Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Country Montenegro
Confederation UEFA
Founded 2006
Number of teams 12
10 (from 2017/2018 Season)
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Montenegrin Second League
Domestic cup(s) Montenegrin Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Mladost
(2015–16)
Most championships Mogren, Budućnost, Sutjeska, Rudar (2 titles)
TV partners RTCG
Website http://fscg.me
2016–17 season

The First League of Montenegro (Montenegrin:Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — 1. CFL; pronounced [pr̂ːvaː t͡srnǒɡorskaː fûdbaːlskaː lǐːɡa]) is the top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 12 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round. The second placed team and the National Cup winner play in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Europa League. The last placed team are relegated to the Montenegrin Second League.

History

Before independence

While Montenegro was part of socialist Yugoslavia, its top league was the Yugoslav First League. From the seasons 1946 to 1992, representatives of Montenegro in the First Yugoslav League were FK Budućnost and FK Sutjeska.

When SFRY dissolved, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed in 1992 and the Serbian and Montenegrin teams played in this league, although it was still named Yugoslav First League. In 2003, the FR Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. Montenegrin clubs played in the First League with Serbia clubs from 1992. to 2006. In that period, representatives of Montenegro in the Yugoslav / Serbia and Montenegro First league were FK Budućnost, FK Sutjeska, FK Rudar, FK Mogren, FK Zeta, FK Kom and FK Jedinstvo.

After independence

In 2006, Montenegro split from Serbia. Following that, the First League of Montenegro is formed as a top national competition.

League consists on 12 clubs which are playing 33 matches during the seasons. From the season 2017-18, number of participants in the Montenegrin First League will be reduced to 10.

By now, 19 different clubs participated in the Montenegrin First League. Most successful was FK Budućnost with two national titles and six seasons as a second-placed club. Like Budućnost, two national titles won FK Rudar, FK Sutjeska and FK Mogren. Another winners were FK Zeta and FK Mladost with one title.

Period 2006-2016

First champion of CFL was Zeta, which won the trophy on championship's last weekend, after the hard struggle with neighbouring Budućnost. Third derby between Budućnost and Zeta in Podgorica watched 10,000 spectators, which is record-high attendance in the history of CFL.
Next season, title holder was Budućnost, with the same number of points as Zeta and Mogren. But, Budućnost had the best score against two opponents from the top of the table. Mogren was third team which won the trophy, on season 2008–09, and year later first championship title in the club history won Rudar.
FK Mogren became first team who won the second champion trophy in CFL. Team from Budva won the title on season 2010-11. FK Budućnost won the second trophy on season 2011-12, with few records as a highest number of points in CFL by single season (80) and highest number of scored goals by season (83).
Sutjeska became the first club which won two consecutive titles of CFL champion. Team from Nikšić won seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14.
At the end of season 2014-15, second title in the club's history won FK Rudar, and next season, at the 10th edition of CFL, the trophy surprisingly won Mladost from Podgorica.
In the period from 2006 to 2016, FK Budućnost, FK Sutjeska, FK Rudar and FK Mogren won two champion titles, and FK Zeta and FK Mladost one. Team which won most points in 2006-2016 period was FK Budućnost (674 pts). At same period, in CFL seasons played 19 different clubs.

Club City Winners Runners-up Winning Years
FK Budućnost Podgorica
2
6
 2007–08, 2011–12
FK Rudar Pljevlja
2
1
 2009–10, 2014–15
FK Sutjeska Nikšić
2
1
 2012–13, 2013–14
FK Mogren Budva
2
-
 2008–09, 2010–11
FK Zeta Podgorica
1
1
 2006–07
FK Mladost Podgorica Podgorica
1
-
 2015–16
FK Lovćen Cetinje
-
1

Rivalries

Main article: Montenegrin Derby

Main rivalry in the Montenegrin First League is between Budućnost and Sutjeska, often called as Montenegrin Derby. First edition of derby in official competitions was played at 1946, and until today two clubs played derbies in the highest-tier competitions of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and, at the new era, in Montenegrin First League.
Other traditional rivalry is between FK Budućnost and FK Lovćen Cetinje, because two clubs are playing important games since the 1920's.
During the first two seasons of Montenegrin First League, there was a strong rivalry between Budućnost and Zeta. Two clubs from the territory of the Capital Podgorica were main candidates for title at 2006-07 and 2007-08, and their match from the spring 2007 attended more than 10,000 spectators at Podgorica City Stadium. That is the highest attendance in the history of Montenegrin First League.
At seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14, there was a big local derby in Nikšić, between Sutjeska and Čelik. At that time, their matches were often attended by more than 7,000 supporters.
In the new period, there was a strong title races between Rudar and Budućnost or Sutjeska and Rudar.

Champions and Top scorers by seasons

By 2006–07 season, six different clubs won the title. Budućnost, Sutjeska, Rudar and Mogren won the trophy twice. The only club with two titles in a row is Sutjeska. Most successful participant in the history of Montenegrin First League is Budućnost, which finished two seasons as a champion, and six season as a runner up.
After the 2006, when Montenegro became an independent state, champions so far are:[1]

2006–

Season Champions Runners up Third place Top scorer(s) Goals
2006–07 Zeta Budućnost Grbalj Montenegro Damir Čakar (Rudar) 16
2007–08 Budućnost Zeta Mogren Montenegro Ivan Jablan (Lovćen) 13
2008–09 Mogren Budućnost Sutjeska Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj (Budućnost) 18
2009–10 Rudar Budućnost Mogren Montenegro Ivan Bošković (Grbalj) 28
2010–11 Mogren Budućnost Rudar Montenegro Ivan Vuković (Budućnost) 20
2011–12 Budućnost Rudar Zeta Montenegro Admir Adrović (Budućnost) 22
2012–13 Sutjeska Budućnost Čelik Montenegro Admir Adrović (Budućnost) 15
2013–14 Sutjeska Lovćen Čelik Montenegro Stefan Mugoša (Mladost) 15
2014–15 Rudar Sutjeska Budućnost Montenegro Goran Vujović (Sutjeska) 21
2015–16 Mladost Budućnost Rudar Montenegro Marko Šćepanović (Mladost) 19

All-time league scorers

Among the top-scorers, most goals in the history of Montenegrin First League scored Admir Adrović. From 2006 to 2016, he scored 76 goals on 189 matches. Below is a list of all-time top scorers. Players in bold are still active in the Montenegrin First League.

RankPlayerYearsClubsMatches/Goals
1 Montenegro Admir Adrović 2006–Berane, Sutjeska, Budućnost, Mladost189 / 76
2 Montenegro Ivan Vuković 2006–Budućnost, Mladost, Lovćen118 / 64
3 Montenegro Žarko Korać 2006–14Zeta134 / 62
4 Montenegro Vladimir Gluščević 2007–2011Mogren101 / 51
5 Montenegro Ivan Knežević 2006–2016Zeta, Mladost, Petrovac, Rudar188 / 50
6 Montenegro Ivan Jablan 2006–Lovćen, Petrovac, Grbalj190 / 49
7 Serbia Predrag Ranđelović 2008–2011Rudar, Mogren100 / 47
8 Montenegro Luka Rotković 2009–2015Petrovac, Budućnost, Mladost, Mornar115 / 47
9 Montenegro Marko Šćepanović 2007–Budućnost, Mladost146 / 45
10 Montenegro Marko Ćetković 2006–2014Zeta, Mogren, Budućnost172 / 45

All time tables

Montenegrin clubs in the First league (1946-)

Since 1946, Montenegrin clubs played in the First league of SFR Yugoslavia (1946-1992), FR Yugoslavia (1992-2001), Serbia and Montenegro (2001-2006) and in the Montenegrin First League. Below is the list of all matches and seasons by every single slub in the First league from 1946 until today.

Club Town Ssn First Last Pld W D L GD Pts
FK BudućnostPodgorica471946-472016-1714825853435541840:18802098
FK SutjeskaNikšić301964-652016-1710013512224281158:13611275
FK ZetaGolubovci162000-012016-17518227114177726:627795
FK RudarPljevlja161993-942016-17470204104162575:472716
FK MogrenBudva141993-942014-15468176108184573:624636
OFK GrbaljRadanovići102006-072016-1733012782121415:369463
OFK PetrovacPetrovac102006-072016-1733010096134338:424396
FK LovćenCetinje92007-082016-1729710773117308:327394
FK MladostPodgorica82006-072016-172649067107301:331337
FK DečićTuzi82006-072016-172647161132234:357274
FK MornarBar62009-102016-171985444100187:299206
FK BokeljKotor42007-082016-17132412764126:168150
FK KomPodgorica52003-042009-10162373293127:250143
FK ČelikNikšić22012-132013-146630171988:63107
FK JedinstvoBijelo Polje42005-062012-13129253272104:224107
FK BeraneBerane32006-072014-159918176478:17371
FK IskraDanilovgrad12015-162015-16337131329:5134
FK JezeroPlav12008-092008-0933961830:6233
OFK BarBar12010-112010-11337111530:4332

Prva CFL (2006-)

Since the inaugural season 2006-07, 19 different clubs played in Montenegrin First League. Clubs which played all the seasons are Budućnost, Sutjeska, Rudar, Zeta, Petrovac and Grbalj.

Rank
Club
Town
Ssn
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
HF
1 Budućnost Podgorica 10 330 199 77 54 566254 312 674 1
2 Rudar Pljevlja 10 330 165 71 94 446 285 161 566 1
3 Zeta Golubovci 10 330 144 80 106 457 377 80 501 1
4 Sutjeska Nikšić 10 330 134 86 110 382 332 50 485 1
5 Mogren Budva 9 297 132 73 93 402 335 67 465 1
6 Grbalj Radanovići 10 330 127 82 121 415 369 46 460 3
7 Petrovac Petrovac 10 330 100 96 134 338 424 -86 396 5
8 Lovćen Cetinje 9 297 107 73 117 308 327 -19 394 2
9 Mladost Podgorica 8 264 90 67 107 301 331 -28 337 1
10 Dečić Tuzi 8 264 71 61 132 234 357 -123 274 6
11 Mornar Bar 6 198 54 44 100 187 299 -112 205 10
12 Bokelj Kotor 4 132 41 27 64 126 168 -42 150 4
13 Kom Podgorica 4 132 33 30 69 106 183 -77 129 7
14 Čelik Nikšić 2 66 30 17 19 88 63 25 107 3
15 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 3 99 22 30 47 86 152 -66 96 11
16 Berane Berane 3 99 18 17 64 78 173 -95 70 11
17 Iskra Danilovgrad 1 33 7 13 13 29 51 -22 34 10
18 Jezero Plav 1 33 9 6 18 30 62 -32 33 10
19 Bar Bar 1 33 7 11 15 30 43 -13 32 2

As of the end of 2015–16 season. Teams in bold play in 2016–17 season.

Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; PPG = Points per game; HF = Highest finish

Participants by season

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Bar - - - - 12 - - - - -
Berane 12 - - 11 - 11 - - 12 -
Bokelj - 10 - - - 12 - - 8 4
Budućnost 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 2
Čelik - - - - - - 3 3 - -
Dečić 10 7 11 9 6 10 - 12 - 6
Grbalj 3 4 4 5 7 9 4 7 5 7
Iskra - - - - - - - - - 10
Jedinstvo 11 - 12 - - - 12 - - -
Jezero - - 10 - - - - - - -
Kom 7 9 8 12 - - - - - -
Lovćen - 6 7 6 8 6 9 2 6 9
Mladost 9 12 - - 5 7 6 9 4 1
Mogren 5 3 1 3 1 4 10 10 11 -
Mornar - - - 10 10 - 11 11 10 12
Petrovac 6 8 6 8 9 5 7 5 7 11
Rudar 4 5 5 1 3 2 5 6 1 3
Sutjeska 8 11 3 7 11 8 1 1 2 5
Zeta 1 2 9 4 4 3 8 8 9 8

Records And Statistics

Records by seasons

Runs

Single game

Attendance

Attendance by season

Season Avg Overall M H CH CL
2006–07 1,178 229,800 195 10,000 Budućnost (2,470) Petrovac (477)
2007–08 1,064 205,400 193 9,000 Budućnost (4,250) Mladost (281)
2008–09 1,101 216,850 197 6,000 Budućnost (4,117) Petrovac (364)
2009–10 1,105 215,550 195 8,000 Budućnost (2,623) Kom (297)
2010–11 851 167,600 197 4,000 Budućnost (2,058) Grbalj (335)
2011–12 873 169,350 194 5,000 Budućnost (2,607) Petrovac (276)
2012–13 871 165,400 190 7,000 Sutjeska (2,529) Petrovac (281)
2013–14 746 143,300 192 4,500 Sutjeska (2,230) Grbalj (313)
2014–15 656 127,150 194 4,000 Rudar (1,512) Mogren (256)
2015–16 693 137,150 198 4,000 Budućnost (1,195) Grbalj (288)
2016–17 804 77,200 96 3,500 Sutjeska (1,750) Petrovac (300)

M = Number of matches (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance on one match; CH = Club with highest average attendance; CL = Club with lowest average attendance

Current clubs (2016-17)

The 2016–17 Montenegrin First League is the eleventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. Mladost Podgorica are defending champions title. The season begun on 6 August 2016 and will end in May 2017. At the end of season, three last-placed teams will directly be relegated, and 8th and 9th club from the table will participate in playoffs. After that, Montenegrin First League 2017-18 will have 10 members.
The following 12 clubs complete in First League 2016-17.

Club
 City Finishing
in 2015–16		 First season in
top division		 Stadium Official website
FK BokeljKotor4th2007–08 Stadion pod Vrmcem (5,000)
FK BudućnostPodgorica2nd1946–47 Stadion pod Goricom (15,230)
FK DečićTuzi6th2006–07 Tuško polje (3,000)
OFK GrbaljRadanovići7th2006–07 Donja Sutvara (1,500)ofkgrbalj.me
FK IskraDanilovgrad10th2015–16 Braće Velašević (2,500)
FK JedinstvoBijelo Polje1st in Second League 2005–06 Gradski stadion (5,000)
FK LovćenCetinje9th2007–08 Stadion Obilića Poljana (2,000)fklovcen.me
FK MladostPodgorica1st2006–07 FK Mladost (2,000)fkmladost.me
OFK PetrovacPetrovac11th2006–07 Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630)ofkpetrovac.com
FK RudarPljevlja3rd1993–94 Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140)fkrudarpljevlja.com
FK SutjeskaNikšić5th1964–65 Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214)fksutjeska.me
FK ZetaGolubovci8th2000–01 Stadion Trešnjica (4,000)fkzeta.net

Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions

History

During the history, Montenegrin football clubs played in three different UEFA competitions for clubs - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europe League (formerly UEFA Cup) and Intertoto Cup.
Champions of Montenegro never played in the group-phase of UEFA Champions League, and most successful in the qualifiers was FK Zeta Golubovci at season 2007-08.
Best performances in UEFA Europe League had FK Zeta who played in the playoffs, and FK Mladost Podgorica and FK Budućnost which played in Round 3. Most successful in Intertoto Cup was FK Budućnost Podgorica.
Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions.

Team Seasons G W D L GD
FK Budućnost Podgorica
12
38
14
9
15
51:49
FK Zeta Golubovci
7
22
5
3
14
20:44
FK Rudar Pljevlja
7
18
3
5
10
13:27
FK Sutjeska Nikšić
5
12
2
4
6
9:19
FK Mogren Budva
4
12
5
1
6
15:24
FK Mladost Podgorica
3
12
3
3
6
12:25
FK Čelik Nikšić
3
8
0
2
6
6:36
OFK Grbalj Radanovići
2
6
1
2
3
8:10
OFK Petrovac
1
4
1
0
3
5:10
FK Lovćen Cetinje
1
2
0
1
1
0:1
FK Bokelj Kotor
1
2
0
1
1
1:6
OVERALL
136
34
31
71
140:251

Except the official UEFA competitions, teams from Montenegro represented SFR Yugoslavia in the Balkans Cup, former regional football competition (1960-1994). Teams from Montenegro which played in Balkans Cup were FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska Nikšić. Biggest success made FK Budućnost, who played in the final 1991, after eliminated Galatasaray SK.

UEFA Rankings

UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2016–17 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)

Sponsorships

Name of the competition

Since founding, main sponsor of Montenegrin First League is Montenegrin 'Telekom' which operates under the T-Com / T-Mobile brand.

Broadcasting rights

Since foundation of the competition, official broadcaster of First Montenegrin League matches is national television of Montenegro - RTCG. Matches of 1. CFL are directly broadcasting at RTCG channel 2, with most important matches on sattelite program.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Montenegro - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

External links

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