2018–19 Montenegrin Second League

Montenegrin Second League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Mladost Lješkopolje
Promoted	Mladost Lješkopolje; Kom
Relegated	Igalo; Berane
Matches played	180
Goals scored	376 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dejan Pepić (Arsenal); (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Bokelj 6–0 Berane; (18 August 2018)
Biggest away win	Berane 0–6 Bokelj; (14 October 2018)
Highest scoring	Otrant-Olympic 5–3 Berane; (7 October 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Montenegrin Second League was the 13th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 12 August 2018 to May 2019. That was the first season with 10 participants.

Format of competition[]

A total of 10 teams participated in this edition of the Second League. The new members were FK Kom and FK Dečić who was relegated from 2017–18 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - FK Arsenal Tivat.
This was the first season of Second CFL with 10 participants. At the end of the season, worst-placed team on the table would be directly relegated to the Montenegrin Third League.

Teams[]

Otrant-Olympic

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Locations of the 2018–19 teams

The following 10 clubs competed in this season.^[1]

Club	City	Finishing in 2017–18	Stadium
Arsenal	Tivat	1st in Third League - South	Stadion u parku (2,000)
Berane	Berane	6th	Gradski stadion (11,000)
Bokelj	Kotor	4th	Stadion pod Vrmcem (1,000)
Dečić	Tuzi	10th in First League	Stadion Tuško Polje (2,000)
Igalo	Igalo	8th	Stadion Solila (1,600)
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	7th	Gradski Stadion (4,000)
Jezero	Plav	9th	Stadion pod Racinom (5,000)
Kom	Podgorica	8th in First League	Stadion Zlatica (1,200)
Mladost Lješkopolje	Podgorica	2nd	DG Arena (1,200)
Otrant-Olympic	Ulcinj	5th	Stadion Olympic (1,500)

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mladost Lješkopolje (C, P)	36	20	7	9	59	34	+25	67	Promotion to the First League
2	Kom (O, P)	36	17	9	10	40	30	+10	60	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bokelj	36	16	10	10	51	25	+26	58	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Otrant-Olympic	36	14	9	13	40	39	+1	51
5	Arsenal	36	13	10	13	34	29	+5	49
6	Jedinstvo	36	11	15	10	26	25	+1	48
7	Jezero	36	13	9	14	32	43	−11	48
8	Dečić^[a]	36	13	10	13	40	39	+1	46
9	Igalo (R)	36	11	10	15	28	34	−6	43	Relegation to the Third League
10	Berane^[b] (R)	36	6	3	27	26	78	−52	18	Relegation to the Third League

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Dečić were deducted 3 points.
^ Berane were deducted 3 points.

Results[]

First half of the season[]

Home \ Away	ARS	BER	BOK	DEČ	IGA	JED	JEZ	KOM	MLA	OTR
Arsenal	—	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–3
Berane	0–2	—	0–6	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2
Bokelj	0–0	6–0	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	4–2	1–3
Dečić	0–0	6–1	1–0	—	0–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	4–1
Igalo	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Jedinstvo	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	3–2	0–0	0–2	0–0
Jezero	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–2
Kom	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–0	2–2
Mladost Lješkopolje	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	—	2–1
Otrant-Olympic	0–0	5–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

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

Second half of the season[]

Home \ Away	ARS	BER	BOK	DEČ	IGA	JED	JEZ	KOM	MLA	OTR
Arsenal	—	2–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
Berane	0–1	—	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–1
Bokelj	1–0	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1
Dečić	1–0	0–3	1–0	—	1–1	4–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–0
Igalo	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2
Jedinstvo	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	—	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0
Jezero	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	1–4	1–0
Kom	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	—	1–2	0–2
Mladost Lješkopolje	1–2	4–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–2
Otrant-Olympic	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–5	—

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

Promotion play-offs[]

29 May 2019

17:30 CEST

Bokelj	0–2	Rudar
	Report	Nya–Vedji 41' Zečević 78'

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

2 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Rudar	2–1	Bokelj
Grbić 11' (o.g.) Vukić 56'	Report	Pepić 9'

Stadion pod Golubinjom, Pljevlja

Attendance: 800

Referee: Miloš Savović

Rudar won 4–1 on aggregate.

4 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Lovćen	0–1	Kom
	Report	Gardašević 3'

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 800

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

10 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Kom	1–0	Lovćen
Gardašević 62'	Report

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

Kom won 2–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Dejan Pepić	Bokelj	16
2	Igor Vukčević	Arsenal	10
3	Dragan Nikolić	Otrant-Olympic	9
4	Rijad Pepić	Dečić	8
	Sava Gardašević	Kom
	Ivan Bulatović	Mladost Lješkopolje
	Anđelko Jovanović	Mladost Lješkopolje
	Mehmed Divanović	Otrant-Olympic
9	Luka Maraš	Bokelj	7
	Vule Vujačić	Dečić
	Miloš Pavićević	Igalo
	Orhan Hajrović	Jedinstvo
	Božo Osmajlić	Jezero
	Ivan Knežević	Mladost Lješkopolje

References[]

^ "Druga liga". FSCG.me.

External links[]

Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site

[table_note_DEC0.3437173153943-2] Dečić were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_BER0.3437173153943-3] Berane were deducted 3 points.

[1] "Druga liga". FSCG.me.

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