2018–19 Montenegrin First League

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.[1] Sutjeska Nikšić were the defending champions.[2]

Montenegrin First League

Season	2018–19
Dates	3 August 2018 – 25 May 2019
Champions	Sutjeska
Relegated	Mornar Lovćen
Champions League	Sutjeska
Europa League	Budućnost Zeta OFK Titograd
Matches played	180
Goals scored	409 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nikola Krstović (17 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

Budućnost

Grbalj

Iskra

Lovćen

Mornar

OFK Titograd

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

Locations of the teams for the 2018–19 season

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion Pod Goricom	15,230[3]	Branko Brnović
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500[4]	Veselin Stešević
Iskra	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević Stadium	2,000[5]	Aleksandar Nedović
Lovćen	Cetinje	Obilića Poljana	2,000	Ljubinko Radovanović
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500	Josip Josipović
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion pod Malim brdom	1,630[6]	Ljubinko Vujošević
Rudar	Pljevlja	Gradski stadion	10,000[7]	Nenad Vukčević
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion	6,180[8]	Nikola Rakojević
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	Camp FSCG	2,000[9]	Peter Pacult
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	5,000[10]	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	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.[11]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

The ten league clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.[12]

First half of season Home \ Away 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 Grbalj 0–1 — 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 Iskra 0–1 0–0 — 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 Lovćen 0–0 0–5 0–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 Mornar 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 — 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 Titograd 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 Petrovac 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 0–1 Rudar 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 — 1–2 0–0 Sutjeska 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 Zeta 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 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.

Second half of season Home \ Away BUD GRB ISK LOV MOR OFK PET RUD SUT ZET Budućnost — 5–3 3–1 7–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 Grbalj 1–1 — 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 Iskra 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 Lovćen 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–0 Mornar 0–1 2–4 1–3 0–0 — 0–3 1–5 0–0 0–3 0–3 Titograd 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 6–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 Petrovac 0–0 3–3 0–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 3–2 0–1 0–2 Rudar 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 — 1–1 1–1 Sutjeska 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 — 1–0 Zeta 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

29 May 2019

17:30 CEST

Bokelj	0–2	Rudar
	Report	Nya–Vedji  41' Zečević  78'

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

2 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Rudar	2–1	Bokelj
Grbić  11' (o.g.) Vukić  56'	Report	Pepić  9'

Stadion pod Golubinjom, Pljevlja

Attendance: 800

Referee: Miloš Savović

Rudar won 4–1 on aggregate.

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4 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Lovćen	0–1	Kom
	Report	Gardašević  3'

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 800

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

10 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Kom	1–0	Lovćen
Gardašević  62'	Report

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Attendance: 1,500

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

See also

• Montenegrin First League

References

1. "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
2. "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
3. "FK Budućnost Podgorica". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
4. "FK Grbalj". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
5. "Stadion Braća Velašević". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
6. "OFK Petrovac". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
7. "FK Rudar Pljevlja". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
8. "FK Sutjeska Nikšić". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
9. "FK Mladost Podgorica". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
10. "FK Zeta Golubovci". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
11. "First League: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
12. "First League: Season Rules". Scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

External links

• UEFA