2019–20 Montenegrin Second League

The 2019–20 Montenegrin Second League was the 14th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Second League. The season ran from August 2019 to July 2020. That was the second season with 10 participating teams.

Montenegrin Second League

Season	2019–20
Dates	11 August 2019 – 4 July 2020
Matches played	150
Goals scored	391 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Siniša Stanisavić (Ibar) (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Jezero 4–0 Arsenal (29 September 2019) Bokelj 5–1 Drezga (13 October 2019)
Biggest away win	Lovćen 0–4 Jezero (8 September 2019) Drezga 0–4 Lovćen (6 October 2019) Otrant-Olympic 0–4 Bokelj (17 November 2019)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 3–3 Dečić (15 September 2019) Bokelj 5–1 Drezga (13 October 2019) Dečić 3–3 Ibar (1 December 2019)
Longest winning run	Dečić (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Dečić (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Otrant-Olympic (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Otrant-Olympic (6 matches)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Format of competition

A total of 10 teams participate in this edition of the Second League. The new members are Lovćen and Mornar, who were relegated from 2018–19 Montenegrin First League, and winners of Montenegrin Third League playoffs - Ibar and Drezga.

This was the second season of Second CFL with 10 participants. At the end of the season, the winner is automatically promoted to Montenegrin First League, while 2nd and 3rd placed teams play promotion play-offs, while 9th and 10th position lead to relegation to the Montenegrin Third League.

Teams

The following 10 clubs compete in this season.^[1]

Arsenal

Bokelj

Dečić

Drezga

Ibar

Jedinstvo

Jezero

Lovćen

Mornar

Otrant-Olympic

Locations of the 2019–20 teams

Club	City	Finishing in 2018–19	Stadium
Arsenal	Tivat	5th	Stadion u parku (2,000)
Bokelj	Kotor	3rd	Stadion pod Vrmcem (1,000)
Dečić	Tuzi	8th	Stadion Tuško Polje (2,000)
Drezga	Podgorica	1st in Third League - Center	Stadion Drezge (200)
Ibar	Rožaje	1st in Third League - North	Bandžovo Brdo Stadium (3,000)
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	6th	Gradski Stadion (4,000)
Jezero	Plav	7th	Stadion Pod Racinom (5,000)
Lovćen	Cetinje	9th in First League	Sveti Petar Cetinjski (5,192)
Mornar	Bar	10th in First League	Stadion Topolica (2,500)
Otrant-Olympic	Ulcinj	4th	Stadion Olympic (1,500)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dečić (C, P)	30	17	10	3	61	33	+28	61	Promotion to the First League
2	Jezero (O, P)	30	15	6	9	38	28	+10	51	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bokelj	30	14	7	9	45	28	+17	49
4	Jedinstvo	30	12	10	8	40	32	+8	46
5	Ibar	30	11	8	11	41	43	−2	41
6	Arsenal	30	9	9	12	38	41	−3	36
7	Mornar	30	8	11	11	36	44	−8	35
8	Drezga	30	8	9	13	31	47	−16	33
9	Lovćen (R)	30	6	11	13	31	43	−12	29	Relegation to the Third League
10	Otrant-Olympic (R)	30	7	5	18	30	52	−22	26

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of the season Home \ Away ARS BOK DEČ DRE IBA JED JEZ LOV MOR OTR Arsenal — 1–0 3–3 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 Bokelj 0–0 — 3–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 Dečić 4–1 3–0 — 0–0 3–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 Drezga 2–2 2–3 0–1 — 3–1 2–2 2–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 Ibar 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 Jedinstvo 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 Jezero 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 Lovćen 0–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–4 — 1–1 2–1 Mornar 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 — 2–0 Otrant-Olympic 1–0 0–4 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 — Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season Home \ Away ARS BOK DEČ DRE IBA JED JEZ LOV MOR OTR Arsenal — 2–2 3–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 — — Bokelj — — — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 — 4–2 Dečić — 2–1 — — 3–3 — 0–0 1–2 4–2 4–0 Drezga 3–1 0–2 0–3 — — 1–2 — 1–1 — 0–0 Ibar 2–1 — 0–4 5–1 — — 2–0 — 1–1 3–2 Jedinstvo 1–1 — 2–3 — 0–0 — 0–1 0–0 6–4 — Jezero 0–1 2–1 — 1–0 — 0–2 — — 3–2 2–0 Lovćen — 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 — 0–2 — 1–1 — Mornar 2–1 0–3 — 1–1 2–0 1–3 — — — 1–0 Otrant-Olympic 2–3 — 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 — 3–2 4–3 — Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The 3rd-placed team (against the 10th-placed team of the First League) and the runners-up (against the 11th-placed team of the First League) will both compete in two-legged promotion 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	Siniša Stanisavić	Ibar	14
2	Dejan Pepić	Arsenal	13
3	Dragan Nikolić	Jedinstvo	12
4	Ivan Knežević	Dečić	11
	Igor Poček	Bokelj
6	Dražen Ajković	Jezero	9
	Ilir Camaj	Dečić
8	Andjelo Rudović	Dečić	8
9	Aldin Adžović	Dečić	7
	Nikola Bulatović	Mornar
	Mirza Idrizović	Jedinstvo
	Marko Kažić	Mornar
	Julián Montenegro	Lovćen
	Saša Radenović	Jezero