2016–17 Macedonian Second Football League

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]

Macedonian Second League
Season2016–17
ChampionsAkademija Pandev
PromotedAkademija Pandev
Skopje
RelegatedMetalurg
Vardar Negotino
Matches played135
Goals scored335 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerZoran Baldovaliev
(20 goals)
Biggest home winAkademija Pandev 7–0 Tikvesh
Biggest away winNovaci 0–4 Horizont Turnovo
Highest scoringAkademija Pandev 7–0 Tikvesh
Novaci 2–5 Akademija Pandev
Longest winning run10 games
Akademija Pandev
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Akademija Pandev
Longest winless run13 games
Metalurg
Longest losing run5 games
Metalurg

Participating teams

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 28 +11 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 30 29 +1 35
6 Vëllazërimi 77 27 8 8 11 33 36 3 32
7 Teteks 27 7 7 13 16 29 13 28
8 Tikvesh 27 9 1 17 25 53 28 28
9 Metalurg (R) 27 7 5 15 29 48 19 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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Promotion play-off

First Leg

Shkupi4–1Novaci
Adem  12'
Grozdanoski  16' (o.g.)
Mbella  31'
Arif  74'
Report Naumoski  70'

Second Leg

Novaci1–3Shkupi
Naumoski  63' Report Ismaili  28'
Adem  50'
Mamuti  78'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Stojanche Stojanov (Štip)

Shkupi won 7–2 on aggregate.

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