1961–62 Montenegrin Republic League

The 1961–62 Montenegrin Republic League was 17th season of Montenegrin Republic League. For the first time after the season 1954–55 competition was unified, without final tournaments and zones as qualifying phase. Season started in August 1961 and finished in May 1962.[1]

Montenegrin Republic League
Season1961–62
DatesAugust 1961 - May 1962
ChampionsOFK Titograd
Matches played71
Goals scored301 (4.24 per match)

Season
Locations of the 1961-62 Montenegrin Republic League teams

Before the start of season, Football Association of Montenegro make the decision to create an unified competition with nine teams - three representatives of central Montenegro (OFK Titograd, Čelik and Gorštak), three from northern Montenegro (Rudar, Jedinstvo and Brskovo) and three from southern Montenegro (Lovćen, Bokelj and Arsenal).[2]
During the sixteen weeks long season, five teams battled for first place. At the end, OFK Titograd won the title and participated in the qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League.[3][4]

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Titograd (C, Q) 16 11 2 3 46 19 +27 24
2 Bokelj 16 10 3 3 55 29 +26 23
3 Rudar 16 9 3 4 39 25 +14 21
4 Lovćen 16 8 4 4 25 18 +7 20
5 Jedinstvo 16 8 4 4 25 18 +7 20
6 Čelik 15 4 3 8 25 40 −15 11
7 Arsenal 16 3 4 9 32 29 +3 10
8 Gorštak 15 3 2 10 23 43 −20 8
9 Brskovo 16 1 3 12 15 60 −45 5
Source:
(C) Champion; (Q) Place in qualifiers for 1962–63 Yugoslav Second League - East.

Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League

OFK Titograd played in the qualifiers for 1962–63 Second League - East. As a last-placed team in the group, they didn't succeed to gain a new promotion to second-tier.

Team 1 Team 2 Home Away
OFK Titograd Budućnost Peć
0:2
0:3
OFK Titograd Borac Čačak
3:1
0:6
Radnički Kragujevac OFK Titograd
3:0
3:0

Higher leagues

On season 1961-62, two Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.[5] Both of them (Budućnost and Sutjeska) participated in 1961–62 Yugoslav Second League.

See also

References
  1. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. http://www.fklovcen.me/?page_id=939
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701162242/http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/tabele/9-sezone-tabele-sfrj/22-1961-1962
  4. Godišnjak Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije, Beograd, ISSN: 0351-2894
  5. http://www.fsgzrenjanin.com/Period%201955-1962.html
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