2020–21 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season	2020–21
Dates	13 August 2020 – 29 May 2021
Champions	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Promoted	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Relegated	Junak Sinj; Međimurje
Matches played	306
Goals scored	877 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Dabro (30)
Biggest home win	Osijek II 6–0 Međimurje; Cibalia 6–0 Hrvatski Dragovoljac; BSK Bijelo Brdo 6–0 Međimurje
Biggest away win	Međimurje 1–6 Hajduk Split II
Highest scoring	Sesvete 5–4 Orijent 1919
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL and 2. HNL) was 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 and ended on 29 May 2021.

The league was 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

2020–21 Croatian Second Football League is located in Croatia

Zagreb

Zagreb clubs:

Dinamo II
Dragovoljac
Kustošija
Dubrava
Sesvete
Rudeš

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Locations of teams in 2020–21 Druga HNL

Club	Coach	City / Town	Stadium	2019–20 result	Capacity
BSK	Denis Krstanović	Bijelo Brdo	Igralište BSK	02414th	500
Cibalia	Petar Tomić	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	02616th	10,000
Croatia Zmijavci	Krešimir Režić	Zmijavci	ŠRC Marijan Šuto	0122nd	1,000
Dinamo Zagreb II	Ivan Prelec	Zagreb	Stadion Hitrec-Kacian	0188th	5,000
Dubrava	Darko Šantek	Zagreb	Stadion NK Kustošija	02212th	2,550
Dugopolje	Stipe Balajić	Dugopolje	Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi	03010th	5,200
Hajduk Split II	Goran Sablić	Split	Stadion Poljud	0166th	35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Miroslav Kuljanac	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	0199th	5,000
Inter Zaprešić	Tomislav Ivković	Zaprešić	Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić	01010th (in Prva HNL)	5,228
Junak Sinj	Stipe Grčić	Sinj	Gradski stadion	0311st (in Treća HNL South)	3,096
Kustošija	Ante Ivanda	Zagreb	Stadion NK Kustošija	02313th	2,550
Međimurje	Mario Kovačević	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	02111th	6,500
Opatija	Zoran Bogolin	Opatija	Stadion Kantrida	0311st (in Treća HNL West)	10,600
Orijent 1919	Damir Milinović	Rijeka	Stadion Krimeja	0233rd	3,500
Osijek II	Igor Tolić	Osijek	Stadion Gradski vrt	0177th	18,856
Rudeš	Mario Carević	Zagreb	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	0155th	10,850
Sesvete	Dino Babić	Zagreb	Stadion sv. Josip Radnik	0144th	1,200
Solin	Ivan Bubalo	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	02515th	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
3	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^[a]
1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac (C, P)	34	16	11	7	49	39	+10	59	Promotion to the Croatian First Football League
2	Rudeš	34	15	12	7	52	41	+11	57
3	BSK Bijelo Brdo	34	14	13	7	52	40	+12	55
4	Cibalia	34	15	6	13	50	43	+7	51
5	Kustošija	34	12	15	7	43	38	+5	51
6	Sesvete	34	15	6	13	62	59	+3	51
7	Opatija	34	12	14	8	42	41	+1	50
8	Dugopolje	34	13	9	12	49	45	+4	48
9	Dubrava	34	13	7	14	45	46	−1	46
10	Inter Zaprešić	34	12	9	13	49	41	+8	45
11	Orijent 1919	34	12	9	13	52	49	+3	45
12	Croatia Zmijavci	34	13	5	16	52	53	−1	44
13	Dinamo Zagreb II	34	12	7	15	45	41	+4	43
14	Osijek II	34	11	9	14	42	42	0	42
15	Hajduk Split II (D)	34	11	8	15	58	60	−2	41	Dissolved at the end of the season
16	Solin	34	10	8	16	45	56	−11	38
17	Junak Sinj (R)	34	7	13	14	46	58	−12	34	Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League
18	Međimurje (R)	34	9	7	18	44	85	−41	34	Relegation to the Croatian Third Football League

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2021. 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]
(C) Champions; (D) Dissolved; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1
Cibalia	0–2	—	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	6–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0
Croatia Zmijavci	0–2	1–1	—	1–4	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–3
Dinamo Zagreb II	3–0	0–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–0	2–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	1–0
Dubrava	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	3–3	0–0	1–4	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2
Dugopolje	2–0	2–1		1–0	3–1	—	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	0–0	4–3	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–0
Hajduk Split II	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	—	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	3–3	4–3	2–2	2–3	1–2
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	3–2	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–1
Inter Zaprešić	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	4–0	4–1
Junak Sinj	2–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–4	2–2	—	1–0	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–4
Kustošija	0–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–2	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–4	3–2
Međimurje	2–5	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–6	1–1	3–2	4–3	0–4	—	3–0	1–3	0–1	4–0	2–2	2–1
Opatija	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Orijent 1919	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	4–1	—	3–0	2–4	0–2	0–2
Osijek II	3–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–5	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–3	0–3	2–0
Rudeš	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	6–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	—	2–4	2–2
Sesvete	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–3	2–1	4–3	2–1	4–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	5–4	1–5	0–0	—	4–0
Solin	0–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–2	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2021. 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 29 May 2021^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marko Dabro	BSK Bijelo Brdo	30
2	Mateo Topić	Sesvete	18
3	Fran Brodić	Kustošija	14
3	Mateo Monjac	Orijent 1919	14
5	Tomislav Mrkonjić	Croatia Zmijavci	13
5	Ivan Šarić	Hajduk Split II	13
7	Besart Abdurahimi	Rudeš	12
7	Vedran Gerc	Orijent 1919	12
9	Petar Bačić-Šiško	Junak Sinj	10
	Stjepan Igrec	Međimurje
	Dragan Juranović	Dubrava

References

^ "Odluke Izvršnog odbora HNS-a". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja u prvom stupnju". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 17 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "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.
^ DrugaHNL.hr

External links

Official website Archived 3 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

[4] Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II and Osijek II are ineligible for promotion

[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.

[5] "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.

[6] DrugaHNL.hr

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v t e Second level football seasons in Croatia
Druga HNL	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Prva NL	2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e 2020–21 in Croatian football
« 2019–20 2021–22 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL Treća HNL Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Croatian Women's Football Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2020 (Group D) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League A) 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualification) Zlatko Dalić
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo Šibenik Varaždin
Summer 2020 transfers Winter 2020–21 transfers