2015–16 Croatian Third Football League

The 2015–16 Treća HNL season is the 25th since its establishment. The first matches of the season will be played on 22 August 2015, and the season will end on 4 June 2016.

Overview before the season

50 teams will join the league, including one relegated from the 2014–15 Druga HNL and six promoted from the lower leagues.

Relegated from 2014–15 Druga HNL

• Pomorac (Druga HNL→club is dissolved)
• Bistra (Druga HNL→Unified League of Zagreb County)

Promoted from 2014–15 Inter-county leagues and County leagues

Marsonia (Inter-county league of East→Treća HNL East) Krk (Inter-county league of Rijeka→Treća HNL West) Opatija (Inter-county league of Rijeka→Treća HNL West) Vinogradar (Inter-county league of Center→Treća HNL West) OŠK Otok (First League of Split-Dalmatia County→Treća HNL South) Primorac B/M (First League of Zadar county→Treća HNL South)

Groups

East

Treća HNL East

Season	2015–16
Champions	Međimurje
Matches played	240
Goals scored	729 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	21 goals Nikola Valjak(Podravina)
Biggest home win	Bjelovar 6−0 Slavonija Bjelovar 6−0 Mladost Antin Belišće 7−1 Podravina
Biggest away win	Mladost Antin 1−10 Slavonija
Highest scoring	Belišće 9−4 Mladost Antin
All statistics correct as of 4 June 2016.

Stadia and locations

Belišće

Bjelovar

BSK

Đakovo Croatia

Koprivnica

Marsonia

Međimurje

Mladost Antin

Mladost Ždralovi

Oriolik

Podravina

Slavija

Slavonija

Varaždin

Višnjevac

Vukovar '91

Location of teams in 2015–16 Treća HNL East

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion	5,000
Bjelovar	Bjelovar	Gradski stadion	4,000
BSK	Bijelo Brdo	Igralište BSK-a	1,000
Đakovo Croatia	Đakovo	Stadion na Pazarištu	3,000
Koprivnica	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion	3,500
Marsonia	Slavonski Brod	Stadion uz Savu	8,000
Međimurje	Čakovec	SRC Mladost	6,000
Mladost Antin	Antin	Paža	500
Mladost Ždralovi	Ždralovi	Igralište NK Mladosti	1,000
Oriolik	Oriovac	Igralište NK Oriolika	1,500
Podravina	Ludbreg	Igralište NK Podravine	5,000
Slavija	Pleternica	Stadion Stjepan Zdenko Šivo	700
Slavonija	Požega	Stadion kraj Orljave	4,000
Varaždin	Varaždin	Stadion Anđelko Herjavec	9,099
Višnjevac	Višnjevac	Stadion NK Višnjevca	1,500
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Međimurje (C)	30	20	6	4	62	15	+47	66	Promotion to 2016–17 Druga HNL
2	Bjelovar	30	17	6	7	61	29	+32	57
3	Slavija	30	17	6	7	49	35	+14	57
4	Belišće	30	16	6	8	58	30	+28	54
5	Marsonia	30	16	6	8	42	24	+18	54
6	BSK	30	14	10	6	56	40	+16	52
7	Mladost Ždralovi	30	16	4	10	47	37	+10	52
8	Slavonija	30	13	4	13	59	51	+8	43
9	Vukovar '91	30	13	3	14	48	50	−2	42
10	Oriolik	30	10	7	13	29	38	−9	37
11	Varaždin	30	10	4	16	40	47	−7	34
12	Đakovo Croatia	30	8	10	12	34	48	−14	34
13	Koprivnica	30	9	6	15	43	56	−13	33
14	Višnjevac	30	8	8	14	46	56	−10	32
15	Podravina (R)	30	5	6	19	36	74	−38	21	Relegation to 2016–17 Inter-county league
16	Mladost Antin (R)	30	1	2	27	19	99	−80	5

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away 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, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	BEL	BJE	BSK	ĐAK	KOP	MAR	MEĐ	MLA	MLŽ	ORI	POD	SLA	SLO	VAR	VIŠ	VUK
Belišće		3–2	5–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	9–4	1–0	4–0	7–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2
Bjelovar	1–0		3–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	6–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–0
BSK Bijelo Brdo	1–3	3–1		2–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	2–1
Đakovo-Croatia	0–0	4–2	0–2		2–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0
Koprivnica	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2		0–0	0–6	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	6–1	2–4
Marsonia	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	4–1
Međimurje	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	5–0	0–0		3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	4–0
Mladost Antin	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–4	0–2		1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–10	0–8	0–2	3–2
Mladost Ždralovi	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–2
Oriolik	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	4–2
Podravina	0–1	0–4	0–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–3	1–2		0–3	3–4	0–3	4–3	4–3
Slavija Pleternica	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–0		3–1	3–0	5–2	2–2
Slavonija	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–4	0–1	1–0	6–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–0		4–1	7–2	3–0
Varaždin	1–3	1–1	1–2	5–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–0		1–5	0–1
Višnjevac	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–1		5–1
Vukovar '91	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South

Treća HNL South

Season	2015–16
Champions	Solin
Promoted	Solin
Matches played	306
Goals scored	819 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	22 goals Šime-Josip Pedišić (Val)
Biggest home win	Hajduk II 5−0 Mosor Hrvace 5−0 Jadran LP Omiš 6−1 Croatia Zmijavci
Biggest away win	Kamen Ivanbegovina 0−4 Hajduk II OŠK Otok 0−4 Junak Mosor 0−4 Val
Highest scoring	Kamen Ivanbegovina 5−3 Val
All statistics correct as of 4 June 2016.

Stadia and locations

Split

BŠK Zmaj

Croatia Zmijavci

Hrvace

Jadran LP

Junak

Kamen Ivanbegovina

Neretva

Neretvanac

Omiš

OŠK Otok

Primorac

Solin

Val

Zagora

Zmaj Makarska

Split clubs:

Hajduk II
Mosor
Primorac 1929

Location of teams in 2015–16 Treća HNL South

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
BŠK Zmaj	Blato	Zlinje	3,000
Croatia Zmijavci	Zmijavci	ŠRC Marijan Šuto Mrma	1,000
Hajduk II	Split	Poljud	34,448
Hrvace	Hrvace	Gradski stadion	3,075
Jadran LP	Ploče	Igralište NK Jadrana	2,000
Junak	Sinj	Gradski stadion	3,096
Kamen Ivanbegovina	Ivanbegovina	Igralište NK Kamena	1,000
Mosor	Split	Stadion u Pricviću	3,000
Neretva	Metković	Igralište iza Vage	2,000
Neretvanac	Opuzen	Podvornica	2,500
Omiš	Omiš	Stadion Anđelko Marušić-Ferata	5,000
OŠK Otok	Otok	Igralište NK Otok	450
Primorac B/M	Biograd na Moru	Gradski stadion Kazimir i Silvio	1,500
Primorac 1929	Stobreč	Igralište u Blatu	3,600
Solin	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	5,000
Val	Kaštel Stari	Vukovar	2,000
Zagora	Unešić	Borovište	3,000
Zmaj Makarska	Makarska	Gradski sportski centar	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Solin (C, P)	34	21	5	8	46	26	+20	68	Promotion to 2016–17 Druga HNL
2	Neretvanac	34	18	9	7	61	40	+21	63
3	Val	34	17	4	13	57	52	+5	55
4	Kamen Ivanbegovina	34	16	3	15	52	51	+1	51
5	Hajduk II	34	14	8	12	45	36	+9	50
6	BŠK Zmaj	34	14	8	12	64	57	+7	50
7	Hrvace	34	14	7	13	55	43	+12	49
8	Omiš	34	12	10	12	39	33	+6	46
9	OŠK Otok	34	14	4	16	40	45	−5	46
10	Junak	34	11	12	11	42	38	+4	45
11	Primorac 1929	34	11	11	12	39	47	−8	44
12	Neretva	34	12	8	14	39	49	−10	44
13	Zmaj Makarska	34	12	6	16	42	45	−3	42
14	Croatia Zmijavci	34	12	6	16	52	60	−8	42
15	Primorac B/M	34	11	8	15	36	42	−6	41
16	Jadran LP	34	10	9	15	31	49	−18	39
17	Zagora (R)	34	10	9	15	42	54	−12	39	Relegation to 2016–17 County league
18	Mosor (R)	34	8	11	15	37	56	−19	35

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: Croatian Football Federation, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away 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, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[2]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	BŠK	CRO	HAJ	HRV	JAD	JUN	KAM	MOS	NEA	NEC	OMI	OŠK	PBM	PRI	SOL	VAL	ZAG	ZMA
BŠK Zmaj		4–2	3–2	3–3	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–3	4–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2
Croatia Zmijavci	4–2		3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	2–2
Hajduk II	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–0
Hrvace	4–1	3–2	2–0		5–0	2–3	0–1	3–0	5–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0
Jadran LP	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–5
Junak	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–2		2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–2
Kamen Ivanbegovina	4–2	0–1	0–4	1–0	1–2	2–0		2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1	4–0	5–3	3–1	2–0
Mosor	2–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–0
Neretva	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	4–1
Neretvanac	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–1		3–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Omiš	1–0	6–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	1–0
OŠK Otok	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1
Primorac B/M	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0		0–2	0–2	2–3	2–1	1–1
Primorac 1929	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1		0–3	2–0	3–0	1–4
Solin	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	2–1
Val	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–3	4–0	3–1	1–0		3–2	1–0
Zagora	0–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–3	3–1		2–0
Zmaj Makarska	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–4	2–0	4–1	2–5	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West

Treća HNL West

Season	2015–16
Champions	Novigrad
Promoted	Novigrad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	625 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 goals Marko Bjelanović(Novigrad)
Biggest home win	Zagorec 6−0 HAŠK
Biggest away win	Stupnik 0−6 Vinogradar Stupnik 0−6 Novigrad
Highest scoring	Rijeka II 5−3 Dubrava Dugo Selo 3−5 Samobor
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2016.

Stadia and locations

Zagreb

Dugo Selo

Krk

Novigrad

Opatija

Rijeka II

Samobor

Stupnik

Vinogradar

Vrbovec

Zagorec

Zagreb clubs:

Dubrava
HAŠK
Maksimir
Špansko
Trnje
Vrapče

Location of teams in 2015–16 Treća HNL West

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Dubrava	Zagreb	ŠRC Grana-Klaka	2,000
Dugo Selo	Dugo Selo	Gradski stadion	2,000
HAŠK	Zagreb	ŠRC Pešćenica	3,000
Krk	Krk	SRC Josip Uravić Pepi	500
Maksimir	Zagreb	Oboj	247
Novigrad	Novigrad	Lako	2,300
Opatija	Opatija	Stadion NK Opatije	2,000
Rijeka II	Rijeka	Stadion Rujevica	5,786
Samobor	Samobor	SC NK Samobor	5,000
Stupnik	Gornji Stupnik	SRC Stupnik	1,000
Špansko	Zagreb	Stadion NK Špansko	1,000
Trnje	Zagreb	Stadion Trnja	1,000
Vinogradar	Jastrebarsko	Mladina	2,000
Vrapče	Zagreb	Igralište Vrapča	1,000
Vrbovec	Vrbovec	Gradski stadion kraj Sajmišta	4,000
Zagorec	Krapina	ŠRC Podgora	2,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Novigrad (C, P)	30	23	6	1	59	19	+40	75	Promotion to 2016–17 Druga HNL
2	Vinogradar	30	17	9	4	65	23	+42	60
3	Trnje	30	17	4	9	44	29	+15	55
4	Samobor	30	13	9	8	49	37	+12	48
5	Zagorec	30	15	3	12	40	35	+5	48
6	Krk	30	13	8	9	41	28	+13	47
7	Vrapče	30	13	7	10	44	41	+3	46
8	Maksimir	30	13	4	13	40	34	+6	43
9	Opatija	30	13	4	13	39	45	−6	43
10	Rijeka II	30	13	3	14	43	49	−6	42	Dissolved at the end of the season
11	Dubrava	30	8	9	13	35	39	−4	33
12	HAŠK	30	8	6	16	22	43	−21	30
13	Dugo Selo	30	6	11	13	37	47	−10	29
14	Vrbovec	30	5	9	16	20	43	−23	24
15	Stupnik	30	5	9	16	24	54	−30	24
16	Špansko (R)	30	5	5	20	23	59	−36	20	Relegation to 2016–17 Inter-county league

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2016. Source: Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian), soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at away 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, or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	DUB	DUG	HAŠ	KRK	MAK	NOV	OPA	RIJ	SAM	STU	ŠPA	TRN	VIN	VRA	VRB	ZAG
Dubrava		2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Dugo Selo	2–4		1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–5	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0
HAŠK	0–0	0–0		0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2
Krk	2–2	1–1	2–1		2–0	4–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	4–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Maksimir	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0		1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0
Novigrad	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	4–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Opatija	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3		2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–0	2–2	3–1
Rijeka	5–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0		1–2	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–2	2–3	0–4	1–2
Samobor	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	3–1	4–1		1–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	4–3	3–0	5–1
Stupnik	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–6	1–0	2–3	2–1		4–1	0–0	0–6	0–0	1–1	0–1
Špansko	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–0		1–4	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–1
Trnje	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0		2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1
Vinogradar	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	6–1	2–0		2–5	2–0	1–2
Vrapče	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–3		2–0	0–1
Vrbovec	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–5	1–1	0–0		1–3
Zagorec	4–2	2–1	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–4	2–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2016. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2015–16 Croatian First Football League
• 2015–16 Croatian Second Football League
• 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup

References

1. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Treće Hvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2015./2016" (pdf) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Treće Hvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2015./2016" (pdf) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
3. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Treće Hvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2015./2016" (pdf) (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

External links

• Croatian Football Federation