2019–20 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 – 30 June 2020
ChampionsBudućnost
4th title
RelegatedKom
Grbalj
Champions LeagueBudućnost
Europa LeagueSutjeska
Iskra
Zeta
Matches played155
Goals scored382 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Ćetković (10 goals)
Biggest home winKom 5–0 Rudar
(18 September 2019)
Sutjeska 5–0 Grbalj
(22 September 2019)
Biggest away win
4 matches
Highest scoringSutjeska 4–2 Iskra
(28 August 2019)
Podgorica 4–2 Kom
(22 September 2019)
Rudar 5–1 Sutjeska
(29 February 2020)

The 2019–20 Montenegrin First League was the 14th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 30 June 2020.[1] The league winners qualified for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[2]

Sutjeska were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.[3] The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro,[4] then later resumed on 1 June 2020.[5]

Teams

Mornar and Lovćen were relegated at the end of the previous season.[3] After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Podgorica and Kom competed in the league this season.[6]
The following 10 clubs competed in 2019–20 First League.

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2019–20 clubs
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230 Serbia Mladen Milinković
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Serbia Marko Vidojević
Iskra Danilovgrad Braća Velašević Stadium 2,500 Montenegro Aleksandar Nedović
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 1,200 Montenegro Radislav Dragićević
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630 Montenegro Nenad Vukčević
FK Podgorica Podgorica DG Arena 4,000 Montenegro Vojislav Pejović
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 5,140 Montenegro Damir Čakar
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 5,214 Montenegro Nikola Rakojević
OFK Titograd Podgorica Mladost Stadium 1,250 Serbia Zoran Govedarica
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000 Montenegro Dejan Roganović

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost (C) 31 23 4 4 63 26 +37 73 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sutjeska 31 15 10 6 57 31 +26 55 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Iskra 31 15 8 8 43 33 +10 53 Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
4 Zeta 31 9 14 8 29 30 −1 41
5 Podgorica 31 8 16 7 34 27 +7 40
6 Petrovac 31 9 10 12 30 46 −16 37
7 Rudar 31 10 5 16 38 57 −19 35
8 OFK Titograd (O) 31 7 10 14 29 38 −9 31 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Kom (R) 31 6 11 14 36 45 −9 29
10 Grbalj (R) 31 4 10 17 23 49 −26 22 Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Clubs were originally scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.[2]

Home \ Away BUD GRB ISK KOM OFK PET POD RUD SUT ZET BUD GRB ISK KOM OFK PET POD RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost — 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 — 1–0 — 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
Grbalj 0–4 — 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 — — 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 0–2
Iskra 2–2 1–0 — 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 — 2–0 3–0 — — 0–2 1–0 3–1
Kom 2–3 1–1 1–1 — 1–2 3–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 — — — 0–1 — 1–1 3–3 1–0
OFK Titograd 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 — 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 — 2–1 2–3 — — 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0
Petrovac 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 — 1–1 1–4 0–4 0–2 0–1 — 4–1 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 — — 2–2
Podgorica 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 — — — —
Rudar 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 — 0–4 1–1 0–4 3–1 — — 1–1 0–2 0–3 — 5–1 —
Sutjeska 0–2 5–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 — 2–1 — 4–1 1–1 — 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 — 0–0
Zeta 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — — — 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 —
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-placed team (against the runners-up 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
Kom 2–3 Jezero 1–0 1–3
OFK Titograd 1–1 (5–4 p) Bokelj 0–1 1–0

Matches

Kom1–0Jezero
  • Vlahović 90+4'
 Report
Referee: Predrag Radovanović
Jezero3–1Kom
  • Radenović 43'
  • Drešković 71'
  • Milačić 79'
 Report
  • Golubović 57'
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.

OFK Titograd0–1Bokelj
Report
  • Bošković 18'
Referee: Mileta Šćepanović
Bokelj0–1OFK Titograd
Report
Penalties
  • Stevović soccer ball with check mark
  • Bakić soccer ball with check mark
  • Sekulović soccer ball with check mark
  • Babić soccer ball with red X
  • Poček soccer ball with check mark
  • Marveggio soccer ball with red X
 4–5
Referee: Predrag Radovanović

1–1 on aggregate. OFK Titograd won on penalties.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Montenegro Marko Ćetković Sutjeska 10
2 Montenegro Draško Božović Budućnost 9
Montenegro Boban Đorđević Grbalj
Montenegro Igor Ivanović Budućnost
Montenegro Sava Gardašević Kom
Montenegro Velizar Janketić Rudar
Montenegro Božo Marković Sutjeska
8 Montenegro Damir Kojašević Sutjeska 8
Montenegro Boris Kopitović Petrovac
Greece Panagiotis Moraitis Budućnost
Montenegro Stefan Nikolić Sutjeska
Montenegro Vule Vujačić Rudar

See also

References

  1. ^ "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "First League". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Obustavljena sva fudbalska takmičenja". FSCG (in Montenegrin). 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Championship Montenegro will resume June 1". bestsport.news. 9 May 2020. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Second League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.