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
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019 - 30 June 2020
ChampionsBudućnost
RelegatedKom
Grbalj
Champions LeagueBudućnost
Europa LeagueSutjeska Nikšić
Iskra Danilovgrad
Zeta
Matches played155
Goals scored382 (2.46 per match)

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.

2019–20 clubs
Club
 City Finishing
in 2018–19		 First season in
top division		 Stadium Official website
FK BudućnostPodgorica2nd1946–47Stadion pod Goricom (15,230)fk-buducnost.me
OFK GrbaljRadanovići6th2006–07Stadion Donja Sutvara (1,500)ofkgrbalj.me
FK IskraDanilovgrad5th2015–16Braća Velašević Stadium (2,500)
FK KomPodgorica2nd in Second League 2003–04Stadion Zlatica (1,200)
OFK PetrovacPetrovac7th2006–07Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630)ofkpetrovac.com
FK PodgoricaPodgorica1st in Second League 2019–20DG Arena (4,000)
FK RudarPljevlja8th1993–94Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140)fkrudarpljevlja.com
FK SutjeskaNikšić1st1964–65Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214)fksutjeska.me
OFK TitogradPodgorica4th2006–07Mladost Stadium (1,250)ofktitograd.me
FK ZetaGolubovci3rd2000–01Stadion 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]

Promotion/relegation play-offs

First legs
Kom1–0Jezero
 Report
Attendance: 0
OFK Titograd0–1Bokelj
  • Bošković  18'
Attendance: 0

Second legs
Jezero3–1Kom
  • Radenović  43'
  • Drešković  71'
  • Milačić  83'
  • Golubović  57'

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bokelj0–1OFK Titograd
Penalties
  • Stevović
  • Bakić
  • Sekulović
  • Babić
  • Poček
  • Marveggio
4–5

OFK Titograd won on penalties.

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See also

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.
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