2011–12 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season 2011–12
Champions Budućnost (2nd title)
Relegated Bokelj
Berane
Dečić
Champions League Budućnost
Europa League Rudar
Zeta
Čelik (via cup)
Matches played 198
Goals scored 497 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer Admir Adrović (22)
Biggest home win Budućnost 6-0 Mladost
Biggest away win Bokelj 0-5 Mogren
Highest scoring Rudar 6-2 Bokelj

2011–12 Montenegrin First League is the sixth season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 6 August 2011 and will end at a yet unknown date in 2012, with a winter break beginning on 8 December 2011. Mogren are the defending champions.

Teams

Bar were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th at the end of last season; the club returned to the second level after just one year. Their place was taken by 2010–11 Second League champions Bokelj, who returned to the top league of Montenegro after an absence of three seasons.

10th-placed Mornar and 11th-placed Sutjeska had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Sutjeska kept their place in the First League by beating Second League runners-up Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 1–0 on aggregate. On the other hand, Mornar were relegated after losing to Second League third-placed team FK Berane on away goals; the two-leg affair ended 1–1. Berane thus made their immediate return to the league, while Mornar were relegated after two seasons in the top flight.

Location of teams in 2010–11 Montenegrin First League
Team City Stadium Capacity
Berane Berane Gradski Stadion Berane 9,000
Bokelj Kotor Stadion pod Vrmcem 3,000
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 12,000
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,000
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion u Radanovićima 1,000
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 1,000
Mladost Podgorica Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg 1,000
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 2,000
OFK Petrovac Petrovac Stadion Pod Malim Brdom 1,000
Rudar Pljevlja Gradski stadion Pljevlja 7,000
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 11,000
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost Podgorica (C) 33 25 5 3 82 27+55 80 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Rudar Pljevlja (Q) 33 23 8 2 60 20+40 77 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Zeta (Q) 33 17 9 7 55 40+15 60
4 Mogren 33 15 9 9 54 37+17 54
5 Petrovac 33 13 9 11 36 393 48
6 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 34 428 40
7 Mladost Podgorica 33 10 7 16 32 4513 37
8 Sutjeska Nikšić 33 9 9 15 29 367 36
9 Grbalj 33 9 7 17 28 4921 34
10 Dečić (R) 33 10 4 19 34 5117 34 Relegation play-offs
11 Berane (R) 33 8 5 20 32 5422 0282
12 Bokelj (R) 33 5 6 22 21 5736 21 Relegation to 2012–13 Montenegrin Second League

Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 The winners of the 2011–12 Montenegrin Cup, FK Čelik Nikšić (playing in the Montenegrin Second League), will also qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

The schedule consisted 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 were then 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 BER BOK BUDDEČGRBLOVMLAMOGPETRUDSUTZET
Berane 10 01 20 13 21 01 24 22 00 11 23
Bokelj 20 01 13 10 11 03 03 00 12 02 21
Budućnost Podgorica 31 11 50 31 40 31 12 51 02 20 50
Dečić 302 01 13 31 30 10 11 23 12 10 13
Grbalj 10 21 13 20 00 12 11 03 01 20 01
Lovćen 11 21 02 00 00 02 01 02 13 20 00
Mladost Podgorica 02 10 01 10 20 22 11 01 02 22 04
Mogren 20 21 12 51 01 20 11 11 11 21 22
Petrovac 21 20 11 10 21 32 00 12 02 00 12
Rudar Pljevlja 10 41 22 10 30 11 30 20 21 00 10
Sutjeska Nikšić 01 10 23 12 03 00 00 00 20 01 01
Zeta 23 11 02 10 00 30 21 00 10 41 00

Updated to games played on 14 March 2012.
Source: fscg.co.me
1 ^ The 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 ╲ Away BER BOK BUDDEČGRBLOVMLAMOGPETRUDSUTZET
Berane 01 11 13 12 20
Bokelj 01 12 11 05 01
Budućnost Podgorica 31 033 60 11 30 22
Dečić 10 10 20 00 22
Grbalj 04 21 10 11 04
Lovćen 20 11 31 20 10
Mladost Podgorica 41 20 41 13 01 00
Mogren 13 30 12 21 12 23
Petrovac 14 13 10 10 01 11
Rudar Pljevlja 31 62 10 12 41 00
Sutjeska Nikšić 20 20 20 03 42
Zeta 42 30 31 32 20 03

Updated to games played on pre-season.
Source: fscg.co.me
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

First legs

3 June 2012
17:30 CEST
Dečić 0 – 0 Jedinstvo

3 June 2012
17:30 CEST
Berane 1 – 2 Mornar
Tomović  7'  10' Jovović
 68' Vojvodić

Second legs

7 June 2012
17:30 CEST
Jedinstvo 2 – 0 Dečić
Gojačanin  21'
Gojačanin  42'

7 June 2012
17:30 CEST
Mornar 3 – 0 Berane
Metović  8'
Metović  26'
Jovančov  33'

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