2002–03 Croatian Second Football League

Druga HNL

Season	2002–03
Champions	Marsonia (North Division) Inker Zaprešić (South Division)
Promoted	Marsonia Inker Zaprešić
Relegated	Podravac Istra Pula TŠK Topolovac
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 12th season of Croatia's second level football since its establishment in 1992. The league was contested in two regional groups (North Division and South Division), with 12 clubs each.

North Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marsonia	22	13	7	2	52	18	+34	46	Qualification to play-off group
2	Belišće	22	13	5	4	45	20	+25	44
3	Čakovec	22	11	3	8	35	28	+7	36
4	Koprivnica	22	11	3	8	40	34	+6	36
5	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	22	9	4	9	33	38	−5	31
6	Sloga Nova Gradiška	22	8	6	8	29	34	−5	30
7	Valpovka	22	8	5	9	44	35	+9	29	Qualification to play-out group
8	Metalac Osijek	22	8	3	11	29	41	−12	27
9	Vukovar '91	22	6	7	9	25	33	−8	25
10	Podravac	22	6	7	9	26	38	−12	25
11	Grafičar Vodovod	22	5	6	11	25	36	−11	21
12	Dilj	22	2	8	12	20	48	−28	14

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marsonia (C, P)	32	19	9	4	65	28	+37	66	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Belišće	32	19	8	5	62	24	+38	65
3	Čakovec	32	13	7	12	44	39	+5	46
4	Omladinac Novo Selo Rok	32	13	6	13	48	52	−4	45
5	Sloga Nova Gradiška	32	12	7	13	41	43	−2	43
6	Koprivnica	32	12	5	15	44	56	−12	41

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Metalac Osijek	32	13	4	15	42	56	−14	43
8	Valpovka	32	12	5	15	55	54	+1	41
9	Vukovar '91	32	11	8	13	47	49	−2	41
10	Dilj	32	9	9	14	47	59	−12	36
11	Grafičar Vodovod	32	9	7	16	40	54	−14	34
12	Podravac (R)	32	9	7	16	37	58	−21	34	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

South Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uljanik	22	15	4	3	45	20	+25	49	Qualification to play-off group
2	Inker Zaprešić	22	15	1	6	53	22	+31	46
3	Solin Građa	22	9	6	7	30	26	+4	33
4	Uskok Klis	22	9	5	8	27	27	0	32
5	Croatia Sesvete	22	8	7	7	28	32	−4	31
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	9	2	11	33	35	−2	29
7	GOŠK Dubrovnik	22	8	5	9	26	29	−3	29	Qualification to play-out group
8	Imotski	22	6	9	7	22	25	−3	27
9	Novalja	22	6	9	7	22	26	−4	27
10	Istra Pula	22	8	3	11	29	34	−5	27
11	Orijent	22	6	4	12	23	36	−13	22
12	TŠK Topolovac	22	4	3	15	16	42	−26	15

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-off Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inker Zaprešić (C, P)	32	23	3	6	79	30	+49	72	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Uljanik	32	20	7	5	63	31	+32	67
3	Uskok Klis	32	13	7	12	48	45	+3	46
4	Croatia Sesvete	32	12	8	12	43	52	−9	44
5	Solin Građa	32	11	8	13	45	47	−2	41
6	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	32	10	4	18	44	63	−19	34

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Play-out Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	GOŠK Dubrovnik	32	12	6	14	36	40	−4	42
8	Orijent	32	12	6	14	36	47	−11	42
9	Novalja	32	10	11	11	33	35	−2	41
10	Imotski	32	10	10	12	30	35	−5	40
11	Istra Pula (R)	32	10	5	17	35	48	−13	35	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	TŠK Topolovac (R)	32	9	5	18	32	51	−19	32	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

Marsonia and Inker Zaprešić, winners of the North and South Division, qualified for a two-legged promotion play-off, which took place on 28 May and 1 June 2003. The tie ended in a 4–4 aggregate score and Marsonia won it on away goals, thereby earning promotion to the Prva HNL for the following season.

28 May 2003

Inker Zaprešić	4 – 3	Marsonia
Brlek 3', 5' Lalić 35' (pen.) Vidak 90'	Report (in Croatian)	Martinović 28' Vuka 47' (pen.) Marić 78'

Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

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1 June 2003

Marsonia	1 – 0	Inker Zaprešić
Šimić 4'	Report (in Croatian)

Gradski stadion uz Savu, Slavonski Brod

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Miroslav Vitković (Vinkovci)

However, Inker had another chance for promotion, as the losing team from the promotion play-off played another two-legged tie against the 11th placed team of Prva HNL, Pomorac. Inker won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to 2003–04 Prva HNL.

See also

• 2002–03 Prva HNL
• 2002–03 Croatian Cup

External links

• 2002–03 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Official website Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)