2015–16 Croatian Second Football League


The 2015–16 Croatian Second Football League is the 25th 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 14 August 2015 and will end on 21 May 2016.
The league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds. At the end of the previous season Inter Zaprešić were promoted, returning to the top flight after two seasons, while Bistra were relegated in their début season. Pomorac were also relegated due to financial insolvency. Bistra and Pomorac were replaced by Dinamo II and Šibenik, after winning their respective Croatian Third Football League divisions.

Teams

On 20 April 2015, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2015–16 season was completed. For the 2015–16 Druga HNL, only nine clubs were issued a second level license: Dinamo II, Gorica, Hajduk Split II, Imotski, Istra 1961, Mosor, Rijeka II, Rudeš and Sesvete. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision. On 20 May 2015, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license.

Stadia and locations

ClubCity / TownStadium2014-15 resultCapacity
CibaliaVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia0266th10,000
Dinamo IIZagrebStadion Hitrec-Kacian0411st 5,000
DugopoljeDugopoljeStadion Hrvatski vitezovi0277th5,200
GoricaVelika GoricaStadion Radnika0233rd8,000
Hrvatski DragovoljacZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić03010th5,000
ImotskiImotskiStadion Gospin dolac0255th4,000
LučkoZagrebStadion Lučko0299th1,500
RudešZagrebŠC Rudeš0244th1,000
SegestaSisakGradski stadion Sisak0288th8,000
SesveteZagrebSv. Josip Radnik0222nd1,200
ŠibenikŠibenikStadion Šubićevac0411st 8,000
ZadarZadarStadion Stanovi01010th 6,000

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2016; Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Frane VitaićCibalia15
2 Igor PrijićDugopolje, Segesta14
3 Ivan PrskaloSesvete12
4 Theophilus SolomonŠibenik11
5 Ivan AntunovićSesvete10
5 Vlatko BlaževićZadar10
5 Ivan BubaloDugopolje10