2008–09 Montenegrin First League

The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Montenegrin First League
Season2008–09
Dates9 August 2008 – 30 May 2009
ChampionsMogren
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Jezero
Champions LeagueMogren
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Sutjeska
Petrovac
Matches played198
Goals scored480 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFatos Bećiraj (18 goals)
Biggest home winMogren 6–0 Jedinstvo
(18 March 2009)
Budućnost 6–0 Jedinstvo
(4 April 2009)
Rudar 6–0 Jezero
(25 April 2009)
Biggest away winJezero 1–6 Mogren
(8 November 2008)
Highest scoringMogren 4–3 Rudar
(27 September 2008)
Budućnost 4–3 Rudar
(18 October 2008)
Jezero 1–6 Mogren
(8 November 2008)
Budućnost 6–1 Petrovac
(23 May 2009)
Kom 4–3 Grbalj
(30 May 2009)
Longest winning run6 games
Mogren
Longest unbeaten run18 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run8 games
Rudar

Teams

Mladost Podgorica were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Jezero Plav.

10th placed Bokelj Kotor and 11th placed Sutjeska Nikšić had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Bokelj were relegated by losing 1–0 on aggregate against the 3rd placed team from Second League, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. On the other hand, Sutjeska saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Čelik Nikšić, who had finished in 2nd place in the Second League, also with 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2008–09 Montenegrin First League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 17,000 Miodrag Ješić
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,000 Božidar Vuković
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Nenad Maslovar
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski Stadion 5,000 Aleksandar Jovanovski
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 3,500 Saša Petrović
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 2,000 Milorad Malovrazić
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 4,000 Dejan Vukićević
Petrovac Petrovac Pod Malim Brdom Stadium 530 Aleksandar Miljenović
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion Gradski 10,000 Miodrag Radanović
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 10,800 Nikola Rakojević
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 6,000 Milan Đuretić

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mogren (C) 33 23 5 5 62 24 +38 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 21 7 5 72 34 +38 70 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Sutjeska 33 18 9 6 45 23 +22 63
4 Grbalj 33 15 5 13 47 34 +13 50
5 Rudar 33 12 5 16 39 37 +2 41
6 Petrovac 33 12 5 16 42 56 −14 41 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 23 25 −2 40
8 Kom 33 10 7 16 33 43 −10 37
9 Zeta[lower-alpha 2] 33 13 7 13 36 41 −5 36
10 Jezero (R) 33 9 6 18 30 62 −32 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Dečić (O) 33 9 4 20 23 45 −22 31
12 Jedinstvo (R) 33 7 8 18 28 56 −28 29 Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Petrovac qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of 2008–09 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. Zeta were docked 9 points because of their decision not to include great number of players that have not been injured, ill or under suspension in their lineup in the match against Mogren.[1] Also, they were docked one more point due to the incident in their match against Sutjeska. The referee did not want to enter the field and start the game due to threats by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Božović was also excluded from the Football Association of Montenegro.[2]

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round
Home \ Away BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 4–3 3–2 3–0
Dečić 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1
Grbalj 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Jedinstvo 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Jezero 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–6 1–3 1–4 2–1 1–1
Kom 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2
Lovćen 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Mogren 1–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 2–0
Petrovac 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–2
Rudar 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
Sutjeska 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2
Zeta 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
1 – 12
2 – 11
3 – 10
4 – 9
5 – 8
6 – 7		 1 – 2
8 – 6
9 – 5
10 – 4
11 – 3
12 – 7		 2 – 12
3 – 1
4 – 11
5 – 10
6 – 9
7 – 8		 1 – 4
2 – 3
9 – 7
10 – 6
11 – 5
12 – 8		 3 – 12
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 11
7 – 10
8 – 9		 1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
10 – 8
11 – 7
12 – 9		 4 – 12
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
8 – 11
9 – 10		 1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
11 – 9
12 – 10		 5 – 12
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 2
9 – 1
10 – 11		 1 – 10
2 – 9
3 – 8
4 – 7
5 – 6
12 – 11		 6 – 12
7 – 5
8 – 4
9 – 3
10 – 2
11 – 1
Home \ Away BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 2–0 6–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Dečić 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Grbalj 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Jedinstvo 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Jezero 2–2 1–2 4–2 4–2 1–0
Kom 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–1
Lovćen 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Mogren 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Petrovac 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–3 3–2
Rudar 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sutjeska 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
Zeta 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match of Round 29 was registered as 0–3 for Sutjeska. Actually, the match was not played because the main referee Jovan Kaluđerović was being threatened by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Due to that the referee did not want to enter the field and start the game.[3]

Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mladost 1–2 Dečić 0–2 1–0
Mornar 2–1 Jezero 2–1 0–0

Matches
Mladost0–2Dečić
Report (page 37)
  • Vasić 11'
  • Lekić 82'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Aleksandar Marković
Dečić0–1Mladost
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Dečić won 3–0 on aggregate.

Mornar2–1Jezero
  • Bukilić 59'
  • Jelenić 75'
 Report (page 37)
  • Pavićević 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Jezero0–0Mornar
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost 18
2 Predrag Ranđelović Rudar 17
Ivan Vuković Budućnost
4 Admir Adrović Sutjeska 16
Vladimir Gluščević Mogren
6 Igor Burzanović Budućnost 10
Balša Božović Mogren
Mehmet Divanović Petrovac

Source:

References
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