2008–09 Montenegrin First League

The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Montenegrin First League
Season2008–09
ChampionsMogren
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Jezero
Champions LeagueMogren
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Sutjeska
Petrovac
Matches played198
Goals scored480 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerFatos Bećiraj (18)
Biggest home winMogren 6–0 Jedinstvo
Budućnost 6–0 Jedinstvo
Rudar 6–0 Jezero
Biggest away winJezero 1–6 Mogren
Highest scoringKom 4–3 Grbalj
Budućnost 4–3 Rudar
Mogren 4–3 Rudar
Budućnost 6–1 Petrovac
Jezero 1–6 Mogren
Longest winning run6 games
Mogren
Longest unbeaten run18 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run8 games
Rudar

Teams

Promotion and relegation

FK Mladost Podgorica were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Jezero Plav.

10th placed Bokelj Kotor and 11th placed Sutjeska Nikšić had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Bokelj were relegated by losing 1–0 on aggregate against the 3rd placed team from Second League, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. On the other hand, Sutjeska saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Čelik Nikšić, who had finished in 2nd place in the Second League, also with 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2008–09 Montenegrin First League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 17,000
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,000
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski Stadion 5,000
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 3,500
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 2,000
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 4,000
OFK Petrovac Petrovac Pod Malim Brdom Stadium 530
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion Gradski 10,000
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 10,800
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 6,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mogren (C) 33 23 5 5 62 24 +38 74 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 21 7 5 72 34 +38 70 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3 Sutjeska 33 18 9 6 45 23 +22 63
4 Grbalj 33 15 5 13 47 34 +13 50
5 Rudar 33 12 5 16 39 37 +2 41
6 Petrovac 33 12 5 16 42 56 −14 41 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Lovćen 33 10 10 13 23 25 −2 40
8 Kom 33 10 7 16 33 43 −10 37
9 Zeta[lower-alpha 2] 33 13 7 13 36 41 −5 36
10 Jezero (R) 33 9 6 18 30 62 −32 33 Qualification for relegation play-offs
11 Dečić (O) 33 9 4 20 23 45 −22 31
12 Jedinstvo (R) 33 7 8 18 28 56 −28 29 Relegation to Montenegrin Second League
Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Petrovac qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of 2008–09 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. Zeta were docked 9 points because of their decision not to include great number of players that have not been injured, ill or under suspension in their lineup in the match against Mogren.[1] Also, they were docked one more point due to the incident in their match against Sutjeska. The referee did not want to enter the field and start the game due to threats by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Božović was also excluded from the Football Association of Montenegro.[2]

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 BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–1 4–3 3–2 3–0
Dečić 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1
Grbalj 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
Jedinstvo 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0
Jezero 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–6 1–3 1–4 2–1 1–1
Kom 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–2
Lovćen 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Mogren 1–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 0–1 2–0
Petrovac 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–2
Rudar 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
Sutjeska 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2
Zeta 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Source: fscg.co.me
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 BUD DEČ GRB JED JEZ KOM LOV MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 2–0 6–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Dečić 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Grbalj 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1
Jedinstvo 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Jezero 2–2 1–2 4–2 4–2 1–0
Kom 1–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–1
Lovćen 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Mogren 2–3 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Petrovac 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–3 3–2
Rudar 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Sutjeska 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
Zeta 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Source: fscg.co.me
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match of Round 29 was registered as 0–3 for Sutjeska. Actually, the match was not played because the main referee Jovan Kaluđerović was being threatened by Radojica Božović, Zeta's chairman, about Zeta must having to win in that match. Due to that the referee did not want to enter the field and start the game.[3]

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.

Mladost0 – 2Dečić
Vasić  11'
Lekić  82'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Aleksandar Marković
Dečić0 – 1Mladost
Vešović  5'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Mornar2 – 1Jezero
Bukilić  59'
Jelenić  75'		 Pavićević  71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jovan Kaluđerović
Jezero0 – 0Mornar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević

Dečić remained a member of First League, while Mornar gained promotion to 2009–10 Montenegrin First League. OFK Titograd remained a member of Second League, while Jezero relegated to 2009–10 Montenegrin Second League.

Top goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost 18
2 Ivan Vuković Budućnost 17
Predrag Ranđelović Rudar
4 Vladimir Gluščević Mogren 16
Admir Adrović Sutjeska
6 Igor Burzanović Budućnost 10
Balša Božović Mogren
Mehmet Divanović Petrovac

Source:

References
  1. Odluka disciplinske komisije: Zeti oduzeto devet bodova, Roganoviću godina zabrane vršenja funkcije (in Serbian)
  2. Saopštenje Disciplinske komisije (in Serbian)
  3. Bodovi Nikšićanima, Božović prošao nekažnjeno (in Serbian)
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