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Montenegrin Republic League
Season	1976–77
Dates	August 1976 - June 1977
Champions	Sutjeska
Relegated	Igalo; Rudar; Komovi;
Matches played	240
Goals scored	662 (2.76 per match)
	← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Montenegrin Republic League was the 32nd season of Montenegrin Republic League, the third tier of the Yugoslav football league system. The season started in August 1976 and finished in June 1977.^[1]

Summary

Locations of the 1976-77 Montenegrin Republic League teams

16 teams participated in the 1976–77 season. Among the clubs which didn't play the previous season was Sutjeska and Titograd (relegated from Yugoslav Second League) and three best teams from Regional leagues - Igalo, Komovi and Dečić.^[2]

That was the first time since 1954–55 that Sutjeska, who's traditionally one of two strongest Montenegrin sides, played in Republic League.^{[citation needed]} At the end of season they took out the title finishing four points ahead of second place Titograd.^[3] They also became the first team which won both the Montenegrin Republic League and the Montenegrin Republic Cup during the same season.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sutjeska (C, P)	30	24	2	4	90	15	+75	50
2	Titograd	30	19	8	3	48	20	+28	46
3	Petrovac	30	13	7	10	47	31	+16	33
4	Čelik	30	13	7	10	55	45	+10	33
5	Mogren	30	12	8	10	38	48	−10	32
6	Kotor	30	12	6	12	35	48	−13	30
7	Zeta	30	11	6	13	40	26	+14	28
8	Arsenal	30	11	5	14	40	39	+1	27
9	Dečić	30	11	5	14	44	50	−6	27
10	Tekstilac	30	12	3	15	33	40	−7	27
11	Iskra	30	9	9	12	31	44	−13	27
12	Grafičar	30	9	9	12	27	51	−24	27
13	Spuž	30	10	6	14	42	54	−12	26
14	Igalo (R)	30	9	8	13	26	42	−16	26
15	Rudar (R)	30	9	7	14	33	51	−18	25
16	Komovi (R)	30	6	4	20	33	71	−38	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Higher leagues

In the 1976–77 season, three Montenegrin teams played in the higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.^[4] Budućnost participated in 1976–77 Yugoslav First League, while two other teams (Lovćen and Jedinstvo) participated in 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League.^[5]

References

^ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
^ "U susret stogodišnjici fudbala u Baru (9.): "Novija" istorija Mornara". www.barskiportal.com.
^ Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985 , Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
^ "FSG".
^ "Yugoslavia 1976/77". RSSSF.