2001–02 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL

Season	2001–02
Champions	Vukovar '91 (North Division) Istra Pula (South Division)
Promoted	None
Relegated	13 teams
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Druga HNL was the 11th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football. The format of the league changed from the previous three seasons and was contested in two regional groups (North Division and South Division), with 16 clubs each.

North Division

Clubs

Club	City / Town	Stadium	Capacity	1999–2000 result
Bedem Ivankovo	Ivankovo	Igralište Grac	1,000
Belišće	Belišće	Gradski stadion Belišće	4,000
Bjelovar	Bjelovar	Gradski stadion Bjelovar	4,000
Grafičar Vodovod	Osijek	Podgrađe	4,500
Ivančica Ivanec	Ivanec	Gradski stadion Ivanec	1,500
Koprivnica	Koprivnica	Gradski stadion Koprivnica	4,000
Metalac Osijek	Osijek	SC Bikara	1,500
Mladost Molve	Molve	Petar Focić Stadium	1,000
NAŠK	Našice	NK NAŠK	2,000
Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	Novo Selo Rok	NK Omladinac	1,000
Papuk Orahovica	Orahovica	Gradski stadion Orahovica	2,000
Podravac Virje	Virje	Sportski park Podravac	3,000
Sloga Čakovec	Čakovec	NK Sloga	3,000
Sloga Nova Gradiška	Nova Gradiška	Gradski stadion Nova Gradiška	3,000
Valpovka	Valpovo	Sportski park	1,000
Vukovar '91	Vukovar	Gradski stadion Borovo Naselje	6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vukovar '91 (C)	30	23	2	5	87	30	+57	71	0 Promotion play-offs0
2	Belišće	30	21	5	4	74	26	+48	68
3	Valpovka	30	15	6	9	53	39	+14	51
4	Metalac Osijek	30	15	6	9	43	40	+3	51
5	Koprivnica	30	15	5	10	64	46	+18	50
6	Grafičar Vodovod	30	14	5	11	46	35	+11	47
7	Sloga Nova Gradiška	30	13	5	12	60	46	+14	44
8	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	30	13	4	13	54	60	−6	43
9	Podravac	30	12	5	13	41	56	−15	41
10	Bjelovar (R)	30	12	4	14	49	47	+2	40
11	Mladost Molve (R)	30	10	10	10	45	46	−1	40	Relegation to Treća HNL
12	Papuk Orahovica (R)	30	10	3	17	40	57	−17	33
13	Bedem Ivankovo (R)	30	9	4	17	39	54	−15	31
14	Ivančica Ivanec (R)	30	8	6	16	35	45	−10	30
15	Sloga Čakovec (R)	30	6	3	21	34	82	−48	21
16	NAŠK (R)	30	6	3	21	30	85	−55	21

Updated to games played on 11 May 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

South Division

Clubs

Club	City / Town	Stadium	Capacity	1999–2000 result
Croatia Sesvete	Sesvete	Stadion ŠRC Sesvete	3,500
GOŠK Dubrovnik	Dubrovnik	Stadion Lapad	7,000
Imotska Krajina	Proložac	Stadion Šarampov	1,000
Inker Zaprešić	Zaprešić	ŠRC Zaprešić	4,528
Istra Pula	Pula	Stadion Aldo Drosina	7,000
Mosor	Žrnovnica	Stadion Pricviće	3,000
Novalja	Novalja	Cissa Strasko	2,000
Orijent	Rijeka	SC Krimeja	4,000
PIK Vrbovec	Vrbovec	Gradski stadion kraj Sajmišta	3,000
Samobor	Samobor	Gradski stadion Samobor	5,000
Segesta	Sisak	Gradski stadion Sisak	8,000
Solin Građa	Solin	Stadion pokraj Jadra	4,000
Trnje	Zagreb	SC Trnje	1,000
Uljanik Pula	Pula	Stadion Veruda	3,000
Uskok Klis	Klis	Iza grada	2,000
Žminj	Žminj	Igralište Žminja	1,000

In January 2002, Imotska Krajina and Imotski merged into a one club, where Imotski replaced Imotska Krajina in the second part of the Druga HNL season.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Istra Pula (C)	30	17	8	5	46	21	+25	59	0 Promotion play-offs0
2	Uljanik	30	17	8	5	57	26	+31	59
3	Novalja	30	14	8	8	30	18	+12	50
4	Uskok Klis	30	14	7	9	48	32	+16	49
5	Solin Građa	30	13	9	8	44	24	+20	48
6	Orijent	30	14	4	12	35	37	−2	46
7	Croatia Sesvete	30	13	6	11	33	29	+4	45
8	Inker Zaprešić	30	11	8	11	46	40	+6	41
9	GOŠK Dubrovnik	30	11	8	11	26	37	−11	41
10	Imotski (O)	30	12	4	14	36	39	−3	40
11	Mosor (R)	30	10	7	13	38	50	−12	37	Relegation to Treća HNL
12	Žminj (R)	30	11	3	16	25	43	−18	36
13	Segesta (R)	30	9	8	13	28	33	−5	35
14	Samobor (R)	30	8	7	15	31	40	−9	31
15	Trnje (R)	30	5	11	14	30	43	−13	26
16	PIK Vrbovec (R)	30	7	2	21	23	64	−41	23

Updated to games played on 11 May 2002.
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

• 2001–02 Prva HNL
• 2001–02 Croatian Cup

References

1. Jurišić, Bernard (5 January 2002). "Udružuju se imotski niželigaši". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 January 2012.

External links

• 2001–02 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Official website (Croatian)