2006–07 Montenegrin First League

The 2006–07 Montenegrin First League season was the inaugural season of the league as Montenegro's top-tier football competition. Although the league existed before, it was previously a second-tier league, underneath the Serbo-Montenegrin First League. Upon the independence of Montenegro, and the establishment of a Montenegrin Football Association, the league became disassociated with the Serbo-Montenegrin league and thus was given its present position.

Montenegrin First League
Season2006–07
ChampionsZeta
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Berane
Champions LeagueZeta
UEFA CupBudućnost
Rudar
Intertoto CupGrbalj
Matches played198
Goals scored414 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorerDamir Čakar
Žarko Korać (16)
Biggest home winBudućnost 5-1 Grbalj
Zeta 5-1 Jedinstvo
Biggest away winMladost 0-4 Zeta
Dečić 0-4 Zeta
Highest scoringSutjeska 3-5 Mladost
Longest winning run6 games
Budućnost
Zeta
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run6 games
Berane

The league played its first games of the season on August 12, 2006 and its final matches were played on May 26, 2007. On May 26, after their final match, FK Zeta were confirmed as the league's first ever champions under the new FA, and thus qualified as the country's first ever UEFA Champions League competitor.

Teams
Location of the 2006–07 Montenegrin First League teams

In order of their 2005-06 league table position, the inaugural members are:

From the former First League of Serbia and Montenegro
From the second-tier Montenegrin First League
Promoted from the Montenegrin Second League

Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity
BeraneBeraneGradski Stadion11,000
BudućnostPodgoricaStadion Pod Goricom18,000
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje1,250
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500
JedinstvoBijelo PoljeGradski Stadion5,000
KomPodgoricaStadion Zlatica2,500
MladostPodgoricaCvijetni Brijeg2,000
MogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000
PetrovacPetrovacStadion Pod Malim Brdom1,400
RudarPljevljaStadion Pod Golubinjom10,000
SutjeskaNikšićStadion Kraj Bistrice10,800
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica7,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zeta (C) 33 25 4 4 65 18 +47 79 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 22 10 1 58 12 +46 76 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Grbalj 33 14 7 12 37 30 +7 49 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Rudar 33 14 5 14 37 32 +5 47 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5 Mogren 33 10 12 11 27 27 0 42
6 Petrovac 33 10 10 13 24 37 −13 40
7 Kom 33 9 11 13 27 31 −4 38
8 Sutjeska 33 10 8 15 24 33 −9 38
9 Mladost 33 9 11 13 34 49 −15 38
10 Dečić (O) 33 8 10 15 29 46 −17 34 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Jedinstvo (R) 33 6 13 14 27 51 −24 31
12 Berane (R) 33 7 7 19 25 48 −23 28 Relegated to Montenegrin Second League
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round
Home \ Away BER BUD DEČ GRB JED KOM MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–4
Budućnost 4–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Dečić 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–4
Grbalj 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Jedinstvo 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–3
Kom 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Mladost 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Mogren 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Petrovac 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
Rudar 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Sutjeska 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Zeta 2–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match between Zeta and Budućnost was not played because the management of Zeta was not satisfied with the choice of the referee (Goran Mihaljević) and locked the gates of the stadium. It is registered with the official score of 0–3 for the guests.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd
1 – 12
2 – 11
3 – 10
4 – 9
5 – 8
6 – 7		 1 – 2
8 – 6
9 – 5
10 – 4
11 – 3
12 – 7		 2 – 12
3 – 1
4 – 11
5 – 10
6 – 9
7 – 8		 1 – 4
2 – 3
9 – 7
10 – 6
11 – 5
12 – 8		 3 – 12
4 – 2
5 – 1
6 – 11
7 – 10
8 – 9		 1 – 6
2 – 5
3 – 4
10 – 8
11 – 7
12 – 9		 4 – 12
5 – 3
6 – 2
7 – 1
8 – 11
9 – 10		 1 – 8
2 – 7
3 – 6
4 – 5
11 – 9
12 – 10		 5 – 12
6 – 4
7 – 3
8 – 2
9 – 1
10 – 11		 1 – 10
2 – 9
3 – 8
4 – 7
5 – 6
12 – 11		 6 – 12
7 – 5
8 – 4
9 – 3
10 – 2
11 – 1
Home \ Away BER BUD DEČ GRB JED KOM MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–2
Budućnost 3–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Dečić 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Grbalj 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3
Jedinstvo 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–2
Kom 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0
Mladost 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4
Mogren 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Petrovac 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–0
Rudar 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–1
Sutjeska 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Zeta 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.[3]

Jedinstvo1 – 4Bokelj
Čindrak  59' (pen.) Vujović  9'
Lasić  63', 65'
Jovanović  80'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Amil Gerina
Bokelj0 – 1Jedinstvo
Babača  43' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000
Ibar2 – 2Dečić
Pandurica  31'
B. Škrijelj  64' (pen.)		 Ljumović  30', 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević
Dečić1 – 0Ibar
Kojašević  87'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aleksandar Marković

Dečić remained a member of First League, while Bokelj gained promotion to 2007–08 Montenegrin First League. Ibar remained a member of Second League, while Jedinstvo relegated to 2007–08 Montenegrin Second League.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Damir Čakar Rudar 16
Žarko Korać Zeta
3 Đulijano Camaj Dečić 13
4 Slaven Stjepanović Zeta 12
5 Dragan Bošković Grbalj 11
Igor Burzanović Budućnost
7 Nemanja Vukašinović Mogren 10

References
  1. "Montenegro First League, 2006/2007". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. Dragoljub Jovanović (2 August 2007). "Montenegro 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Play-offs 1/2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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