Football league season
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
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
The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season:
Clubs
Locations of teams in 2012–13 Druga HNL
League table
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:
- ^ Rudeš were deducted 2 points after fielding an ineligible player in the penultimate round match against Gorica.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Šibenik were denied a license for competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the third level.
- ^ Vinogradar withdrew from competing in Druga HNL for the following season and were demoted to the fifth level.
Results
Source: Druga-HNL.hr
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers in the 2012–13 Druga HNL season were:[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Raspored utakmica Druge HNL za sezonu 2012/2013" (PDF). Druga-HNL.com (in Croatian). 12 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Izvješće povjerenika za natjecanje" (PDF) (in Croatian). Druga-HNL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
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