2004–05 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL
Season	2004–05
Champions	Cibalia (North Division); Novalja (South Division)
Promoted	Cibalia
Relegated	Valpovka; GOŠK Dubrovnik; Uskok Klis
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 14th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. The league was contested in two regional groups (North Division and South Division), with 12 clubs each.

North Division

Clubs

Club	City / Town	Stadium	Capacity
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion Belišće	4,000
Bjelovar	Bjelovar	Gradski stadion Bjelovar	4,000
Cibalia	Vinkovci	Stadion HNK Cibalia	10,000
Čakovec	Čakovec	Stadion SRC Mladost	8,000
Dilj	Vinkovci	Stadion NK Dilj	3,000
Grafičar Vodovod	Osijek	Podgrađe	4,500
Koprivnica	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion Koprivnica	4,000
Marsonia	Slavonski Brod	Gradski Stadion uz Savu	10,000
Metalac Osijek	Osijek	SC Bikara	1,500
Slavonija Požega	Požega	Gradski stadion Požega	4,000
Valpovka	Valpovo	Sportski park	1,000
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion Borovo Naselje	6,000

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cibalia^[a]	22	14	6	2	43	13	+30	42	Qualification to play-off group
2	Čakovec	22	11	6	5	36	25	+11	39
3	Belišće	22	10	4	8	40	28	+12	34
4	Marsonia	22	10	4	8	29	24	+5	34
5	Metalac Osijek	22	9	6	7	34	25	+9	33
6	Dilj	22	9	5	8	23	26	−3	32
7	Slavonija Požega	22	9	4	9	26	34	−8	31	Qualification to play-out group
8	Koprivnica	22	8	5	9	30	33	−3	29
9	Bjelovar	22	7	6	9	36	36	0	27
10	Vukovar '91	22	7	5	10	23	30	−7	26
11	Grafičar Vodovod	22	4	5	13	28	44	−16	17
12	Valpovka	22	5	2	15	15	45	−30	17

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Cibalia were docked 6 points due to debt to 1. FC Saarbrücken over the transfer of Mladen Bartolović^[1]

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cibalia^[a] (C, P)	32	21	8	3	65	23	+42	65	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Marsonia	32	16	8	8	50	36	+14	56
3	Čakovec	32	13	9	10	45	41	+4	48
4	Belišće	32	12	7	13	48	41	+7	43
5	Metalac Osijek	32	11	9	12	45	38	+7	42
6	Dilj	32	11	8	13	31	41	−10	41

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Cibalia were docked 6 points due to debt to 1. FC Saarbrücken over the transfer of Mladen Bartolović^[1]

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Koprivnica	32	12	8	12	50	48	+2	44
8	Bjelovar	32	11	8	13	54	53	+1	41
9	Slavonija Požega	32	12	4	16	37	57	−20	40
10	Vukovar '91	32	10	9	13	37	46	−9	39
11	Grafičar Vodovod	32	9	7	16	46	53	−7	34
12	Valpovka (R)	32	10	3	19	29	60	−31	33	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

South Division

Clubs

Club	City / Town	Stadium	Capacity
Croatia Sesvete	Sesvete	Stadion ŠRC Sesvete	3,500
GOŠK Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Stadion Lapad	7,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	Zagreb	Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić	5,000
Imotski	Imotski	Stadion Gospin dolac	4,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Stadion Pricviće	3,000
Naftaš Ivanić Grad	Ivanić Grad	Sportski Park Zelenjak	2,000
Novalja	Novalja	Cissa Strasko	2,000
Pomorac	Kostrena	Stadion Žuknica	3,500
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion Sisak	8,000
Solin Građa	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	4,000
Šibenik	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	8,000
Uskok Klis	Klis	Iza grada	2,000

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	12	7	3	45	26	+19	43	Qualification to play-off group
2	Novalja	22	11	5	6	33	19	+14	38
3	Solin Građa	22	11	5	6	41	39	+2	38
4	Mosor	22	9	10	3	38	25	+13	37
5	Segesta	22	9	8	5	38	26	+12	35
6	Šibenik^[a]	22	9	10	3	30	16	+14	34
7	Pomorac	22	9	4	9	30	29	+1	31	Qualification to play-out group
8	Naftaš Ivanić Grad	22	7	3	12	29	40	−11	24
9	Imotski	22	6	5	11	23	36	−13	23
10	Croatia Sesvete	22	6	3	13	27	38	−11	21
11	GOŠK Dubrovnik	22	5	5	12	17	41	−24	20
12	Uskok Klis	22	4	3	15	18	34	−16	15

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Šibenik were docked 3 points on demand of FIFA Executive Committee concerning the transfer of Denis Putnik to Jiangsu Sainty in 2001^[2]

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Novalja (C)	32	17	8	7	51	29	+22	59	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	32	17	8	7	62	39	+23	59
3	Solin Građa	32	14	8	10	54	53	+1	50
4	Šibenik^[a]	32	13	12	7	42	26	+16	48
5	Segesta	32	12	12	8	51	38	+13	48
6	Mosor	32	11	11	10	48	49	−1	44

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Šibenik were docked 3 points on demand of FIFA Executive Committee concerning the transfer of Denis Putnik to Jiangsu Sainty in 2001^[2]

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Pomorac	32	13	7	12	37	36	+1	46
8	Naftaš Ivanić Grad	32	12	4	16	44	52	−8	40
9	Croatia Sesvete	32	10	8	14	41	47	−6	38
10	Imotski	32	10	7	15	36	46	−10	37
11	GOŠK Dubrovnik (R)	32	9	7	16	30	50	−20	34	Qualification to Relegation play-off
12	Uskok Klis (R)	32	5	6	21	27	58	−31	21	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

Cibalia and Novalja, winners of the North and South Division, qualified for a two-legged promotion play-off, which took place on 24 and 28 May 2005. Cibalia won the tie 5–1 on aggregate score, thereby earning promotion to the Prva HNL for the following season.

24 May 2005

Cibalia	4 – 0	Novalja
Andričević 26' Knežević 32', 60' Križanović 74'	Report (in Croatian)

Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

28 May 2005

Novalja	1 – 1	Cibalia
Marić 83'	Report (in Croatian)	Pavličić 35'

Igralište Cissa-Straško, Novalja

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ivan Novak (Varaždin)

However, Novalja had another chance for promotion, as the losing team from the promotion play-off played another two-legged tie against the 11th placed team of Prva HNL, Međimurje. Međimurje won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

^ ^a ^b Jurišić, Bernard (28 September 2004). "Cibaliji oduzeto 6 bodova, Osijeku prijeti druga liga". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Mikuličin, Ivo (5 October 2004). "Ostali smo bez novca, a sad bi nam još i bodove uzeli!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2012.

External links

2004–05 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Official website Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

[table_note_CIB0.82918133904654-2] Cibalia were docked 6 points due to debt to 1. FC Saarbrücken over the transfer of Mladen Bartolović^[1]

[table_note_CIB0.44798431007563-3] Cibalia were docked 6 points due to debt to 1. FC Saarbrücken over the transfer of Mladen Bartolović^[1]

[table_note_ŠIB0.4311775413487-5] Šibenik were docked 3 points on demand of FIFA Executive Committee concerning the transfer of Denis Putnik to Jiangsu Sainty in 2001^[2]

[table_note_ŠIB0.63155223551744-6] Šibenik were docked 3 points on demand of FIFA Executive Committee concerning the transfer of Denis Putnik to Jiangsu Sainty in 2001^[2]

[cibalia-1] Jurišić, Bernard (28 September 2004). "Cibaliji oduzeto 6 bodova, Osijeku prijeti druga liga". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[sibenik-4] Mikuličin, Ivo (5 October 2004). "Ostali smo bez novca, a sad bi nam još i bodove uzeli!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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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 2004–05 in Croatian football
« 2003–04 2005–06 »
Domestic leagues	Prva HNL Druga HNL
Domestic cups	Croatian Football Cup (Final) Super Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group 8) Zlatko Kranjčar
Club seasons
Prva HNL	Dinamo Zagreb Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Kamen Ingrad Međimurje Osijek Pula 1856 Rijeka Slaven Belupo Varteks Zadar NK Zagreb
Summer 2004 transfers Winter 2004–05 transfers

North Division

Clubs

First stage

Play-off Group

Play-out Group

South Division

Clubs

First stage

Play-off Group

Play-out Group

Promotion play-off

See also

References

External links