2015–16 Montenegrin First League

The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions.

Montenegrin First League
Season2015–16
ChampionsMladost
RelegatedMornar
Champions LeagueMladost
Europa LeagueBudućnost
Rudar
Bokelj
Matches played186
Goals scored432 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Šćepanović
(19 goals)
Biggest home winMladost 5–0 Dečić
Biggest away winIskra 0–4 Budućnost
Iskra 0–4 Sutjeska
Sutjeska 0–4 Budućnost
Petrovac 0–4 Sutjeska
Mornar 1–5 Zeta
Highest scoringPetrovac 5–3 Zeta
Longest winning run9 games
Mladost
Budućnost
Longest unbeaten run8 games
Rudar
Longest losing run7 games
Mornar
All statistics correct as of 1 October 2015.

Teams

FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second League champion, got promoted to the top level for the first time. FK Dečić won 7–1 on aggregate against two-times Montenegrin champion FK Mogren in the promotion play-offs, and returns to the First League after just one year of absence.

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2015–16 Montenegrin First League teams
TeamCityStadiumCapacityCoach
BokeljKotorStadion pod Vrmcem5,000 Slobodan Drašković
BudućnostPodgoricaStadion pod Goricom15,230 Miodrag Vukotić
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje3,000 Fuad Krkanović
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500 Dragoljub Đuretić
IskraDanilovgradStadion Braće Velašević2,000 Milija Savović
LovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana5,000 Milorad Malovrazić
MladostPodgoricaStadion FK Mladost2,000 Nikola Rakojević
MornarBarStadion Topolica2,500 Zoran Mijović
PetrovacPetrovacStadion pod Malim brdom1,630 Ivan Brnović
RudarPljevljaStadion pod Golubinjom10,000 Vuko Bogavac
SutjeskaNikšićStadion kraj Bistrice6,180 Aleksandar Nedović
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica5,000 Dejan Vukićević

Source: Scoresway

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mladost (C) 33 21 4 8 53 28 +25 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 19 6 8 48 21 +27 63 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Rudar 33 16 10 7 39 26 +13 58
4 Bokelj 33 17 5 11 43 28 +15 56
5 Sutjeska 33 15 9 9 46 31 +15 54
6 Dečić 33 11 6 16 38 49 −11 39
7 Grbalj 33 11 5 17 38 49 −11 38[lower-alpha 2]
8 Zeta 33 10 8 15 37 42 −5 38[lower-alpha 2]
9 Lovćen 33 9 9 15 32 42 −10 36
10 Iskra (O) 33 7 13 13 29 51 −22 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Petrovac (O) 33 8 9 16 33 51 −18 33[lower-alpha 3]
12 Mornar (R) 33 9 6 18 30 48 −18 33[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[1]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rudar Pljevlja qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup.
  2. Grbalj ahead of Zeta on head-to-head record; Grbalj–Zeta 4–1, Zeta–Grbalj 1–2, Grbalj–Zeta 1–2.
  3. Petrovac ahead of Mornar on head-to-head record; Petrovac–Mornar 2–1, Mornar–Petrovac 1–1, Mornar–Petrovac 0–0.

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then 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 BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK LOV MLA MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1
Budućnost 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1
Dečić 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–1
Grbalj 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 4–1
Iskra 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–0
Lovćen 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2
Mladost 1–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–3 2–0
Mornar 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–5
Petrovac 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–4 5–3
Rudar 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0
Sutjeska 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–2 1–1
Zeta 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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 BOK BUD DEČ GRB ISK LOV MLA MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2
Budućnost 4–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–0
Dečić 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–1
Grbalj 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Iskra 1–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
Lovćen 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
Mladost 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–0
Mornar 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2
Petrovac 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Rudar 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1
Sutjeska 0–4 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0
Zeta 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs
Bratstvo2–2Iskra
Popović  58', 65' Kljajić  55' (o.g.)
Novović  60'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Milovan Milačić
Iskra6–0Bratstvo
Memčević  3', 62'
Novović  24'
Golubović  25'
Redžović  69'
Begović  84'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Milovan Milačić

Iskra Danilovgrad won 8–2 on aggregate and retained their Montenegrin First League spot for the 2016-2017 season.

Cetinje0–0Petrovac
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Miloš Savović
Petrovac1–0Cetinje
Woo Sang-Hoon  53'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Miloš Savović

OFK Petrovac won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their Montenegrin First League spot for the 2016-2017 season.

Top goalscorers

The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.

Rank Scorer Club Goals[2]
1 Marko Šćepanović Mladost 19
2 Darko Bjedov Zeta 18
3 Dejan Zarubica Sutjeska 16
4 Boris Kopitović Petrovac 13
5 Šaleta Kordić Sutjeska 11
6 Darko Nikač Budućnost 10
7 Pjeter Ljuljđuraj Dečić 9
8 Dejan Đenić Bokelj 8
Ivan Marković Rudar
Miloš Nikezić Bokelj
Blažo Perutović Lovćen
Petar Vukčević Grbalj

References
  1. "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "Montenegro » 1. CFL 2015/2016 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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