2013–14 Montenegrin First League

The 2013–14 Montenegrin First League was the eighth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season begins on 9 August 2013. The season has a winter break beginning on 7 December 2013 and ending on 25 February 2014. Sutjeska Nikšić are the defending champions.

Montenegrin First League

Season	2013–14
Dates	9 August 2013 – 31 May 2014
Champions	Sutjeska 2nd title
Relegated	Dečić Čelik
Europa League	Lovćen Čelik Budućnost
Matches played	198
Goals scored	475 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stefan Mugoša (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Sutjeska 5–1 Mogren (22 March 2014) Čelik 5–1 Dečić (3 May 2014)
Biggest away win	Zeta 0–5 Čelik (5 April 2014)
Highest scoring	Mogren 4–3 Zeta (28 August 2013) Zeta 5–2 Mornar (31 August 2013) Zeta 5–2 Mogren (27 November 2013) Dečić 3–4 Zeta (24 May 2014)
Longest winning run	6 games Lovćen
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Sutjeska
Longest losing run	6 games Dečić
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

Last season, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were relegated to the Montenegrin Second League finishing in 12th place. Dečić were promoted.

Stadia and locations

Budućnost

Dečić

Grbalj

Lovćen

Mladost

Mogren

Mornar

Petrovac

Rudar

Čelik
Sutjeska

Zeta

Location of the 2013–14 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	Goran Perisić
Čelik	Nikšić	Stadion Željezare	2,000	Slavoljub Bubanja
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000	Fuad Krkanović
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500	Aleksandar Nedović
Lovćen	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	2,000	Mojaš Radonjić
Mladost	Podgorica	Stari Aerodrom	1,500	Radovan Kavaja
Mogren	Budva	Stadion Lugovi	2,000	Branislav Milačić
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,000	Obren Sarić
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion pod Malim brdom	1,500	Milorad Malovrazić
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion pod Golubinjom	10,000	Mirko Marić
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	6,180	Dragan Radojičić
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	4,000	Rade Vešović

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutjeska (C)	33	17	12	4	46	21	+25	63	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Lovćen	33	17	8	8	52	31	+21	59	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Čelik (R)	33	15	9	9	47	28	+19	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and relegation to the Third League[a]
4	Budućnost	33	16	6	11	36	26	+10	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Petrovac	33	11	13	9	37	31	+6	46
6	Rudar	33	11	9	13	32	31	+1	42
7	Grbalj[b]	33	11	10	12	36	40	−4	40
8	Zeta	33	12	4	17	39	57	−18	40
9	Mladost	33	11	6	16	38	46	−8	39
10	Mogren[c]	33	11	9	13	45	56	−11	39	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Mornar[d]	33	9	9	15	35	47	−12	36
12	Dečić (R)	33	5	9	19	32	61	−29	24	Relegation to the Second League

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Čelik were withdrawn from the league before the next season, due to the financial issues.^[1]
2. Grbalj were deducted three points by FAM.
3. Mogren were deducted three points by FAM.
4. Although they were lost the relegation play-offs, Mornar were saved from the relegation due to the withdrawal of Čelik.^[1]

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	DEČ	GRB	LOV	MLA	MOG	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Budućnost		2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0
Čelik	2–1		1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0
Dečić	0–2	2–2		3–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1
Grbalj	0–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0
Lovćen	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0		1–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–1
Mladost	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2		0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	2–1
Mogren	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	1–1		2–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	4–3
Mornar	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	4–2	3–0		0–2	0–0	0–1	4–0
Petrovac	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0		0–0	2–2	1–2
Rudar	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–1	0–1
Sutjeska	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	2–2		1–0
Zeta	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–2	5–2	3–2	2–0	0–2

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	DEČ	GRB	LOV	MLA	MOG	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT	ZET
Budućnost			3–1	2–1	1–0		0–2		1–0			0–1
Čelik	1–0		5–1			0–1		2–0		1–1	0–0
Dečić				0–1		2–1	2–0			1–2		3–4
Grbalj		1–0				1–3			1–1		1–1	3–1
Lovćen		1–1	4–2	3–2			1–2		2–1			4–0
Mladost	1–3				2–4		3–2	2–1		0–0
Mogren		3–2		3–1					1–1		0–2	1–0
Mornar	0–0		2–1	0–1	1–1		2–2					2–1
Petrovac		1–2	3–0			1–2		1–0		3–0	0–1
Rudar	2–0			1–1	0–1		2–1	4–0
Sutjeska	0–1		4–0		1–1	1–0		3–1		0–0
Zeta		0–5				1–0			1–2	1–0	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
Jezero	1–6	Mogren	1–2	0–4
Mornar	1–2	Berane	1–0	0–2

Matches

Jezero	1–2	Mogren
Čekić 41' (pen.)	Report	Radišić 18' Rudović 38'

4 June 2014

17:30 CEST

Stadion Pod Racinom, Plav

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Aleksandar Marković

Mogren	4–0	Jezero
Marković 32' Rudović 38' Đurišić 53' Radišić 84'	Report

8 June 2014

17:30 CEST

Stadion Lugovi, Budva

Attendance: 500

Referee: Pavle Radovanović

Mogren won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Mornar	1–0	Berane
V. Vujačić 90+4'	Report

4 June 2014

17:30 CEST

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Miloš Savović

Berane	2–0	Mornar
Huremović 48' Dulović 84'	Report

8 June 2014

17:30 CEST

Gradski stadion, Berane

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Berane won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Stefan Mugoša	Mladost	15
2	Petar Orlandić	Zeta	11
3	Aleksandar Vujačić	Budućnost	10
	Vule Vujačić	Mornar
	Darko Zorić	Čelik
6	Milan Đurišić	Mogren	9
7	Marko Đurović	Mogren	8
	Ivan Ivanović	Čelik
	Branislav Janković	Grbalj
	Srđan Radonjić	Sutjeska
	Luka Rotković	Mornar