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

Season	2015–16
Champions	Pobeda
Promoted	Pobeda Makedonija Gj. P. Pelister
Relegated	Gostivar Kozhuf
Matches played	135
Goals scored	296 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kristijan Stojkoski (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Ljubanci 5–0 Euromilk
Biggest away win	Kozhuf 0–3 Skopje Makedonija Gj. P. 0–3 Velazerimi Pelister 1–4 Pobeda
Highest scoring	Skopje 3–3 Pobeda
Longest winning run	7 games Pobeda
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Pelister
Longest winless run	8 games Kozhuf
Longest losing run	7 games Kozhuf
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Participating teams

Skopje

Gostivar

Ljubanci

Kozhuf

Pelister

Pobeda

Teteks

Velazerimi

Skopje clubs:

Euromilk
Makedonija
Skopje

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

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away EGL GOS LJU MGP MIR PEL POB SKO TET VLZ Euromilk Gorno Lisiche — 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 Gostivar 0–2 — 4–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 Ljubanci 1974 5–0 0–2 — 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 Makedonija 2–1 3–0 3–2 — 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–3 Miravci 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 Pelister 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 Pobeda 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 Skopje 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 — 0–0 3–2 Teteks 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 — 1–2 Vëllazërimi 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–27 Home \ Away EGL GOS LJU MGP MIR PEL POB SKO TET VLZ Euromilk Gorno Lisiche — 1–1 — — 1–0 2–0 1–2 — — — Gostivar — — 3–2 — — 1–2 — — 4–1 2–1 Ljubanci 1974 2–0 — — — 0–1 0–0 — — 0–1 4–0 Makedonija 1–0 1–0 0–0 — — — 1–3 — — 1–0 Miravci — 0–1 — 1–3 — — 0–2 1–1 — — Pelister — — — 3–1 3–2 — 1–4 1–0 — — Pobeda — 3–0 1–0 — — — — — 1–0 2–0 Skopje 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 — — 1–0 — — — Teteks 0–0 — — 1–2 1–0 2–3 — 2–1 — — Vëllazërimi 0–2 — — — 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 — Source: MacedonianFootball.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

First Leg

25 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Horizont Turnovo	1–2	Pelister
Pandev  4'	Report	Markovski  23' (pen.), 29' (pen.)

Stadion Gjorche Petrov, Skopje

Attendance: 400

Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Second Leg

29 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Pelister	1–0	Horizont Turnovo
Cvetanoski  62'	Report

Stadion Gjorche Petrov, Skopje

Attendance: 800

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

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

25 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Ljubanci	3–1	Novaci
Hadzija  8', 53', 88'		Veljanoski  24'

Gradski stadion, Kichevo

25 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Akademija Pandev	2–1	Goblen
own goal  31' Zlatkovski  51'		Memedi  16'

Stadion Nikola Mantov, Kochani

29 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Vardar Negotino	3–0	Vardari Forino

Stadion Goce Delchev, Prilep

Second Leg

29 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Novaci	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Ljubanci
Penalties
	3–5

Gradski stadion, Kichevo

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

29 May 2016

16:00 CEST

Goblen	1–3	Akademija Pandev

Stadion Nikola Mantov, Kochani

Akademija Pandev won 5–2 on aggregate.

1 June 2016

16:00 CEST

Vardari Forino	0–2	Vardar Negotino
		Chaushev  24' Najdov  67'

Stadion Goce Delchev, Prilep

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

• 2015–16 Macedonian Football Cup
• 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League
• 2015–16 Macedonian Third Football League

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.

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)