2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season

Serbian White Eagles FC

2017 season
President	Dragan Bakoč
Head Coach	Uroš Stamatović Milan Mijailović
CSL	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Đorđe Jocić (7 goals)
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The 2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season was the twenty first season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League (including Canadian National Soccer League days).They began the season on May 26, 2017 at home against SC Waterloo Region. ^[1] Throughout the season they maintained their traditional status of an elite club by finishing the season as runners up in the regular season. They only recorded one defeat and achieved the second best offensive record. In the postseason they failed to successfully defend their CSL Championship after losing to York Region Shooters in the semifinals. ^[2]

Summary

The White Eagles entered the 2017 CSL season as the defending champions with Uroš Stamatović returning to manage the squad for the season. Serbia continued its strategy of recruiting seasoned imports from Europe, while also rejuvenating the roster with younger graduates from their youth system. The new additions included Luka Milidragović, Dušan Kovačević, and Ivan Nikolic. ^[3] They also continued fielding their reserve team in the Second Division.

While their on field performance continued to prosper as the White Eagles began the season with a 12-game undefeated streak. ^{[4] [5]} Their only defeat occurred in an away match, while at home they remained undefeated. Serbia concluded the regular season as runners up and was ranked in the top three for the best offensive and defensive records. In the preliminary round of the postseason they defeated SC Waterloo by a score of 5-3. ^[6] Unfortunately they failed to defend the CSL Championship after being eliminated by the York Region Shooters. ^[7]

Players

Roster

As of June 29, 2017 ^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player – FW   MNE Luka Bojić – DF   SRB Vitomir Jelić – MF   SRB Đorđe Jocić – MF   SRB Miroslav Jovanović – DF   SRB Radenko Kamberović – MF   CAN Dusan Kovacevic – DF   SRB Milan Kušić – MF   SRB Miloš Ljubenović – MF   SRB Marko Marović – DF   CAN Luka Milidragovic - DF   CAN Bojan Nedeljkovic

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW   CAN Ivan Nikolic – DF   SRB Zoran Pešić – MF   CAN Milos Rudan – FW   CAN Milos Scepanovic – GK   SRB Goran Škarić – MF   SRB Ivan Stanković – MF   MNE Đorđije Strunjaš – DF   SRB Goran Švonja – MF   CAN Filip Velasevic – GK   SRB Bojan Vranić – DF   SRB Branislav Vukomanović

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Uros Stamatović
Fitness coach	Vesna Altarac
President	Dragan Bakoc

Last updated: December 5, 2017
Source: serbianwhiteeagles.ca

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

Main article: 2017 Canadian Soccer League season

League table

First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Vorkuta (C)	14	10	2	2	43	13	+30	32	Playoffs
2	Serbian White Eagles	14	9	4	1	38	14	+24	31
3	York Region Shooters (O)	14	9	3	2	34	7	+27	30
4	Scarborough SC	14	7	3	4	37	17	+20	24
5	Brantford Galaxy	14	6	0	8	26	37	−11	18
6	Milton SC	14	2	2	10	24	75	−51	8
7	SC Waterloo Region	14	1	5	8	19	33	−14	8
8	Royal Toronto FC	14	1	3	10	20	45	−25	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	9	4	1	38	14	+24	31	4	3	0	17	5	+12	5	1	1	21	9	+12

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Serbian White Eagles v SC Waterloo

May 26	Serbian White Eagles	1–1	SC Waterloo	Toronto, Ontario
	Jocić 65'	Report	Adis Hasecic 50'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vee Venne

Serbian White Eagles v Scarborough SC

June 2	Serbian White Eagles	2–1	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Pešić 31' Jocić 74'	Report	Dimitrov 24'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ramee Arbaji

Serbian White Eagles v FC Vorkuta

June 9	Serbian White Eagles	1–1	FC Vorkuta	Toronto, Ontario
	Jocić 74'	Report	Stepaniuk 93'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Marco Jaramillo

Brantford Galaxy v Serbian White Eagles

June 17	Brantford Galaxy	1–6	Serbian White Eagles	Brantford, Ontario
	Vukovic 86'	Report	Filip Velasevic 13' Pešić 60' Jocić 66', 73' Miroslav Jovanović 85', 89'	Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex Referee: Tony Amaral

Serbian White Eagles v Royal Toronto FC

June 23	Serbian White Eagles	3–1	Royal Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario
	Švonja 43' Luka Bojić 74' Dusan Kovačević 77'	Report	Dario Brezak 9'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ramee Arbaji

Milton SC v Serbian White Eagles

July 2	Milton SC	3–4	Serbian White Eagles	Milton, Ontario
	Leandro Aguilar 23' Lucky Maghori 26', 51'	Report	Vukasin Lukic 10', 14' Jocić 30' Miroslav Jovanović 45'	Stadium: Milton Community Park Referee: Garfield

Serbian White Eagles v Brantford Galaxy

July 7	Serbian White Eagles	2–0	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
	Dusan Kovačević 81' Švonja 86'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Javier Prior

SC Waterloo v Serbian White Eagles

July 14	SC Waterloo	1–1	Serbian White Eagles	Waterloo, Ontario
	Jure Glavina 37'	Report	Dusan Kovačević 30'	Stadium: Warrior Field Attendance: 100 Referee: Tony Amaral

Scarborough SC v Serbian White Eagles

July 28	Scarborough SC	1–2	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
	Stefan Stoiljkovic 55'	Report	Miroslav Jovanović 48' Kamberović 61'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ramee Arbaji

Royal Toronto FC v Serbian White Eagles

August 6	Royal Toronto FC	0–5	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Ivan Nikolić 21', 26' Vukomanović 51' Jocić 55' Miloš Ljubenović 80'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: E. Gustavo

Serbian White Eagles v York Region Shooters

August 11	Serbian White Eagles	0–0	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100

Serbian White Eagles v Milton SC

August 18	Serbian White Eagles	8–1	Milton SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Milos Ljubenović 7' Jocić 30' Vukomanović 39', 59' Miroslav Jovanović 47', 60' Stanković 64', 71'	Report	Peter Edika 15'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Greg Brown

York Region Shooters v Serbian White Eagles

August 25	York Region Shooters	1–0	Serbian White Eagles	Vaughan, Ontario
	Edwards 67'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan of Arc Turf Field Attendance: 100 Referee: E. Gustavo

FC Vorkuta v Serbian White Eagles

September 2	FC Vorkuta	2–3	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Milan Kušić Pešić ,	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

League table

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Ukraine United (C, O)	14	13	1	0	75	10	+65	40	Playoffs
2	Burlington SC	14	10	1	3	44	18	+26	31
3	FC Vorkuta B	14	8	0	6	41	25	+16	24
4	Brantford Galaxy B	14	7	1	6	29	35	−6	22
5	Serbian White Eagles B	14	6	0	8	32	59	−27	18
6	SC Waterloo B	14	5	1	8	26	39	−13	16
7	Royal Toronto B	14	5	0	9	32	58	−26	15
8	London City SC	14	0	0	14	11	46	−35	0

Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	0	8	32	59	−27	18	4	0	3	14	14	0	2	0	5	18	45	−27

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2, 2017 ^{[9] [10]}

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 MF Đorđe Jocić 12 7 2 MF Miroslav Jovanović 14 6 DF Branislav Vukomanović 11 6 4 FW Ivan Nikolic 5 3 DF Zoran Pešić 13 3 6 MF Dusan Kovacevic 8 2 FW Vukasin Lukic 12 2 DF Ivan Stanković 11 2 MF Filip Velasevic 9 2 10 FW Luka Bojić 13 1 DF Vitomir Jelić 11 1 DF Milan Kušić 12 1 MF Miloš Ljubenović 14 1 DF Goran Švonja 14 1 Total 148 38

Second Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 DF Vitomir Jelić 7 4 2 FW Luka Bojić 4 3 FW Ivan Nikolic 5 3 4 MF Đorđe Jocić 1 2 MF Uros Obradovic 2 2 MF Milos Scepanovic 3 2 DF Sasa Vukoje 8 2 8 MF Dusan Kovacevic 3 1 DF Milan Kušić 2 1 MF Rohan Mowatt 4 1 Total 39 21

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