The 2008–09 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 18th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season.
1Hrvace had won the 3. HNL South but didn't obtain a license for competing in Druga HNL, while second-placed team Zagora didn't even requested one. Because of this, third-placed Junak Sinj qualified automatically for promotion.[1]
2Lokomotiva, as the 3. HNL West runners-up, qualified for the two-legged promotion playoff, which would have taken place between second-placed teams of 3. HNL East and West Division. As the 3. HNL East runners-up Grafičar Vodovod didn't get the license for Druga HNL, third-placed Virovitica qualified for the playoff. However, their board of directors decided to withdraw five days before the first match. Because of this, Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL.[2]
In a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff between Inter Zaprešić (as 11th placed 1. HNL team) and Hrvatski Dragovoljac (as 2. HNL runners-up), the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2–0 on aggregate (2–0, 0–0).
Source: Sportnet.hr (in Croatian) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes:
^Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground, and were demoted to the 1st county league; therefore Međimurje were promoted directly and Hrvatski Dragovoljac entered the playoff, while Moslavina were not relegated.
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The 2008 09 Druga HNL also known as 2 HNL season was the 18th season of Croatia s second level football since its establishment in 1992 Croatia Sesvete were league champions and were promoted to Prva HNL at the end of the previous season Druga HNLSeason2008 09ChampionsIstra 1961PromotedIstra 1961KarlovacLokomotivaMeđimurjeRelegatedTrogirMatches played240Goals scored612 2 55 per match Top goalscorerMarijan Vuka 19 2007 082009 10 The league featured 16 clubs playing in a double round robin league system The season started on 23 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009 Contents 1 Changes from last season 1 1 From 2 HNL 1 2 To 2 HNL 1 3 Notes 2 Clubs 3 League table 4 Results 5 Top goalscorers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksChanges from last season editThe following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2007 08 season From 2 HNL edit Promoted to 1 HNL Croatia Sesvete winners of 2007 08 Druga HNL Relegated to 3 HNL Marsonia 13th place Kamen Ingrad 14th place Vukovar 91 15th place Belisce 16th place To 2 HNL edit Relegated from 1 HNL Međimurje 12th place Promoted from 3 HNL Suhopolje 3 HNL East winners Junak Sinj 3 HNL South third place 1 Karlovac 3 HNL West winners Lokomotiva 3 HNL West runners up 2 Notes edit 1 Hrvace had won the 3 HNL South but didn t obtain a license for competing in Druga HNL while second placed team Zagora didn t even requested one Because of this third placed Junak Sinj qualified automatically for promotion 1 2 Lokomotiva as the 3 HNL West runners up qualified for the two legged promotion playoff which would have taken place between second placed teams of 3 HNL East and West Division As the 3 HNL East runners up Graficar Vodovod didn t get the license for Druga HNL third placed Virovitica qualified for the playoff However their board of directors decided to withdraw five days before the first match Because of this Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL 2 In a two legged promotion relegation playoff between Inter Zapresic as 11th placed 1 HNL team and Hrvatski Dragovoljac as 2 HNL runners up the former kept their Prva HNL status by beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac with 2 0 on aggregate 2 0 0 0 Clubs edit nbsp nbsp Zagreb nbsp Imotski nbsp Istra 1961 nbsp Junak nbsp Karlovac nbsp Međimurje nbsp Moslavina nbsp Mosor nbsp Pomorac nbsp Segesta nbsp Slavonac CO nbsp Solin nbsp Suhopolje nbsp Trogir nbsp Vinogradar nbsp Zagreb clubs nbsp DragovoljacLokomotivaclass notpageimage Locations of teams in 2008 09 Druga HNL Club City Stadium 2007 08 result Capacity Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb NSC Stjepan Spajic 2nd in 2 HNL 5 000 Imotski Imotski Gospin dolac 10th in 2 HNL 4 000 Istra 1961 Pula Veruda 3rd in 2 HNL 3 500 Junak Sinj Sinj Gradski stadion Sinj 3rd in 3 HNL South 3 096 Karlovac Karlovac Branko Cavlovic Cavlek 1st in 3 HNL West 8 000 Lokomotiva Zagreb SRC Hitrec Kacijan 2nd in 3 HNL West 1 000 Međimurje Cakovec Stadion SRC Mladost 12th in 1 HNL 8 000 Moslavina Kutina Gradski stadion u Kutini 9th in 2 HNL 2 000 Mosor Zrnovnica Stadion Pricvice 11th in 2 HNL 2 000 Pomorac Kostrena Stadion Zuknica 4th in 2 HNL 3 000 Segesta Sisak Gradski stadion Sisak 7th in 2 HNL 8 000 Slavonac CO Stari Perkovci Igraliste Slavonca 6th in 2 HNL 1 000 Solin Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra 12th in 2 HNL 4 000 Suhopolje Suhopolje Stadion Park 1st in 3 HNL East 8 000 Trogir Trogir Gradski stadion Sinj 8th in 2 HNL 3 096 Vinogradar Jastrebarsko Stadion Mladina 5th in 2 HNL 2 000League table editPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Istra 1961 C P 30 18 6 6 46 20 26 60 Promotion to Croatian First Football League 2 Karlovac P 30 18 5 7 50 24 26 59 3 Lokomotiva P 30 18 5 7 50 30 20 59 4 Slavonac CO a R 30 15 12 3 39 18 21 57 Relegation to county leagues 5 Međimurje P 30 16 2 12 61 34 27 50 Promotion to Croatian First Football League 6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 13 10 7 38 36 2 49 Qualification to promotion play offs 7 Solin 30 14 5 11 37 31 6 47 8 Vinogradar 30 11 7 12 40 50 10 40 9 Imotski 30 10 4 16 31 45 14 34 10 Suhopolje 30 8 9 13 33 37 4 33 11 Segesta 30 8 9 13 33 47 14 33 12 Junak 30 9 6 15 35 51 16 33 13 Pomorac 30 9 5 16 29 45 16 32 14 Mosor 30 8 6 16 25 44 19 30 15 Moslavina 30 7 7 16 33 51 18 28 16 Trogir R 30 3 12 15 32 49 17 21 Relegation to Croatian Third Football LeagueSource Sportnet hr in Croatian Rules for classification 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored C Champions P Promoted R RelegatedNotes Slavonac CO had to step back from promotion after they were not able to find a satisfiable ground and were demoted to the 1st county league therefore Međimurje were promoted directly and Hrvatski Dragovoljac entered the playoff while Moslavina were not relegated Results editHome Away HRD IMO IST JUN KAR LOK MEĐ MSL MSR POM SEG SLV SOL SUH TRO VIN Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 Imotski 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 Istra 1961 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 5 0 Junak 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 Karlovac 0 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Lokomotiva 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 3 2 1 0 Međimurje 1 2 4 0 2 0 9 1 1 2 6 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 3 0 Moslavina 1 2 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 Mosor 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Pomorac 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 Segesta 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Slavonac CO 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 Solin 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 Suhopolje 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 Trogir 2 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 Vinogradar 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 5 2 Source Sportnet hr in Croatian Legend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Top goalscorers editThe top scorers in the 2008 09 Druga HNL season were 3 Rank Name Club Goals Apps Minutes played 1 nbsp Marijan Vuka Međimurje 19 27 2072 2 nbsp Denis Ljuta Solin 13 28 2291 nbsp Romano Obilinovic Imotski 13 28 2452 4 nbsp Zoran Zekic Segesta Moslavina 11 24 1729 nbsp Bojan Golubovic Slavonac CO 11 24 1833 nbsp Pinheiro Vinogradar 11 25 2090 nbsp Ivica Zuljevic Međimurje 11 29 2451 8 nbsp Ivan Lisnic Karlovac 10 18 1301 9 nbsp Eliomar Međimurje 9 24 1964 nbsp Hrvoje Misic Slavonac CO 9 28 2396See also edit2008 09 Prva HNL 2008 09 Croatian CupReferences edit Jurica Ivana 1 June 2008 Rijesena i posljednja nepoznanica Sportnet hr in Croatian Retrieved 3 May 2011 Plevnik Petar 27 May 2008 Virovitica odustala od kvalifikacija Sportnet hr in Croatian Retrieved 3 May 2011 Izvjesce povjerenika za natjecanje PDF in Croatian Druga HNL com Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2014 09 06 External links editLeague s official website Archived 2011 08 03 at the 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