2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season
# 2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season

The 2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season was the twenty first season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League (including Canadian National Soccer League days).They began the season on May 26, 2017 at home against SC Waterloo Region. Throughout the season they maintained their traditional status of an elite club by finishing the season as runners up in the regular season. They only recorded one defeat and achieved the second best offensive record. In the postseason they failed to successfully defend their CSL Championship after losing to York Region Shooters in the semifinals.

## Summary

The White Eagles entered the 2017 CSL season as the defending champions with Uroš Stamatović returning to manage the squad for the season. Serbia continued its strategy of recruiting seasoned imports from Europe, while also rejuvenating the roster with younger graduates from their youth system. The new additions included Luka Milidragović, Dušan Kovačević, and Ivan Nikolic. They also continued fielding their reserve team in the Second Division.

While their on field performance continued to prosper as the White Eagles began the season with a 12-game undefeated streak. Their only defeat occurred in an away match, while at home they remained undefeated. Serbia concluded the regular season as runners up and was ranked in the top three for the best offensive and defensive records. In the preliminary round of the postseason they defeated SC Waterloo by a score of 5-3. Unfortunately they failed to defend the CSL Championship after being eliminated by the York Region Shooters.

## Players

### Roster

    As of June 29, 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| – | FW | MNE | Luka Bojić |
| – | DF | SRB | Vitomir Jelić |
| – | MF | SRB | Đorđe Jočić |
| – | MF | SRB | Miroslav Jovanović |
| – | DF | SRB | Radenko Kamberović |
| – | MF | CAN | Dusan Kovacevic |
| – | DF | SRB | Milan Kušić |
| – | MF | SRB | Miloš Ljubenović |
| – | MF | SRB | Marko Marović |
| – | DF | CAN | Luka Milidragovic |
| - | DF | CAN | Bojan Nedeljkovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | FW | CAN | Ivan Nikolic |
| – | DF | SRB | Zoran Pešić |
| – | MF | CAN | Milos Rudan |
| – | FW | CAN | Milos Scepanovic |
| – | GK | SRB | Goran Škarić |
| – | MF | SRB | Ivan Stanković |
| – | MF | MNE | Đorđije Strunjaš |
| – | DF | SRB | Goran Švonja |
| – | MF | CAN | Filip Velasevic |
| – | GK | SRB | Bojan Vranić |
| – | DF | SRB | Branislav Vukomanović |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Uros Stamatović |
| Fitness coach | Vesna Altarac |
| President | Dragan Bakoc |

Last updated: December 5, 2017 Source: serbianwhiteeagles.ca

## Competitions

### Canadian Soccer League

**League table**

**First Division**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Vorkuta (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 3 | York Region Shooters (O) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Scarborough SC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Milton SC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Waterloo Region | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Royal Toronto FC | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 | Playoffs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: September 10, 2017. Source: CSL

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W |

**League table**

**Second Division**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Ukraine United (C, O) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 10 | +65 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Burlington SC | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 3 | FC Vorkuta B | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Brantford Galaxy B | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 22 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Serbian White Eagles B | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | SC Waterloo B | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 16 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Royal Toronto B | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 15 | Playoffs |
| 8 | London City SC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 0 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: September 10, 2017. Source: CSL

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W |

## Statistics

### Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2, 2017

First Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | Đorđe Jočić | 12 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | Miroslav Jovanović | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | DF | | Branislav Vukomanović | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | Ivan Nikolic | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | Zoran Pešić | 13 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Dusan Kovacevic | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | Vukasin Lukic | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Ivan Stanković | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Filip Velasevic | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Luka Bojić | 13 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | Vitomir Jelić | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | Milan Kušić | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ljubenović | 14 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | Goran Švonja | 14 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 148 | 38 |

Second Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | DF | | Vitomir Jelić | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | | Luka Bojić | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | | Ivan Nikolic | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Đorđe Jočić | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Uros Obradovic | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Milos Scepanovic | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Sasa Vukoje | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Dusan Kovacevic | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | Milan Kušić | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Rohan Mowatt | 4 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 21 |
