2019–20 Montenegrin First League

The 2019–20 Montenegrin First League was the 14th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 30 June 2020.^[1] The league winners qualified for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.^[2]

Montenegrin First League

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 30 June 2020
Champions	Budućnost 4th title
Relegated	Kom Grbalj
Champions League	Budućnost
Europa League	Sutjeska Iskra Zeta
Matches played	155
Goals scored	382 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Ćetković (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Kom 5–0 Rudar (18 September 2019) Sutjeska 5–0 Grbalj (22 September 2019)
Biggest away win	4 matches Rudar 0–4 Sutjeska (18 August 2019) Petrovac 0–4 Sutjeska (23 November 2019) Grbalj 0–4 Budućnost (15 December 2019) Rudar 0–4 Budućnost (16 June 2020)
Highest scoring	Sutjeska 4–2 Iskra (28 August 2019) Podgorica 4–2 Kom (22 September 2019) Rudar 5–1 Sutjeska (29 February 2020)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Sutjeska were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.^[3] The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro,^[4] then later resumed on 1 June 2020.^[5]

Teams

Mornar and Lovćen were relegated at the end of the previous season.^[3] After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Podgorica and Kom competed in the league this season.^[6]
The following 10 clubs competed in 2019–20 First League.

Budućnost

Grbalj

Iskra

Kom

Podgorica

Titograd

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

2019–20 clubs

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	15,230	Mladen Milinković
Grbalj	Radanovići	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500	Marko Vidojević
Iskra	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević Stadium	2,500	Aleksandar Nedović
Kom	Podgorica	Stadion Zlatica	1,200	Radislav Dragićević
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion pod Malim brdom	1,630	Nenad Vukčević
FK Podgorica	Podgorica	DG Arena	4,000	Vojislav Pejović
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion pod Golubinjom	5,140	Damir Čakar
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214	Nikola Rakojević
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	Mladost Stadium	1,250	Zoran Govedarica
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	4,000	Dejan Roganović

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost (C)	31	23	4	4	63	26	+37	73	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Sutjeska	31	15	10	6	57	31	+26	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Iskra	31	15	8	8	43	33	+10	53	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
4	Zeta	31	9	14	8	29	30	−1	41
5	Podgorica	31	8	16	7	34	27	+7	40
6	Petrovac	31	9	10	12	30	46	−16	37
7	Rudar	31	10	5	16	38	57	−19	35
8	OFK Titograd (O)	31	7	10	14	29	38	−9	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Kom (R)	31	6	11	14	36	45	−9	29
10	Grbalj (R)	31	4	10	17	23	49	−26	22	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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Clubs were originally scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.^[2]

Home \ Away	BUD	GRB	ISK	KOM	OFK	PET	POD	RUD	SUT	ZET	BUD	GRB	ISK	KOM	OFK	PET	POD	RUD	SUT	ZET
Budućnost	—	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	—	1–0	—	2–0	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
Grbalj	0–4	—	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	—	—	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–2
Iskra	2–2	1–0	—	0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	—	2–0	3–0	—	—	0–2	1–0	3–1
Kom	2–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–2	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	—	—	0–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–0
OFK Titograd	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	—	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	—	2–1	2–3	—	—	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–0
Petrovac	0–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	—	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	0–1	—	4–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	2–2
Podgorica	1–3	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	—	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	—	—	—
Rudar	0–3	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	4–0	2–1	—	0–4	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	—	1–1	0–2	0–3	—	5–1	—
Sutjeska	0–2	5–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	—	2–1	—	4–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	—	0–0
Zeta	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	—

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
Kom	2–3	Jezero	1–0	1–3
OFK Titograd	1–1 (5–4 p)	Bokelj	0–1	1–0

Matches

10 July 2020

20:00 CEST

Kom	1–0	Jezero
Vlahović 90+4'	Report

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

14 July 2020

18:30 CEST

Jezero	3–1	Kom
Radenović 43' Drešković 71' Milačić 79'	Report	Golubović 57'

Stadion Pod Racinom, Plav

Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.

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10 July 2020

21:00 CEST

OFK Titograd	0–1	Bokelj
	Report	Bošković 18'

Mladost Stadium, Podgorica

Referee: Mileta Šćepanović

14 July 2020

18:30 CEST

Bokelj	0–1	OFK Titograd
	Report	Novović 63' (pen.)
Penalties
Stevović Bakić Sekulović Babić Poček Marveggio	4–5	Novović Adrović Roganović Muzurović Bojović Banović

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

1–1 on aggregate. OFK Titograd won on penalties.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Marko Ćetković	Sutjeska	10
2	Draško Božović	Budućnost	9
	Boban Đorđević	Grbalj
	Igor Ivanović	Budućnost
	Sava Gardašević	Kom
	Velizar Janketić	Rudar
	Božo Marković	Sutjeska
8	Damir Kojašević	Sutjeska	8
	Boris Kopitović	Petrovac
	Panagiotis Moraitis	Budućnost
	Stefan Nikolić	Sutjeska
	Vule Vujačić	Rudar

See also

• Montenegrin First League