Second League of Serbia and Montenegro

Second League of Serbia and Montenegro

Founded	1992
Folded	2006
Country	Serbia and Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16-20
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	First League of Serbia and Montenegro
Relegation to	Serbian League Montenegrin League
Domestic cup(s)	Serbia and Montenegro Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup

The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro.

History

Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted of a single league for the first four seasons of its formation before splitting into regional leagues in 1996. In 2004 the league was divided into two groups, Group Serbia and Group Montenegro. In 2005, Second League was split into the Serbian First League and the Montenegrin First League, one year before the split of the country.

From 1992 to 1996, the division was split into two groups of 10; Group A (known as IIA) for the top seeded teams and Group B (IIB) for the other teams. After the first half of the season, when all teams have played each other twice in their respective group, the bottom four teams of the IIA group are replaced with the top four teams of IIB for the second half of the season. At the end of the season, performance-based bonus points are applied and the standings from both groups are collated to determine the champions, promotion and relegation, and which group the remaining teams will start next season in.

The two-group format was scrapped in 1996 and the division was split geographically into parallel leagues, starting with Eastern and Western sections until 1999. A Northern section was included to the tier in 1999 and in 2000, a Southern section was added containing only Montenegrin teams.

List of champions

1992–1996: Second League

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1992–93	Jastrebac Niš (1)	Sloboda Užice	Rudar Pljevlja
1993–94	Borac Čačak (1)	Obilić	Novi Pazar
1994–95	Mladost Lučani  (1)	Čukarički	Mladost Bački Jarak
1995–96	Budućnost Valjevo (1)	OFK Kikinda	Železnik

1996–1999: Second League – East / West

Season	Region	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1996–97	East	Priština (1)	Palilulac Beograd	Radnički Pirot
	West	Sartid Smederevo	Radnički Kragujevac	Čelik Nikšić
1997–98	East	Milicionar (1)	Zvezdara	Mladost Apatin
	West	Mogren	Čelik Nikšić	Mladi Radnik
1998–99	East	Čukarički (1)	Hajduk Beograd	Zvezdara
	West	Borac Čačak (2)	Sutjeska Nikšić	Bane

1999–2000: Second League – North / East / West

Season	Region	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
1999–00	North	Beograd (1)	Novi Sad	Radnički Beograd
	East	Napredak Kruševac (5)	Železničar Lajkovac	Budućnost Valjevo
	West	Zeta (1)	Mladost Lučani	Novi Pazar

2000–2004: Second League – North / East / South / West

Season	Region	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2000–01	North	Mladost Apatin (1)	Proleter Zrenjanin	Radnički Beograd
	East	Zvezdara (1)	Hajduk Beograd	Dubočica
	South	Rudar Pljevlja (1)	Bokelj	Mogren
	West	Mladost Lučani (2)	Borac Čačak	Železničar Lajkovac
2001–02	North	Radnički Obrenovac (1)	Budućnost Banatski Dvor	Novi Sad
	East	Radnički Niš (2)	Napredak Kruševac	Mladenovac
	South	Mogren (1)	Budućnost Podgorica	Mornar
	West	Javor Ivanjica (1)	Borac Čačak	Bane
2002–03	North	Budućnost Banatski Dvor (1)	Mladost Apatin	Radnički Beograd
	East	Napredak Kruševac (6)	Mladi Radnik	Timok
	South	Kom (1)	Bokelj	Budućnost Podgorica
	West	Borac Čačak (3)	Bane	Šumadija 1903
2003–04	North	Radnički Beograd (1)	Mladost Apatin	Novi Sad
	East	Hajduk Beograd (1)	OFK Niš	Radnički Niš
	South	Budućnost Podgorica (2)	Bokelj	Grbalj
	West	Čukarički (2)	Rad	Jedinstvo Ub

2004–2005: Second League – Serbia / Montenegro

Season	Region	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2004–05	Serbia	Budućnost Banatski Dvor (2)	Javor Ivanjica	Rad
	Montenegro	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (1)	Kom	Dečić

2005–2006: First League – Serbia / Montenegro

Season	Region	Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2005–06	Serbia	Bežanija	Mladost Apatin	Čukarički
	Montenegro	Rudar Pljevlja (2)	Sutjeska Nikšić	Kom