# 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League

The 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League (also known as Druga HNL or 2. HNL) is the 24th season of Croatia's second level football competition since its establishment in 1992.
NK Zagreb were league champions and earned a place in Croatia's first division, Croatian First Football League. Pomorac withdrew from the competition due to financial instability.

## Format

The league is contested by 12 teams. Only two teams from Croatian Third Football League were granted license for competing in the second level - Bistra and Imotski.
Hrvatski Dragovoljac were relegated from 2013–14 Croatian First Football League.

## Changes from last season

The following clubs have been promoted or relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season:

## Clubs

* Hrvatski Dragovoljac
* Lučko
* Rudeš
* Sesvete
| Club | City / Town | Stadium | 2013-14 result | Capacity |
| Bistra | Donja Bistra | SRC Bistra | 3rd in 3. HNL Center | 1,000 |
| Cibalia | Vinkovci | Stadion HNK Cibalia | 2nd in 2. HNL | 10,000 |
| Dugopolje | Dugopolje | Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi | 10th in 2. HNL | 5,200 |
| Gorica | Velika Gorica | Stadion Radnika | 7th in 2. HNL | 8,000 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Zagreb | Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić | 12th in 1. HNL | 5,000 |
| Imotski | Imotski | Stadion Gospin dolac | 1st in 3. HNL South | 4,000 |
| Inter Zaprešić | Zaprešić | Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić | 3rd in 2. HNL | 5,228 |
| Lučko | Zagreb | Stadion Lučko | 9th in 2. HNL | 1,500 |
| Pomorac | Kostrena | Stadion Žuknica | 7th in 2. HNL | 3,000 |
| Rudeš | Zagreb | ŠC Rudeš | 4th in 2. HNL | 1,000 |
| Segesta | Sisak | Gradski stadion Sisak | 6th in 2. HNL | 8,000 |
| Sesvete | Zagreb | Sv. Josip Radnik | 5th in 2. HNL | 1,200 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Cibalia | Stanko Mršić | Contract expired | 31 May 2014 | Zoran Tomić | 25 June 2014 | Pre-season |
| Segesta | Valentin Barišić | Contract expired | 31 May 2014 | Vjeran Simunić | 2 July 2014 | Pre-season |
| Dugopolje | Stipe Balajić | Resigned | 11 September 2014 | Mario Smodlaka | 11 September 2014 | 2nd |
| Segesta | Vjeran Simunić | Resigned | 11 September 2014 | Mile Buinac | 11 September 2014 | 8th |
| Cibalia | Zoran Tomić | Resigned | 15 October 2014 | Siniša Sesar | 20 October 2014 | 4th |
| Bistra | Iztok Kapušin | Sacked | 28 October 2014 | Bernard Gulić | 28 October 2014 | 8th |
| Gorica | Ilija Lončarević | Mutual consent | 29 November 2014 | Dražen Biškup | 3 December 2014 | 1st |
| Cibalia | Siniša Sesar | Resigned | 29 March 2015 | Branko Buhač (caretaker) | | 4th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Zaprešić (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 58 | Promotion to Croatian First Football League |
| 2 | Sesvete | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 53 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 3 | Gorica | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 51 | |
| 4 | Rudeš | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 42 | |
| 5 | Imotski | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 38 | |
| 6 | Cibalia | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 38 | |
| 7 | Dugopolje | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 34 | |
| 8 | Segesta | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 34 | |
| 9 | Lučko | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 33 | |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 33 | Relegation to Croatian Third Football League |
| 11 | Bistra (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 27 | Relegation to Croatian Third Football League |
| 12 | Pomorac (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdraw from the league |
* ↑ Hrvatski Dragovoljac were kept in the division despite getting relegated.

## Results
### Matches 1–22

| Home \ Away | BIS | CIB | DUG | GOR | HRD | IMO | INT | LUČ | RUD | SEG | SES |
| Bistra | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Cibalia | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Dugopolje | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Gorica | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Imotski | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Lučko | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Rudeš | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Segesta | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 4–3 |
| Sesvete | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |

### Matches 23–33

| Home \ Away | BIS | CIB | DUG | GOR | HRD | IMO | INT | LUČ | RUD | SEG | SES |
| Bistra | | | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | | | 1–1 |
| Cibalia | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | | 2–2 | 2–1 | | | 2–4 | |
| Dugopolje | 0–0 | | | | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | |
| Gorica | | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Imotski | | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Inter Zaprešić | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | | | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Lučko | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Rudeš | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | | 1–1 | | | 4–0 | |
| Segesta | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | | | 1–1 |
| Sesvete | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | |

## Top goalscorers

The top scorers in the 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League season were:
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | Apps | Minutes played |
| 1 | Ilija Nestorovski | Inter Zaprešić | 24 | 27 | 2423 |
| 2 | Jakov Puljić | Cibalia | 16 | 26 | 2320 |
| 3 | Franck Ohandza | Sesvete | 15 | 22 | 1785 |
| 4 | Tomislav Kiš | Gorica | 11 | 16 | 1327 |
| 5 | Josip Ćorić | Sesvete | 9 | 27 | 2296 |
| 6 | Miro Slavica | Imotski, Lučko | 8 | 23 | 1852 |
| 6 | Matija Dvorneković | Gorica | 8 | 24 | 2123 |
| 6 | Matej Dumbović | Segesta | 8 | 29 | 2189 |
| 9 | Ante Vitaić | Dugopolje | 7 | 22 | 1905 |
| 9 | Nikola Rak | Gorica | 7 | 26 | 2051 |