1998–99 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season1998–99
ChampionsVukovar '91
PromotedVukovar '91
Istra Pula
RelegatedImotska Krajina
Croatia Đakovo
Budućnost Hodošan
Samobor
Posavina Zagreb
Inker Zaprešić
Top goalscorerDubravko Zdrilić (29)

The 1998–99 Druga HNL was the 8th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football.

The format of the league was changed and the five regional subdivisions which composed the Druga HNL in the 1997–98 season were merged into a single nationwide format for the 1998–99 season. A total of 19 clubs competed in Druga HNL this season, in a double round-robin format.

Clubs

Club City / Town Stadium Capacity 1997–98 result
Belišće Belišće Gradski stadion Belišće 4,000 2nd: 2.HNL East
Bjelovar Bjelovar Gradski stadion Bjelovar 4,000 3rd: 2.HNL North
Budućnost Hodošan Hodošan Stadion Sportski dom 1,000 2nd: 2.HNL North
Čakovec Čakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 8,000 1st: 2.HNL North
Croatia Đakovo Đakovo Gradski stadion Đakovo 3,000 3rd: 2.HNL East
Croatia Sesvete Sesvete Stadion ŠRC Sesvete 3,500 5th: 2.HNL Center
Imotska Krajina Proložac Stadion Šarampov 1,000 3rd: 2.HNL South
Inker Zaprešić Zaprešić Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić 4,500 4th: 2.HNL Center
Istra Pula Pula Stadion Aldo Drosina 7,000 2nd: 2.HNL West
Jadran Poreč Poreč Stadion Veli Jože 2,000 1st: 2.HNL West
Orijent Rijeka Stadion SC Krimeja 4,000 3rd: 2.HNL West
Otok Otok 4th: 2.HNL East
Posavina Zagreb Zagreb Igralište na Savici 1,000 3rd: 2.HNL Center
Samobor Samobor Gradski stadion Samobor 5,000 12th in Prva HNL
Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 8,000 1st: 2.HNL Center
Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 4,000 2nd: 2.HNL South
RNK Split Split Stadion Park mladeži 8,000 1st: 2.HNL South
Vukovar '91 Vukovar Gradski stadion Borovo Naselje 6,000
Zagorec Krapina Krapina Stadion SRC Podgora 3,000 2nd: 2.HNL Center

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vukovar '91 (C, P) 36 22 8 6 69 29 +40 74 Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2 Istra Pula (P) 36 21 9 6 71 27 +44 72
3 Segesta 36 22 4 10 84 34 +50 70
4 Čakovec 36 19 8 9 62 38 +24 65
5 RNK Split 36 17 8 11 60 34 +26 59
6 Belišće 36 17 8 11 67 50 +17 59
7 Bjelovar 36 17 7 12 53 43 +10 58
8 Otok 36 16 7 13 56 49 +7 55
9 Zagorec Krapina 36 15 6 15 50 55 −5 51
10 Jadran Poreč 36 13 9 14 58 45 +13 48
11 Solin 36 14 6 16 49 49 0 48
12 Croatia Sesvete 36 14 6 16 52 56 −4 48
13 Orijent 36 13 9 14 39 48 −9 48
14 Imotska Krajina (R) 36 13 8 15 49 54 −5 47 Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
15 Croatia Đakovo (R) 36 11 12 13 45 48 −3 45
16 Budućnost Hodošan (R) 36 12 8 16 49 85 −36 44
17 Samobor (R) 36 5 11 20 40 84 −44 26
18 Posavina Zagreb (R) 36 5 7 24 29 76 −47 22
19 Inker Zaprešić (R) 36 3 5 28 25 103 −78 14
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also