2017–18 Montenegrin Second League
# 2017–18 Montenegrin Second League

The 2017–18 Montenegrin Second League was the 12th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 13 August 2017 to 26 May 2018.

## Format of competition

A total of 12 teams participated in this edition of the Second League. The new members were FK Lovćen, FK Jedinstvo and FK Bokelj who was relegated from 2016–17 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - OFK Mladost Lješkopolje. This was the last season of Second CFL with 12 participants, as the participants would be reduced to 10. At the end of the season, three worst-placed teams on the table would be directly relegated to the Montenegrin Third League.

## Teams

The following 12 clubs competed in this season.

| Club | City | Finishing in 2016–17 | Stadium |
| - | - | - | - |
| Berane | Berane | 6th | Gradski stadion (11,000) |
| Bokelj | Kotor | 10th in First League | Stadion pod Vrmcem (2,000) |
| Cetinje | Cetinje | 7th | Sveti Petar Cetinjski (5,192) |
| Čelik | Nikšić | 9th | Stadion Željezare (2,000) |
| Ibar | Rožaje | 2nd | Bandžovo brdo (4,000) |
| Igalo | Igalo | 8th | Solila (1,000) |
| Jedinstvo | Bijelo Polje | 12th in First League | Gradski Stadion (5,000) |
| Jezero | Plav | 5th | Stadion pod Racinom (5,000) |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | 11th in First League | Sveti Petar Cetinjski (5,192) |
| Mladost | Lješkopolje | 1st in Third League - Center | Stari Ribnjak Stadium (1,200) |
| Mornar | Bar | 4th | Topolica (2,500) |
| Otrant-Olympic | Ulcinj | 3rd | Stadion Olympic (1,500) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mornar (C, P) | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 11 | +37 | 68 | Promotion to the First League |
| 2 | Mladost Lješkopolje | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Lovćen (O, P) | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Bokelj | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 56 | |
| 5 | Otrant-Olympic | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 51 | |
| 6 | Berane | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 51 | |
| 7 | Jedinstvo | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 46 | |
| 8 | Igalo | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 45 | |
| 9 | Jezero | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ibar (R) | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 42 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 11 | Cetinje (R) | 33 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 79 | −66 | 12 | Relegation to the Third League |
| 12 | Čelik (R) | 33 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 94 | −80 | 8 | Relegation to the Third League |

* 1 2 Mladost Lješkopolje were ahead of Lovćen on head-to-head points: Mladost 9 pts, Lovćen 0 pts.
* ↑ Otrant were deducted 3 points.
* 1 2 Otrant were ahead of Berane on head-to-head points: Otrant 7 pts, Berane 1 pt.
* ↑ Čelik were deducted 1 point.

## Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home-and-away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

## Promotion play-offs

The 3rd-placed team (against the 10th-placed team of the First League) and the runners-up (against the 11th-placed team of the First League) will both compete in two-legged promotion play-offs after the end of the season.

### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kom | 1–2 | Lovćen | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Mladost Lješkopolje | 2–5 | Petrovac | 0–3 | 2–2 |

### Matches

Lovćen won 2–1 on aggregate.

Petrovac won 5–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Elie Matuoke | Mladost Lješkopolje | 23 |
| 2 | Mehmed Divanović | Otrant-Olympic | 14 |
| 2 | Dejan Pepić | Bokelj | 14 |
| 4 | Denis Džanović | Otrant-Olympic | 12 |
| 4 | Ivan Jablan | Lovćen | 12 |
| 6 | Ivan Asanović | Berane | 11 |
| 6 | Denis Banda | Jedinstvo | 11 |
| 6 | Milivoje Mrdak | Jedinstvo | 11 |
| 6 | Goran Vujović | Lovćen | 11 |
| 10 | Ivan Bulatović | Bokelj | 10 |
| 10 | Filip Kalačević | Mornar | 10 |
