1977–78 Montenegrin Republic League

The 1977–78 Montenegrin Republic League was the 33rd season of Montenegrin Republic League, the third tier of the Yugoslav football league system. The season started in August 1977 and finished in May 1978 with Jedinstvo being champions.[1]

Montenegrin Republic League
Season1977–78
DatesAugust 1977 - May 1978
ChampionsJedinstvo
Relegated
Matches played240
Goals scored583 (2.43 per match)

Summary
Locations of the 1977-78 Montenegrin Republic League teams

Sixteen teams participated in the 1977-78 season. Among the clubs which didn't play in the previous season were Jedinstvo (relegated from Yugoslav Second League) and three best teams from Regional leagues - Ivangrad, Štampar and Zabjelo.[2]

Jedinstvo won the title with a gap of five points over second place, OFK Petrovac.[3] After the decision of reducing number of participants in 1978–79, the league saw five teams relegated to the bottom tier as the league was reduced to 14 teams.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jedinstvo (C, P) 30 19 4 7 50 23 +27 42
2 Petrovac 28 13 11 4 39 32 +7 37
3 Titograd 30 12 10 8 43 32 +11 34
4 Tekstilac 30 12 9 9 41 28 +13 33
5 Zeta 30 12 9 9 34 31 +3 33
6 Kotor 30 13 6 11 38 33 +5 32
7 Mogren 30 11 10 9 27 28 −1 32
8 Arsenal 30 13 5 12 47 32 +15 31
9 Čelik 30 9 13 8 37 34 +3 31
10 Iskra 30 12 7 11 46 44 +2 31
11 Dečić 30 12 7 11 36 39 −3 31
12 Zabjelo (R) 30 10 10 10 36 43 −7 30
13 Ivangrad (R) 30 10 8 12 34 35 −1 28
14 Spuž (R) 30 11 3 16 34 43 −9 25
15 Grafičar (R) 30 9 6 15 24 43 −19 24
16 Štampar (R) 30 1 4 25 17 92 −75 6
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Higher leagues

In the 1977-78 season, three Montenegrin teams played in the higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.[4] Budućnost participated in 1977–78 Yugoslav First League, with two other teams (Sutjeska and Lovćen) participated in 1977–78 Yugoslav Second League.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. "U susret stogodišnjici fudbala u Baru (10.): Šest godina Mornara u podsavezu". www.barskiportal.com.
  3. Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985 , Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
  4. "FSG".
  5. "Yugoslavia 1977/78". www.rsssf.com.
  6. "Sezona 1977/78". FK Lovćen Cetinje. February 1, 2014.
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