2008–09 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season2008–09
Dates9 August 2008 – 30 May 2009
ChampionsMogren
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Jezero
Champions LeagueMogren
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Sutjeska
Petrovac
Matches played198
Goals scored480 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFatos Bećiraj (18 goals)
Biggest home winMogren 6–0 Jedinstvo
(18 March 2009)
Budućnost 6–0 Jedinstvo
(4 April 2009)
Rudar 6–0 Jezero
(25 April 2009)
Biggest away winJezero 1–6 Mogren
(8 November 2008)
Highest scoringMogren 4–3 Rudar
(27 September 2008)
Budućnost 4–3 Rudar
(18 October 2008)
Jezero 1–6 Mogren
(8 November 2008)
Budućnost 6–1 Petrovac
(23 May 2009)
Kom 4–3 Grbalj
(30 May 2009)
Longest winning run6 games
Mogren
Longest unbeaten run18 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run8 games
Rudar

The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Teams

Mladost Podgorica were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Jezero Plav.

10th placed Bokelj Kotor and 11th placed Sutjeska Nikšić had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Bokelj were relegated by losing 1–0 on aggregate against the 3rd placed team from Second League, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. On the other hand, Sutjeska saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Čelik Nikšić, who had finished in 2nd place in the Second League, also with 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the 2008–09 Montenegrin First League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 17,000 Serbia Miodrag Ješić
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,000 Montenegro Božidar Vuković
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Montenegro Nenad Maslovar
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski Stadion 5,000 Montenegro Aleksandar Jovanovski
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 3,500 Montenegro Saša Petrović
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 2,000 Montenegro Milorad Malovrazić
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 4,000 Montenegro Dejan Vukićević
Petrovac Petrovac Pod Malim Brdom Stadium 530 Montenegro Aleksandar Miljenović
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion Gradski 10,000 Montenegro Miodrag Radanović
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 10,800 Montenegro Nikola Rakojević
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 6,000 Montenegro Milan Đuretić

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mogren (C) 33 23 5 5 62 24 +38 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 21 7 5 72 34 +38 70 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Sutjeska 33 18 9 6 45 23 +22 63
4 Grbalj 33 15 5 13 47 34 +13 50
5 Rudar 33 12 5 16 39 37 +2 41
6 Petrovac 33 12 5 16 42 56 −14 41 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 23 25 −2 40
8 Kom 33 10 7 16 33 43 −10 37
9 Zeta[b] 33 13 7 13 36 41 −5 36
10 Jezero (R) 33 9 6 18 30 62 −32 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Dečić (O) 33 9 4 20 23 45 −22 31
12 Jedinstvo (R) 33 7 8 18 28 56 −28 29 Relegation to the Second League
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Petrovac qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of 2008–09 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. ^ Zeta were docked a total of 10 points over two separate incidents during the season.

    First, they were docked 9 points because of their decision to field reserve players in their match against Mogren.[1]

    Furthermore, they were docked one more point due to an incident in their match against Sutjeska. The referee refused to enter the pitch before the start of the match due to alleged verbal threats by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Božović was also punished with a lifetime ban on performing any functions within competitions overseen by the Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG).[2]

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

Home \ Away BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 4–3 3–2 3–0
Dečić 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1
Grbalj 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Jedinstvo 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Jezero 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–6 1–3 1–4 2–1 1–1
Kom 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2
Lovćen 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Mogren 1–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 2–0
Petrovac 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–2
Rudar 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
Sutjeska 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2
Zeta 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
1 – 12
2 – 11
3 – 10
4 – 9
5 – 8
6 – 7 		1 – 2
8 – 6
9 – 5
10 – 4
11 – 3
12 – 7 		2 – 12
3 – 1
4 – 11
5 – 10
6 – 9
7 – 8 		1 – 4
2 – 3
9 – 7
10 – 6
11 – 5
12 – 8 		3 – 12
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 11
7 – 10
8 – 9 		1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
10 – 8
11 – 7
12 – 9 		4 – 12
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
8 – 11
9 – 10 		1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
11 – 9
12 – 10 		5 – 12
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 2
9 – 1
10 – 11 		1 – 10
2 – 9
3 – 8
4 – 7
5 – 6
12 – 11 		6 – 12
7 – 5
8 – 4
9 – 3
10 – 2
11 – 1
Home \ Away BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 2–0 6–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Dečić 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Grbalj 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Jedinstvo 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Jezero 2–2 1–2 4–2 4–2 1–0
Kom 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–1
Lovćen 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Mogren 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Petrovac 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–3 3–2
Rudar 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sutjeska 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
Zeta 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3[a]
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match of Round 29 was registered as 0–3 for Sutjeska. Actually, the match was not played because the main referee Jovan Kaluđerović was being threatened by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Due to that the referee did not want to enter the field and start the game.[3]

Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mladost 1–2 Dečić 0–2 1–0
Mornar 2–1 Jezero 2–1 0–0

Matches

Mladost0–2Dečić
Report (page 37)
  • Vasić 11'
  • Lekić 82'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Aleksandar Marković
Dečić0–1Mladost
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Dečić won 3–0 on aggregate.

Mornar2–1Jezero
  • Bukilić 59'
  • Jelenić 75'
 Report (page 37)
  • Pavićević 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Jezero0–0Mornar
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost 18
2 Serbia Predrag Ranđelović Rudar 17
Montenegro Ivan Vuković Budućnost
4 Montenegro Admir Adrović Sutjeska 16
Montenegro Vladimir Gluščević Mogren
6 Montenegro Igor Burzanović Budućnost 10
Montenegro Balša Božović Mogren
Montenegro Mehmet Divanović Petrovac

Source: [1]

References

  1. ^ "Odluka disciplinske komisije: Zeti oduzeto devet bodova, Roganoviću godina zabrane vršenja funkcije". fscg.co.me. 7 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije". fscg.co.me. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Bodovi Nikšićanima, Božović prošao nekažnjeno". cafemontenegro.com (in Serbian). 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2021.