2017–18_Montenegrin_Second_League
2017–18 Montenegrin Second League
Football league season
The 2017–18 Montenegrin Second League was the 12th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 13 August 2017 to 26 May 2018.
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 August 2017 – 26 May 2018 |
| Champions | Mornar |
| Promoted | Mornar Lovćen |
| Relegated | Ibar Cetinje Čelik |
| Matches played | 198 |
| Goals scored | 488 (2.46 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Elie Matuoke (Mladost Lješkopolje) (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Bokelj 10–0 Čelik (8 April 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Jedinstvo 0–5 Otrant-Olympic (15 October 2017) Čelik 0–5 Mladost Lješkopolje (26 November 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Bokelj 10–0 Čelik (8 April 2018) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
A total of 12 teams participated in this edition of the Second League. The new members were FK Lovćen, FK Jedinstvo and FK Bokelj who was relegated from 2016–17 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - OFK Mladost Lješkopolje.
This was the last season of Second CFL with 12 participants, as the participants would be reduced to 10. At the end of the season, three worst-placed teams on the table would be directly relegated to the Montenegrin Third League.
The following 12 clubs competed in this season.[1]
| Club |
City | Finishing in 2016–17 |
Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berane | Berane | 6th | Gradski stadion (11,000) |
| Bokelj | Kotor | 10th in First League  | Stadion pod Vrmcem (2,000) |
| Cetinje | Cetinje | 7th | Sveti Petar Cetinjski (5,192) |
| Čelik | Nikšić | 9th | Stadion Željezare (2,000) |
| Ibar | Rožaje | 2nd | Bandžovo brdo (4,000) |
| Igalo | Igalo | 8th | Solila (1,000) |
| Jedinstvo | Bijelo Polje | 12th in First League | Gradski Stadion (5,000) |
| Jezero | Plav | 5th | Stadion pod Racinom (5,000) |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | 11th in First League | Sveti Petar Cetinjski (5,192) |
| Mladost | Lješkopolje | 1st in Third League - Center  | Stari Ribnjak Stadium (1,200) |
| Mornar | Bar | 4th | Topolica (2,500) |
| Otrant-Olympic | Ulcinj | 3rd | Stadion Olympic (1,500) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mornar (C, P) | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 11 | +37 | 68 | Promotion to the First League |
| 2 | Mladost Lješkopolje | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 61[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Lovćen (O, P) | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 61[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Bokelj | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 56 | |
| 5 | Otrant-Olympic[lower-alpha 2] | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 51[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 6 | Berane | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 51[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 7 | Jedinstvo | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 46 | |
| 8 | Igalo | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 45 | |
| 9 | Jezero | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ibar (R) | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 42 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 11 | Cetinje (R) | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 79 | −66 | 12 | |
| 12 | Čelik[lower-alpha 4] (R) | 33 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 94 | −80 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home-and-away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.
First and second round
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. |
Third round
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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The 3rd-placed team (against the 10th-placed team of the First League) and the runners-up (against the 11th-placed team of the First League) will both compete in two-legged promotion play-offs after the end of the season.
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kom | 1–2 | Lovćen | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Mladost Lješkopolje | 2–5 | Petrovac | 0–3 | 2–2 |
Matches
Lovćen won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Mladost Lješkopolje | 0–3 | Petrovac |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Petrovac won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elie Matuoke |
Mladost Lješkopolje | 23 |
| 2 |  Mehmed Divanović |
Otrant-Olympic | 14 |
| Dejan Pepić |
Bokelj | ||
| 4 | Denis Džanović |
Otrant-Olympic | 12 |
| Ivan Jablan |
Lovćen | ||
| 6 | Ivan Asanović |
Berane | 11 |
| Denis Banda |
Jedinstvo | ||
| Milivoje Mrdak |
Jedinstvo | ||
| Goran Vujović |
Lovćen | ||
| 10 | Ivan Bulatović |
Bokelj | 10 |
| Filip Kalačević |
Mornar |
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