2017 Serbian White Eagles FC season

Serbian White Eagles FC 2017 football season

Serbian White Eagles FC2017 season

President| Dragan Bakoč
Head Coach| Uroš Stamatović
CSL| Semifinals
Top goalscorer| Đorđe Jočić
(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

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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

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### Roster

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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

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–  | FW |  MNE | Luka Bojić
–  | DF |  SRB | Vitomir Jelić
–  | MF |  SRB | Đorđe Jočić
–  | 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
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\-  | 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

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Position  | Staff

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Head coach  | Uros Stamatović
Fitness coach  | Vesna Altarac
President  | Dragan Bakoc

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

## Competitions

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### Canadian Soccer League

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Main article: 2017 Canadian Soccer League season

#### League table

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##### First Division

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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Overall | Home | Away

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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

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Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14

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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

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Serbian White Eagles v SC Waterloo May 26 |  Serbian White Eagles | 1–1|  SC Waterloo | Toronto, Ontario

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| Jočić 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

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| Pešić 31'
Jočić 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

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| Jočić 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

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| Vukovic 86' | Report | Filip Velasevic  13'
Pešić 60'
Jočić 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

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| 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

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| Leandro Aguilar  23'
Lucky Maghori  26',  51' | Report | Vukasin Lukic  10',  14'
Jočić 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

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| 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

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| 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

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| 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

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|  | Report | Ivan Nikolić  21',  26'
Vukomanović 51'
Jočić 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

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|  | Report |  | Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 100

Serbian White Eagles v Milton SC August 18 |  Serbian White Eagles | 8–1|  Milton SC | Toronto, Ontario

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| Milos Ljubenović  7'
Jočić 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

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| 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

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|  | Report | Milan Kušić
Pešić ,  | Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

#### League table

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##### Second Division

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

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Overall | Home | Away

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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

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Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14

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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

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### Goals and assists

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Correct as of November 2, 2017[9][10]

First Division Goals  | Pos.  | Playing Pos.  | Nation  | Name  | Appearances  | Goals

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1  | MF  |  | Đorđe Jočić | 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

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1  | DF  |  | Vitomir Jelić | 7  | 4
2  | FW  |  | Luka Bojić  | 4  | 3
FW  |  | Ivan Nikolic  | 5  | 3
4  | MF  |  | Đorđe Jočić | 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

## References

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1. ^ Adamson, Stan. "EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
2. ^ "Српски Бели Орлови - Serbian White Eagles FC - Toronto". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
3. ^ "Serbian White Eagles FC - Toronto - Canadian Soccer League". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
4. ^ "Српски Бели Орлови - Serbian White Eagles FC - Toronto". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
5. ^ Adamson, Stan. "SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES FIRST DEFEAT…….York Region Shooters take over top position | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
6. ^ "Српски Бели Орлови - Serbian White Eagles FC - Toronto". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
7. ^ Adamson, Stan. "SHOOTERS vs SCARBOROUGH FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
8. ^ "Serbian White Eagles FC - Toronto - Canadian Soccer League". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
9. ^ "2017 Second Division Stats | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
10. ^ "2017 First Division Stats | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

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General|

* History
* Head coaches

Venues|

* Stanley Park Stadium (1968–73
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Women's Leagues|

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*[MF]: Midfielder
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Wins
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*[GF]: Goals for
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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points