Croatian Women's Second Football League

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Croatian Women's Second Football League

Country	Croatia
Divisions	2
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Prva HNLŽ
Domestic cup(s)	Croatian Women's Cup
Current champions	Neretva (group A) Višnjevac (group B) (2023–24)

The Croatian Women's Second Football League (Croatian: Druga Hrvatska nogometna liga za žene, usually abbreviated as Druga HNLŽ) is the second tier of Croatian women's football league framework. The Druga HNLŽ has a promotion and relegation system with the top-tier Prva HNLŽ.

Druga HNLŽ consists of two divisions, known as group A and group B, each with eight teams, although seasonal variations occur depending on club registrations. Each division is played out as a triple round-robin tournament, with each team playing each opponent thrice, at least once home. Which teams get the extra home advantage is determined through a draw.^[1]

After the end of the regular season, the champions of the two divisions meet in a two-legged promotion play-off. The winner earns a direct promotion to Prva HNLŽ. Meanwhile, the loser has another chance at promotion by participating in the Prva HNLŽ relegation play-off against the 3rd placed team in the Prva HNLŽ qualification group.^[1]

The following teams participate in the 2024–25 season of Druga HNLŽ:^[1]

• Group A
  • Donat
  • ŠNK Frankopan
  • Istra 1961
  • Karlovac 1919
  • NK Sesvetski Kraljevec
  • Pregrada
  • Rijeka
  • Siget
• Group B
  • Graničar Županja
  • Koprivnica
  • Marsonia
  • Osijek II^[a]
  • Slavonija Požega
  • Višnjevac
  • Vukovar 1991