2012–13 Montenegrin First League

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

Montenegrin First League
Season2012–13
ChampionsSutjeska (1st title)
RelegatedJedinstvo Bijelo Polje
Europa LeagueČelik
Rudar
Mladost
Matches played198
Goals scored485 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerAdmir Adrović
Žarko Korać
(15 goals)
Biggest home winGrbalj 4–0 Rudar
Biggest away winLovćen 1–6 Sutjeska
Highest scoringZeta 3–4 OFK Petrovac
Lovćen 1–6 Sutjeska
Longest winning run6 games
Sutjeska
Longest unbeaten run15 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run9 games
Mornar

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 number 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 Donja Sutvara 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 (C) 33 20 5 8 50 31 +19 65 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Budućnost Podgorica 33 17 9 7 57 38 +19 60 Excluded from European competitions[lower-alpha 1]
3 Čelik Nikšić 33 15 8 10 41 35 +6 53 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Grbalj 33 13 12 8 41 21 +20 51 Excluded from European competitions[lower-alpha 1]
5 Rudar Pljevlja 33 15 6 12 42 40 +2 51 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Mladost Podgorica 33 9 12 12 39 48 −9 39
7 Petrovac 33 8 14 11 36 42 −6 38
8 Zeta 33 8 13 12 43 45 −2 37
9 Lovćen 33 11 4 18 36 52 −16 37
10 Mogren[lower-alpha 2] (O) 33 10 7 16 33 42 −9 36 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Mornar (O) 33 9 9 15 36 47 −11 36
12 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R) 33 9 9 15 31 45 −14 36 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. Budućnost 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]
  2. Mogren were deducted 1 point.

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 BUD ČEL GRB JED LOV MLA MOR MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
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 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–2
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 0–5 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0
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 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Mornar 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Mogren 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
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 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1
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 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
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 ČEL GRB JED LOV MLA MOR MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 1–4 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–1
Čelik Nikšić 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–3
Grbalj 2–3 4–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Lovćen 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2
Mladost Podgorica 1–2 0–5 3–3 3–1 1–1 2–0
Mornar 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
Mogren 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–4
Petrovac 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2
Rudar Pljevlja 3–4 0–2 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1
Sutjeska Nikšić 1–3 4–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–0
Zeta 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–2 0–2
Source: fscg.co.me
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
Bokelj1–0Mornar
Stadion Pod Vrmcem, Kotor
Zabjelo1–6Mogren
Stadion Zabjela, Podgorica

Second legs
Mornar2–0Bokelj

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Mogren3–1Zabjelo

Mogren won 9–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Admir Adrović Budućnost 15
2 Žarko Korać Zeta 14
3 Stevan Račić Čelik 12
Marko Šćepanović Mladost
5 Danilo Ćulafić Mornar 11
Milan Đurišić Lovćen
Darko Karadžić Sutjeska
Nikola Vujović Mogren
9 Nikola Ašćerić Grbalj 9
Đorđe Šušnjar Sutjeska

References
  1. UEFA Multimedia PDF file
  2. "OFK Petrovac zvanicna stranica (Serbian) – Stadion pod Malim Brdom". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. World Stadiums – Countries – Europe – Montenegro
  4. "Saopštenje Komisije za žalbe za licenciranje FSCG – 03.06.2013". UEFA. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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