2008–09 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season 2008–09
Champions Mogren
1st title
Relegated Jedinstvo
Jezero
Champions League Rudar
Europa League Budućnost
Mogren
Sutjeska
Petrovac
Matches played 198
Goals scored 480 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Fatos Bećiraj (18)

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

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 Nikšić 33 18 9 6 45 23+22 63
4 Grbalj 33 15 5 13 47 34+13 50
5 Rudar Pljevlja 33 12 5 16 39 37+2 41
6 Petrovac 33 12 5 16 42 5614 41 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 23 252 40
8 Kom 33 10 7 16 33 4310 37
9 Zeta 33 13 7 13 36 415 0362, 3
10 Jezero (R) 33 9 6 18 30 6232 33 Relegation play-offs
11 Dečić 33 9 4 20 23 4522 31
12 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R) 33 7 8 18 28 5628 29 Relegation to 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 docked 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 docked 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; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.


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 GRBJEDJEZKOMLOVMOGPETRUDSUTZET
Budućnost Podgorica 31 22 41 30 30 11 12 51 43 32 30
Dečić 02 02 12 10 21 02 02 14 10 10 01
Grbalj 21 20 21 30 10 00 21 31 21 20 12
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 12 10 21 01 00 01 00 21 00 22 00
Jezero 11 10 10 01 01 21 16 13 14 21 11
Kom 01 11 10 21 00 00 20 11 31 00 22
Lovćen 30 20 11 21 00 20 11 10 02 00 10
Mogren 10 20 10 60 21 21 20 11 43 01 20
Petrovac 02 21 02 11 51 20 10 14 10 11 02
Rudar Pljevlja 01 10 10 10 30 02 10 12 21 12 10
Sutjeska Nikšić 00 20 10 10 10 21 10 21 20 32 12
Zeta 32 21 11 41 02 23 21 12 12 10 10

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 BUD DEČ GRBJEDJEZKOMLOVMOGPETRUDSUTZET
Budućnost Podgorica 20 60 61 11 11 10
Dečić 20 10 21 21 20
Grbalj 12 22 40 10 02 41
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 12 31 11 11 12
Jezero 22 12 42 42 10
Kom 12 43 10 21 01
Lovćen 02 00 10 01 11 20
Mogren 23 31 10 20 20 00
Petrovac 31 03 20 03 32
Rudar Pljevlja 60 10 01 00 00
Sutjeska Nikšić 10 21 40 31 20 00
Zeta 00 11 10 10 02 032

Source: fscg.co.me
1 ^ The 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 Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost 18
2 Montenegro Ivan Vuković Budućnost 17
Serbia Predrag Ranđelović Rudar 17
4 Montenegro Vladimir Gluščević Mogren 16
Montenegro Admir Adrović Sutjeska 16
6 Montenegro Igor Burzanović Budućnost 10
Montenegro Balša Božović Mogren 10
Montenegro Mehmet Divanović Petrovac 10

Source:

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
Mornar 2–1 Jezero
Topolica, Bar

Second legs

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

7 June 2009
17:30 CEST
Jezero 0–0 Mornar

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

References

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