2020–21 Montenegrin First League

The 2020–21 Montenegrin First League is the 15th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 14 August 2020[1] and will be ended in May 2021. The league winners will qualify for a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
Budućnost were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.[2]

Montenegrin First League
Season2020–21
Dates15 August 2020 - May 2021
Matches played95
Goals scored207 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerBožo Marković (11 goals)
2021–22 →

Teams
2020–21 clubs

Defender of the title is Budućnost, while other teams which participated in previous season are Sutjeska, Iskra, Zeta, Podgorica, Petrovac, Rudar and Titograd.
Grbalj and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season.
After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Dečić and FK Jezero competed in the league this season.
The following clubs competed in 2020–21 First League.

Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230 Mladen Milinković
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 2,000 Edis Mulalić
Iskra Danilovgrad Braća Velašević Stadium 2,500 Aleksandar Nedović
Jezero Plav Stadion Pod Racinom 2,500 Milija Savović
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630 Nenad Vukčević
FK Podgorica Podgorica DG Arena 4,300 Milorad Peković
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 5,140 Vuko Bogavac
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 5,214 Miljan Radović
OFK Titograd Podgorica Mladost Stadium 1,250 Nikola Rakojević
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000 Ratko Dostanić

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost 19 16 1 2 37 14 +23 49 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dečić 19 7 10 2 24 15 +9 31 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Sutjeska 19 8 6 5 27 18 +9 30
4 Podgorica 19 7 6 6 21 16 +5 27
5 Iskra 19 6 6 7 17 19 −2 24
6 Zeta[lower-alpha 1] 19 7 5 7 14 16 −2 24
7 Jezero 19 6 4 9 11 16 −5 22
8 Rudar 19 7 1 11 20 31 −11 22 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Titograd 19 4 5 10 14 30 −16 17
10 Petrovac 19 2 6 11 16 26 −10 12 Relegation to the Second League
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2020. Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
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.
Notes:
  1. Zeta were deducted 2 points for leaving the pitch in the round 9th match.[3]

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.[4]

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Božo Marković Sutjeska 11
2 Šaleta Kordić Podgorica 10
3 Kristijan Vulaj Dečić 9
4 Draško Božović Budućnost 8
Vuk Striković Rudar
6 Ilir Camaj Dečić 7
7 Milutin Osmajić Sutjeska 6
8 Marko Mrvaljević Titograd 5
Dejan Zarubica Budućnost
10 Bogdan Milić Iskra 4
Miloš Raičković Budućnost
Ivan Vuković Iskra

See also

References
  1. https://fscg.me/vijesti/7592/saopstenje-sa-xii-sjednice-izvrsnog-odbora-fscg/
  2. http://sportklub.rs/Fudbal/Crna-Gora/a335147-Buducnost-je-sampion-Crne-Gore.html
  3. "Zeti oduzeta dva boda, Lambulić suspendovan na pet mjeseci". RTCG. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "Rules" (PDF). fscg.me. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. Šuković, Bojan (17 October 2020). "Prekid pod Goricom: Zeta napustila teren nakon trećeg crvenog kartona". Antena M. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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