2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League

Macedonian Second League
Season	2017–18
Champions	Belasica (East); Makedonija GP (West)
Promoted	Belasica; Makedonija GP
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 GP
Longest unbeaten run	14 games; Belasica
Longest winless run	19 games; Novaci
Longest losing run	17 games; Novaci
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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]

East[]

Participating teams[]

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

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Borec 4 pts, Bregalnica 4 pts; away goals: Borec 2 goals, Bregalnica 1 goal.
^ Tikvesh were one point because their U18 team got disqualified.
^ Pobeda Valandovo were deducted one point because their U17 & U16 teams got disqualified.^[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:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

West[]

Participating teams[]

Skopje

Skopje clubs:

Euromilk
Lokomotiva
Makedonija

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 Gj. 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 GP (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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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 GP	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 GP	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)

References[]

^ "Распоред на Втора фудбалска лига ИСТОК, сезона 2017/18" (PDF). FFM.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Распоред за Втора фудбалска лига, ЗАПАД, сезона 2017/18" (PDF). FFM.mk. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Од сезоната 2017/18, Прва лига со четирикружен систем, Втора лига поделена на Исток и Запад". Ekipa.mk. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "ФФМ им одзеде по еден бод на второлигашите Победа Валандово и Новаци". gol.mk. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
^ "Поранешниот хит во ПМФЛ и Лига Европа исфрлен од Втората лига". gol.mk. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "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)

[table_hth_BOR0.2743518186148-4] Head-to-head record: Borec 4 pts, Bregalnica 4 pts; away goals: Borec 2 goals, Bregalnica 1 goal.

[table_note_TIK0.2743518186148-5] Tikvesh were one point because their U18 team got disqualified.

[table_note_PBD0.2743518186148-7] Pobeda Valandovo were deducted one point because their U17 & U16 teams got disqualified.^[4]

[table_note_HOR0.2743518186148-9] Horizont Turnovo were expelled from the league for not paying participation fee for the league.^[5]

[table_note_BOR_TUR0.68429483784563-11] Matches awarded due to expulsion of Horizont Turnovo.

[table_note_KOZ_TIK0.68429483784563-13] Match was originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Kozhuf because was Tikvesh not used enough number of youth players.^[7]

[table_note_NOV0.093325007750338-14] Novaci 2005 were deducted one point because their youth teams got disqualified.^[4]

[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] "Од сезоната 2017/18, Прва лига со четирикружен систем, Втора лига поделена на Исток и Запад". Ekipa.mk. 5 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

[b-6] "ФФМ им одзеде по еден бод на второлигашите Победа Валандово и Новаци". gol.mk. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[8] "Поранешниот хит во ПМФЛ и Лига Европа исфрлен од Втората лига". gol.mk. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[rules-10] "Пропозиции за натпреварување во Втора МФЛ Исток и Втора МФЛ Запад" (PDF). FFM.mk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[12] "Правдата задоволена: Кожуф со службен резултат од 3-0 го доби Тиквеш". gol.mk. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

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2017–18 Macedonian Second Football League

Contents

East[]

Participating teams[]

League table[]

Results[]

Matches 1–18[]

Matches 19–27[]

West[]

Participating teams[]

League table[]

Results[]

Matches 1–18[]

Matches 19–27[]

Promotion play-offs[]

Semi-final[]

Final[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]