The 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from 14 August 2016 to May 2017.
Format of competition A total of 12 teams participate in this edition of the Second League. New members are FK Mornar Bar who was relegated from 2015–16 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - FK Čelik Nikšić and FK Otrant-Olympic Ulcinj.
Teams
The following 12 clubs competed in this season. ClubCityFinishing in 2015–16StadiumBerane4thGradski stadion (11,000)Cijevna3rdStadion Bratstva (500)Cetinje2ndStadion Obilića Poljana (2,000)Nikšić1st in Third League - Center Stadion Željezare (2,000)Podgorica7thCamp FSCG (1,250)Rožaje 8thBandžovo brdo (4,000)Igalo 9th Solila (1,000)Plav 10th Stadion pod Racinom (5,000)Podgorica 5thZlatica (1,000)Bar12th in First League Topolica (2,500)Ulcinj1st in Third League - South Stadion Olympic (1,500)Berane6th Gradski stadion (11,000)
League table
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.
First and second round
Third round
Promotion play-offs The runners-up and third-placed team in this season's league, Rudar Pljevlja and Petrovac respectively, will each pair off against the eighth and ninth-placed teams from the 2016–17 Montenegrin First League in the relegation play-offs, to be played over two legs. The draw was made on 29 May 2017. The two winners will play in next season's top-flight.
Summary
Matches
Petrovac won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rudar won 3–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Stefan MiloševićKom212 Miloš ĐalacKom153 Božo MarkovićČelik134 Filip ĆipranićIbar12 Siniša StanisavićJezero6 Halil MuharemovićOtrant-Olympic11 Božo OsmajlićBerane8 Denis DžanovićMornar10 Zoran NišavićBerane10 Yevgen RadionovRadnički9
References
External links Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site