2018–19 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season2018–19
Dates3 August 2018 – 25 May 2019
ChampionsSutjeska
4th title
RelegatedMornar
Lovćen
Champions LeagueSutjeska
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Zeta
OFK Titograd
Matches played180
Goals scored409 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorerNikola Krstović (17 goals)
Biggest home winBudućnost 7–0 Lovćen
(2 March 2019)
Biggest away winLovćen 0–5 Grbalj
(29 August 2018)
Highest scoringBudućnost 5–3 Grbalj
(15 May 2019)

The 2018–19 Montenegrin First League was the 13th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. Sutjeska Nikšić were the defending champions.

Teams

Dečić and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season. After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, Mornar and Lovćen competed in the league this season.
The following 10 clubs competed in 2018–19 First League.

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Locations of the teams for the 2018–19 season
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 15,230 Branko Brnović
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Veselin Stešević
Iskra Danilovgrad Braća Velašević Stadium 2,000 Aleksandar Nedović
Lovćen Cetinje Sveti Petar Cetinjski 5,192 Ljubinko Radovanović
Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 2,500 Josip Josipović
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630 Ljubinko Vujošević
Rudar Pljevlja Gradski stadion 10,000 Nenad Vukčević
Sutjeska Nikšić Gradski stadion 6,180 Nikola Rakojević
OFK Titograd Podgorica Camp FSCG 2,000 Peter Pacult
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 5,000 Dragoljub Đuretić

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sutjeska (C) 36 21 11 4 58 21 +37 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost 36 17 14 5 56 25 +31 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Zeta 36 16 13 7 36 21 +15 61
4 OFK Titograd 36 16 9 11 47 41 +6 57
5 Iskra 36 13 11 12 46 39 +7 50
6 Grbalj 36 11 15 10 45 36 +9 48
7 Petrovac 36 13 8 15 40 45 −5 47
8 Rudar (O) 36 8 17 11 35 44 −9 41 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Lovćen (R) 36 5 11 20 29 65 −36 26
10 Mornar (R) 36 1 9 26 17 72 −55 12 Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), 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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

The ten league clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away BUD GRB ISK LOV MOR OFK PET RUD SUT ZET BUD GRB ISK LOV MOR OFK PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost — 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 — 5–3 3–1 7–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0
Grbalj 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Iskra 0–1 0–0 — 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 5–1 1–1 0–1
Lovćen 0–0 0–5 0–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–0
Mornar 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 1–3 0–0 — 0–3 1–5 0–0 0–3 0–3
OFK Titograd 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 6–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2
Petrovac 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 3–2 0–1 0–2
Rudar 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 — 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–1
Sutjeska 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 — 1–0
Zeta 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 —
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), 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.

Relegation play-offs

The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-placed team (against the runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bokelj 1–4 Rudar 0–2 1–2
Lovćen 0–2 Kom 0–1 0–1

Matches

Bokelj0–2Rudar
Report
  • Nya-Vedji 41'
  • Zečević 78'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Rudar2–1Bokelj
  • Grbić 11' (o.g.)
  • Vukić 56'
 Report
  • Pepić 9'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Miloš Savović

Rudar won 4–1 on aggregate.

Lovćen0–1Kom
Report
  • Gardašević 3'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Predrag Radovanović
Kom1–0Lovćen
  • Gardašević 62'
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Predrag Radovanović

Kom won 2–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Nikola Krstović Zeta 17
2 Vladan Kordić Grbalj 12
Božo Marković Sutjeska
Darko Nikač Iskra
Aleksandar Vujačić Budućnost
6 Marko Pavićević Titograd 11
7 Radomir Đalović Rudar 10
8 Stefan Milošević Iskra 9
Vojin Pavlović Titograd
10 Miloš Mijić Budućnost 8
Goran Vujović Lovćen

See also

References

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