# 2017–18 Slovenian Second League

The 2017–18 Slovenian Second League season was the 27th edition of the Slovenian Second League. The season began on 4 August 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018.

## Competition format

Each team played a total of 30 matches (15 home and 15 away). Teams played two matches against each other (one home and one away).

## Teams

On 29 June 2016, the Football Association of Slovenia decided to expand the Second League from 10 to 16 teams for the 2017–18 season.
The key for the 16 teams contesting the league was:
* 1 relegated team from the 2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga
* 7 teams ranked second to eighth in the 2016–17 Slovenian Second League
* The best two teams from each of the four groups in the 2016–17 Slovenian Third League, for a total of 8 teams.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bravo | Ljubljana | Šiška Sports Park | 2,308 |
| Brda | Dobrovo | Vipolže Stadium | 193 |
| Brežice 1919 | Brežice | Brežice Stadium | 516 |
| Dob | Dob | Dob Sports Park | 300 |
| Drava Ptuj | Ptuj | Ptuj City Stadium | 2,207 |
| Fužinar | Ravne na Koroškem | Ravne City Stadium | 600 |
| Ilirija 1911 | Ljubljana | Ilirija Sports Park | 1,440 |
| Jadran Dekani | Dekani | Dekani Sports Park | 800 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Portoval | 500 |
| Mura | Murska Sobota | Fazanerija City Stadium | 3,782 |
| Nafta 1903 | Lendava | Lendava Sports Park | 2,000 |
| Radomlje | Radomlje | Radomlje Sports Park | 700 |
| Rogaška | Rogaška Slatina | Rogaška Slatina Sports Centre | 354 |
| Tabor Sežana | Sežana | Rajko Štolfa Stadium | 1,310 |
| Veržej | Veržej | Čistina Stadium | 405 |
| Zarica Kranj | Kranj | Zarica Sports Park | 315 |
Note: "Capacity" includes seating capacity only. Most stadiums also have standing areas.

### Personnel

| Team | Manager | Captain |
| Bravo | Dejan Grabić | Milan Đajić |
| Brda | Anton Žlogar | Marko Rojc |
| Brežice 1919 | Iztok Kapušin | Dejan Urbanč |
| Dob | Nenad Toševski | Klemen Kunstelj |
| Drava Ptuj | Simon Sešlar | Nastja Čeh |
| Fužinar | Edin Osmanović | / |
| Ilirija 1911 | Stanko Božičevič | Marko Đoković |
| Jadran Dekani | Nevij Finkšt | Luka Stepančič |
| Krka | Borivoje Lučić | Darko Marjanović |
| Mura | Ante Šimundža | Alen Kozar |
| Nafta 1903 | Franc Fridl | Patrik Vöröš |
| Radomlje | Nermin Bašić | Igor Barukčič |
| Rogaška | Ibrahim Neskić | Aleš Grošič |
| Tabor Sežana | Uroš Barut | Klemen Kariž |
| Veržej | Marko Lešnik | Tadej Čuk |
| Zarica Kranj | Brane Pavlin | Blaž Poljanec |

## League table
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mura (C, P) | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 22 | +64 | 72 | Promotion to Slovenian PrvaLiga |
| 2 | Drava Ptuj | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 3 | Nafta 1903 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 28 | +41 | 64 | |
| 4 | Radomlje | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 57 | |
| 5 | Krka | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 | |
| 6 | Bravo | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 49 | |
| 7 | Tabor Sežana | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 48 | |
| 8 | Ilirija | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 39 | |
| 9 | Brda | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | |
| 10 | Dob | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | Jadran Dekani | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 36 | |
| 12 | Brežice 1919 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 30 | |
| 13 | Rogaška | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 27 | |
| 14 | Fužinar | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 26 | |
| 15 | Zarica Kranj (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 25 | Relegation to Slovenian Third League |
| 16 | Veržej (R) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 81 | −58 | 16 | Relegation to Slovenian Third League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | BRD | BRE | DOB | DRA | FUŽ | ILI | JAD | KRK | MUR | NAF | RAD | ROG | TAB | VER | ZAR |
| Bravo | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 9–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| Brda | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 |
| Brežice 1919 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Dob | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 |
| Drava | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| Fužinar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Ilirija | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Jadran | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Krka | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Mura | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 |
| Nafta | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 9–0 |
| Radomlje | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Rogaška | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Tabor | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–3 |
| Veržej | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–8 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Zarica | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Marko Roginić | Nafta 1903 | 21 |
| 2 | Anel Hajrić | Radomlje | 16 |
| 2 | Alen Neskič | Rogaška | 16 |
| 4 | Rok Sirk | Mura | 15 |
| 4 | Vedran Vinko | Nafta 1903 | 15 |
| 4 | Luka Bobičanec | Mura | 15 |
| 7 | Milan Đajić | Bravo | 14 |
| 7 | Amadej Maroša | Mura | 14 |
| 9 | Mustafa Nukić | Ilirija 1911 | 13 |
Source: NZS

### Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Mura | 16,850 | 3,800 | 600 | 1,123 | +37.1%$^2$ |
| 2 | Nafta 1903 | 7,300 | 2,200 | 300 | 487 | −23.7%$^2$ |
| 3 | Drava Ptuj | 5,500 | 1,500 | 200 | 367 | +105.0%$^†$ |
| 4 | Fužinar | 4,650 | 900 | 150 | 310 | +25.0%$^2$ |
| 5 | Tabor Sežana | 4,183 | 400 | 200 | 279 | +24.0%$^2$ |
| 6 | Bravo | 3,610 | 600 | 60 | 241 | +18.7%$^2$ |
| 7 | Rogaška | 3,540 | 400 | 75 | 236 | +81.5%$^2$ |
| 8 | Radomlje | 3,240 | 500 | 100 | 216 | −60.7%$^1$ |
| 9 | Ilirija 1911 | 2,870 | 750 | 70 | 191 | +19.4%$^2$ |
| 10 | Brežice 1919 | 2,730 | 350 | 50 | 182 | −12.5%$^†$ |
| 11 | Jadran Dekani | 2,650 | 400 | 80 | 177 | +51.3%$^2$ |
| 12 | Dob | 2,270 | 400 | 70 | 151 | +3.4%$^†$ |
| 13 | Veržej | 2,180 | 450 | 40 | 145 | +16.0%$^†$ |
| 14 | Krka | 1,760 | 300 | 50 | 117 | +2.6%$^†$ |
| 15 | Zarica | 1,635 | 150 | 60 | 109 | −37.7%$^†$ |
| 16 | Brda | 1,537 | 150 | 70 | 102 | −76.9%$^†$ |
| | League total | 66,505 | 3,800 | 40 | 277 | +54.7%$^†$ |
Source: NZS
Note $^1$:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. Note $^2$:Team played the previous season in the Slovenian Third League.