2018–19 Slovenian Second League
# 2018–19 Slovenian Second League

The 2018–19 Slovenian Second League season was the 28th edition of the Slovenian Second League. The season began on 4 August 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019.

## Competition format

Each team played a total of 30 matches (15 home and 15 away). Teams played two matches against each other (1 home and 1 away).

## Teams

The key for the 16 teams contesting the league was:

* 1 relegated team from the 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga
* 13 teams ranked second to fourteenth in the 2017–18 Slovenian Second League season
* 2 promoted teams from the 2017–18 Slovenian Third League.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ankaran | Koper | Bonifika Stadium | 4,047 |
| Beltinci | Beltinci | Beltinci Sports Park | 1,346 |
| Bilje | Bilje | Stadion V dolinci | 300 |
| Bravo | Ljubljana | Šiška Sports Park | 2,308 |
| Brda | Dobrovo | Vipolže Stadium | 193 |
| Brežice 1919 | Brežice | Brežice Stadium | 516 |
| Dob | Dob | Dob Sports Park | 300 |
| Drava Ptuj | Ptuj | Ptuj City Stadium | 2,207 |
| Fužinar | Ravne na Koroškem | Ravne City Stadium | 600 |
| Ilirija 1911 | Ljubljana | Ilirija Sports Park | 1,440 |
| Jadran Dekani | Dekani | Dekani Sports Park | 800 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Portoval | 500 |
| Nafta 1903 | Lendava | Lendava Sports Park | 2,000 |
| Radomlje | Radomlje | Radomlje Sports Park | 700 |
| Rogaška | Rogaška Slatina | Rogaška Slatina Sports Centre | 354 |
| Tabor Sežana | Sežana | Rajko Štolfa Stadium | 1,310 |

Note: "Capacity" includes seating capacity only. Most stadiums also have standing areas.

### Personnel

As of May 2019

| Team | Manager | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| Ankaran | Vlado Badžim | Jan Pahor |
| Beltinci | Zlatko Gabor | Jernej Tkalec |
| Bilje | Sandi Valentinčič | Luka Žižmond |
| Bravo | Dejan Grabić | Milan Đajić |
| Brda | Alen Ščulac | Denis Jazbar |
| Brežice 1919 | Darko Karapetrović | Marko Felja |
| Dob | Nenad Toševski | Klemen Kunstelj |
| Drava Ptuj | — | Nastja Čeh |
| Fužinar | Domen Fasvald | Denis Halilović |
| Ilirija 1911 | Krištof Kastelec | Toni Šušković |
| Jadran Dekani | Nedžad Okčić | Luka Stepančič |
| Krka | Borivoje Lučić | Darko Marjanović |
| Nafta 1903 | Anže Stegne | Mitja Novinič |
| Radomlje | — | Igor Barukčič |
| Rogaška | Matej Polegek | Aleš Grošič |
| Tabor Sežana | Andrej Razdrh | Klemen Kariž |

* ↑ After Nikola Jaroš was sacked in April 2019, Andrej Kvas became the temporary head coach until the end of the season.
* ↑ Officially listed as manager by the Football Association since Marián Sluka, the manager of Nafta, did not have a proper manager licence.
* ↑ After Muamer Vugdalić was sacked in April 2019, Dušan Balutto became the temporary head coach until the end of the season.

## League table

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bravo (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 69 | Promotion to Slovenian PrvaLiga |
| 2 | Tabor Sežana (O, P) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 63 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 3 | Radomlje | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 59 | |
| 4 | Krka | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 54 | |
| 5 | Nafta 1903 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | |
| 6 | Fužinar | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 48 | |
| 7 | Drava Ptuj | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 45 | |
| 8 | Dob | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Bilje | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 36 | |
| 10 | Rogaška | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 34 | |
| 11 | Beltinci | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 31 | |
| 12 | Brda | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | Jadran Dekani | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 28 | |
| 14 | Brežice 1919 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 26 | |
| 15 | Ilirija (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 26 | Relegation to Slovenian Third League |
| 16 | Ankaran (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 62 | −35 | 22 | Relegation to Slovenian Third League |

* ↑ Ankaran were deducted three points.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANK | BEL | BIL | BRA | BRD | BRE | DOB | DRA | FUŽ | ILI | JAD | KRK | NAF | RAD | ROG | TAB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ankaran | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Beltinci | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Bilje | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Bravo | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Brda | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Brežice 1919 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Dob | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Drava | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Fužinar | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ilirija | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Jadran | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 3–1 | | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Krka | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Nafta | 6–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Radomlje | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Rogaška | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–7 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | | 1–1 |
| Tabor | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Season statistics

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anel Hajrić | Radomlje | 35 |
| 2 | Papa Ibou Kébé | Tabor Sežana | 24 |
| 3 | Jaka Bizjak | Drava/Nafta 1903 | 17 |
| 3 | Mustafa Nukić | Bravo | 17 |
| 5 | Žan Nikolić | Jadran Dekani | 15 |
| 6 | Luka Cerar | Radomlje | 12 |
| 6 | Matic Marcius | Brda | 12 |
| 6 | Mathias Oyewusi | Ankaran/Bilje | 12 |
| 9 | Matthias Fanimo | Drava | 11 |

Source: NZS

### Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nafta 1903 | 6,250 | 1,200 | 150 | 417 | $−14.4%^†$ |
| 2 | Beltinci | 5,250 | 1,200 | 150 | 350 | $−1.1%^2$ |
| 3 | Tabor Sežana | 5,250 | 600 | 250 | 350 | $+25.4%^†$ |
| 4 | Radomlje | 3,723 | 700 | 100 | 248 | $+14.8%^†$ |
| 5 | Fužinar | 3,550 | 400 | 100 | 237 | $−23.5%^†$ |
| 6 | Brežice 1919 | 3,368 | 425 | 95 | 225 | $+23.6%^†$ |
| 7 | Rogaška | 3,240 | 400 | 140 | 216 | $−8.5%^†$ |
| 8 | Bilje | 2,900 | 300 | 90 | 193 | $+18.4%^2$ |
| 9 | Dob | 2,810 | 400 | 50 | 187 | $+23.8%^†$ |
| 10 | Bravo | 2,750 | 300 | 100 | 183 | $−24.1%^†$ |
| 11 | Drava Ptuj | 2,420 | 250 | 100 | 161 | $−56.1%^†$ |
| 12 | Jadran Dekani | 2,130 | 350 | 100 | 142 | $−19.8%^†$ |
| 13 | Brda | 2,062 | 500 | 50 | 137 | $+34.3%^†$ |
| 14 | Ilirija 1911 | 1,960 | 250 | 60 | 131 | $−31.4%^†$ |
| 15 | Krka | 1,850 | 200 | 100 | 123 | $+5.1%^†$ |
| 16 | Ankaran | 1,470 | 300 | 30 | 98 | $−66.6%^1$ |
| | League total | 50,983 | 1,200 | 30 | 213 | $−23.1%^†$ |

Source: NZS

Note $^1:Team$ played the previous season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Note $^2:Team$ played the previous season in the Slovenian Third League.

