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2008–09 Croatian Second Football League

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Season
  
2008–09

Top goalscorer
  
Marijan Vuka (19)

Champion
  
NK Istra 1961

Relegated
  
HNK Trogir

Matches played
  
240

Champions
  
Istra 1961

Dates
  
23 Aug 2008 – 30 May 2009

Location
  
Croatia

Goals scored
  
612

2008–09 Croatian Second Football League

Promoted
  
Istra 1961 Karlovac Lokomotiva Međimurje

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2007–08 Croatian Second Football League

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.

Contents

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.

Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season:

Notes

  • 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.
  • 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 Grafičar Vodovod didn't get the license for Druga HNL, third-placed Virovitica qualified for the playoff. However, their board of directors decided to withdrew five days before the first match. Because of this, Lokomotiva were automatically promoted to Druga HNL.

    • 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).

    League table

    Updated to games played on 30 May 2009.
    Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    1Slavonac 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.
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 30 May 2009.
    Source: Sportnet.hr (Croatian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goalscorers

    The top scorers in the 2008–09 Druga HNL season were:

    References

    2008–09 Croatian Second Football League Wikipedia
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