2010–11 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season	2010–11
Champions	Gorica
Promoted	Lučko
Matches played	238
Goals scored	643 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hrvoje Tokić (19)
Biggest home win	Međimurje 10–0 Vukovar '91
Biggest away win	Suhopolje 0–7 Lučko
Highest scoring	Međimurje 10–0 Vukovar '91
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The 2010–11 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) was the 20th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. RNK Split were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season. The competition started on 21 August 2010 and ended on 29 May 2011.^[1]

Format edit

The league was contested by 16 teams (two more than in the previous season). Despite planned reduction in the number of clubs in Prva HNL for the 2011–12 season (in which the top flight was set to be reduced from 16 to 12 clubs), CFF Assembly on 17 December 2010 delayed the execution of this changes by one year. In that scenario five clubs would have been relegated from top level to Druga HNL and Druga HNL winners promoted to top level, with five teams relegated from Druga HNL to third level.^[2]

Instead, Druga HNL will stay at 16 teams with only the last four teams being relegated and the first three teams from 2010–11 Druga HNL earning promotion (if they are granted with top level license). As for promotion from third level, winners of all three divisions of Treća HNL (West, East and South) will be promoted to Druga HNL, while the fourth club will be decided from a qualifying round between second-placed teams from East and West division.^[3]

Changes from last season edit

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2009–10 season:

From 2. HNL edit

Promoted to 1. HNL

RNK Split (winners of 2009–10 Druga HNL)
Hrvatski Dragovoljac (3rd place)

Relegated to 3. HNL

Moslavina (13th place)
Segesta (14th place)

To 2. HNL edit

Relegated from 1. HNL

Međimurje (15th place)
Croatia Sesvete (16th place)

Promoted from 3. HNL

Dugopolje (3. HNL South winners)
Gorica (3. HNL West winners)
HAŠK (3. HNL West runners-up)
MV Croatia (3. HNL East runners-up)

Clubs edit

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

C. Sesvete
HAŠK
Lučko
Rudeš

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Locations of teams in 2010–11 Druga HNL

Club	City / Town	Stadium	2009–10 result	Capacity
Croatia Sesvete	Zagreb	Stadion Mladina	16th in 1. HNL	3,500
Dugopolje	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	1st in 3. HNL-S	5,200
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Stadion Radnika	1st in 3. HNL-W	8,000
HAŠK	Zagreb	Stadion na Peščenici	2nd in 3. HNL-W	800
Imotski	Imotski	Stadion Gospin dolac	8th in 2. HNL	4,000
Junak Sinj	Sinj	Gradski stadion Sinj	9th in 2.HNL	3,000
Lučko	Zagreb	Stadion Lučko	4th in 2. HNL	1,500
Međimurje	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	15th in 1. HNL	8,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Stadion Pricvić	10th in 2. HNL	2,000
MV Croatia	Slavonski Brod	Stadion Stanko Vlajnić-Dida	2nd in 3. HNL-E	10,000
Pomorac	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	2nd in 2. HNL	3,000
Rudeš	Zagreb	Stadion u Sigetu	7th in 2. HNL	1,000
Solin	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	5th in 2. HNL	4,000
Suhopolje	Suhopolje	Stadion Park	11th in 2. HNL	8,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Stadion Mladina	6th in 2. HNL	2,000
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion u Borovu naselju	12th in 2. HNL	8,000

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gorica (C)	30	20	4	6	54	21	+33	64
2	Lučko (P)	30	19	2	9	54	28	+26	59	Promotion to Croatian First Football League^[a]
3	Pomorac	30	16	8	6	50	23	+27	56
4	Rudeš	30	15	7	8	52	39	+13	52
5	Imotski	30	14	6	10	35	32	+3	48
6	Solin	30	13	6	11	35	33	+2	45
7	Međimurje	30	12	6	12	53	49	+4	42
8	Dugopolje	30	10	11	9	39	30	+9	41
9	Junak	30	10	10	10	40	34	+6	40
10	Vinogradar	30	12	4	14	43	38	+5	40
11	Croatia Sesvete	30	12	4	14	37	41	−4	40
12	MV Croatia	30	11	6	13	42	42	0	39
13	HAŠK	30	11	5	14	40	42	−2	38	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League^[b]
14	Mosor	30	9	7	14	32	41	−9	34
15	Vukovar '91 (R)	30	6	2	22	21	83	−62	20
16	Suhopolje (R)	30	5	2	23	22	73	−51	17

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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.

Results edit

Home \ Away	CRS	DUG	GOR	HŠK	IMO	JUN	LUČ	MEĐ	MSR	MVC	POM	RUD	SOL	SUH	VIN	VUK
Croatia Sesvete		1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	3–2	4–0
Dugopolje	5–1		2–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–0
Gorica	1–0	1–0		2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	3–0
HAŠK	3–2	1–1	2–1		0–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0
Imotski	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–1
Junak	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–1		3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	2–0
Lučko	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–2		3–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0
Međimurje	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2		3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	10–0
Mosor	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	6–0		1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
MV Croatia	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–0		1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–1
Pomorac	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	4–1	3–1	1–0		3–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	6–0
Rudeš	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	0–0	4–0	2–1		1–0	4–2	1–0	1–2
Solin	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–3		2–0	1–0	5–1
Suhopolje	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–7	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–4	3–0		2–3	3–1
Vinogradar	1–2	3–0^[a]	0–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1		4–1
Vukovar '91	3–0^[b]	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–4^[c]	0–3	0–0	2–7	0–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	1–0

Source: Druga-HNL.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Match was abandoned after 72 minutes at the result 3–0 for Vinogradar as Dugopolje was left with only six players on the field. The game was later awarded 3–0 to Vinogradar.
^ Croatia Sesvete was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0 to Vukovar '91
^ Match was played at Lučko due to severe weather conditions

Top goalscorers edit

The top scorers in the 2010–11 Druga HNL season were:^[4]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals	Apps	Minutes played
1	Hrvoje Tokić	Mosor, MV Croatia	19	23	1799
2	Nikola Bucković	Vinogradar	15	30	2405
3	Marko Tadić	Rudeš	14	25	1918
3	Matej Jelić	Lučko	14	29	2353
5	Tomi Jurić	Croatia Sesvete	12	24	1804
5	Mario Garba	Međimurje	12	27	2323
7	Boris Bajto	Gorica	11	26	2208
7	Lovro Šćrbec	Rudeš	11	26	2319
9	Tomislav Ivičić	Pomorac	10	26	1806
	Martin Šaban	Pomorac	10	26	1975
	Nikola Rak	Lučko	10	25	2057

References edit

^ "Kalendar natjecanja Druge HNL za 2010–11 godinu" (PDF). Druga HNL (in Croatian). 24 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ "Liga 16 ostaje i slijedeće godine". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ "Zapisnik s plenuma klubova Druge HNL" (PDF). Druga-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 14 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

External links edit

Official website Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

[table_note_res_P0.40119400033783-4] 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.

[table_note_res_R0.40119400033783-5] 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.

[table_note_1_VIN_DUG0.92521350501348-6] Match was abandoned after 72 minutes at the result 3–0 for Vinogradar as Dugopolje was left with only six players on the field. The game was later awarded 3–0 to Vinogradar.

[table_note_1_VUK_CRS0.92521350501348-7] Croatia Sesvete was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0 to Vukovar '91

[table_note_1_VUK_LUČ0.92521350501348-8] Match was played at Lučko due to severe weather conditions

[kalendar-1] "Kalendar natjecanja Druge HNL za 2010–11 godinu" (PDF). Druga HNL (in Croatian). 24 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

[2] "Liga 16 ostaje i slijedeće godine". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[3] "Zapisnik s plenuma klubova Druge HNL" (PDF). Druga-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 14 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2011.

[9] "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

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