2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League

The 2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League was the 26th season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. The fixtures were announced on 7 August 2017.^[1][2] The season began on 27 August 2017 and concluded on 19 May 2018. It's the first season since 1999–2000 with the new format, which as the league is divided into two groups, East and West, with 10 teams participating in each group.^[3]

Macedonian Second League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Belasica (East) Makedonija G.P. (West)
Promoted	Belasica Makedonija G.P.
Relegated	Osogovo Pobeda Valandovo Turnovo Gorno Lisiche Lokomotiva Zajazi Novaci
Matches played	252 (Total) 117 (East) 135 (West)
Biggest home win	Belasica 6–0 Plachkovica Sasa 7–1 Pobeda Valandovo Plachkovica 8–2 Pobeda Valandovo
Biggest away win	Pobeda Valandovo 0–12 Belasica
Highest scoring	Pobeda Valandovo 1–12 Tikvesh
Longest winning run	10 games Makedonija G.P.
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Belasica
Longest winless run	19 games Novaci
Longest losing run	17 games Novaci
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

East

Participating teams

 

 

Belasica

 

Borec

 

Bregalnica

 

Kozhuf

 

Osogovo

 

Plachkovica

 

Pobeda

 

Sasa

 

Turnovo

 

Tikvesh

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Macedonian Second League - East

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Belasica	Strumica	Stadion Mladost	6,500
FK Borec	Veles	Gradski stadion Veles	2,000
FK Bregalnica	Shtip	Gradski stadion Shtip	4,000
FK Kozhuf	Gevgelija	Gradski stadion Gevgelija	2,500
FK Osogovo	Kochani	Stadion Nikola Mantov	5,000
FK Plachkovica	Radovish	Gradski stadion Radovish	2,000
FK Pobeda	Valandovo	Gradski stadion Valandovo	500
FK Sasa	Makedonska Kamenica	Gradski stadion M. Kamenica	5,000
GFK Tikvesh	Kavadarci	Gradski Stadion Kavadarci	7,500
FK Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belasica (C, P)	25	18	5	2	81	11	+70	59	Promotion to Macedonian First League
2	Borec	25	16	5	4	43	15	+28	53^[a]	Qualification to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3	Bregalnica Shtip	25	15	8	2	54	20	+34	53^[a]
4	Kozhuf	25	12	4	9	34	33	+1	40
5	Tikvesh^[b]	25	12	2	11	45	43	+2	37
6	Plachkovica	25	9	3	13	40	50	−10	30
7	Sasa	25	7	4	14	32	42	−10	25
8	Osogovo (R)	25	5	4	16	26	53	−27	19	Relegation to Macedonian Third League
9	Pobeda Valandovo^[c] (R)	25	2	5	18	25	95	−70	10
10	Horizont Turnovo^[d] (R)	9	1	0	8	8	26	−18	3

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Borec 4 pts, Bregalnica 4 pts; away goals: Borec 2 goals, Bregalnica 1 goal.
2. Tikvesh were one point because their U18 team got disqualified.
3. Pobeda Valandovo were deducted one point because their U17 & U16 teams got disqualified.^[4]
4. Horizont Turnovo were expelled from the league for not paying participation fee for the league.^[5]

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away BEL BOR BRE KOZ OSO PLA PBD SAS TIK TUR Belasica — 2–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 6–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 — Borec 0–0 — 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–0^[a] Bregalnica Shtip 0–0 1–2 — 3–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 — Kozhuf 2–1 0–0 4–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0^[b] 3–0 Osogovo 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 — 2–1 4–0 2–2 0–4 1–3 Plachkovica 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 — 4–1 2–1 3–3 3–2 Pobeda Valandovo 1–8 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–3 — Sasa 0–5 0–1 0–5 1–3 2–0 4–1 7–1 — 2–0 — Tikvesh 0–4 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 — — Horizont Turnovo 0–2 — 1–3 — — — 0–3^[a] 0–3^[a] 2–5 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: Matches awarded due to expulsion of Horizont Turnovo. Match was originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Kozhuf because was Tikvesh not used enough number of youth players.^[7]

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away BEL BOR BRE KOZ OSO PLA PBD SAS TIK Belasica — — 1–1 6–0 5–0 3–0 — — — Borec 3–0 — — 2–0 1–0 3–0 — — — Bregalnica Shtip — 1–0 — — — 2–0 7–2 2–0 5–0 Kozhuf — — 0–1 — — 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 Osogovo — — 0–0 1–2 — — — 1–0 — Plachkovica — — — — 3–2 — 8–2 2–2 — Pobeda Valandovo 0–12 0–5 — — 3–5 — — — 1–12 Sasa 0–3 1–3 — — — — 3–0 — 1–0 Tikvesh 0–5 1–3 — — 2–1 2–1 — — — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers East

As of May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pepi Gjorgiev	Belasica	16
2	Goran Zdravkov	Belasica	15
3	Riste Naumov	Bregalnica Štip	14
4	Gjorgji Gjorgjiev	Borec Veles	11
5	Martin Mirchevski	Belasica	10
	Robert Mitev	Tikves
8	Vladimir Zoglev	Osogovo	9
	Daniel Lazarovski	Kožuf
	Mile Kostovski	Belasica

West

Participating teams

 

 

Skopje

 

Gostivar

 

Labunishta

 

Novaci

 

Struga

 

Teteks

 

Velazerimi

 

Zajazi

 

Skopje clubs:

 

Euromilk
Lokomotiva
Makedonija

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Macedonian Second League - West

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Euromilk Gorno Lisiche	Skopje	Stadion Gorno Lisiche	500
FK Gostivar	Gostivar	Gradski stadion Gostivar	1,000
FK Labunishta	Labunishta	Stadion Kalishta
FK Lokomotiva	Skopje	Lokomotiva Stadium	500
FK Makedonija G.P.	Skopje	Gjorche Petrov Stadium	3,000
FK Novaci	Novaci	Stadion Novaci	500
FK Struga	Struga	Stadion Gradska Plazha	500
FK Teteks	Tetovo	AMS Sportski Centar Tetovo	2,000
FK Velazerimi	Kichevo	Velazerimi Arena	3,000
FK Zajazi	Zajas	Gradski stadion Kichevo	5,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Makedonija G.P. (C, P)	27	17	5	5	49	23	+26	56	Promotion to Macedonian First League
2	Gostivar	27	16	6	5	48	25	+23	54	Qualification to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3	Vëllazërimi 77	27	16	5	6	46	25	+21	53
4	Struga	27	13	6	8	44	30	+14	45
5	Labunishta	27	11	9	7	38	24	+14	42
6	Teteks	27	12	3	12	40	42	−2	39
7	Euromilk Gorno Lisiche (R)	27	10	5	12	32	46	−14	35	Relegation to Macedonian Third League
8	Lokomotiva (R)	27	6	8	13	30	41	−11	26
9	Zajazi (R)	27	4	5	18	24	62	−38	17
10	Novaci 2005^[a] (R)	27	2	4	21	22	54	−32	9

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored^[6]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Novaci 2005 were deducted one point because their youth teams got disqualified.^[4]

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away EGL GOS LAB LOK MGP NOV STR TET VLZ ZAJ Euromilk Gorno Lisiche — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 Gostivar 3–2 — 0–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 Labunishta 3–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 Lokomotiva 2–1 1–1 3–0 — 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 Makedonija G.P. 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 — 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–2 1–0 Novaci 2005 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 1–2 0–3 6–1 Struga 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 — 1–0 4–2 5–1 Teteks 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 — 1–0 3–2 Vëllazërimi 77 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 — 1–0 Zajazi 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away EGL GOS LAB LOK MGP NOV STR TET VLZ ZAJ Euromilk Gorno Lisiche — — — 3–1 — 0–0 — 2–1 — 1–1 Gostivar 4–0 — — 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 — — — Labunishta 3–1 1–1 — 2–1 — 4–1 — — — — Lokomotiva — — — — 0–3 2–0 1–5 2–2 — — Makedonija G.P. 4–0 — 3–2 — — — — 2–1 2–0 3–1 Novaci 2005 — — — — 0–2 — 0–1 2–3 — 1–1 Struga 3–1 — 1–0 — 1–2 — — 2–3 — 4–1 Teteks — 2–0 2–1 — — — — — 2–4 4–2 Vëllazërimi 77 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 — 5–0 1–0 — — — Zajazi — 1–4 1–7 3–4 — — — — 0–1 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Semi-final

28 May 2018

16:30 CEST

Gostivar	0–0	Borec
	Report
Penalties
Ademi   Bexheti   Esati   Grozdanoski   Osmani	4–5	Kocev   Risteski   Acevski   Kudijan   Gjorgjev

Training Centre Petar Miloshevski, Skopje

Referee: Marjan Markovski (Ohrid)

Final

2 June 2018

16:30 CEST

Pobeda	2–1	Borec
Ivanović   8' Velkoski   29'	Report	Kudijan   56'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

Top scorers West

As of May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ilirid Ademi	Gostivar	19
2	Bobi Bozhinovski	Makedonija G.P.	13
3	Blagojce Glavevski	Struga Trim Lum	12
4	Kristijan Kostovski	Makedonija G.P.	11
5	Murat Adili	Vеllazеrimi 77	10
6	Igor Kleckaroski	Teteks	9
7	Ivan Nastevski	Makedonija G.P.	8
	Meriton Saliji	Teteks
	Flamur Tairi	Struga Trim Lum

See also

• 2017–18 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2017–18 Macedonian First Football League
• 2017–18 Macedonian Third Football League

References

1. "Распоред на Втора фудбалска лига ИСТОК, сезона 2017/18" (PDF). FFM.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
2. "Распоред за Втора фудбалска лига, ЗАПАД, сезона 2017/18" (PDF). FFM.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
3. . Ekipa.mk. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
4. "ФФМ им одзеде по еден бод на второлигашите Победа Валандово и Новаци". gol.mk. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
5. "Поранешниот хит во ПМФЛ и Лига Европа исфрлен од Втората лига". gol.mk. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
6. "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
7. "Правдата задоволена: Кожуф со службен резултат од 3-0 го доби Тиквеш". gol.mk. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian and English)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in English)