2009–10 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season	2009–10
Champions	Rudar 1st title
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)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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.

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 Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja (C)	33	22	5	6	56	26	+30	71	2010–11 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica	33	21	6	6	67	35	+32	69	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
3	Mogren !Mogren	33	16	9	8	49	34	+15	57	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Zeta !Zeta	33	17	6	10	43	33	+10	57	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
5	Grbalj !Grbalj	33	15	8	10	66	42	+24	53
6	Lovćen !Lovćen	33	15	7	11	32	37	−5	52
7	Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	33	11	7	15	33	36	−3	40
8	Petrovac !Petrovac	33	10	6	17	38	49	−11	36
9	Dečić !Dečić	33	8	11	14	27	35	−8	35
10	Mornar !Mornar (O)	33	9	8	16	29	49	−20	034²	Relegation play-offs
11	Berane !Berane (R)	33	8	6	19	28	49	−21	30	Relegation play-offs
12	Kom !Kom (R)	33	5	3	25	16	59	−43	18	Relegation to 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 docked 1 point because they used ineligible player in the match against Kom.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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 ╲ Away	Berane !BER	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Dečić !DEČ	Grbalj !GRB	Kom !KOM	Lovćen !LOV	Mogren !MOG	Mornar !MOR	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Berane !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 !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 !Dečić	2–1	0–1		1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2
Grbalj !Grbalj	5–0	0–4	0–0		1–0	4–0	2–4	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–2
Kom !Kom	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0
Lovćen !Lovćen	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–1
Mogren !Mogren	4–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–3		4–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	0–0
Mornar !Mornar	0–2	2–3	0–0	3–3	0–3²	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0
Petrovac !Petrovac	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	4–2		0–4	1–0	0–1
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1		3–1	2–4
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–2		2–1
Zeta !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
1 ^{^} The 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 ╲ Away	Berane !BER	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Dečić !DEČ	Grbalj !GRB	Kom !KOM	Lovćen !LOV	Mogren !MOG	Mornar !MOR	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Berane !Berane			1–1			1–0			0–1	2–0		0–1
Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica	2–0		1–1		3–1	4–0		4–0				3–1
Dečić !Dečić						0–1			2–3	2–2	1–0	2–1
Grbalj !Grbalj	5–0	1–1	1–0		11–0		3–5	3–1
Kom !Kom	0–0		1–0					1–1	0–2		0–1
Lovćen !Lovćen				2–1	2–1				1–0	0–3	3–2	1–0
Mogren !Mogren	2–0	2–2	1–0		2–1	1–0		0–0
Mornar !Mornar	2–1		2–0			1–0				2–1		0–0
Petrovac !Petrovac		1–2		1–2			1–2	3–1			2–1
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja		2–1		3–0	3–0		3–1		2–2		2–0
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	0–0	2–0		0–2			2–0	3–0
Zeta !Zeta				2–2	2–0		1–0		1–1	3–2	0–0

Source: fscg.co.me
1 ^{^} The 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:

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

Bar v Berane

2 June 2010
17:00 CEST

Bar	1 – 1	Berane
Ljumović 60'	Report	39' Lalević

Stadion Topolica, Bar
Referee: Ranko Spasojević (Podgorica)

Bratstvo v Mornar

2 June 2010
17:00 CEST

Bratstvo	0 – 1	Mornar
	Report	2' Peričić

Trešnjica Stadium, Golubovci
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Podgorica)

Second legs

Berane v Bar

6 June 2010
17:00 CEST

Berane	1 – 1 (aet)	Bar
Bulić 28'	Report	52' Vuković
	Penalties
Đalac Aković Cimbaljević Peličić Bulić	4 – 5	Ljumović Čindrak Kovač Vuković Jovović

Gradski Stadion, Berane
Referee: Ranko Spasojević (Podgorica)

Mornar v Bratstvo