2019–20 Croatian Second Football League


The 2019–20 Croatian Second Football League is the 29th 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 16 August 2019 and ended on 6 May 2020.
The league is contested by 16 teams and played in a double round robin format, with each team playing every other team twice over 30 rounds.

Teams

On 25 April 2019, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2019–20 season was completed. For the 2019–20 Druga HNL, clubs that were issued a second level license: BSK, Dinamo Zagreb II, Hajduk Split II, Kustošija, Međimurje, Osijek II, Sesvete, Šibenik. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision. On 25 May 2019, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third level clubs Cibalia, Croatia, Dubrava, Dugopolje, Hr. Dragovoljac, Orijent 1919, Rudeš and Solin.

Changes

were relegated from the 2018–19 Druga HNL after finishing last, and Zadar were administratively relegated by the Croatian Football Federation. Varaždin were promoted to the Prva HNL as the champion of the 2018–19 Druga HNL.
Rudeš were relegated from the Prva HNL. Orijent 1919 and Dubrava were promoted from the Treća HNL West, Cibalia were promoted from the Treća HNL East and Croatia Zmijavci were promoted from the Treća HNL South.

Stadia and locations

ClubCoachCity / TownStadium2018–19 resultCapacity
BSK Denis KrstanovićBijelo BrdoIgralište BSK0259th500
Cibalia Petar TomićVinkovciStadion HNK Cibalia025 1st 10,000
Croatia Zmijavci Krešimir RežićZmijavciŠRC Marijan Šuto027 2nd 1,000
Dinamo Zagreb II Igor JovićevićZagrebStadion Hitrec-Kacian0237th5,000
Dubrava Darko ŠantekZagrebStadion NK Kustošija030 2nd 2,550
Dugopolje Stipe BalajićDugopoljeStadion Hrvatski vitezovi0265th5,200
Hajduk Split II Mario DespotovićSplitStadion Poljud0254th35,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Boris PerkovićZagrebStadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić03112th5,000
Kustošija Ante IvandaZagrebStadion NK Kustošija02811th2,550
Međimurje Damir Lepen-JurakČakovecStadion SRC Mladost030 13th6,500
Orijent 1919 Fausto BudicinRijekaStadion Krimeja012 3rd 3,500
Osijek II Ronald GrnjaOsijekStadion Gradski vrt030 3rd18,856
Rudeš Marko BabićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva02510th 10,850
Sesvete Dino BabićZagrebStadion sv. Josip Radnik024 6th1,200
Solin Ivan BubaloSolinStadion pokraj Jadra029 10th4,000
Šibenik Krunoslav RendulićŠibenikStadion Šubićevac0272nd3,412

Managerial changes

Number of teams by county

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mijo ŠabićCroatia Zmijavci12
2 Deni JurićRudeš10
2 Marko DabroBSK Bijelo Brdo10
3 Jurica BajićHajduk Split II8
3 Luka JuričićŠibenik8
3 Mihovil GeljićSesvete8
3 Dragan JuranovićDubrava8
3 Stjepan ŠimičićMeđimurje8
4 Davor KukecŠibenik7
4 Matej JukićDugopolje7
4 Jakov BlagaićHajduk Split II7
4 Vinko PetkovićHrvatski Dragovoljac7