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Druga HNL
Countries	Croatia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1991
Number of teams	16
Promotion to	Prva HNL
Relegation to	Treća HNL
Levels on pyramid	Level 2
Domestic cup(s)	Croatian Cup
Current champions	Istra 1961 (2008-09)
Website	Official website
	2009–10 season

The Croatian Second Football League (Croatian: Druga hrvatska nogometna liga or commonly Druga HNL or 2.HNL) is the second highest football league in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second League and it is operated by the Croatian Football Federation.

Between the 2001-02 season and 2005-06 season, the league was split in two divisions, one being the Northern Croatian Second League and the other being the Southern Croatian Second League. Each of these two leagues comprised twelve teams playing under a system pretty much identical to the one in the Prva HNL. However, since the start of the 2006-07 season, the united Croatian Second League comprises sixteen teams from the entire country. Relegation from this division is into one of the regional divisions of the Treća HNL.

[edit] Druga HNL Champions

Season	Divisions	Division winners	Clubs promoted to Prva HNL
1992	North (6 clubs)	Radnik Velika Gorica	Radnik Velika Gorica Segesta Belišće Pazinka
	South (8 clubs)	Primorac Stobreč
	West (4 clubs)	Pazinka
1992-93	North (16 clubs)	Dubrava Zagreb	Dubrava Zagreb Primorac Stobreč
1992-93	South (16 clubs)	Primorac Stobreč	Dubrava Zagreb Primorac Stobreč
1993-94	North (16 clubs)	Marsonia	Marsonia Neretva
1993-94	South (16 clubs)	Neretva	Marsonia Neretva
1994-95	North (16 clubs)	Mladost 127 Suhopolje	None
	South (17 clubs)	Uskok Klis
	West (19 clubs)	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
1995-96	East (16 clubs)	Croatia Đakovo
	South (16 clubs)	Junak Sinj
	West (18 clubs)	Samobor
1996-97	Center (16 clubs)	Lučko
	East (16 clubs)	Croatia Đakovo
	North (16 clubs)	Budućnost Hodošan
	South (19 clubs)	RNK Split
	West (16 clubs)	Jadran Poreč
1997-98	Center (17 clubs)	Segesta	Cibalia
	East (16 clubs)	Cibalia
	North (16 clubs)	Čakovec
	South (17 clubs)	RNK Split
	West (16 clubs)	Jadran Poreč
1998-99	Unified nationwide (19 clubs)	Vukovar '91	Vukovar '91 Istra Pula
1999-00	Unified nationwide (18 clubs)	Marsonia	Marsonia Čakovec
2000-01	Unified nationwide (18 clubs)	Kamen Ingrad	Kamen Ingrad TŠK Topolovac Pomorac Kostrena Zadar
2001-02	North-East (16 clubs)	Vukovar '91	None
2001-02	South-West (16 clubs)	Istra Pula	None
2002-03	North-East (12 clubs)	Marsonia	Marsonia Inker Zaprešić
2002-03	South-West (12 clubs)	Inker Zaprešić	Marsonia Inker Zaprešić
2003-04	North (12 clubs)	Međimurje	Međimurje Pula 1856
2003-04	South (12 clubs)	Pula 1856	Međimurje Pula 1856
2004-05	North (12 clubs)	Cibalia	Cibalia
2004-05	South (12 clubs)	Novalja	Cibalia
2005-06	North (12 clubs)	Belišće	Šibenik
2005-06	South (12 clubs)	Šibenik	Šibenik
2006–07	Unified nationwide (16 clubs)	Inter Zaprešić	Inter Zaprešić Zadar
2007–08	Unified nationwide (16 clubs)	Croatia Sesvete	Croatia Sesvete
2008–09	Unified nationwide (16 clubs)	Istra 1961	Istra 1961 Karlovac Lokomotiva Međimurje
2009–10	Unified nationwide (14 clubs)	TBD	TBD

[edit] External links

League's official website