2020–21 Croatian Second Football League

The 2020–21 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 30th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 13 August 2020.

Druga HNL

Season	2020–21
Dates	13 August 2020 – May 2021
Matches played	154
Goals scored	426 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Dabro (16)
Biggest home win	Osijek II 6–0 Međimurje Cibalia 6–0 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Biggest away win	Sesvete 1–5 Osijek II
Highest scoring	Sesvete 5–4 Orijent 1919
← 2019–20 All statistics correct as of 20 December 2020.

The league is contested by 18 teams, two more than the previous season, and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team twice over 34 rounds.[1]

Teams

On 20 May 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete. For the 2020–21 Druga HNL, a total of 17 clubs were issued a second level license. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision.[2] On 17 June 2020, Croatian Football Federation announced that the licensing procedure for 2020–21 season was complete.[3]

Stadia and locations

BSK

Cibalia

Dugopolje

Hajduk II

Inter

Junak

Međimurje

Opatija

Orijent 1919

Osijek II

Croatia Zmijavci

Solin

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo II
Dragovoljac
Kustošija
Dubrava
Sesvete
Rudeš

Locations of teams in 2020–21 Druga HNL

Club	Coach	City / Town	Stadium	2019–20 result	Capacity
BSK	Denis Krstanović	Bijelo Brdo	Igralište BSK	14th	500
Cibalia	Petar Tomić	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	16th	10,000
Croatia Zmijavci	Krešimir Režić	Zmijavci	ŠRC Marijan Šuto	2nd	1,000
Dinamo Zagreb II	Igor Jovićević	Zagreb	Stadion Hitrec-Kacian	8th	5,000
Dubrava	Darko Šantek	Zagreb	Stadion NK Kustošija	12th	2,550
Dugopolje	Stipe Balajić	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	10th	5,200
Hajduk Split II	Mario Despotović	Split	Stadion Poljud	6th	35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Boris Perković	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	9th	5,000
Inter Zaprešić	Tomislav Ivković	Zaprešić	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	10th (in Prva HNL)	5,228
Junak Sinj	Stipe Grčić	Sinj	Gradski stadion	1st (in Treća HNL South)	3,096
Kustošija	Ante Ivanda	Zagreb	Stadion NK Kustošija	13th	2,550
Međimurje	Goran Vincetić	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	11th	6,500
Opatija	Zoran Bogolin	Opatija	Stadion Kantrida	1st (in Treća HNL West)	10,600
Orijent 1919	Damir Milinović	Rijeka	Stadion Krimeja	3rd	3,500
Osijek II	Ronald Grnja	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	7th	18,856
Rudeš	Marko Babić	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	5th	10,850
Sesvete	Dino Babić	Zagreb	Stadion sv. Josip Radnik	4th	1,200
Solin	Ivan Bubalo	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	15th	4,000

Number of teams by county

Position	County	Number	Teams
1	City of Zagreb	6	Dinamo Zagreb II, Dubrava, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Kustošija, Rudeš and Sesvete
2	Split-Dalmatia	5	Croatia Zmijavci, Dugopolje, Hajduk Split II, Junak Sinj and Solin
3	Osijek-Baranja	2	BSK and Osijek II
	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	2	Opatija and Orijent 1919
5	Međimurje	1	Međimurje
	Vukovar-Srijem	1	Cibalia
	Zagreb County	1	Inter Zaprešić

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	17	9	5	3	27	22	+5	32	Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2	Dugopolje	17	8	5	4	28	20	+8	29
3	Opatija	17	8	5	4	26	21	+5	29
4	Osijek II	17	7	6	4	23	10	+13	27
5	Croatia Zmijavci	17	8	3	6	28	21	+7	27
6	BSK Bijelo Brdo	17	5	10	2	25	21	+4	25
7	Rudeš	17	6	7	4	17	19	−2	25
8	Sesvete	16	7	2	7	35	33	+2	23
9	Kustošija	16	5	8	3	18	18	0	23
10	Orijent 1919	17	6	4	7	26	25	+1	22
11	Dubrava	17	6	4	7	19	24	−5	22
12	Međimurje	16	6	4	6	28	37	−9	22
13	Cibalia	17	6	3	8	23	23	0	21
14	Inter Zaprešić	17	5	4	8	27	26	+1	19
15	Hajduk Split II	16	5	3	8	23	28	−5	18
16	Dinamo Zagreb II	17	4	4	9	19	22	−3	16	Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
17	Junak Sinj	17	3	6	8	21	30	−9	15
18	Solin	17	3	5	9	13	26	−13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2020. Source: Druga-HNL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home 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, teams for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[4]
Notes:

1. Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II and Osijek II are ineligible for promotion

Results

Home \ Away	BSK	CIB	CRO	DIN	DUB	DUG	HAJ	HRV	INT	JUN	KUS	MEĐ	OPA	ORI	OSI	RUD	SES	SOL
BSK Bijelo Brdo	—	3–1				1–1			1–0				1–1	0–3	0–0			3–1
Cibalia		—		2–1	1–2		2–1	6–0		1–2	1–2	3–3						1–0
Croatia Zmijavci	0–2	1–1	—		3–0		4–0							2–1		1–1	3–1	1–3
Dinamo Zagreb II	3–0		1–2	—	1–0			0–3		1–1	1–1	5–2				3–0	0–2
Dubrava	2–2		2–1		—	2–0			0–2				1–4	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1
Dugopolje		2–1		1–0		—	1–0				2–0	4–1		4–3	0–1			3–0
Hajduk Split II	2–2			1–0	3–2		—	2–1		1–0		4–0					2–3
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1		1–0		1–0	2–1		—	3–2				1–1		2–1	0–1	3–2
Inter Zaprešić		2–0	0–3	2–0		1–1	3–1		—		2–2			1–2	0–1			4–1
Junak Sinj	2–2		0–0		1–2	2–2		1–4	2–2	—			0–2			0–2	3–1
Kustošija	0–0		4–2		0–0			0–0		3–2	—	0–0	2–1			0–0	1–4
Međimurje	2–5		2–1		2–2			1–1	3–2	4–3		—	3–0			4–0
Opatija		0–1	2–3	2–1		2–1	2–1		3–2				—	1–1	1–1			1–1
Orijent 1919		2–0		2–1			2–1	2–3		1–2	1–1	0–1		—				0–2
Osijek II		0–0	0–1	1–1			1–1			2–0	1–0	6–0		0–0	—			2–0
Rudeš	1–1	1–0				0–0	4–2		1–1				1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–4
Sesvete	1–1	1–2				3–3			2–1				0–1	5–4	1–5		—	4–0
Solin				0–0	0–1		1–1	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–0				1–2		—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2020. Source: Druga HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 20 December 2020[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Dabro	BSK Bijelo Brdo	16
2	Mateo Topić	Sesvete	11
3	Dragan Juranović	Dubrava	10
4	Vedran Gerc	Orijent 1919	9
5	Tomislav Gudelj	Croatia Zmijavci	8
	Ivor Weitzer	Opatija
7	Nikola Burić	Rudeš	7
8	Petar Bačić-Šiško	Junak Sinj	6
	Gerald Diyoke	Cibalia
	Mihovil Geljić	Sesvete
	Stjepan Igrec	Međimurje
	Patrik Mijić	Međimurje
	Antonio Pejanović	Opatija

See also

• 2020–21 Croatian First Football League

References

1. "Odluke Izvršnog odbora HNS-a". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
2. "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja u prvom stupnju". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 17 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Druge hrvatske nogometne lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2020/2021" (PDF). druga-hnl.com (in Croatian). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. DrugaHNL.hr

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)