1966–67 Montenegrin Republic League

Montenegrin Republic League
Season1966–67
DatesAugust 1966 – May 1967
ChampionsTitograd
Relegated
Matches played121
Goals scored466 (3.85 per match)

The 1966–67 Montenegrin Republic League was 22nd season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season started in August 1966 and finished in May 1967.[1]

Season

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Locations of the 1966–67 Montenegrin Republic League teams

After the season 1965–66, Football Association of Montenegro decided to expand a number of participants from 10 to 12.[2] So, the new members of Montenegrin Republic League became Mornar, Spuž and Čelik.[3]
At the end of 22 weeks long competition, OFK Titograd won the title. Team from the capital were equalised with the second-placed Rudar, but they scored more goals during the season. With that result, OFK Titograd participated in the qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League.
After the autumn stage, Arsenal withdrawn from competition due to technical difficulties. Except them, from league was relegated 11th-placed Brskovo.[4]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Titograd (C, Q) 21 16 4 1 67 14 +53 36
2 Rudar 21 16 4 1 58 14 +44 36
3 Jedinstvo 21 11 6 4 44 25 +19 28
4 Čelik 21 9 6 6 48 22 +26 24
5 Mornar 21 10 3 8 42 35 +7 23
6 Bokelj 21 11 1 9 48 46 +2 23
7 Iskra 21 8 3 10 46 52 −6 19
8 Ivangrad 21 7 2 12 32 47 −15 16
9 Dečić 21 4 7 10 29 62 −33 15
10 Spuž 21 5 2 14 28 50 −22 12
11 Brskovo (R) 21 1 7 13 17 52 −35 9
12 Arsenal (R) 11 0 1 10 7 45 −38 1
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Place in qualifiers for 1967–68 Yugoslav Second League – East; (R) Relegated

Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League

Titograd played in the qualifiers for 1967–68 Second League – East. Their opponent was a winner of Republic League of SR Macedonia – Bregalnica Štip. Montenegrin team was eliminated.

Team 1 Team 2 Home Away
OFK Titograd Bregalnica Štip
1:0
1:3

Higher leagues

On season 1966–67, three Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.[5] Sutjeska participated in 1966–67 Yugoslav First League,[6] while Budućnost and Lovćen played in 1966–67 Yugoslav Second League.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946–2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. ^ Godišnjak Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije, Beograd, ISSN 0351-2894
  3. ^ "U susret stogodišnjici fudbala u Baru (9.): "Novija" istorija Mornara". www.barskiportal.com.
  4. ^ Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925–1985, Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
  5. ^ "FSG".
  6. ^ "Yugoslavia – List of Final Tables". RSSSF.
  7. ^ "1966-1967". July 1, 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.