2016–17 Montenegrin First League

The 2016–17 Montenegrin First League (known as 1. CFL 2016–17) was the eleventh season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. Mladost Podgorica are the defending champions. The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017; the relegation play-offs will follow.

Montenegrin First League
Season2016–17
Dates6 August 2016 – 27 May 2017
Matches played192
Goals scored381 (1.98 per match)
Biggest home winLovćen 6–0 Petrovac
(30 April 2017)
Biggest away winDečić 1–4 Petrovac
Petrovac 0–3 Mladost Podgorica
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2017.

Format of competition
Locations of the 2016–17 Montenegrin First League teams

A total of 12 teams will participate in this edition of the First Montenegrin League. Mornar was relegated to 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League. They were replaced with FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.

This is the last season of Prva CFL with 12 participants. From the 2017–18 season, there will be 10 clubs in the top-tier rank of Montenegro. At the end of the 2016–17 season, the three worst-placed teams in the league will be directly relegated to the Second Montenegrin League. Additionally, the 8th and 9th-placed teams will take part in play-offs against the 2nd and 3rd-placed teams from the Second League.

Teams and stadiums

From the first time in history, championship title from the previous season will defend FK Mladost Podgorica.
Among 12 members which are participating in Montenegrin First League 2016–17, there are 11 members from the previous season – FK Bokelj, FK Budućnost, FK Dečić, OFK Grbalj, FK Iskra, FK Lovćen, FK Mladost, OFK Petrovac, FK Rudar, FK Sutjeska and FK Zeta. New member is FK Jedinstvo, which played their last games in the First League during the 2012–13 season.
The only town which had more than one member of the First League is Podgorica, with its teams Budućnost and Mladost. Except that, two other clubs are from the cities of Podgorica Capital territory – Zeta from Golubovci and Dečić from Tuzi. There are two clubs from the territory of Municipality of Kotor – Bokelj from Kotor and Grbalj from Radanovići.
First time since foundation of the First Montenegrin League, at the start of the season, managers of all clubs were from Montenegro.

Club
 City Finishing
in 2015–16		 First season in
top division		 Stadium Official website
FK BokeljKotor4th2007–08Stadion pod Vrmcem (5,000)
FK BudućnostPodgorica2nd1946–47Stadion pod Goricom (15,230)fkbuducnost.me
FK DečićTuzi6th2006–07Tuško polje (3,000)
OFK GrbaljRadanovići7th2006–07Donja Sutvara (1,500)
FK IskraDanilovgrad10th2015–16Braće Velašević (2,500)
FK JedinstvoBijelo Polje1st in Second League2005–06Gradski stadion (5,000)
FK LovćenCetinje9th2007–08Stadion Obilića Poljana (2,000)fklovcen.me
FK MladostPodgorica1st2006–07FK Mladost (2,000)fkmladost.me
OFK PetrovacPetrovac11th2006–07Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630)ofkpetrovac.com
FK RudarPljevlja3rd1993–94Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140)fkrudarpljevlja.com
FK SutjeskaNikšić5th1964–65Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214)fksutjeska.me
FK ZetaGolubovci8th2000–01Stadion Trešnjica (4,000)fkzeta.net

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost Podgorica (C) 33 17 6 10 52 28 +24 57[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Zeta[lower-alpha 2] 33 19 6 8 38 17 +21 57[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Mladost Podgorica 33 16 9 8 46 22 +24 57[lower-alpha 1]
4 Sutjeska Nikšić 33 15 10 8 43 25 +18 55 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
5 Dečić 33 14 8 11 27 32 −5 50
6 Iskra Danilovgrad 33 14 7 12 29 32 −3 49
7 Grbalj 33 11 13 9 28 25 +3 46
8 Rudar Pljevlja (O) 33 11 9 13 35 31 +4 42 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Petrovac (O) 33 11 6 16 30 50 −20 39
10 Bokelj (R) 33 8 12 13 28 34 −6 36 Relegation to the Second League
11 Lovćen[lower-alpha 4] (R) 33 10 7 16 25 36 −11 34
12 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje (R) 33 3 5 25 20 69 −49 14
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[4]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Budućnost Podgorica 10 pts, Zeta 8 pts, Mladost Podgorica 7 pts.
  2. Zeta were deducted a total of six points for two separate disciplinary breaches.[1][2][3]
  3. Sutjeska Nikšić qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Montenegrin Cup.
  4. Lovćen were deducted three points.

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 games. 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 BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK JED LOV MLA PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj — 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1
Budućnost Podgorica 3–0 — 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 5–0 0–2 4–2 1–0
Dečić 1–3 1–2 — 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–0
Grbalj 0–0 1–1 3–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Iskra Danilovgrad 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–2
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–3
Lovćen 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 — 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Mladost Podgorica 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Petrovac 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 — 1–2 0–3 1–1
Rudar Pljevlja 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 — 1–0 1–1
Sutjeska Nikšić 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0
Zeta 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 —
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
1 – 12
2 – 11
3 – 10
4 – 9
5 – 8
6 – 7		 1 – 2
8 – 6
9 – 5
10 – 4
11 – 3
12 – 7		 2 – 12
3 – 1
4 – 11
5 – 10
6 – 9
7 – 8		 1 – 4
2 – 3
9 – 7
10 – 6
11 – 5
12 – 8		 3 – 12
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 11
7 – 10
8 – 9		 1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
10 – 8
11 – 7
12 – 9		 4 – 12
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
8 – 11
9 – 10		 1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
11 – 9
12 – 10		 5 – 12
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 2
9 – 1
10 – 11		 1 – 10
2 – 9
3 – 8
4 – 7
5 – 6
12 – 11		 6 – 12
7 – 5
8 – 4
9 – 3
10 – 2
11 – 1
Home \ Away BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK JED LOV MLA PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj — — 2–1 0–0 — — 0–1 0–0 — 0–0 — —
Budućnost Podgorica 2–2 — 2–0 0–2 — 4–1 — 0–3[lower-alpha 1] — 3–2 — —
Dečić — — — — 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 —
Grbalj — — 0–1 — 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 — — —
Iskra Danilovgrad 0–0 1–0 — — — — — — 4–0 — 1–0 1–0
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 1–3 — — — 0–2 — 0–1 — 3–1 1–4 — —
Lovćen — 1–0 — — 0–0 — — — 6–0 — 0–2 0–3
Mladost Podgorica — — — — 1–2 6–2 7–2 — 2–0 — 1–3 0–1
Petrovac 1–3 1–0 — — — — — — — 3–1 0–1 3–1
Rudar Pljevlja — — 1–0 0–0 2–0 — 2–0 0–1 — — — —
Sutjeska Nikšić 1–1 1–0 — 0–0 — 4–0 — — — 2–0 — 1–2
Zeta 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 — 3–0 — — — 1–0 — —
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Mladost Podgorica due to match abandonment caused by crowd violence; the match was abandoned with the score Budućnost Podgorica 0–1 Mladost Podgorica.[5]

Relegation play-offs

The eighth and ninth-placed teams in this season's league, Rudar Pljevlja and Petrovac respectively, will each pair off against the runners-up and third-placed team from the 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League in the relegation play-offs, to be played over two legs. The draw was made on 29 May 2017.[6] The two winners will play in next season's top-flight.

Otrant1–0Rudar Pljevlja
Tachibana  14' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Rudar Pljevlja3–0Otrant
Report

Rudar Pljevlja won 3–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2017–18 Montenegrin First League; Otrant remained in 2017–18 Montenegrin Second League.

Petrovac4–0Ibar
Vučinić  37' (pen.)
Kacić  45+3' (pen.), 61'
Pepić  64'		 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Miloš Novović
Ibar1–1Petrovac
Report
Bandžovo Brdo Stadium, Rožaje

Petrovac won 5–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in 2017–18 Montenegrin First League; Ibar remained in 2017–18 Montenegrin Second League.

Top scorers
As of 26 May 2017[7]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Zoran Petrović Mladost 14
2 Goran Vujović Budućnost 12
3 Bojan Božović Sutjeska 11
4 Vule Vujačić Dečić 10
Radomir Đalović Budućnost
6 Admir Adrović Mladost 9
Rodoljub Paunović Iskra
Marko Đurović Lovćen
9 Milivoje Raičević Budućnost 8
Igor Ivanović Sutjeska

See also

References
  1. "Zeti oduzeta tri boda zbog Raja Božovića" [Zeta seized three points because of Raja Bozovic]. Vijesti. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. "Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije – 30.08.0216" [Communication Disciplinary Committee – 30.08.0216.]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 30 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije – 19.04.2017" [The release of the Disciplinary Commission - 19.04.2017.]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 19 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. "First League 2016/2017 - Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. "Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije – 26.05.2017" [The release of the Disciplinary Commission - 26.05.2017.]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  6. "Telekom 1. CFL: Utvrđen raspored baraža" [Telecom first CFL: set order of the play-off]. Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. "Players - First League - Montenegro". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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