2010–11 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season2010–11
ChampionsGorica
PromotedLučko
Matches played238
Goals scored643 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerHrvoje Tokić (19)
Biggest home winMeđimurje 10–0 Vukovar '91
Biggest away winSuhopolje 0–7 Lučko
Highest scoringMeđimurje 10–0 Vukovar '91

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

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

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

Clubs

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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

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:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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

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:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Croatia Sesvete was suspended and thus unable to play the match so the game was awarded 3–0 to Vukovar '91
  3. ^ Match was played at Lučko due to severe weather conditions

Top goalscorers

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

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

See also

References

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