]

Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in 2015–16 Druga HNL
Club City / Town Stadium 2014-15 result Capacity
Cibalia Vinkovci Stadion HNK Cibalia 0266th 10,000
Dinamo II Zagreb Stadion Hitrec-Kacian 0411st (3. HNL West) 5,000
Dugopolje Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi 0277th 5,200
Gorica Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika 0233rd 8,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 03010th 5,000
Imotski Imotski Stadion Gospin dolac 0255th 4,000
Lučko Zagreb Stadion Lučko 0299th 1,500
Rudeš Zagreb ŠC Rudeš 0244th 1,000
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 0288th 8,000
Sesvete Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik 0222nd 1,200
Šibenik Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac 0411st (3. HNL South) 8,000
Zadar Zadar Stadion Stanovi 01010th (1. HNL) 6,000

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Zadar Croatia Igor Štimac Resigned 16 July 2015[5] Croatia Zvonimir Jurić (caretaker) 16 July 2015[5] Pre-season
Zadar Croatia Zvonimir Jurić (caretaker) End of caretaker tenure 7 August 2015[6] Croatia Josip Butić 7 August 2015[6] Pre-season
Gorica Croatia Dražen Biškup Mutual consent 4 September 2015[7] Croatia Damir Grlić (caretaker) 4 September 2015[7] 11th
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Slovenia Iztok Kapušin Signed by Celje 7 September 2015[8] Croatia Alen Horvat 8 September 2015 8th
Cibalia Croatia Damir Milinović Mutual consent 7 September 2015[8] Croatia Miroslav Bojko 8 September 2015 4th
Gorica Croatia Damir Grlić (caretaker) End of caretaker tenure 9 September 2015[8] Croatia Damir Milinović 9 September 2015 10th
Cibalia Croatia Miroslav Bojko Resigned 5 April 2016[9] Croatia Stanko Mršić 12 April 2016[10] 2nd
Šibenik Croatia Mirko Labrović Sacked 17 April 2016[11] Croatia Krešimir Sunara 18 April 2016[12] 1st
Šibenik Croatia Krešimir Sunara Sacked 23 May 2016 Croatia Goran Tomić 23 May 2016 2nd

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cibalia (C, P) 33 20 10 3 54 20 +34 70 Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2 Šibenik 33 20 9 4 54 21 +33 69 Qualification to the promotion play-off
3 Sesvete 33 15 7 11 56 40 +16 52
4 Gorica 33 13 8 12 40 40 0 47
5 Rudeš 33 11 10 12 47 44 +3 43
6 Dinamo Zagreb II 33 11 10 12 34 37 −3 43 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Croatian First Football League
7 Dugopolje 33 11 7 15 38 41 −3 40
8 Lučko 33 11 7 15 40 47 −7 40
9 Imotski 33 11 7 15 40 50 −10 40
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 33 11 7 15 29 39 −10 40 Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
11 Segesta (R) 33 10 8 15 44 54 −10 38
12 Zadar (R) 33 5 8 20 30 73 −43 23
Source: Druga-HNL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22
Home \ Away CIB DIN DUG GOR HRD IMO LUČ RUD SEG SES ŠIB ZAD
Cibalia 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1
Dinamo Zagreb II 1–1 1–0 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–0
Dugopolje 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2
Gorica 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–0
Imotski 1–3 3–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 4–2
Lučko 0–3 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0
Rudeš 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–3 1–1 2–3 3–0
Segesta 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–3 4–1 2–1 0–4 1–1
Sesvete 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0
Šibenik 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 5–0
Zadar 0–3 1–1 0–5 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–5 1–4
Source: Druga-HNL.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33
Home \ Away CIB DIN DUG GOR HRD IMO LUČ RUD SEG SES ŠIB ZAD
Cibalia 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–0
Dinamo Zagreb II 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
Dugopolje 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–0
Gorica 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–3
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3
Imotski 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0
Lučko 0–4 0–1 2–4 1–1 5–0
Rudeš 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–4 3–0
Segesta 2–0 3–3 2–0 3–1 2–2
Sesvete 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
Šibenik 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0
Zadar 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–2 1–1
Source: Druga-HNL.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2016; Source: Druga-HNL.com Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Rank Player Club(s) Goals
1 Croatia Frane Vitaić Cibalia 15
2 Croatia Igor Prijić Dugopolje, Segesta 14
3 Croatia Ivan Prskalo Sesvete 12
4 Nigeria Theophilus Solomon Šibenik 11
5 Croatia Ivan Antunović Sesvete 10
Croatia Vlatko Blažević Zadar
Croatia Ivan Bubalo Dugopolje

See also

References
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