Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Countries Montenegro
Confederation UEFA
Founded 2006
Number of teams 12
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to Montenegrin Second League
Domestic cup(s) Montenegrin Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions FK Mogren
(2010–11)
Most championships FK Mogren (2)
TV partners RTCG
Website http://fscg.co.me
2011–12 season

The First League of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga) is the top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 12 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round. The second placed team and the National Cup winner play in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Europa League. The 11th- and 12th-placed teams are relegated to the Montenegrin Second League.

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History

Main article: Past Champions of Second-Tier Montenegrin First League

While Montenegro was part of socialist Yugoslavia, its top league was the Yugoslav First League. When SFRY dissolved, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed in 1992 and the Serbian and Montenegrin teams played in this league, although it was still named Yugoslav First League. In 2003, the FR Yugoslavia was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. The league of Serbia and Montenegro had 16 teams. During this time the First League of Montenegro functioned as one of the state's two second division leagues. In 2006, Montenegro split from Serbia and Montenegro, thus making the First League of Montenegro its top national competition.

UEFA Rankings

UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2009-10 European football season (Previous year rank in italics) [1] 40 41 +1 Kazakhstan 0.750 0.833 1.250 0.875 1.625 5.333 0/4 41 40 −1 Iceland 1.166 1.166 1.250 0.375 1.375 5.332 0/4 42 43 +1 Montenegro 0.500 0.500 1.125 1.750 0.500 4.375 0/4 43 42 −1 Liechtenstein1 0.500 0.000 1.000 0.500 2.000 4.000 0/1 0 1 1 44 44 — Albania 0.500 0.666 1.000 0.875 0.875 3.916 0/4

Teams Participating in 2011-12 season

Relegated in 2010/11

Champions and Top scorers by seasons

Season Champions Runners up Third place Top scorer(s) Goals
2006–07 Zeta Budućnost Grbalj Damir Čakar (Rudar)
Žarko Korać (Zeta)		 16
2007–08 Budućnost Zeta Mogren Ivan Jablan (Lovćen) 13
2008–09 Mogren Budućnost Sutjeska Fatos Bećiraj (Budućnost) 18
2009–10 Rudar Budućnost Mogren Ivan Bošković (Grbalj) 28
2010–11 Mogren (2) Budućnost Rudar Ivan Vuković (Budućnost) 20
2011–12

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
FK Mogren
2
 2008–09, 2010–11
FK Budućnost
1
4
 2007–08
FK Zeta
1
1
 2006–07
FK Rudar
1
 2009–10

All-time league scorers

Players in bold are still active in the Montenegrin First League

Rank Player Years Goals
1 Fatos Bećiraj 2006–2010 39
2 Damir Čakar 2006–2008 16
Žarko Korać 2006–2010 16
4 Slaven Stjepanović 2006 12
5 Dragan Bošković 2006–present 11
Igor Burzanović 2006 11
7 Nemanja Vukašinović 2006–present 10

All time Prva CFL

As of the end of 2010–11 season

Ssn = Number of seasons; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; PPG = Points per game; HF = Highest finish

Rank
 Club
 Town
 Ssn
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 PPG
 HF
1 Budućnost Podgorica 5 165 104 42 19 298 123 175 354 1
2 Mogren Budva 5 165 90 42 33 244 130 114 312 1
3 Zeta Golubovci 5 165 86 39 40 236 150 86 286 1
4 Rudar Pljevlja 5 165 78 32 55 215 150 65 266 1
5 Grbalj Radanovići 5 165 68 41 56 220 166 54 245 3
6 Sutjeska Nikšić 5 165 53 42 70 153 190 -37 198 3
7 Petrovac Petrovac 5 165 48 44 73 166 227 -61 188 6
8 Dečić Tuzi 5 165 45 42 78 130 197 -67 177 6
9 Lovćen Cetinje 4 132 45 37 50 114 128 -14 172 6
10 Kom Podgorica 4 132 33 30 69 106 183 -77 129 7
11 Mladost Podgorica 3 99 23 29 47 86 128 -42 98 5
12 Mornar Bar 2 66 18 15 33 54 94 -40 68 10
13 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 2 66 13 21 32 55 108 -53 60 11
14 Berane Berane 2 66 15 13 38 53 97 -44 58 11
15 Jezero Plav 1 33 9 6 18 30 62 -32 33 10
16 Bar Bar 1 33 7 11 15 30 43 -13 32 12
17 Bokelj Kotor 1 33 8 8 17 24 38 -14 32 10


1 In the 2006-07 season, Zeta Golubovci was deducted 1 point.
2 In the 2007-08 season, Sutjeska Nikšić was deducted 3 points.
3 In the 2008-09 season, Zeta Golubovci was deducted 10 points.
4 In the 2009-10 season, Mornar Bar was deducted 1 point.

Source: http://www.soccerway.com/national/montenegro/prva-liga/

External links and references

Montenegrin First League
2011–12 teams
Berane · Bokelj · Budućnost · Dečić · Grbalj · Lovćen · Mladost · Mogren · Petrovac · Rudar · Sutjeska · Zeta
Former teams
Bar · Jedinstvo · Jezero · Kom · Mornar ·
Associated competitions
Seasons
National teams
Men's · Women's · U-21 · U-19 · U-17
League system
First League · Second League · Third League
Domestic cups
Top level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 2010". Bert Kassies. http://kassiesa.com/uefabackup/data/method4/crank2010.html. Retrieved May 7, 2010.