2022–23 Second Football League (Croatia)

The 2022–23 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga Nogometna Liga and 2. NL) was the 32nd edition of the third tier of Croatian football league and 1st season of the restructured Druga nogometna liga.

Druga NL
Season2022–23
Dates19 August 2022 – 4 June 2023
ChampionsSesvete
PromotedSesvete, Zrinski Jurjevac
RelegatedMeđimurje, Osijek II, Zagorec Krapina
Top goalscorerNikola Marić (24 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 5 June 2023.

The league was contested by 16 teams and played in a double round robin format.

Teams

Changes

Vukovar 1991 was promoted to the 2022–23 Prva NL, while 14 eastern, 9 northern, 16 southern, 16 central and 12 western clubs were relegated to 2022–23 Treća NL due new leagues system.

New clubs are Croatia Zmijavci, Sesvete, Osijek II and Opatija which were relegated from 2021–22 Druga HNL and 10 best placed third tier teams with two playoff winners.

Due to the bankruptcy, Inter Zaprešić, who was scheduled to play in the Croatian second level, was dissolved before the season. Croatia Zmijavci was promoted back to Croatian first league to fill their spot.

Now opened spot was taken by the Trnje who beat Hrvatski Vitez Posedarje in the play-offs.

Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium[1] Capacity[2] Last season
BelišćeBelišćeStadion Gradski5,000 3rd in 3. HNL - east
BjelovarBjelovarGradski stadion4,000 3rd in 3. HNL - north
Dugo SeloDugo SeloGradski stadion2,000 2nd in 3. HNL - center
GrobničanČavleStadion Adelija Haramija Beba3,000 2nd in 3. HNL - west
HrvaceHrvaceGradski stadion3,075 3rd in 3. HNL - south
Jadran Luka PločePločeStadion NK Jadran2,000 1st in 3. HNL - south
Jadran PorečPorečStadion Veli Jože5,000 3rd in 3. HNL - west
Marsonia 1909Slavonski BrodGradski stadion uz Savu6,000 4th in 3. HNL - east
MeđimurjeČakovecSRC Mladost6,000 5th in 3. HNL - north
Mladost ŽdraloviŽdraloviStadion NK Mladost1,500 2nd in 3. HNL - north
OpatijaOpatijaStadion Kantrida10,600 16th in 2. HNL
Osijek IIOsijekStadion Gradski vrt19,220 15th in 2. HNL
SesveteSesveteStadion Sveti Josip radnik2,000 14th in 2. HNL
TrnjeZagrebStadion ŠC Rudeš2,000 3rd in 3. HNL - center
ZagorecKrapinaŠRC Podgora2,000 1st in 3. HNL - center
Zrinski JurjevacPunitovciStadion Bara1,000 2nd in 3. HNL - east
Locations of teams in 2022–23 Druga NL
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja 3 Belišće, Osijek II, Zrinski
2 Coat of arms of Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora 2 Bjelovar, Mladost
Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar Opatija, Grobničan
Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb Sesvete, Trnje
3 Coat of arms of Brod-Posavina County Brod-Posavina 1 Marsonia 1909
Coat of arms of Dubrovnik-Neretva County Dubrovnik-Neretva Jadran Luka Ploče
Coat of arms of Istria County Istria Jadran Poreč
Coat of arms of Krapina-Zagorje County Krapina-Zagorje Krapina
Coat of arms of Međimurje County Međimurje Međimurje
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hrvace
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb Dugo Selo

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sesvete (C, P) 30 19 8 3 64 24 +40 65 Promotion to the First Football League
2 Zrinski Jurjevac (P) 30 19 6 5 45 22 +23 63
3 Jadran Luka Ploče 30 17 9 4 54 23 +31 60
4 Mladost Ždralovi 30 14 8 8 48 26 +22 50
5 Bjelovar 30 12 10 8 46 31 +15 46
6 Dugo Selo 30 12 9 9 50 43 +7 45
7 Opatija 30 12 9 9 48 42 +6 45
8 Hrvace 30 10 8 12 48 49 −1 38
9 Belišće 30 10 7 13 39 47 −8 37
10 Jadran Poreč 30 9 9 12 51 61 −10 36
11 Marsonia 1909 30 11 3 16 40 52 −12 36
12 Grobničan 30 10 5 15 42 44 −2 35
13 Trnje 30 9 7 14 43 55 −12 34
14 Zagorec Krapina (R) 30 9 7 14 36 53 −17 34 Relegation to the Third Football League
15 Osijek II (R) 30 7 4 19 32 64 −32 25
16 Međimurje (R) 30 4 3 23 22 72 −50 15
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2023. Source: Druga-NL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BEL BJE DSE GRO HRV JLP JPO MAR MEĐ MLA OPA OSI SES TRN ZAG ZRI
Belišće — 0–0 0–5 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–3
Bjelovar 2–2 — 4–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1
Dugo Selo 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 3–2 0–2 5–3 0–4 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–1
Grobničan 5–1 1–1 3–3 — 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–3
Hrvace 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–2 — 1–1 4–3 4–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–4 2–3 2–0 1–2
Jadran LP 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 — 3–1 3–0 6–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 6–2 5–1 1–1
Jadran Poreč 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–3 1–0 — 3–2 6–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–2
Marsonia 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 — 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–2 1–3 1–2
Međimurje 4–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 — 0–5 0–5 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1
Mladost Ždralovi 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 6–4 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 — 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–3 0–0
Opatija 1–1 0–5 5–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2
Osijek II 0–3 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–3 2–0 0–4 1–3 — 0–2 3–2 1–2 4–2
Sesvete 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 0–1 4–1 7–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 — 5–3 4–0 0–0
Trnje 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 — 1–0 1–3
Zagorec 1–4 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 — 1–0
Zrinski 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: Druga NL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kustošija 2–2 Zrinski Jurjevac 2–1 0–1

Relegation play-offs
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zagorec Krapina 0–1 Krk 0–0 0–1
Zadar 2–4 Karlovac 1919 1–2 1–2
Slavonija Požega 4–5 Radnik Križevci 3–0 1–5

14th place Zagorec Krapina was joined by winners of 5 groups of Third Football League. 3 winners of these matches qualified to 2023-24 Second Football League.

References
  1. "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja za sezonu 2022./23" [The central licensing procedure for the 2022/23 season has been completed.]. Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku 2021/2022 godinu" (PDF). druga-hnl.com (in Croatian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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