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2023–24 Second Football League (Croatia)

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Druga NL
Season2023–24
Dates18 August 2023 – 1 June 2024
ChampionsOpatija
PromotedOpatija
RelegatedKrk
Belišće
Matches played240
Goals scored681 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerGoodness Ajayi (16)
All statistics correct as of 8 June 2024.

The 2023–24 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga nogometna liga and SuperSport Druga NL) was the 33rd edition of the third tier of Croatian football league and 2nd season of the restructured Druga nogometna liga.

The league was contested by 16 teams and played in a double round robin format.

Teams

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Stadium and Locations

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Team Place Stadium[1] Capacity[2]
Belišće Belišće Stadion Gradski 3,000
Bjelovar Bjelovar Gradski stadion 4,000
Dugo Selo Dugo Selo Gradski stadion 2,000
Grobničan Čavle Stadion Adelija Haramija Beba 3,000
Hrvatski Dragovoljac Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić 5,000
Hrvace Hrvace Gradski stadion 2,000
Jadran Luka Ploče Ploče Stadion Jadranovo 2,000
Jadran Poreč Poreč Stadion Veli Jože 2,000
Karlovac 1919 Karlovac Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek 12,000
Krk Krk Stadion Kantrida 10,600
Kustošija Zagreb Stadion Kustošija 2,550
Marsonia 1909 Slavonski Brod Gradski stadion uz Savu 6,000
Mladost Ždralovi Ždralovi Stadion NK Mladost 1,000
Opatija Opatija Stadion Kantrida 10,600
Radnik Križevci Križevci Križevci City Stadium 1,500
Trnje Zagreb Stadion Trnje 1,300
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar 3 Opatija, Grobničan, Krk
Coat of arms of the city of Zagreb City of Zagreb Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Trnje, Kustošija
3 Coat of arms of Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora 2 Bjelovar, Mladost
4 Coat of arms of Brod-Posavina County Brod-Posavina 1 Marsonia 1909
Coat of arms of Dubrovnik-Neretva County Dubrovnik-Neretva Jadran Luka Ploče
Coat of arms of Istria County Istria Jadran Poreč
Koprivnica County coat of arms.png Koprivnica-Križevci Radnik Križevci
Coat of arms of Osijek-Baranja County Osijek-Baranja Belišće
Coat of arms of Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia Hrvace
Post-1992 coat of arms of KarlovacCounty Karlovac Karlovac 1919
Post-1992 coat of arms of Zagreb County Zagreb Dugo Selo

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Opatija (C, P) 30 20 4 6 48 21 +27 64 Promotion to the First Football League
2 Kustošija 30 18 7 5 61 25 +36 61 Promotion play-off
3 Mladost Ždralovi 30 18 6 6 55 23 +32 60
4 Radnik Križevci 30 18 4 8 51 30 +21 58
5 Karlovac 1919 30 17 5 8 43 33 +10 56
6 Jadran Luka Ploče 30 12 11 7 42 28 +14 47
7 Marsonia 1909 30 12 4 14 52 55 −3 40
8 Bjelovar 30 11 6 13 49 52 −3 39
9 Dugo Selo 30 9 10 11 39 37 +2 37
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 30 10 6 14 37 46 −9 36
11 Hrvace 30 11 3 16 46 60 −14 36
12 Grobničan 30 8 11 11 45 42 +3 35
13 Trnje 30 10 3 17 30 49 −19 33
14 Jadran Poreč [A] 30 6 10 14 36 58 −22 28
15 Krk (R) 30 5 9 16 26 46 −20 24 Relegation to the Third Football League
16 Belišće (R) 30 2 7 21 21 76 −55 13
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Druga-NL.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams for promotion or relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BEL BJE DSE GRO HRD HRV JLP JPO KAR KRK KUS MAR MLA OPA RAD TRN
Belišće 2–4 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–6 0–4 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2
Bjelovar 4–1 1–5 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–0
Dugo Selo 5–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0
Grobničan 5–0 3–3 2–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–3 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3–2 3–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–1
Hrvace 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–4 2–0 4–3 0–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–4
Jadran Luka Ploče 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1
Jadran Poreč 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 5–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–0
Karlovac 1919 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–3
Krk 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–3
Kustošija 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0
Marsonia 1909 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 2–4
Mladost Ždralovi 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 3–0
Opatija 5–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0
Radnik Križevci 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 5–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–1
Trnje 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2024. Source: Druga NL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kustošija 2–4[3] Orijent 1–2 1–2

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 1 June 2024[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Goodness Ajayi Opatija 16
2 Croatia Luka Pisačić Mladost Ždralovi 15
Croatia Dražen Pilčić Grobničan
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Selmir Mahmutović Marsonia 1909 14
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sedin Ljuca Hrvace 12
Croatia Nino Stojanović Bjelovar

Notes

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  1. ^ NK Jadran Poreč did not have to play relegation play-off because only 4 out of 5 winners from 3. NL were eligible for promotion.

References

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  1. ^ "Završen središnji postupak licenciranja za sezonu 2022./23" [The central licensing procedure for the 2022/23 season has been completed.]. Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Venues - First NL". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Dvomeč je završen. Kustošija je pokušavala, ali presudio im je Rijekin talent". telegram.hr. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ "hns-cff.hr/natjecanja/supersport-prva-nl/".