2008–09 Montenegrin First League

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

Overview

Kom
Budućnost

Dečić

Grbalj

Jedinstvo

Jezero

Lovćen

Mogren

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

Location of teams in Montenegrin First League 2008-09

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion Pod Goricom	17,000
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	1,000
Grbalj	Kotor	Stadion u Radanovićima	1,500
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	Stadion Gradski	5,000
Kom	Podgorica	Stadion Zlatica	3,500
Lovćen	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	2,000
Mogren	Budva	Lugovi Stadion	4,000
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Pod Malim Brdom Stadium	530
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion Gradski	10,000
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	10,800
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	6,000

Promotion and relegation

FK 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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mogren (C)	33	23	5	5	62	24	+38	74	2009–10 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Budućnost Podgorica	33	21	7	5	72	34	+38	70	2009–10 UEFA 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	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7	Lovćen	33	10	10	13	23	25	−2	40
8	Kom	33	10	7	16	33	43	−10	37
9	Zeta	33	13	7	13	36	41	−5	0362, 3
10	Jezero (R)	33	9	6	18	30	62	−32	33	Relegation play-offs
11	Dečić	33	9	4	20	23	45	−22	31
12	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R)	33	7	8	18	28	56	−28	29	Relegation to the Second League 2009-10

Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Petrovac qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of Montenegrin Cup 2008–09.
²Zeta were deducted 9 points because of their decision not to include great number of players that have not been injured, ill or under suspension in their lineup in the match against Mogren.^[1]
3Zeta were also deducted one more point due to the incident in their match against Sutjeska. The referee did not want to enter the field and start the game due to threats by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Božović was also excluded from the Football Association of Montenegro.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 \ Away1

BUD

DEČ

GRB

JED

JEZ

KOM

LOV

MOG

PET

RUD

SUT

ZET

Budućnost Podgorica

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 Bijelo Polje

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: fscg.co.me
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
   1 - 12     1 -  2     2 - 12     1 -  4     3 - 12     1 - 6
   2 - 11     8 -  6     3 -  1     2 -  3     4 -  2     2 - 5
   3 - 10     9 -  5     4 - 11     9 -  7     5 -  1     3 - 4
   4 - 9     10 -  4     5 - 10    10 -  6     6 - 11    10 - 8
   5 - 8     11 -  3     6 -  9    11 -  5     7 - 10    11 - 7
   6 - 7     12 -  7     7 -  8    12 -  8     8 -  9    12 - 9

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
   4 - 12     1 -  8     5 - 12     1 - 10     6 - 12
   5 -  3     2 -  7     6 -  4     2 -  9     7 -  5
   6 -  2     3 -  6     7 -  3     3 -  8     8 -  4
   7 -  1     4 -  5     8 -  2     4 -  7     9 -  3
   8 - 11    11 -  9     9 -  1     5 -  6    10 -  2
   9 - 10    12 - 10    10 - 11    12 - 11    11 -  1

Home \ Away1

BUD

DEČ

GRB

JED

JEZ

KOM

LOV

MOG

PET

RUD

SUT

ZET

Budućnost Podgorica

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 Bijelo Polje

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

0–32

Source: fscg.co.me
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The 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]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

Source: [1]

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.

First legs

3 June 2009 17:30 CEST	Mladost	0-2	Dečić	Cvijetni Brijeg Stadium, Podgorica

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3 June 2009 17:30 CEST	Mornar	2–1	Jezero	Topolica, Bar

Second legs

7 June 2009 17:30 CEST	Dečić	0–1	Mladost	Stadion Tuško Polje, Tuzi

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7 June 2009 17:30 CEST	Jezero	0–0	Mornar	Stadion Pod Racinom, Plav

FK Dečić & FK Mornar plays 2009/10 in the Montenegrin First League.

References

1. ^ Odluka disciplinske komisije: Zeti oduzeto devet bodova, Roganoviću godina zabrane vršenja funkcije (Serbian)
2. ^ Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije (Serbian)
3. ^ Bodovi Nikšićanima, Božović prošao nekažnjeno (Serbian)