# 2017–18 2. Liga (Slovakia)

The 2017–18 2. Liga (Slovakia) season was the 25th edition of the second tier 2. Liga football annual tournament in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2016–17 3. Liga | Relegated from 2016–17 Slovak First Football League | Promoted to 2017–18 Slovak First Football League | Relegated to 2017–18 3. Liga (Slovakia) | Dissolved |
| FK Inter Bratislava KFC Komárno FK Železiarne Podbrezová B FK Slavoj Trebišov | none | FC Nitra | Spartak Trnava II Slovan Bratislava II ŠK Svätý Jur MŠK Fomat Martin MŠK Rimavská Sobota ŠK Odeva Lipany FK Haniska | FC VSS Košice FK Dukla Banská Bystrica |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| MFK Skalica | Skalica | Mestský štadión Skalica | 3,000 |
| FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín | Šamorín | Pomlé Stadium | 1,950 |
| MŠK Žilina B | Žilina | Štadión pod Dubňom | 11,258 |
| ŠKF Sereď | Sereď | Stadium ŠKF Sereď | 5,800 |
| FC Lokomotíva Košice | Košice | Stadium Družstevná pri Hornáde | 600 |
| Partizán Bardejov | Bardejov | Mestský štadión Bardejov | 3,040 |
| FK Pohronie | Žiar nad Hronom | Mestský štadión | 2,309 |
| MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Liptovský Mikuláš | Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš | 1,950 |
| MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen | Zvolen | MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen Stadium | 1,870 |
| FK Spišská Nová Ves | Spišská Nová Ves | Mestský štadión (Lokomotíva) | 10,000 |
| AFC Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Mestský štadión NMnV | 2,500 |
| FK Poprad | Poprad | NTC Poprad | 5,070 |
| Inter Bratislava | Stupava | Stupavský štadión | 1,100 |
| KFC Komárno | Komárno | Mestský štadión Komárno | 1,250 |
| FK Železiarne Podbrezová B | Podbrezová | ZELPO Aréna | 4,061 |
| FK Slavoj Trebišov | Trebišov | Štadión Slavoj Trebišov | 2,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Skalica | Jozef Kostelník | Michal Jakubek | Nike | |
| Nové Mesto nad Váhom | Dušan Kramlík | Lukáš Šebek | Adidas | Heraldik Slovakia |
| Inter Bratislava | Jozef Brezovský | Peter Petráš | hummel | |
| Šamorín | Gustavo Leal | Ľubomír Mezovský | Adidas | bitumat |
| Žilina B | Jaroslav Kentoš | Michal Klec | Nike | Preto |
| Sereď | Michal Gašparík | Martin Mečiar | Nike | MH SPORT |
| Pohronie | Milan Nemec | Lukáš Tesák | Erreà | REMESLO |
| Lokomotíva Košice | Albert Rusnák | Patrik Zajac | Jako | BANCO CASINO |
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Jozef Šino | Ivan Lišivka | Sportika SA | VEREX |
| Partizán Bardejov | Ryszard Kuźma | Vladimír Andraščík | Adidas | Bardenergy |
| Lokomotíva Zvolen | Marián Süttö | Igor Kotora | Luanvi | IKM |
| Poprad | Jaroslav Belejčák | Vladislav Palša | Adidas | Ritro |
| Noves Spišská Nová Ves | Branislav Ondáš | Karol Sedláček | Sportika SA | Noves |
| Komárno | Jozef Olejník | Michal Podlucký | Adidas | |
| Slavoj Trebišov | Karol Kisel sr. | Jaroslav Kolbas | Adidas | Deva |
| Železiarne Podbrezová B | Mário Auxt | Erik Hric | Adidas | Železiarne Podbrezová |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Sereď (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 66 | Promotion to Fortuna Liga |
| 2 | Skalica | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Poprad | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 52 | |
| 4 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 51 | |
| 5 | Žilina B | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 49 | |
| 6 | Komárno | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 43 | |
| 7 | Šamorín | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 41 | |
| 9 | Pohronie | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 38 | |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebišov | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 37 | |
| 11 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 36 | |
| 12 | Partizán Bardejov | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 35 | |
| 13 | Nové Mesto n. Váhom (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 32 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 14 | Noves Spišská Nová Ves (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 30 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 15 | Lokomotíva Zvolen (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 28 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 16 | Železiarne Podbrezová B (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 26 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | POH | INT | KOM | LKE | ZVO | NMV | PAR | POB | POP | SER | SKA | STV | SNV | LMI | SAM | ZAB |
| Pohronie | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–7 |
| Komárno | 3–3 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotíva Košice | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotíva Zvolen | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Nové Mesto n. Váhom | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Partizán Bardejov | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| Podbrezová B | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Poprad | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Sereď | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Skalica | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Slavoj Trebišov | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Spišská Nová Ves | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Šamorín | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 2–3 |
| Žilina B | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 20 May 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michal Hamuľak | Partizán Bardejov | 20 |
| 2 | Stanislav Šesták | Poprad | 18 |
| 3 | Adam Morong | Sereď | 16 |
| 3 | Samir Nurković | Pohronie(4)/Komárno(12) | 16 |
| 5 | Rajmund Mikuš | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | 15 |
| 5 | Roman Haša | Skalica | 15 |
| 7 | Kamil Karaš | Lokomotíva Košice | 13 |
| 7 | Goran Matić | Komárno | 13 |
| 9 | Kamil Zekucia | Noves Spišská Nová Ves | 11 |
| 10 | Vahagn Militosyan | Komárno | 10 |
| 10 | Dragan Andrić | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 10 |