2017–18 Montenegrin Second League

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.

Montenegrin Second League
Season2017–18
Dates13 August 2017 – 26 May 2018
ChampionsMornar
PromotedMornar
Lovćen
RelegatedIbar
Cetinje
Čelik
Matches played198
Goals scored488 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerElie Matuoke
(Mladost Lješkopolje)
(23 goals)
Biggest home winBokelj 10–0 Čelik
(8 April 2018)
Biggest away winJedinstvo 0–5 Otrant-Olympic
(15 October 2017) Čelik 0–5 Mladost Lješkopolje
(26 November 2017)
Highest scoringBokelj 10–0 Čelik
(8 April 2018)

Format of competition

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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.

Teams

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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)

League table

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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[a] Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Lovćen (O, P) 33 17 10 6 56 31 +25 61[a]
4 Bokelj 33 15 11 7 49 20 +29 56
5 Otrant-Olympic[b] 33 15 9 9 55 32 +23 51[c]
6 Berane 33 15 6 12 57 42 +15 51[c]
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[d] (R) 33 2 3 28 14 94 −80 8
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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:
  1. ^ a b Mladost Lješkopolje were ahead of Lovćen on head-to-head points: Mladost 9 pts, Lovćen 0 pts.
  2. ^ Otrant were deducted 3 points.
  3. ^ a b Otrant were ahead of Berane on head-to-head points: Otrant 7 pts, Berane 1 pt.
  4. ^ Čelik were deducted 1 point.

Results

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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.

Promotion play-offs

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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

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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

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Kom0–0Lovćen
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Attendance: 1,000[citation needed]
Referee: Miloš Novović
Lovćen2–1Kom
  • Marković   23'
  • Đurović   56' (pen.)
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  • Đukić   42'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Mileta Šćepanović

Lovćen won 2–1 on aggregate.


Mladost Lješkopolje0–3Petrovac
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  • Krivokapić   10' (o.g.)
  • Muharemović   38'
  • Boričić   87'
Petrovac2–2Mladost Lješkopolje
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  • Muhović   53', 56'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nikola Vođević

Petrovac won 5–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Druga liga Crne Gore 17/18 - Fudbalski savez Crne Gore". Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
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