2015–16 Macedonian Second Football League

The 2015–16 Macedonian Second Football League was the 24th season of the Macedonian Second Football League, the second football division of Macedonia. It began on 15 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.

Macedonian Second League
Season2015–16
ChampionsPobeda
PromotedPobeda
Makedonija Gj. P.
Pelister
RelegatedGostivar
Kozhuf
Matches played135
Goals scored296 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorerKristijan Stojkoski
(14 goals)
Biggest home winLjubanci 5–0 Euromilk
Biggest away winKozhuf 0–3 Skopje
Makedonija Gj. P. 0–3 Velazerimi
Pelister 1–4 Pobeda
Highest scoringSkopje 3–3 Pobeda
Longest winning run7 games
Pobeda
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Pelister
Longest winless run8 games
Kozhuf
Longest losing run7 games
Kozhuf

Participating teams
Location of teams in 2015–16 Macedonian Second League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Euromilk Gorno Lisiche Skopje Stadion Cementarnica 2,000
Gostivar Gostivar Gradski stadion Gostivar 1,000
Ljubanci 1974 Ljubanci Stadion Gjorche Petrov 3,000
Kozhuf Miravci Gevgelija Gradski stadion Gevgelija 2,500
Makedonija Gj. P. Skopje Stadion Gjorche Petrov 3,000
Pelister Bitola Stadion Tumbe Kafe 8,000
Pobeda Prilep Stadium Goce Delchev 15,000
Skopje Skopje Stadion Avtokomanda 4,000
Teteks Tetovo Gradski stadion Tetovo 15,000
Velazerimi 77 Kichevo Velazerimi Arena 3,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pobeda (C, P) 27 13 8 6 40 23 +17 47 Promotion to Macedonian First League
2 Makedonija GP (P) 27 13 7 7 35 33 +2 46
3 Pelister (P) 27 9 12 6 33 32 +1 39 Qualification to Promotion play-off
4 Teteks 27 10 9 8 27 25 +2 39
5 Vëllazërimi 27 10 8 9 30 30 0 38
6 Skopje 27 9 9 9 27 23 +4 36
7 Euromilk Gorno Lisiche 27 9 9 9 26 29 −3 36
8 Ljubanci (O) 27 9 7 11 32 31 +1 34 Qualification to Relegation play-off
9 Gostivar (R) 27 9 6 12 29 34 −5 33 Relegation to Macedonian Third League
10 Kozhuf Miravci (R) 27 4 5 18 17 36 −19 17
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; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Promotion play-off

First Leg
Horizont Turnovo1–2Pelister
Pandev  4' Report Markovski  23' (pen.), 29' (pen.)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Second Leg
Pelister1–0Horizont Turnovo
Cvetanoski  62' Report
Attendance: 800

Pelister won 3–1 on aggregate.

Relegation play-off

The Relegation Playoff includes 6 clubs (the 8th placed theam from the Second League, as well as the 5 winners of the Third Leagues) which are going to be arranged in 3 pairs, playing on home-away rule. The winners of those playoffs win a spot for the next seasons Second League.[1]

First Leg
Ljubanci3–1Novaci
Hadzija  8', 53', 88' Veljanoski  24'
Akademija Pandev2–1Goblen
own goal  31'
Zlatkovski  51'		 Memedi  16'
Vardar Negotino3–0Vardari Forino

Second Leg
Novaci2–0 (a.e.t.)Ljubanci
Penalties
3–5

3–3 on aggregate. Ljubanci won 5–3 in penalty shootout.

Goblen1–3Akademija Pandev

Akademija Pandev won 5–2 on aggregate.

Vardari Forino0–2Vardar Negotino
Chaushev  24'
Najdov  67'

Vardar Negotino won 5–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 14 May 2016
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kristijan Stojkoski Makedonija Gj. P. 14
2 Blagoja Geshoski Pobeda 12
3 Darko Shterjov Kozhuf 9
4 Benjamin Demir Teteks 8
5 Dario Desnikj Skopje 7
Boban Janchevski Makedonija Gj. P.
7 Jovanche Dunimagloski Pobeda 6
Blagojche Glavevski Pelister
Alen Jasharoski Euromilk G. L.
Boban Marikj Gostivar
Nikola Sharkoski Pobeda
Ive Trifunovski Pelister

Source: MacedonianFootball.com

See also

References
  1. "Битка за Втора лига: Љубанци против Новаци, Академија Пандев со Гоблен". Sportmedia.mk. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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