2016–17 Montenegrin Second League

Montenegrin Second League
Season	2016–17
Dates	14 August 2016 – 27 May 2017
Champions	Kom
Promoted	Kom
Relegated	Radnički; Bratstvo; Grafičar
Matches played	165
Goals scored	399 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stefan Milošević (Kom); (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Kom 8–0 Čelik; (2 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Radnički 0–7 Berane; (21 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Kom 8–0 Čelik; (2 October 2016) Berane 5–3 Radnički; (25 March 2017) Radnički 2–6 Kom; (8 April 2017)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 14 August 2016 to May 2017.

Format of competition edit

A total of 12 teams participate in this edition of the Second League. New members are FK Mornar Bar who was relegated from 2015–16 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - FK Čelik Nikšić and FK Otrant-Olympic Ulcinj.

Teams edit

Locations of the 2016–17 teams

The following 12 clubs competed in this season.

Club	City	Finishing in 2015–16	Stadium
Berane	Berane	4th	Gradski stadion (11,000)
Bratstvo	Cijevna	3rd	Stadion Bratstva (500)
Cetinje	Cetinje	2nd	Stadion Obilića Poljana (2,000)
Čelik	Nikšić	1st in Third League - Center	Stadion Željezare (2,000)
Grafičar	Podgorica	7th	Camp FSCG (1,250)
Ibar	Rožaje	8th	Bandžovo brdo (4,000)
Igalo	Igalo	9th	Solila (1,000)
Jezero	Plav	10th	Stadion pod Racinom (5,000)
Kom	Podgorica	5th	Zlatica (1,000)
Mornar	Bar	12th in First League	Topolica (2,500)
Otrant-Olympic	Ulcinj	1st in Third League - South	Stadion Olympic (1,500)
Radnički	Berane	6th	Gradski stadion (11,000)

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kom (C, P)	30	18	8	4	67	21	+46	62	Promotion to the First League
2	Ibar	30	18	6	6	42	16	+26	60	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Otrant-Olympic^[a]	30	15	7	8	32	22	+10	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Mornar	30	13	10	7	37	21	+16	49
5	Jezero	30	12	8	10	34	26	+8	44
6	Berane^[b]	30	12	8	10	46	43	+3	41
7	Cetinje	30	11	6	13	27	35	−8	39
8	Igalo	30	10	4	16	30	43	−13	34
9	Čelik^[c]	30	9	4	17	26	47	−21	27
10	Radnički (R)	30	6	6	18	31	68	−37	24	Relegation to the Third League
11	Bratstvo (R)	30	4	7	19	27	57	−30	19
12	Grafičar^[d] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Otrant were deducted 1 point.
^ Berane were deducted 3 points.
^ Čelik were deducted 4 points.
^ Grafičar were excluded from the league for not showing up at two matches.^[1]

Results edit

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 edit

Home \ Away	BER	BRA	CET	ČEL	GRA	IBA	IGA	JEZ	KOM	MOR	OTR	RAD
Berane	—	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–6	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	5–3
Bratstvo	1–2	—	0–2	2–4	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Cetinje	0–1	2–1	—	0–1	—	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	4–0
Čelik	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	3–2	0–1	3–0	0–0^[a]	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1
Grafičar	—	1–2	0–1	—	—	—	1–2	—	—	1–7	1–5	0–5
Ibar	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0^[b]	1–0
Igalo	0–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	—	0–1	—	2–0	1–5	0–2	1–3	1–4
Jezero	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
Kom	2–2	2–0	0–0	8–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	4–1
Mornar	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–4	—	0–1	1–1
Otrant-Olympic	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	2–0
Radnički	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	5–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	—

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Čelik and Jezero was not played because the home team did not appear, the official result is 0–3.
^ The match was awarded to Ibar because Otrant-Olympic was fielded an ineligible player.^[2]

Third round edit

Home \ Away	BER	BRA	CET	ČEL	GRA	IBA	IGA	JEZ	KOM	MOR	OTR	RAD
Berane	—	3–2	4–1	—	—	—	2–0	0–0	1–3	—	—	—
Bratstvo	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–1	0–0	—	—	0–1	1–4	—
Cetinje	—	—	—	3–0	—	1–2	—	—	—	—	0–3	2–2
Čelik	1–2	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	0–0	0–2	—	—	4–1
Grafičar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ibar	2–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	1–2	1–0	—	—	2–0
Igalo	—	—	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	—	—	—	0–1	2–0	—
Jezero	—	2–0	1–2	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	—	—
Kom	—	5–1	2–0	—	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–0	0–2	—
Mornar	3–0	—	—	2–0	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	6–1
Otrant-Olympic	1–0	—	—	2–0	—	1–0	—	0–2	—	—	—	1–0
Radnički	0–7	2–4	—	—	—	—	0–6	0–4	2–6	—	—	—

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs edit

The runners-up and third-placed team in this season's league, Rudar Pljevlja and Petrovac respectively, will each pair off against the eighth and ninth-placed teams from the 2016–17 Montenegrin First League in the relegation play-offs, to be played over two legs. The draw was made on 29 May 2017.^[3] The two winners will play in next season's top-flight.

Summary edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Petrovac	5–1	Ibar	4–0	1–1
Otrant-Olympic	1–3	Rudar	1–0	0–3

Matches edit

31 May 2017

17:30 CEST

Petrovac	4–0	Ibar
Vučinić 37' (pen.) Kacić 45+3' (pen.), 61' Pepić 64'	Report

Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac

Attendance: 400

Referee: Miloš Novović

4 June 2017

17:30 CEST

Ibar	1–1	Petrovac
Pepić 65'	Report	Suzuki 76'

Stadion Bandžovo Brdo, Rožaje

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Petrovac won 5–1 on aggregate.

31 May 2017

17:30 CEST

Otrant-Olympic	1–0	Rudar
Tachibana 14'	Report

Stadion Olympic, Ulcinj

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

4 June 2017

17:30 CEST

Rudar	3–0	Otrant-Olympic
Božović 31' Melunović 53', 67'	Report

Gradski stadion, Pljevlja

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Miloš Novović

Rudar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers edit

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Stefan Milošević	Kom	21
2	Miloš Đalac	Kom	15
3	Božo Marković	Čelik	13
4	Filip Ćipranić	Ibar	12
4	Siniša Stanisavić	Jezero	12
6	Halil Muharemović	Otrant-Olympic	11
6	Božo Osmajlić	Berane	11
8	Denis Džanović	Mornar	10
8	Zoran Nišavić	Berane	10
10	Yevgen Radionov	Radnički	9

References edit

^ "Grafičar isključen iz Druge lige". Dan-online. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "Zapisnik Disciplinske komisije – 24.11.2016". Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ "Telekom 1. CFL: Utvrđen raspored baraža" [Telecom first CFL: set order of the play-off]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

External links edit

Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site

[table_note_OTR0.9545378214468-1] Otrant were deducted 1 point.

[table_note_BER0.9545378214468-2] Berane were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_CEL0.9545378214468-3] Čelik were deducted 4 points.

[table_note_GRA0.9545378214468-5] Grafičar were excluded from the league for not showing up at two matches.^[1]

[table_note_1_ČEL_JEZ0.54211224594252-6] The match between Čelik and Jezero was not played because the home team did not appear, the official result is 0–3.

[table_note_1_IBA_OTR0.54211224594252-8] The match was awarded to Ibar because Otrant-Olympic was fielded an ineligible player.^[2]

[4] "Grafičar isključen iz Druge lige". Dan-online. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[7] "Zapisnik Disciplinske komisije – 24.11.2016". Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[9] "Telekom 1. CFL: Utvrđen raspored baraža" [Telecom first CFL: set order of the play-off]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

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