2019–20 Montenegrin First League

The 2019–20 Montenegrin First League was the 14th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 30 June 2020.[1] The league winners qualified for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.[2]

Montenegrin First League

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 - 30 June 2020
Champions	Budućnost
Relegated	Kom Grbalj
Champions League	Budućnost
Europa League	Sutjeska Nikšić Iskra Danilovgrad Zeta
Matches played	155
Goals scored	382 (2.46 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Sutjeska were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.[3]

Teams

Mornar and Lovćen were relegated at the end of the previous season.[3] After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Podgorica and Kom competed in the league this season.[4]
The following 10 clubs competed in 2019–20 First League.

Budućnost

Grbalj

Iskra

Kom

Podgorica

Titograd

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

2019–20 clubs

Club	City	Finishing in 2018–19	First season in top division	Stadium	Official website
FK Budućnost	Podgorica	2nd	1946–47	Stadion pod Goricom (15,230)	fk-buducnost.me
OFK Grbalj	Radanovići	6th	2006–07	Stadion Donja Sutvara (1,500)	ofkgrbalj.me
FK Iskra	Danilovgrad	5th	2015–16	Braća Velašević Stadium (2,500)
FK Kom	Podgorica	2nd in Second League	2003–04	Stadion Zlatica (1,200)
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	7th	2006–07	Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630)	ofkpetrovac.com
FK Podgorica	Podgorica	1st in Second League	2019–20	DG Arena (4,000)
FK Rudar	Pljevlja	8th	1993–94	Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140)	fkrudarpljevlja.com
FK Sutjeska	Nikšić	1st	1964–65	Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214)	fksutjeska.me
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	4th	2006–07	Mladost Stadium (1,250)	ofktitograd.me
FK Zeta	Golubovci	3rd	2000–01	Stadion Trešnjica (4,000)	fkzeta.net

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost (C)	31	23	4	4	63	26	+37	73	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sutjeska	31	15	10	6	57	31	+26	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Iskra	31	15	8	8	43	33	+10	53	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
4	Zeta	31	9	14	8	29	30	−1	41
5	Podgorica	31	8	16	7	34	27	+7	40
6	Petrovac	31	9	10	12	30	46	−16	37
7	Rudar	31	10	5	16	38	57	−19	35
8	Titograd (O)	31	7	10	14	29	38	−9	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Kom (R)	31	6	11	14	36	45	−9	29
10	Grbalj (R)	31	4	10	17	23	49	−26	22	Relegation to the Second League

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.[2]

First half of season Home \ Away BUD GRB ISK KOM OFK PET POD RUD SUT ZET Budućnost 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–1 Grbalj 0–4 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 Iskra 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 Kom 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 Titograd 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 Petrovac 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 0–4 0–2 Podgorica 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 Rudar 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 0–4 1–1 Sutjeska 0–2 5–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 Zeta 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 Source: Soccerway Legend: 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.

Second half of season Home \ Away BUD GRB ISK KOM OFK PET POD RUD SUT ZET Budućnost 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 Grbalj 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 Iskra 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 Kom 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 Titograd 1–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 Petrovac 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 Podgorica 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 Rudar 0–4 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 5–1 Sutjeska 4–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 Zeta 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 Source: Soccerway Legend: 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.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

First legs

10 July 2020

20:00

Kom	1–0	Jezero
Vlahović  90+4'	Report

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Attendance: 0

10 July 2020

21:00

OFK Titograd	0–1	Bokelj
		Bošković  18'

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

Attendance: 0

Second legs

14 July 2020

18:30

Jezero	3–1	Kom
Radenović  43' Drešković  71' Milačić  83'		Golubović  57'

Stadion Pod Racinom, Plav

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.

14 July 2020

18:30

Bokelj	0–1	OFK Titograd
		Novović  63'
Penalties
Stevović Bakić Sekulović Babić Poček Marveggio	4–5	Novović Adrović Roganović Muzurović Bojović Banović

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

OFK Titograd won on penalties.

See also

• Montenegrin First League

References

1. "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
2. "First League". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
4. "Second League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

External links

• UEFA
• FSCG