Scotland II Division: http://football-journey.com/
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The Western Second Division
was very similar to the Eastern one, with only two exceptions: a few
stronger former first division clubs – Celik (Zenica), Spartak
(Subotica), Proleter (Zrenjanin), which were may be temporary weak –
and one team dominating the championship from start to finish. As for
the rest – one absolute outsider, one relative outsider, and 13
fairly equal teams. The last two were directly relegated – Bosna
(Visoko), dead last with 15 points, and Vrbas (Vrbas), 15th
with 20 points. Above them 8 points separated the 2rd from
the 14th. GOSK Jug (Dubrovnik) was lucky 14th
with 28 points – lucky, because they should have been relegated,
but were not, thanks to Maribor (Maribor), 9th in the
final table. Most likely Maribor was found guilty of fixing matches
and expelled.
Svoboda (Ljubljana) finished
8th. Standing from left: Magič,
Milojević, Dimitrijević, Omanović, Huselj, Klemenc, Poljanšek,
Bušić, Zupančič, Šišić.
First
row: Kolarič, Petrik, Protić, Busuldžić,
Kadivnik, Zajnilović, Kerković.
It is not that Svoboda did
anything interesting, but their photo serves rather as a taste what
the second division was made of. Svoboda not even dreamed of playing
top level and most of the other clubs.
With 33 points Proleter
(Zrenjanin) finished 4th. Top row, from left: Vučetić,
Tošić, Dubljević, Pleše, Šarenac, Savković, Karanović, Glišin,
Ezveđ.
Middle row: Vidović,
Gaćinović, Škorić, Zorić, Radosavljević, Geca, Stanić,
Ilijašević, Ivančević, Sitting: Lukač, Radulović, Milivojević,
Mišić, Soldo, Mićanović, Jonjev, Đorđević, Bursać.
Proleter should have been
one of the favourites for promotion, but obviously were at a low
point and not a factor. Dinamo (Vinkovci) bested them by a point for
the third place and Iskra (Bugojno) finished 2nd with 36
points. All this is just for the record – the championship was
dominated by NK Osijek (Osijek), which finished without trouble on
top with 42 points from 17 wins, 8 ties, and 5 losses. The winners
shared the best scoring record with delinquent Maribor – 50 goals
each, bested by Dinamo (Vinkovci) – 51 goals. But Osijek's defense
was impeccable: they received only 16 goals.
Confident winners and much
stronger squad than Teteks' – Meter, Ostojic, and Hukic may not
have been leading players and a bit over the hill, but had solid
reputations. Osijek was no stranger to first division and although
never very strong, they had good chances to last longer than a single
season among the best. Well, judging by this strong season, Osijek
was ready and eager for one more return to the top league.
Sunday, September 4, 2016
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