2012–13 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Sutjeska (1st title)
Relegated	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
Europa League	Čelik Rudar Mladost
Matches played	198
Goals scored	485 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Admir Adrović Žarko Korać (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Grbalj 4–0 Rudar
Biggest away win	Lovćen 1–6 Sutjeska
Highest scoring	Zeta 3–4 OFK Petrovac Lovćen 1–6 Sutjeska
Longest winning run	6 games Sutjeska
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Budućnost
Longest losing run	9 games Mornar
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Montenegrin First League was the seventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 11 August 2012 and ended on June 1, 2013. The mid-season winter break began on 2 December 2012 and ended on 7 March 2013. FK Budućnost Podgorica are the defending champions.

Teams

Last season, Bokelj, Berane, and Dečić were relegated to the Montenegrin Second League. Montenegrin Cup winners FK Čelik Nikšić were promoted along with Mornar and Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.

Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League teams

All figures for stadiums include seating capacity only, as many stadiums in Montenegro have stands without chairs which would otherwise be the actual amount of people able to attend football matches not regulated by UEFA or FIFA.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion Pod Goricom	12,000^[1]
Čelik	Nikšić	Stadion Željezare	1,000
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion u Radanovićima	1,000
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	City Stadium	5,000
Lovćen	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	1,000
Mladost	Podgorica	Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg	1,000
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	1,000
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	2,000
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Pod Malim Brdom	530^[2]
Rudar	Pljevlja	Gradski stadion Pljevlja	10,000
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion kraj Bistrice	10,800^[3]
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	4,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić (C)	33	20	5	8	50	31	+19	65	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica	33	17	9	7	57	38	+19	60	Excluded from European competitions ¹
3	Čelik Nikšić !Čelik Nikšić	33	15	8	10	41	35	+6	53	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
4	Grbalj !Grbalj	33	13	12	8	41	21	+20	51	Excluded from European competitions ¹
5	Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja	33	15	6	12	42	40	+2	51	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
6	Mladost Podgorica !Mladost Podgorica	33	9	12	12	39	48	−9	39	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
7	Petrovac !Petrovac	33	8	14	11	36	42	−6	38
8	Zeta !Zeta	33	8	13	12	43	45	−2	37
9	Lovćen !Lovćen	33	11	4	18	36	52	−16	37
10	Mogren !Mogren (Q)	33	10	7	16	33	42	−9	036²	Relegation play-offs
11	Mornar !Mornar (Q)	33	9	9	15	36	47	−11	36	Relegation play-offs
12	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje !Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R)	33	9	9	15	31	45	−14	36	Relegation to 2013–14 Montenegrin Second League

Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Budućnost Podgorica won the 2012–13 Montenegrin Cup, so the other UEFA Europa League spots initially shifted down. Budućnost and Grbalj were excluded from participating in UEFA club competitions for the next season after FSCG denied them an UEFA license.^[4]
²Mogren were deducted 1 point.
(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	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Čelik Nikšić !ČEL	Grbalj !GRB	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje !JED	Lovćen !LOV	Mladost Podgorica !MLA	Mornar !MOR	Mogren !MOG	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica		1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–4	2–0	3–3
Čelik Nikšić !Čelik Nikšić	0–0		0–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–2
Grbalj !Grbalj	1–2	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–0
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje !Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	0–5	0–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0
Lovćen !Lovćen	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–1		2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–6	2–0
Mladost Podgorica !Mladost Podgorica	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–0		2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Mornar !Mornar	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1
Mogren !Mogren	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–3	2–1		3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Petrovac !Petrovac	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0		1–2	1–2	0–0
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–2		0–1	1–1
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0		2–1
Zeta !Zeta	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–4	1–3	1–0

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	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Čelik Nikšić !ČEL	Grbalj !GRB	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje !JED	Lovćen !LOV	Mladost Podgorica !MLA	Mornar !MOR	Mogren !MOG	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica		1–0	1–4		0–3		0–1	1–2	1–1
Čelik Nikšić !Čelik Nikšić				1–2	1–3	1–0				1–1	1–0	4–3
Grbalj !Grbalj		2–3		4–1	3–0	4–1					1–1	1–1
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje !Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	2–3					1–1	2–1			2–0		1–1
Lovćen !Lovćen				2–0			2–0	2–1	0–1			3–2
Mladost Podgorica !Mladost Podgorica	1–2				0–5		3–3	3–1	1–1	2–0
Mornar !Mornar		4–1	3–0					2–1	1–1		1–1
Mogren !Mogren		0–1	0–1	1–0							3–2	1–4
Petrovac !Petrovac		2–0	1–1	0–1				2–2			1–2
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja	3–4		0–2		1–2		3–1	3–2	2–1
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	1–3			4–1	2–1	2–3				1–1		2–0
Zeta !Zeta	0–0					5–0	0–0		2–2	0–2

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

Bokelj v Mornar

5 June 2012
17:30 CEST

Bokelj	1 – 0	Mornar

Stadion Pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Zabjelo v Mogren

5 June 2012
17:30 CEST

Zabjelo	1 – 6	Mogren

Stadion Zabjela, Podgorica

Second legs

Mornar v Bokelj

9 June 2013
17:30 CEST

Mornar	2 – 0	Bokelj

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mogren v Zabjelo

9 June 2013
17:30 CEST

Mogren	3 – 1	Zabjelo

Stadion Lugovi, Budva

Mogren won 9–2 on aggregate.

References

↑ UEFA Multimedia PDF file
↑ OFK Petrovac zvanicna stranica (Serbian) - Stadion pod Malim Brdom
↑ World Stadiums - Countries - Europe - Montenegro
↑ "Saopštenje Komisije za žalbe za licenciranje FSCG - 03.06.2013". UEFA. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

External links

Season on soccerway.com

Montenegrin First League

2015–16 teams	Bokelj Budućnost Dečić Grbalj Iskra Lovćen Mladost Mornar Petrovac Rudar Sutjeska Zeta

Former teams	Bar Berane Čelik Jedinstvo Jezero Kom Mogren

Associated competitions	Montenegrin Cup Relegation play-offs Second League Third League

Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

(Preceded by Serbia and Montenegro Superliga and Montenegrin First League)

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