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 4th title
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)
Biggest home win	Budućnost 7–0 Lovćen (2 March 2019)
Biggest away win	Lovćen 0–5 Grbalj (29 August 2018)
Highest scoring	Budućnost 5–3 Grbalj (15 May 2019)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

Dečić and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season.^[2] After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, Mornar and Lovćen competed in the league this season.^[3]
The following 10 clubs competed in 2018–19 First League.

Budućnost

Grbalj

Iskra

Lovćen

Mornar

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[4]	Branko Brnović
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500[5]	Veselin Stešević
Iskra	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević Stadium	2,000[6]	Aleksandar Nedović
Lovćen	Cetinje	Sveti Petar Cetinjski	5,192	Ljubinko Radovanović
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500	Josip Josipović
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion pod Malim brdom	1,630[7]	Ljubinko Vujošević
Rudar	Pljevlja	Gradski stadion	10,000[8]	Nenad Vukčević
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Gradski stadion	6,180[9]	Nikola Rakojević
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	Camp FSCG	2,000[10]	Peter Pacult
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	5,000[11]	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	OFK 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.^[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

The ten league clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.^[13]

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

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
Bokelj	1–4	Rudar	0–2	1–2
Lovćen	0–2	Kom	0–1	0–1

Matches

29 May 2019

17:30 CEST

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

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 600

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

2 June 2019

17:30 CEST

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

Gradski stadion, Pljevlja

Attendance: 500

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: 500

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

10 June 2019

17:30 CEST

Kom	1–0	Lovćen
Gardašević 62'	Report

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Attendance: 800

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
8	Stefan Milošević	Iskra	9
	Vojin Pavlović	Titograd
10	Miloš Mijić	Budućnost	8
	Goran Vujović	Lovćen

See also

• Montenegrin First League