1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League

The 1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League was 9th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season began in September 1953 and ended in April 1954.[1]

Montenegrin Republic League
Season1953–54
DatesSeptember 1953 – April 1954
ChampionsBokelj
Matches played56
Goals scored220 (3.93 per match)
← 1953

Season
Locations of the 1953-54 Montenegrin Republic League teams

For the first time after season 1948–49, Montenegrin Republic League played during the two half-seasons (autumn - spring).
As previous season winner and runner-up (Budućnost and Lovćen) played in Yugoslav Second League, among the eight members of 1953-54 Montenegrin Republic League were Sutjeska, Bokelj, Arsenal, Breznik, Iskra, Mornar, Radnički Ivangrad and Jedinstvo Herceg Novi.[2]
From the very beginning of season, Bokelj and Sutjeska were two best-placed teams. After 14 weeks long championship, Bokelj won the title,[3] with only one point more than second placed team from Nikšić.[4]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bokelj (C, Q) 14 12 1 1 38 10 +28 25
2 Sutjeska 14 11 2 1 36 6 +30 24
3 Arsenal 14 7 1 6 33 31 +2 15
4 Iskra 14 5 2 7 20 25 −5 12
5 Breznik 14 5 1 8 21 31 −10 11
6 Jedinstvo Herceg Novi 14 3 4 7 20 26 −6 10
7 Mornar 14 3 1 10 17 39 −22 7
8 Radnički Ivangrad 14 2 2 10 16 33 −17 6
Source:
(C) Champion; (Q) Place in qualifiers for 1954–55 Yugoslav Second League.

Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League

In the qualifiers for Second League, Bokelj played against the winner of Republic League of SR Slovenia - Ljubljana. Montenegrin representative was better in two games and made comeback to Yugoslav Second League. With that success, season 1954-55 was first in which Montenegro had three clubs in Federal competitions of SFR Yugoslavia.

Team 1 Team 2 Home Away
Ljubljana Bokelj Kotor
0:0
0:2

Higher leagues

On season 1953-54, two Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.[5] Both of them (Budućnost and Lovćen) played in 1953–54 Yugoslav Second League.[6]

See also

References
  1. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701162852/http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/tabele/9-sezone-tabele-sfrj/14-1953-1954
  3. http://www.barskiportal.com/lat/sport/u-susret-stogodi%C5%A1njici-fudbala-u-baru-6-mornar-od-1949.php
  4. Godišnjak Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije, Beograd, ISSN: 0351-2894
  5. http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/Period%201955-1962.html
  6. http://www.fklovcen.me/?page_id=908
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