2009–10 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season 2009–10
Champions Rudar
Relegated Kom
Berane
Champions League Rudar
Europa League Budućnost
Mogren
Zeta
Matches played 198
Goals scored 484 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Ivan Bošković (28)
Biggest home win Grbalj 11–0 Kom (May 29, 2010)
Biggest away win Grbalj 0–4 Budućnost Podgorica
OFK Petrovac 0–4 Rudar
Highest scoring Grbalj 11–0 Kom (May 29, 2010)

Montenegrin First League 2009–10 (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2009[1] and will end in May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.

Contents

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in the 2008–09 season. Their place was taken by Second League champions Berane.

10th-placed Jezero Plav and 11th-placed Dečić Tuzi had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Jezero were relegated by losing 2–1 on aggregate against the 3rd-placed team from Second League, Mornar Bar. On the other hand, Dečić saved their place in the Montenegrin top league by beating Mladost Podgorica, who had finished as runners-up of the Second League, also with 2–1 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in First League 2009–10
Team City Stadium Capacity
Berane Berane Gradski Stadion 11,000
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 17,000
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,000
Grbalj Kotor Stadion u Radanovićima 1,500
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 3,500
Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 5,000
Mogren Budva Lugovi Stadion 4,000
Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 5,000
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 7,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rudar (C) 33 22 5 6 56 26 +30 71 2010–11 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 Budućnost Podgorica 33 21 6 6 67 35 +32 69 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 Mogren 33 16 9 8 49 34 +15 57 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Zeta 33 17 6 10 43 33 +10 57
5 Grbalj 33 15 8 10 66 42 +24 53
6 Lovćen 33 15 7 11 32 37 −5 52
7 Sutjeska 33 11 7 15 33 36 −3 40
8 Petrovac 33 10 6 17 38 49 −11 36
9 Dečić 33 8 11 14 27 35 −8 35
10 Mornar (O) 33 9 8 16 29 49 −20 0342 Relegation play-offs
11 Berane (R) 33 8 6 19 28 49 −21 30
12 Kom (R) 33 5 3 25 16 59 −43 18 Relegation to the Montenegrin Second League

Source: fscg.co.me
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Since Rudar and Budućnost Podgorica, the finalists of the 2009–10 Montenegrin Cup, will finish in the top two spots in the league, the league runners-up will qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2Mornar were deducted 1 point because they used ineligible player in the match against Kom.[2]
(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 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 \ Away1 BER BUD DEČ GRB KOM LOV MOG MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2
Budućnost Podgorica 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 4–2
Dečić 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2
Grbalj 5–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–0 0–2
Kom 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0
Lovćen 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–1
Mogren 4–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0
Mornar 0–2 2–3 0–0 3–3 0–32 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0
Petrovac 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 4–2 0–4 1–0 0–1
Rudar 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–4
Sutjeska 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1
Zeta 1–0 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0

Source: fscg.co.me
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match originally finished 0–0 but was awarded to Kom with a score of 3–0 because Mornar used ineligible player.[3]
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
Home \ Away1 BER BUD DEČ GRB KOM LOV MOG MOR PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Budućnost Podgorica 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–1
Dečić 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1
Grbalj 5–0 1–1 1–0 11–0 3–5 3–1
Kom 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Lovćen 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 1–0
Mogren 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Mornar 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Petrovac 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1
Rudar 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–0
Sutjeska 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 3–0
Zeta 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0

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.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 4 April 2010

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Ivan Bošković Grbalj 28
2 Ivan Vuković Budućnost 20
3 Predrag Ranđelović Rudar 19
4 Vladimir Gluščević Mogren 16
5 Žarko Korać Zeta 11
6 Fatos Bećiraj Budućnost 10

Source: [1]

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

2 June 2010
17:00 CEST
Bar 1 – 1 Berane Stadion Topolica, Bar
Referee: Ranko Spasojević (Podgorica)
Ljumović  60' Report  39' Lalević

2 June 2010
17:00 CEST
Bratstvo 0 – 1 Mornar Trešnjica Stadium, Golubovci
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Podgorica)
Report  2' Peričić

Second legs

6 June 2010
17:00 CEST
Berane 1 – 1 (aet) Bar Gradski Stadion, Berane
Referee: Ranko Spasojević (Podgorica)
Bulić  28' Report  52' Vuković
  Penalties  
Đalac
Aković
Cimbaljević
Peličić
Bulić
4 – 5 Ljumović
Čindrak
Kovač
Vuković
Jovović

6 June 2010
17:00 CEST
Mornar 2 – 1 Bratstvo Stadion Topolica, Bar
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Podgorica)
Rašović  60'
Peričić  87'
Report  78' Jovićević

See also

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