2009–10 Montenegrin First League

The 2009–10 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2009^[1] and ended on 29 May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.

Montenegrin First League

Season	2009–10
Dates	8 August 2009 – 29 May 2010
Champions	Rudar 1st title
Relegated	Kom Berane
Champions League	Rudar
Europa League	Budućnost Mogren Zeta
Matches played	198
Goals scored	484 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ivan Bošković (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Grbalj 11–0 Kom (29 May 2010)
Biggest away win	Grbalj 0–4 Budućnost (4 October 2009) Petrovac 0–4 Rudar (31 October 2009)
Highest scoring	Grbalj 11–0 Kom (29 May 2010)
Longest winning run	9 games Budućnost
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Budućnost Zeta
Longest losing run	14 games Kom
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Teams

Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in the 2008–09 season. Their place was taken by Second League champions Berane.

10th-placed Jezero Plav and 11th-placed Dečić Tuzi had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Jezero were relegated by losing 2–1 on aggregate against the 3rd-placed team from Second League, Mornar Bar. On the other hand, Dečić saved their place in the Montenegrin top league by beating Mladost Podgorica, who had finished as runners-up of the Second League, also with 2–1 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations

Berane

Budućnost

Dečić

Grbalj

Lovćen

Kom

Mogren

Mornar

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

Location of the 2009–10 Montenegrin First League teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Berane	Berane	Gradski Stadion	11,000	Predrag Pejović
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion Pod Goricom	17,000	Nenad Vukčević
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	1,000	Slaviša Božičić
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500	Saša Petrović
Kom	Podgorica	Stadion Zlatica	3,500	Milorad Nedović
Lovćen	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	5,000	Branislav Milačić
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	4,000	Dejan Vukićević
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	5,000	Brajan Nenezić
Petrovac	Petrovac	Pod Malim Brdom Stadium	530	Milorad Malovrazić
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion Gradski	10,000	Nebojša Vignjević
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	10,800	Nikola Rakojević
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	7,000	Dragoljub Đuretić

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rudar (C)	33	22	5	6	56	26	+30	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Budućnost	33	21	6	6	67	35	+32	69	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Mogren	33	16	9	8	49	34	+15	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Zeta	33	17	6	10	43	33	+10	57
5	Grbalj	33	15	8	10	66	42	+24	53
6	Lovćen	33	15	7	11	32	37	−5	52
7	Sutjeska	33	11	7	15	33	36	−3	40
8	Petrovac	33	10	6	17	38	49	−11	36
9	Dečić	33	8	11	14	27	35	−8	35
10	Mornar[b] (O)	33	9	8	16	29	49	−20	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Berane (R)	33	8	6	19	28	49	−21	30
12	Kom (R)	33	5	3	25	16	59	−43	18	Relegation to the Second League

Source: Soccerway
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since Rudar and Budućnost, the finalists of the 2009–10 Montenegrin Cup, were finished in the top two spots in the league, the league runners-up was qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. Mornar were docked 1 point because they used ineligible player in the match against Kom.^[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	BER	BUD	DEČ	GRB	KOM	LOV	MOG	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Berane		1–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Budućnost	2–1		2–1	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	4–2
Dečić	2–1	0–1		1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2
Grbalj	5–0	0–4	0–0		1–0	4–0	2–4	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–2
Kom	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0
Lovćen	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–1
Mogren	4–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–3		4–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0
Mornar	0–2	2–3	0–0	3–3	0–3[a]	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0
Petrovac	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	4–2		0–4	1–0	0–1
Rudar	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1		3–1	2–4
Sutjeska	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–2		2–1
Zeta	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–0

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match originally finished 0–0 but was awarded to Kom with a score of 3–0 because Mornar used ineligible player.^[3]

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	BER	BUD	DEČ	GRB	KOM	LOV	MOG	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Berane			1–1			1–0			0–1	2–0		0–1
Budućnost	2–0		1–1		3–1	4–0		4–0				3–1
Dečić						0–1			2–3	2–2	1–0	2–1
Grbalj	5–0	1–1	1–0		11–0		3–5	3–1
Kom	0–0		1–0					1–1	0–2		0–1
Lovćen				2–1	2–1				1–0	0–3	3–2	1–0
Mogren	2–0	2–2	1–0		2–1	1–0		0–0
Mornar	2–1		2–0			1–0				2–1		0–0
Petrovac		1–2		1–2			1–2	3–1			2–1
Rudar		2–1		3–0	3–0		3–1		2–2		2–0
Sutjeska	0–0	2–0		0–2			2–0	3–0
Zeta				2–2	2–0		1–0		1–1	3–2	0–0

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Bar	2–2 (4–5 p)	Berane	1–1	1–1
Bratstvo	1–3	Mornar	0–1	1–2

Matches

2 June 2010

17:00 CEST

Bar	1–1	Berane
Ljumović 60'	Report (page 37)	Lalević 39'

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ranko Spasojević

6 June 2010

17:00 CEST

Berane	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bar
Bulić 28'	Report (page 37)	Vuković 52'
Penalties
Đalac Aković Cimbaljević Peličić Bulić	4–5	Ljumović Čindrak Kovač Vuković Jovović

Gradski stadion, Berane

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ranko Spasojević

2–2 on aggregate. Bar won on penalties.

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2 June 2010

17:00 CEST

Bratstvo	0–1	Mornar
	Report (page 37)	Peričić 2'

Stadion Trešnjica, Golubovci

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Pavle Radovanović

6 June 2010

17:00 CEST

Mornar	2–1	Bratstvo
Rašović 60' Peričić 87'	Report (page 37)	Jovićević 78'

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Pavle Radovanović

Mornar won 3–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals[4]
1	Ivan Bošković	Grbalj	28
2	Predrag Ranđelović	Rudar	19
	Ivan Vuković	Budućnost
4	Vladimir Gluščević	Mogren	16
5	Božo Milić	Mogren	12
6	Žarko Кorać	Zeta	11
7	Fatos Bećiraj	Budućnost	10
8	Marko Lalević	Berane	9
	Igor Matić	Grbalj

See also

• 2009–10 Montenegrin Cup