The 2016–17 Croatian Second Football League (officially FavBet Druga liga for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of the Croatian Second Football League, the second-level football competition for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2016 and ended on 28 May 2017.
The league is contested by twelve teams and played in a triple round robin format, with each team playing every other team three times over 33 rounds. At the end of the previous season Cibalia were promoted, returning to the top flight after three seasons.
The fixtures were announced on 17 July 2016.
Teams On 22 April 2016, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2016–17 season was completed. For the 2016–17 Druga HNL, only eight clubs outside of top level were issued a second level license: Dugopolje, Dinamo II, Gorica, Imotski, Lučko, Rijeka II, Sesvete and Solin. In the second stage of licensing procedure clubs that were not licensed in the first round appealed the decision. On 23 May 2016, all remaining Druga HNL were granted second division license, along with third-level clubs Novigrad and Vinogradar.
Stadia and locations
Club Coach City / Town Stadium 2015–16 result Capacity Dinamo II Mario Cvitanović Zagreb Stadion Hitrec-Kacian0266th5,000 Dugopolje Miroslav Bojko Dugopolje Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi0277th5,200 Gorica Davor Mladina Velika Gorica Stadion Radnika0244th8,000 Hrvatski Dragovoljac Iztok Kapušin Zagreb Stadion NŠC Stjepan Spajić03010th5,000 Imotski Vjeran Simunić Imotski Stadion Gospin dolac0299th4,000 Lučko Dražen Biškup Zagreb Stadion Lučko0288th1,500 Novigrad Nino Bule Novigrad Stadion Lako0411st (3. HNL West)1,000 Rudeš Igor Bišćan Zagreb ŠC Rudeš0255th1,000 Sesvete Denis Bezer Zagreb Sv. Josip Radnik0233rd1,200 Solin Mirko Labrović Solin Stadion pokraj Jadra0411st (3. HNL South)4,000 Šibenik Zoran Slavica Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac0222nd8,000 NK Zagreb Dražen Madunović Zagreb Stadion Kranjčevićeva01212th (1. HNL)8,850
Number of teams by county PositionCountyNumberTeams1City of Zagreb6Dinamo Zagreb II, Hrvatski Dragovoljac, Lučko, Rudeš, Sesvete and Zagreb23Dugopolje, Imotski and Solin3Istria1Novigrad1Šibenik1Gorica
League table
Results
Matches 1–22
Matches 23-33
Top scorers
RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Benjamin TatarGorica132 Mario JelavićSolin123 Edin ŠehićNK Zagreb104 Tomislav HavojićRudeš9 Vedran MesecSesvete Miro SlavicaŠibenik Tomislav ŠtrkaljSesvete8 Marin PejićGorica8 Martin VukorepaŠibenik
See also 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup 2016–17 Croatian First Football League
References
External links Official website