2008–09 Montenegrin First League

The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Montenegrin First League
Season2008–09
ChampionsMogren
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Jezero
Champions LeagueMogren
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Sutjeska
Petrovac
Matches played198
Goals scored480 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFatos Bećiraj (18)

Teams

Stadia and locations
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 Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski Stadion 5,000
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 3,500
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 2,000
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 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.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mogren (C) 33 23 5 5 62 24 +38 74 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost Podgorica 33 21 7 5 72 34 +38 70 Qualification for 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 56 −14 41 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 23 25 −2 40
8 Kom 33 10 7 16 33 43 −10 37
9 Zeta[lower-alpha 2] 33 13 7 13 36 41 −5 36
10 Jezero (R) 33 9 6 18 30 62 −32 33 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Dečić (O) 33 9 4 20 23 45 −22 31
12 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R) 33 7 8 18 28 56 −28 29 Relegation to Montenegrin Second League
Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Petrovac qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of 2008–09 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. Zeta 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] Also, they were 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]

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 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 Pljevlja 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
Sutjeska Nikšić 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
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 round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 - 121 - 22 - 121 - 43 - 121 - 6
2 - 118 - 63 - 12 - 34 - 22 - 5
3 - 109 - 54 - 119 - 75 - 13 - 4
4 - 910 - 45 - 1010 - 66 - 1110 - 8
5 - 811 - 36 - 911 - 57 - 1011 - 7
6 - 712 - 77 - 812 - 88 - 912 - 9
29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round
4 - 121 - 85 - 121 - 106 - 12
5 - 32 - 76 - 42 - 97 - 5
6 - 23 - 67 - 33 - 88 - 4
7 - 14 - 58 - 24 - 79 - 3
8 - 1111 - 99 - 15 - 610 - 2
9 - 1012 - 1010 - 1112 - 1111 - 1
Home \ Away 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 Pljevlja 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sutjeska Nikšić 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
Zeta 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Source: fscg.co.me
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The 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]

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
Mladost0-2Dečić
Cvijetni Brijeg Stadium, Podgorica
Mornar2–1Jezero
Topolica, Bar

Second legs
Dečić0–1Mladost
Jezero0–0Mornar

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

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

Source:

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