2003–04 Croatian Second Football League

The 2003–04 Druga HNL (also known as 2. HNL) season was the 13th 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.

Druga HNL

Season	2003–04
Champions	Međimurje (North Division) Pula 1856 (South Division)
Promoted	Međimurje Pula 1856
Relegated	Virovitica Sloga Nova Gradiška Orijent
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

North Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Međimurje	22	16	3	3	53	19	+34	51	Qualification to play-off group
2	Belišće	22	13	7	2	50	19	+31	46
3	Vukovar '91	22	13	2	7	36	29	+7	41
4	Grafičar Vodovod	22	9	5	8	37	28	+9	32
5	Slavonija Požega	22	8	7	7	34	33	+1	31
6	Metalac Osijek	22	8	6	8	40	36	+4	30
7	Virovitica	22	8	6	8	31	29	+2	30	Qualification to play-out group
8	Čakovec	22	7	5	10	31	44	−13	26
9	Koprivnica	22	6	6	10	33	45	−12	24
10	Dilj	22	6	5	11	38	50	−12	23
11	Valpovka	22	5	2	15	23	56	−33	17
12	Sloga Nova Gradiška	22	3	6	13	13	31	−18	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	Međimurje (C, P)	32	21	6	5	70	28	+42	69	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Belišće	32	19	8	5	66	27	+39	65
3	Slavonija Požega	32	13	10	9	54	47	+7	49
4	Vukovar '91	32	14	5	13	45	54	−9	47
5	Grafičar Vodovod	32	12	9	11	51	36	+15	45
6	Metalac Osijek	32	10	8	14	48	56	−8	38

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	Koprivnica	32	12	8	12	56	58	−2	44
8	Dilj	32	10	10	12	53	57	−4	40
9	Virovitica (R)	32	10	8	14	39	48	−9	38
10	Čakovec	32	9	8	15	45	65	−20	35
11	Valpovka	32	9	4	19	39	71	−32	31	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Sloga Nova Gradiška (R)	32	7	8	17	29	48	−19	29	Relegation to Croatian Third Football League

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

South Division

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pula 1856	22	12	7	3	38	19	+19	43	Qualification to play-off group
2	Solin Građa	22	12	3	7	39	25	+14	39
3	Pomorac	22	10	9	3	36	26	+10	39
4	Šibenik	22	12	1	9	36	28	+8	37
5	Segesta	22	11	3	8	32	27	+5	36
6	Novalja	22	10	4	8	29	25	+4	34
7	Uskok Klis	22	9	7	6	35	33	+2	34	Qualification to play-out group
8	Imotski	22	7	4	11	28	33	−5	25
9	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	6	7	9	20	26	−6	25
10	Croatia Sesvete	22	6	6	10	29	38	−9	24
11	GOŠK Dubrovnik	22	4	8	10	20	38	−18	20
12	Orijent	22	1	5	16	15	39	−24	8

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	Pula 1856 (C, P)	32	18	8	6	59	33	+26	62	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Pomorac	32	16	10	6	55	39	+16	58
3	Segesta	32	15	4	13	51	46	+5	49
4	Šibenik	32	15	4	13	45	42	+3	49
5	Solin Građa	32	15	3	14	56	47	+9	48
6	Novalja	32	14	6	12	43	40	+3	48

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	Uskok Klis	32	13	10	9	46	44	+2	49
8	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	32	11	9	12	36	35	+1	42
9	Croatia Sesvete	32	11	8	13	40	47	−7	41
10	Imotski	32	11	5	16	40	44	−4	38
11	GOŠK Dubrovnik	32	9	10	13	33	48	−15	37	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Orijent (R)	32	2	7	23	23	62	−39	13	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

Međimurje and Pula 1856, winners of the North and South Division, qualified for a two-legged promotion play-off, which took place on 12 and 16 May 2004. The tie ended in a 2–2 aggregate score and Pula 1856 won it after the penalty shootout ended 5–4 in their favor, thereby earning promotion to the Prva HNL for the following season.

12 May 2004

Međimurje	2 – 0	Pula 1856
Kelemen 14' Ribić 26'	Report (in Croatian)

Stadion SRC Mladost, Čakovec

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)

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16 May 2004

Pula 1856	2 – 0	Međimurje
Jerneić 38', 59'	Report (in Croatian)
Penalties
Ostović Deranja Raić-Sudar Trešnjić Iftić Dobrić Pauletić Jerneić	5 – 4	Domjanić Ribić Šarić Ratković Perić Sesar Haxhiu Batista

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

However, Međimurje 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, Cibalia. Međimurje won 4–2 on aggregate and was promoted to 2004–05 Prva HNL.

See also

• 2003–04 Prva HNL
• 2003–04 Croatian Cup

External links

• 2003–04 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Official website Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)