2012–13 Croatian Second Football League

Football league season

Druga HNLSeason| 2012–13

|

Champions| Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Promoted| Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Relegated| Šibenik, Radnik Sesvete, Mosor, Junak Sinj, Imotski, Primorac 1929, HAŠK
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 602 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer| Dražen Pilčić (18)
Biggest home win| Radnik Sesvete 7–1 Vinogradar
Rudeš 7–1 Lučko
Biggest away win| Radnik Sesvete 1–4 Rudeš
Highest scoring| Mosor 5–4 Rudeš
Radnik Sesvete 6–3 Dugopolje

← 2011–12

2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Druga HNL (also known as 2\. HNL) is the 22nd season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 18 August 2012 and is expected to end on 1 June 2013.[1]

NK Dugopolje were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, but were unable to complete all the requirement necessary for top league license. None of the teams from 2011–12 season were promoted to 1\. HNL.

## Format

[edit]

The league is contested by 16 teams (one more than in the previous season). Only three teams from Treća HNL were granted license for competing in the Druga HNL, but only Primorac 1929 and Zelina were promoted.

Lučko, Šibenik and Karlovac were relegated from 2011–12 Prva HNL and were supposed to participate in the 2012–13 Druga HNL season. But only Lučko and Šibenik fulfilled all the requirements necessary for the second level license, while Karlovac was relegated to Treća HNL. A fourth team, the financially troubled Varaždin, was suspended from the 2011–12 Prva HNL mid-season for not paying its players, and was immediately relegated to the lowest football level possible of the Croatian football league system, being the seventh-tier Third County League.

## Changes from last season

[edit]

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season:

### From 2. HNL

[edit]

Promoted to 1\. HNL

* none

Relegated to 3\. HNL

* Marsonia 1909 (12th place)
* Međimurje (13th place)
* Croatia Sesvete (15th place)

### To 2. HNL

[edit]

Relegated from 1\. HNL

* Lučko (13th place)
* Šibenik (14th place)

Promoted from 3\. HNL

* Primorac 1929 (3. HNL South runners-up)
* Zelina (3. HNL West winners)

|

## Clubs

[edit]

Dugopolje

Zagreb

Split

Gorica

Imotski

Junak

Pomorac

Solin

Šibenik

Vinogradar

Zelina

Zagreb clubs:

Dragovoljac
HAŠK
Lučko
R. Sesvete
Rudeš

Split clubs:

Mosor
Primorac

class=notpageimage|

Locations of teams in 2012–13 Druga HNL

Club  | City / Town  | Stadium  | 2011-12 result  | Capacity

|
|
|
|

Dugopolje | Dugopolje | Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi | 1st in 2. HNL  | 5,200
Gorica | Velika Gorica | Stadion Radnika | 7th in 2. HNL  | 8,000
HAŠK | Zagreb | Stadion na Peščenici  | 14th in 2. HNL  | 800
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Zagreb | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić | 8th in 2. HNL  | 5,000
Imotski | Imotski | Stadion Gospin dolac | 5th in 2. HNL  | 4,000
Junak Sinj | Sinj | Gradski stadion Sinj | 10th in 2.HNL  | 3,000
Lučko | Zagreb | Stadion Lučko | 13th in 1. HNL  | 1,500
Mosor | Žrnovnica | Stadion Pricvić  | 3rd in 2. HNL  | 2,000
Pomorac | Kostrena | Stadion Žuknica  | 2nd in 2. HNL  | 3,000
Primorac 1929 | Stobreč | Stadion Poljud | 2nd in 3. HNL South  | 35,000
Radnik Sesvete | Zagreb | Sv. Josip Radnik  | 9th in 2. HNL  | 1,200
Rudeš | Zagreb | ŠC Rudeš  | 6th in 2. HNL  | 1,000
Solin | Solin | Stadion pokraj Jadra  | 11th in 2. HNL  | 4,000
Šibenik | Šibenik | Stadion Šubićevac | 14th in 1. HNL  | 8,000
Vinogradar | Jastrebarsko | Stadion Mladina  | 4th in 2. HNL  | 2,000
Zelina | Sv. Ivan Zelina | SRC Sveti Ivan Zelina  | 1st in 3. HNL West  | 1,000

## League table

[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Hrvatski Dragovoljac (C, P) | 30  | 16  | 5  | 9  | 39  | 25  | +14  | 53  | Promotion to Croatian First Football League
2  | Solin | 30  | 14  | 9  | 7  | 43  | 39  | +4  | 51  |
3  | Rudeš[a] | 30  | 14  | 8  | 8  | 47  | 30  | +17  | 48
4  | Šibenik[b] (R) | 30  | 13  | 10  | 7  | 42  | 31  | +11  | 48  | Relegation to Croatian Third Football League[c]
5  | Vinogradar (R) | 30  | 14  | 6  | 10  | 43  | 39  | +4  | 48  | Relegation to County Football League[d]
6  | Zelina | 30  | 13  | 7  | 10  | 46  | 30  | +16  | 46  |
7  | Pomorac | 30  | 13  | 7  | 10  | 50  | 38  | +12  | 46
8  | Dugopolje | 30  | 14  | 4  | 12  | 39  | 42  | −3  | 46
9  | Lučko | 30  | 12  | 9  | 9  | 31  | 28  | +3  | 45
10  | Gorica | 30  | 10  | 10  | 10  | 40  | 35  | +5  | 40
11  | Radnik Sesvete | 30  | 12  | 4  | 14  | 42  | 43  | −1  | 40
12  | Mosor (R) | 30  | 9  | 11  | 10  | 31  | 40  | −9  | 38  | Relegation to Croatian Third Football League
13  | Junak (R) | 30  | 10  | 6  | 14  | 34  | 43  | −9  | 36
14  | Imotski (R) | 30  | 9  | 4  | 17  | 26  | 41  | −15  | 31
15  | Primorac 1929 (R) | 30  | 6  | 10  | 14  | 25  | 43  | −18  | 28
16  | HAŠK (R) | 30  | 3  | 6  | 21  | 24  | 55  | −31  | 15

Source: Druga-HNL.hr, Sportnet.hr (in Croatian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
For deciding champion, promotion and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Rudeš were deducted 2 points after fielding an ineligible player in the penultimate round match against Gorica.
2. ^ Šibenik were deducted 1 point after they fielded an ineligible player, 15-year-old Duje Ćaleta-Car, in the first round match against Radnik Sesvete. According to the competition rulebook, only players over age of 16 can play in a senior match.
3. ^ Šibenik were denied a license for competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the third level.
4. ^ Vinogradar withdrew from competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the fifth level.

## Results

[edit]

Home \ Away  | DUG | GOR | HŠK | HRD | IMO | JUN | LUČ | MSR | POM | PRI | RAS | RUD | SOL | ŠIB | VIN | ZEL

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

Dugopolje |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–4  | 1–2  | 0–3
Gorica | 1–0  |  | 5–2  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–0
HAŠK | 2–2  | 3–4  |  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–2
Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 4–2  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 0–0
Imotski | 2–3  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  |  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–1
Junak | 1–0  | 3–3  | 3–1  | 3–1  | 0–1  |  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 3–2
Lučko | 3–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  |  | 2–1
Mosor | 0–3  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  |  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 5–4  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 3–0
Pomorac | 1–2  | 0–2  | 4–1  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  |  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 5–2  | 0–2
Primorac 1929 | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  |  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–3
Radnik Sesvete | 6–3  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  |  | 1–4  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 7–1  | 1–3
Rudeš | 2–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 7–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  |  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0
Solin | 3–4  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–3  |  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–3
Šibenik | 1–1  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–1  | 1–0
Vinogradar | 4–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–4  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 4–1  | 1–1  |  | 1–1
Zelina | 0–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  |

Source: Druga-HNL.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top goalscorers

[edit]

The top scorers in the 2012–13 Druga HNL season were:[2]

Rank  | Name  | Club  | Goals  | Apps  | Minutes played

|
|
|
|
|

1  |  Dražen Pilčić | Pomorac | 18  | 23  | 1624
2  |  Željko Sablić  | Mosor, Lučko | 14  | 28  | 2429
3  |  Ivica Žuljević  | Dugopolje | 13  | 26  | 2164
4  |  Franjo Tepurić | Šibenik | 12  | 25  | 2104
Vedran Mesec  | Zelina | 12  | 28  | 2437
Domagoj Abramović | Gorica | 12  | 29  | 2557
7  |  Alen Guć  | Solin | 11  | 16  | 1440
Anto Gudelj  | Rudeš | 11  | 22  | 1569
Elvis Sarić  | Vinogradar, Lučko | 11  | 23  | 2017
10  |  Miro Slavica  | Šibenik | 10  | 26  | 1816

## See also

[edit]

* 2012–13 Prva HNL
* 2012–13 Croatian Cup

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Raspored utakmica Druge HNL za sezonu 2012/2013" (PDF). Druga-HNL.com (in Croatian). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

* 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

2012–13 in Croatian football

« 2011–12

2013–14 »

Domestic leagues|

* Prva HNL
* Druga HNL

Domestic cups|

* Croatian Football Cup (Final)

European competitions|

* Champions League
* Europa League

Related to national team|

* 2014 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group A)
* Igor Štimac

Club seasons

Prva HNL|

* Cibalia
* Dinamo Zagreb
* Hajduk Split
* Inter Zaprešić
* Istra 1961
* Lokomotiva
* Osijek
* Rijeka
* Slaven Belupo
* RNK Split
* Zadar
* NK Zagreb

* Summer 2012 transfers
* Winter 2012–13 transfers

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template