2010–11 Montenegrin First League

2010–11 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 14 August 2010 and is scheduled to end in May 2011. Rudar were the defending champions having won their first Montenegrin championship last season

Teams

Kom were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th last season. Their place was taken by Second League champions Mladost Podgorica.

10th-placed Mornar and 11th-placed Berane had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Mornar kept their place in the First League by beating Second League third place finisher Bratstvo Cijevna 3–1 on aggregate. On the other hand, Berane were relegated after losing to Second League runners-up Bar 5–4 on penalties after the two clubs ended 2–2 on aggregate.

League table

Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Rudar are the winners of 2010–11 Montenegrin Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League; since they finished the season in third place, Zeta as fourth-placed team also qualified for the first qualifying round of the Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 matches. 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

Source: fscg.co.me
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
   1 - 12     1 -  2     2 - 12     1 -  4     3 - 12     1 - 6
   2 - 11     8 -  6     3 -  1     2 -  3     4 -  2     2 - 5
   3 - 10     9 -  5     4 - 11     9 -  7     5 -  1     3 - 4
   4 - 9     10 -  4     5 - 10    10 -  6     6 - 11    10 - 8
   5 - 8     11 -  3     6 -  9    11 -  5     7 - 10    11 - 7
   6 - 7     12 -  7     7 -  8    12 -  8     8 -  9    12 - 9

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
   4 - 12     1 -  8     5 - 12     1 - 10     6 - 12
   5 -  3     2 -  7     6 -  4     2 -  9     7 -  5
   6 -  2     3 -  6     7 -  3     3 -  8     8 -  4
   7 -  1     4 -  5     8 -  2     4 -  7     9 -  3
   8 - 11    11 -  9     9 -  1     5 -  6    10 -  2
   9 - 10    12 - 10    10 - 11    12 - 11    11 -  1

Updated to games played on 30 April 2011
Source: fscg.co.me
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

First legs

Second legs

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 10 April 2011; Source: Soccerway

See also

• 2010–11 Montenegrin Cup

References

External links

• Official page at Montenegrin FA website