2024–25 Montenegrin First League

The 2024–25 Montenegrin First League was the 19th season of the first tier association football in the country of Montenegro. The season began on 4 August 2024.^[1]

Montenegrin First League

Season	2024–25
Dates	4 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
Champions	Budućnost Podgorica (7th title)
Relegated	Otrant-Olympic
Champions League	Budućnost Podgorica
Conference League	Dečić Sutjeska
Matches played	104
Goals scored	234 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Žarko Korać (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Jedinstvo 3–2 Arsenal Tivat (1 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Arsenal Tivat 1–5 Budućnost (26 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Arsenal Tivat 1–5 Budućnost (26 February 2025)
Longest winning run	Budućnost (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Budućnost (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Otrant-Olympic (4 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 26 February 2025.

The start was originally scheduled on 28 July 2024, but was postponed due to the participation of the three clubs in European competitions.^[2]

Budućnost Podgorica won the league, qualifying for a place in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.

Teams

Arsenal
Tivat

Bokelj

Budućnost Podgorica

Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje

Mornar

Otrant-Olympic

Petrovac

Sutjeska Nikšić

Dečić

Jezero

2024–25 clubs

The league consisted of ten teams; the top eight teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Montenegrin Second League. Dečić entered the season as defending champions.^[3][4]

Bokelj were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Montenegrin Second League (returning to the top-flight after a seven-year absence), replacing the 2023–24 Montenegrin First League bottom-placed team, Rudar (relegated after eighteen years in the top-flight). Second League runners-up Otrant-Olympic defeated First League ninth-placed team Mladost DG in the Montenegrin First League play-off, promoting the former to the top-flight for the first time in its history and relegating the latter after one year in the top-flight.^[4][5]

Stadiums and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Arsenal Tivat	Tivat	Stadion u Parku	2,000
FK Bokelj	Kotor	Stadion pod Vrmcem	1,000
FK Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	15,230
FK Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000
FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	Bijelo Polje	Gradski stadion	5,000
FK Jezero	Plav	Stadion Pod Racinom	2,500
FK Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500
FK Otrant-Olympic	Ulcinj	Stadion Olympic	1,500
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš	1,630
FK Sutjeska Nikšić	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Tivat	Derviš Hadžiosmanović	Ćetko Manojlović	Lmp	Porto Montenegro
Bokelj	Slobodan Drasković	Lazar Pajović	NAAI
Budućnost Podgorica	Ivan Brnović	Vasilije Terzić	Adidas	Savana
Dečić	Edis Mulalić	Jonathan Dreshaj	Seven	Castellana
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	Sead Babača	Momčilo Dulović	NAAI	Hotel Splendid
Jezero	Miodrag Džudović	Edis Redžepagić	Macron	Samont
Mornar	Simo Medigović	Aleksandar Vujačić	Seven	Municipality of Bar
Otrant-Olympic	Dzemal Kaplanbegu	Anđelo Rudović
Petrovac	Zdravko Dragićević	Zoran Mikijelj	Macron	Municipality of Budva
Sutjeska Nikšić	Milija Savović	Vladan Giljen	Joma	Intersport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost Podgorica (C)	35	26	6	3	90	29	+61	84	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Petrovac	36	17	9	10	50	37	+13	60	Ineligible for European competitions[a]
3	Sutjeska Nikšić	36	14	9	13	40	38	+2	51	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b]
4	Dečić	35	10	17	8	34	31	+3	47
5	Mornar	36	12	8	16	40	53	−13	44[c]
6	Bokelj	36	13	5	18	31	50	−19	44[c]
7	Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	36	11	10	15	45	58	−13	43
8	Arsenal Tivat (O)	36	10	12	14	32	47	−15	42	Qualification for the Montenegrin First League play-off
9	Jezero (O)	36	9	12	15	35	44	−9	39
10	Otrant-Olympic (R)	36	9	8	19	43	53	−10	35	Relegation to the Montenegrin Second League

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Petrovac did not obtain a UEFA license; the Conference League spot was passed to the third-placed team.
2. Dečić qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round as the 2024–25 Montenegrin Cup winners.
3. Head-to-head points: Mornar 7, Bokelj 4.

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away	ARS	BOK	BUD	DEC	JED	JEZ	MOR	OTR	PET	SUT	ARS	BOK	BUD	DEC	JED	JEZ	MOR	OTR	PET	SUT
Arsenal Tivat	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–5	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1
Bokelj	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–1	—	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–5	0–4	1–2
Budućnost Podgorica	2–1	4–0	—	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–1	—	null[a]	5–2	2–3	3–0	5–1	3–1	2–0
Dečić	1–3	1–2	0–2	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	—	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–1
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Jezero	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	—	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–1	3–2	—	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Mornar	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	—	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–2
Otrant-Olympic	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	—	0–1	1–3	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	6–2	—	2–1	0–2
Petrovac	0–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–1	4–2	3–2	—	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	—	1–0
Sutjeska Nikšić	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	—	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	—

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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.
Notes:

1. Match cancelled due to spectator riots.

Montenegrin First League play-off

The eighth and ninth-placed teams (Arsenal Tivat and Jezero) each faced the third and second-placed teams from the 2024–25 Montenegrin Second League (Lovćen and Rudar) in two-legged ties for the final two places in the 2025–26 Montenegrin First League.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lovćen	0–4	Arsenal Tivat	0–0	0–4
Jezero	2–0	Rudar	1–0	1–0

Matches

30 May 2025

17:00 CEST

Lovćen	0–0	Arsenal Tivat

Sveti Petar Cetinjski, Cetinje

30 May 2025

19:00 CEST

Jezero	1–0	Rudar
Perović 27'

Stadion Pod Racinom, Plav

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4 June 2025

17:00 CEST

Arsenal Tivat	4–0	Lovćen
Kovinić 27', 34' Montenegro 40' Manojlović 76' (pen.)

Stadion u Parku, Tivat

4 June 2025

18:00 CEST

Rudar	0–1	Jezero
		Raičević 58'

Gradski stadion, Pljevlja

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 6 March 2025^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Milan Vukotić	Budućnost	9
2	Abdulsamed Abdullahi	Arsenal	8
	Žarko Korać	Jedinstvo
4	Vasko Kalezić	Sutjeska	7
	Nikola Janjić	Sutjeska
	Ivan Bojović	Budućnost
7	Boban Đorđević	Mornar	6
	Diego Facundo Castañeda	Petrovac
	Dejan Boljević	Petrovac
	Adnan Bašić	Petrovac

See also

• 2024–25 Montenegrin Second League