2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League

Macedonian Second League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Akademija Pandev
Promoted	Akademija Pandev Skopje
Relegated	Metalurg Vardar Negotino
Matches played	135
Goals scored	335 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zoran Baldovaliev (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Akademija Pandev 7–0 Tikvesh
Biggest away win	Novaci 0–4 Horizont Turnovo
Highest scoring	Akademija Pandev 7–0 Tikvesh Novaci 2–5 Akademija Pandev
Longest winning run	10 games Akademija Pandev
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Akademija Pandev
Longest winless run	13 games Metalurg
Longest losing run	5 games Metalurg
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League was the 25th season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second division in the Macedonian football league system. It began on 13 August 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017. It was the last season with the current format, as of 2017–18 season the league will be divided into two groups, East and West, for the first time since the 1999–2000 season, with 10 teams in each group instead of the single league structure.[1]

Participating teams

Skopje

A. Pandev

Novaci

Teteks

Tikvesh

Turnovo

Velazerimi

Vardar N.

Skopje clubs:

Euromilk
Metalurg
Skopje

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Location of teams in 2016–17 Macedonian Second League

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akademija Pandev	Strumica	Stadion Mladost	6,500
Euromilk Gorno Lisiche	Skopje	Stadion Cementarnica	2,000
Metalurg	Skopje	Stadion Zhelezarnica	3,000
Novaci ^1	Novaci	Stadion Novaci	500
Skopje	Skopje	Stadion Avtokomanda	4,000
Teteks	Tetovo	AMS Sportski Centar Tetovo	2,000
Tikvesh ^1	Kavadarci	Gradski Stadion Kavadarci	7,500
Horizont Turnovo	Turnovo	Stadion Kukush	1,500
Velazerimi 77	Kichevo	Velazerimi Arena	3,000
Vardar Negotino	Negotino	Gradski stadion Negotino	1,500

^1 Tikveš, the third placed team in the Third League South, and Novaci, the winner of the Third League South-West, will take the place of Ljubanci and Mladost Carev Dvor, which were declined their participation in the Second League due to financial problems.[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Akademija Pandev (C, P)	27	21	3	3	69	24	+45	66	Promotion to Macedonian First League
2	Skopje (P)	27	16	6	5	43	26	+17	54
3	Novaci	27	13	6	8	39	27	+12	45	Qualification to Promotion play-off
4	Horizont Turnovo	27	9	9	9	37	29	+8	36
5	Euromilk Gorno Lisiche	27	10	5	12	29	30	−1	35
6	Vëllazërimi 77	27	8	8	11	33	36	−3	32
7	Tikvesh	27	9	1	17	25	53	−28	28
8	Teteks	27	7	7	13	16	29	−13	28
9	Metalurg (R)	27	7	5	15	27	50	−23	26	Relegation to Macedonian Third League
10	Vardar Negotino (R)	27	5	10	12	17	31	−14	25

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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away AKA EGL MET NOV SKO TET TIK TUR VRN VLZ Akademija Pandev — 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 5–1 7–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 Euromilk Gorno Lisiche 1–2 — 4–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 Metalurg 2–4 0–0 — 0–2 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 Novaci 0–1 0–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 5–0 Skopje 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 Teteks 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 Tikvesh 1–3 2–1 1–5 0–2 1–2 2–0 — 0–2 1–1 2–0 Horizont Turnovo 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–3 3–1 1–2 — 4–1 0–0 Vardar Negotino 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 — 2–0 Vëllazërimi 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away AKA EGL MET NOV SKO TET TIK TUR VRN VLZ Akademija Pandev — 2–0 4–1 — — 3–2 — — 4–0 — Euromilk Gorno Lisiche — — 3–3 — 0–1 — 2–0 0–2 — 2–2 Metalurg — — — — — — 0–2 — 1–1 0–0 Novaci 2–5 4–0 2–0 — — 1–0 — — 1–1 — Skopje — — 4–0 2–1 — — 2–0 2–1 — 1–1 Teteks — 1–0 — — 0–1 — 2–1 — — 2–1 Tikvesh 1–3 — — 2–1 — — — — 1–0 — Horizont Turnovo 1–3 — 3–1 2–2 — 0–0 — — 1–0 — Vardar Negotino — — — — 1–1 1–1 — — — 0–0 Vëllazërimi 1–1 — — — — — 3–0 3–1 — — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

First leg

4 June 2017

17:00 CEST

Shkupi	4–1	Novaci
Adem 12' Grozdanoski 16' (o.g.) Mbella 31' Arif 74'	Report	Naumoski 70'

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Attendance: 200

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Second leg

7 June 2017

17:00 CEST

Novaci	1–3	Shkupi
Naumoski 63'	Report	Ismaili 28' Adem 50' Mamuti 78'

Gradski stadion, Shtip

Attendance: 20

Referee: Stojanche Stojanov (Štip)

Shkupi won 7–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of 20 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zoran Baldovaliev	Ak. Pandev	20
2	Dario Desnic	Skopje	12
3	Ljupcho Doriev	Ak. Pandev	11
	Andrian Chavoli	Euromilk GL
5	Jani Atanasov	Ak. Pandev	9
	Sasko Pandev	Ak. Pandev
	Aleksandar Nedanoski	Novaci
	Blagoja Naumoski	Novaci
9	Naumce Bakraceski	Tikves	7
	Mario Krstovski	Horizont Turnovo

See also

• 2016–17 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2016–17 Macedonian First Football League
• 2016–17 Macedonian Third Football League

References

1. "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 2016.
2. "Draw for new season to take place on Monday". MacedonianFootball.com. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

External links

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