2020–21 Montenegrin First League
The 2020–21 Montenegrin First League will be the 15th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season will begin on 15th August 2020[1] and ended in May 2021. The league winners will qualify for a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
Budućnost were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.[2]
| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 August 2020 - May 2021 |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → | |
Teams
Defender of the title is Budućnost, while other teams which participated in previous season are Sutjeska, Iskra, Zeta, Podgorica, Petrovac, Rudar and Titograd.
Grbalj and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season.
After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Dečić and FK Jezero competed in the league this season.
The following clubs competed in 2020–21 First League.
| Club |
City | Position in 2019–20 |
Seasons in top division |
First season in top division |
Stadium | Floodlights | Official website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Budućnost | Podgorica | 1st | 52 | 1946–47 | Stadion pod Goricom (15,230) | Yes | fk-buducnost.me |
| FK Dečić | Tuzi | 1st in Second League  | 11 | 2006–07 | Stadion Tuško Polje (2,000) | Yes | |
| FK Iskra | Danilovgrad | 3rd | 6 | 2015–16 | Braća Velašević Stadium (2,500) | Yes | |
| FK Jezero | Plav | 2nd in Second League | 2 | 2008–09 | Stadion Pod Racinom (2,500) | No | |
| OFK Petrovac | Petrovac | 6th | 15 | 2006–07 | Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630) | Yes | ofkpetrovac.com |
| FK Podgorica | Podgorica | 5th | 2 | 2019–20 | DG Arena (4,300) | Yes | |
| FK Rudar | Pljevlja | 7th | 21 | 1993–94 | Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140) | Yes | fkrudarpljevlja.com |
| FK Sutjeska | Nikšić | 2nd | 35 | 1964–65 | Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214) | Yes | fksutjeska.me |
| OFK Titograd | Podgorica | 8th | 13 | 2006–07 | Mladost Stadium (1,250) | Yes | ofktitograd.me |
| FK Zeta | Golubovci | 4th | 21 | 2000–01 | Stadion Trešnjica (4,000) | Yes | fkzeta.net |
Seasons in top division - including the season 2020-21.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dečić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Podgorica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Iskra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jezero | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Petrovac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sutjeska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Rudar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Zeta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Titograd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Budućnost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | Relegation to the Second League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.