2016–17 Slovenian Second League

Slovenian Second League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Triglav Kranj
Promoted	Triglav Kranj; Ankaran
Relegated	Zavrč
Matches played	117
Goals scored	378 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matej Poplatnik ; (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Dob 7–0 Zavrč
Biggest away win	Brežice 1919 1–6 Dob
Highest scoring	Krka 7–1 Zavrč
Longest winning run	10 matches ; Triglav
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches ; Triglav
Longest winless run	9 matches ; Zarica
Longest losing run	4 matches ; Zavrč; Zarica; Veržej; Brda
Highest attendance	1,000 ; Triglav 2–1 Krka
Lowest attendance	50 ; Zarica 0–1 Brda; Krka 0–3 Zarica
Total attendance	21,025
Average attendance	179
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Slovenian Second League season was the 26th edition of the Slovenian Second League. The season began on 7 August 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017.^[1]

Teams

Location of teams in the 2016–17 Slovenian Second League

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Krka and Zavrč were relegated from the 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Brda and Brežice 1919 were promoted from the 2015–16 Slovenian Third League
Radomlje and Aluminij were promoted to the 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
Šenčur and Tolmin were relegated to the 2016–17 Slovenian Third League.

Stadiums and managers

Team	Location	Stadium	Manager
Ankaran Hrvatini	Ankaran	ŠRC Katarina	Vlado Badžim
Brda	Dobrovo	Vipolže Stadium	Anton Žlogar
Brežice 1919	Brežice	Brežice Stadium	Albert Pobor
Dob	Dob	Dob Sports Park	Damijan Romih
Drava Ptuj	Ptuj	Ptuj City Stadium	Simon Sešlar
Krka	Novo Mesto	Portoval	Iztok Kapušin
Triglav Kranj	Kranj	Stanko Mlakar Stadium	Siniša Brkić
Veržej	Veržej	Čistina Stadium	Marko Lešnik
Zarica Kranj	Kranj	Zarica Sports Park	Robert Marušič
Zavrč	Zavrč	Zavrč Sports Park	/

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Triglav Kranj (C, P)	25	19	4	2	64	23	41	61	Promoted to Slovenian PrvaLiga
2	Dob	25	16	6	3	61	26	35	54	Declined to play promotion play-off^[2]
3	Ankaran Hrvatini (P)	25	14	4	7	45	29	16	46	Promoted to Slovenian PrvaLiga
4	Brežice 1919	25	10	6	9	36	42	−6	36
5	Drava Ptuj	25	9	4	12	45	55	−10	31
6	Brda	25	6	8	11	27	34	−7	26
7	Krka	25	7	4	14	40	42	−2	25
8	Zarica Kranj	25	7	2	16	26	53	−27	23
9	Veržej	25	5	6	14	21	45	−24	21	Spared from relegation^[a]
10	Zavrč (R)	9	1	2	6	13	29	−16	5	Withdrew^[b]

Source: NZS (in Slovene) soccerway
Rules for classification: ^[6] 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) away goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) away goals scored in all matches; 8) fair-play; 9) draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ NK Veržej was spared from relegation due to insufficient number of teams.
^ NK Zavrč withdrew from the competition after round 12.^[3] Only the results from the first 9 rounds count towards the table.^[4] They were relegated to the lowest league and banned from promotion to the Slovenian Third League until the 2019–20 season.^[5]

Positions by round

	Leader / Promotion to 1. SNL
	Qualification to promotion play-offs
	Relegation to 3. SNL

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Triglav Kranj	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dob	7	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Ankaran Hrvatini	2	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Brežice 1919	5	7	6	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Drava Ptuj	6	4	5	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5
Brda	4	8	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6
Krka	1	3	2	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7
Zarica Kranj	8	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8
Veržej	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Zavrč	9	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes: Round 15 was the final round before the winter break

Results

First and second cycle

Home \ Away	ANK	BRE	BRD	DOB	DRA	KRK	TRI	VER	ZAR	ZAV
Ankaran Hrvatini		1–3	5–0	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
Brežice 1919	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	4–2	0–1	2–1
Brda	1–2	0–0		2–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1
Dob	3–1	1–0	1–0		4–2	5–1	1–2	0–0	5–0	7–0
Drava Ptuj	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–2		1–3	1–5	2–1	3–0
Krka	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	4–1		1–2	3–0	0–1	7–1
Triglav Kranj	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1		0–0	3–1
Veržej	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–4		3–1	1–1^[a]
Zarica Kranj	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–5	0–2	1–0
Zavrč	1–1^[a]				2–2	1–2^[a]	1–2	5–1	2–2

Source: NZS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Results annulled and don't count towards the table.

Third cycle

Home \ Away	ANK	BRE	BRD	DOB	DRA	KRK	TRI	VER	ZAR
Ankaran Hrvatini		1–0			0–0		3–3		2–0
Brežice 1919			2–0	1–6		2–2		4–1
Brda	1–3					3–0	2–2		1–1
Dob	2–2		2–1			1–0		0–0
Drava Ptuj		2–0	1–6	1–2				3–1
Krka	0–2				1–4		2–3		0–3
Triglav Kranj		4–0		5–1	3–3				3–0
Veržej	4–0		0–0			2–2	2–0
Zarica Kranj		2–3		1–4	2–3			2–0
Zavrč

Source: NZS
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Matej Poplatnik	Triglav	27
2	Rok Kidrič	Dob	19
3	Matej Zemljak	Ankaran	14
3	Adnan Bašić	Drava	14
5	Marko Brekalo	Krka	10
6	Nedo Turković	Brežice 1919	9
7	Matej Potokar	Krka	8
	Nastja Čeh	Drava
	Jernej Leskovar	Dob

Source: NZS

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Triglav Kranj	5,339	1,000	200	445	54.5%^†
2	Brežice 1919	2,710	450	70	208	60.0%^²
3	Drava Ptuj	2,150	250	100	179	−47.2%^†
4	Zarica Kranj	2,100	500	50	175	0.0%^†
5	Dob	1,900	400	70	146	−12.0%^†
6	Brda	1,660	350	70	128	23.1%^²
7	Veržej	1,495	200	75	125	−36.2%^†
8	Krka	1,480	200	50	114	−74.2%^¹
9	Ankaran Hrvatini	1,391	200	70	107	25.9%^†
10	Zavrč	800	300	100	250	−61.7%^¹
	League total	21,025	1,000	50	179	−14.8%^†