2012–13 Montenegrin First League

The 2012–13 Montenegrin First League was the seventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 11 August 2012 and ended on 1 June 2013. The mid-season winter break began on 2 December 2012 and ended on 7 March 2013. FK Budućnost Podgorica are the defending champions.

Montenegrin First League

Season	2012–13
Dates	11 August 2012 – 1 June 2013
Champions	Sutjeska 1st title
Relegated	Jedinstvo
Europa League	Čelik Rudar Mladost
Matches played	198
Goals scored	485 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Admir Adrović Žarko Korać (both 15 goals)
Biggest home win	Grbalj 4–0 Rudar (17 November 2012)
Biggest away win	Lovćen 1–6 Sutjeska (1 December 2012)
Highest scoring	Zeta 3–4 Petrovac (26 August 2012) Lovćen 1–6 Sutjeska (1 December 2012) Čelik 4–3 Zeta (6 April 2013) Rudar 3–4 Budućnost (4 May 2013)
Longest winning run	6 games Sutjeska
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Budućnost
Longest losing run	9 games Mornar
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Last season, Bokelj, Berane, and Dečić were relegated to the Montenegrin Second League. Montenegrin Cup winners FK Čelik Nikšić were promoted along with Mornar and Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.

Stadiums and locations

Grbalj

Lovćen

Mogren

Mornar

Petrovac

Jedinstvo

Rudar

Čelik
Sutjeska

Mladost

Budućnost

Zeta

Location of the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League teams

All figures for stadiums include seating capacity only, as many stadiums in Montenegro have stands without chairs which would otherwise be the actual number of people able to attend football matches not regulated by UEFA or FIFA.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion Pod Goricom	12,000[1]	Radislav Dragićević
Čelik	Nikšić	Stadion Željezare	1,000	Slavoljub Bubanja
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,000	Aleksandar Nedović
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	City Stadium	5,000	Sreten Avramović
Lovćen	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	1,000	Mojaš Radonjić
Mladost	Podgorica	Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg	1,000	Miodrag Vukotić
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	2,000	Branislav Milačić
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	1,000	Obren Sarić
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Pod Malim Brdom	530[2]	Milorad Malovrazić
Rudar	Pljevlja	Gradski stadion Pljevlja	10,000	Nikola Rakojević
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion kraj Bistrice	10,800[3]	Dragan Radojičić
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	4,000	Mladen Vukićević

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutjeska (C)	33	20	5	8	50	31	+19	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Budućnost	33	17	9	7	57	38	+19	60	Excluded from European competitions[a]
3	Čelik	33	15	8	10	41	35	+6	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	Grbalj	33	13	12	8	41	21	+20	51	Excluded from European competitions[a]
5	Rudar	33	15	6	12	42	40	+2	51	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
6	Mladost	33	9	12	12	39	48	−9	39
7	Petrovac	33	8	14	11	36	42	−6	38
8	Zeta	33	8	13	12	43	45	−2	37
9	Lovćen	33	11	4	18	36	52	−16	37
10	Mogren[b] (O)	33	10	7	16	33	42	−9	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Mornar (O)	33	9	9	15	36	47	−11	36
12	Jedinstvo (R)	33	9	9	15	31	45	−14	36	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. Budućnost won the 2012–13 Montenegrin Cup, so the other UEFA Europa League spots initially shifted down. Budućnost and Grbalj were excluded from participating in UEFA club competitions for the next season after FSCG denied them an UEFA license.^[4]
2. Mogren were deducted 1 point.

Results

The schedule consisted 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 were then 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	ČEL	GRB	JED	LOV	MLA	MOR	MOG	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Budućnost		1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–4	2–0	3–3
Čelik	0–0		0–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	2–2
Grbalj	1–2	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–0
Jedinstvo	0–5	0–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0
Lovćen	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–1		2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–6	2–0
Mladost	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–0		2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Mornar	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–1
Mogren	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–3	2–1		3–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Petrovac	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0		1–2	1–2	0–0
Rudar	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–2		0–1	1–1
Sutjeska	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–0		2–1
Zeta	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–4	1–3	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	ČEL	GRB	JED	LOV	MLA	MOR	MOG	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Budućnost		1–0	1–4		0–3		0–1	1–2	1–1
Čelik				1–2	1–3	1–0				1–1	1–0	4–3
Grbalj		2–3		4–1	3–0	4–1					1–1	1–1
Jedinstvo	2–3					1–1	2–1			2–0		1–1
Lovćen				2–0			2–0	2–1	0–1			3–2
Mladost	1–2				0–5		3–3	3–1	1–1	2–0
Mornar		4–1	3–0					2–1	1–1		1–1
Mogren		0–1	0–1	1–0							3–2	1–4
Petrovac		2–0	1–1	0–1				2–2			1–2
Rudar	3–4		0–2		1–2		3–1	3–2	2–1
Sutjeska	1–3			4–1	2–1	2–3				1–1		2–0
Zeta	0–0					5–0	0–0		2–2	0–2

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
Zabjelo	2–9	Mogren	1–6	1–3
Bokelj	1–2	Mornar	1–0	0–2

Matches

5 June 2013

17:30 CEST

Zabjelo	1–6	Mogren
Rašović 31'	Report (page 37)	Vujović 35', 76', 80' Peličić 42' Zec 70' Milović 79'

Camp FSCG, Podgorica

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Pavle Radovanović

9 June 2013

17:30 CEST

Mogren	3–1	Zabjelo
Gardašević 14' Grbović 58' Vujović 73'	Report (page 37)	Nenadović 68'

Stadion Lugovi, Budva

Attendance: 300

Referee: Dražen Petrić

Mogren won 9–2 on aggregate.

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5 June 2013

17:30 CEST

Bokelj	1–0	Mornar
Nikezić 45'	Report (page 37)

Stadion Pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Željko Radunović

9 June 2013

17:30 CEST

Mornar	2–0	Bokelj
Rotković 37', 84'	Report (page 37)

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Admir Adrović	Budućnost	15
2	Žarko Korać	Zeta	14
3	Stevan Račić	Čelik	12
	Marko Šćepanović	Mladost
5	Danilo Ćulafić	Mornar	11
	Milan Đurišić	Lovćen
	Darko Karadžić	Sutjeska
	Nikola Vujović	Mogren
9	Nikola Ašćerić	Grbalj	9
	Đorđe Šušnjar	Sutjeska