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Montenegrin First League
	; Official logo 2007-2018;
Founded	2006
Country	; Montenegro;
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
; Relegation to	Montenegrin Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Montenegrin Cup
International cup(s)	; UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League;
Current champions	; Sutjeska ; (2017–18)
Most championships	; Budućnost, Sutjeska (3 titles each)
TV partners	; RTCG, Arena Sport;
Website	http://fscg.me
	; 2018–19 season;

The First League of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — Prva CFL — 1. CFL; pronounced [pr̂ːvaː t͡srnǒɡorskaː fûdbaːlskaː lǐːɡa]) is the top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 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 last placed team are relegated to the Montenegrin Second League, and the two others are playing in Montenegrin First League playoffs.

History

Before independence

As part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Montenegrin clubs played in the Montenegrin Football Championship which was formed in 1922.^[1]^[2]^[3] Despite the presence of the nationwide Yugoslav Football Championship, Montenegrin teams did not partake in it.

After World War II and the formation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the top league became the Yugoslav First League. Montenegrin teams were allowed to partake in the nationwide league structure, with a regional Montenegrin league acting as a lower-tier division with promotion and relegation between the Yugoslav league system. The most prominent clubs from Montenegro in this period were FK Budućnost and FK Sutjeska.

When SFR Yugloslavia 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, FR Yugoslavia became Serbia and Montenegro and the football league followed suit. Montenegrin clubs played in the First League with Serbian clubs from 1992 to 2006. In that period, representatives of Montenegro in the Yugoslav/Serbia and Montenegro First League were FK Budućnost, FK Sutjeska, FK Rudar, FK Mogren, FK Zeta, FK Kom and FK Jedinstvo.

For 2004–05, restructuring of the Serbo-Montenegrin football league system saw the dissolution of the national second league, instead being replaced by two regional divisions for both republics of the union with promotion to the still-united First League.

After independence

In 2006, after the Independence referendum, Montenegro split from Serbia. Following that, Montenegrin First League is founded as top-tier national competition. On inaugural season, members of League became three teams from former First League of Serbia and Montenegro, seven from Second League, and two from Third League.

In period 2006-2017, league consisted on 12 clubs, which played 33 matches during the season. From 2017-18 season number of participants in the Montenegrin First League is reduced to 10, with 36 week-long competition.

By now, 19 different clubs participated in the Montenegrin First League. Most successful were FK Budućnost and FK Sutjeska with three national titles. Two titles won FK Rudar and FK Mogren. Another winners were FK Zeta and OFK Titograd with one title.

Club	City	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
FK Budućnost	Podgorica	3	7	2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
FK Sutjeska	Nikšić	3	1	2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18
FK Rudar	Pljevlja	2	1	2009–10, 2014–15
FK Mogren	Budva	2	-	2008–09, 2010–11
FK Zeta	Golubovci	1	2	2006–07
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	1	-	2015–16
FK Lovćen	Cetinje	-	1

2006–16

The first champion of the top-tier CFL was Zeta, which won the trophy on championship's last weekend, after the hard struggle with neighbouring Budućnost.^[4] Third derby between Budućnost and Zeta in Podgorica watched 10,000 spectators, which is record-high attendance in the history of CFL. During the season, many games were followed by crowd disturbances ^[5] and match Zeta - Budućnost in Golubovci hasn’t played, after the decision of home team not to open their stadium, after the collision with Football Association of Montenegro.^[6]
Next season, Budućnost won the title, with the same number of points as Zeta and Mogren. But, Budućnost had the best score against two opponents from the top of the table. That was the first trophy for the team from Podgorica.^[7] Their manager at that time Branko Babić became the first foreign coach to win the Prva CFL title. With average attendance 4,250 on their home games, Budućnost made Montenegrin First League all-time record.

Title holder on season 2008–09 became Mogren^[8], the first-ever club from the coastal Montenegro to win the title. Race for champions' trophy lasted until final week, when Mogren won an away game against Jedinstvo (2-1). At the end of season, they had four points more than second-placed Budućnost and 11 more than third team - Sutjeska.
A year later first championship title in the club history won Rudar^[9]. They won the trophy after dramatic struggle with Budućnost, and only two points decided championship race. During that year, Ivan Bošković from Grbalj scored 28 goals, which is the all-time record for one single season. During the last week of season, hist team made another record, with the highest victory ever in Montenegrin First League, against Kom (11-0)^[10]. On that game, Bošković scored four goals - which is another Prva CFL record, shared with OFK Titograd’s player Zoran Petrović, who did the same seven years later.

Mogren became first club which won the second champion trophy in Prva CFL. Team from Budva won the title on season 2010-11, but with equal number of points as second-placed Budućnost (73)^[11]. At the end, head-to-head score decided, and Mogren was successful than Budućnost (2-1; 2-0; 1-2).

Budućnost won their second trophy on season 2011-12^[12], with few records as a highest number of points in CFL by single season (80) and highest number of scored goals by season (83). But, team from Podgorica didn’t won the trophy easy - they were followed by Rudar, who had three points less at the end of season. Except that, Budućnost didn’t won any game against Rudar during the season (0-2; 2-2; 1-1)
Sutjeska became the first club which won two consecutive titles of CFL champion. Both times, they did it with Dragan Radojičić as head coach. Team from Nikšić won seasons 2012-13 and 2013-14. Sutjeska headed to their first title with five points more than Budućnost, but secured the trophy on last week of championship.^[13] On that season, Sutjeska for the first time in the First League played city derbies against Čelik (1-0; 0-3; 0-1), who surprisingly won the third place at the end of competition. Second trophy, Sutjeska won after the dramatic spring half-season and struggle with Lovćen. Title winner was decided week before the end of season, after the draw on game Sutjeska - Lovćen (1-1)^[14]. That was the very first season on which Budućnost didn't end on first or second position.

At the end of season 2014-15, second title in the club's history won Rudar.^[15] Team from Pljevlja won the race against trophy defender - Sutjeska, which finished on second position. Team from the bottom of the table - Berane at the end of season had only 13 points with 78 goals conceeded, which are all-time negative records in Prva CFL. After the relegation playoffs, Mogren relegated to Second League. It was the first time in history of Prva CFL that one former champion went to lower-rank competition.
Tenth edition of Prva CFL finished with big surprise, as OFK Titograd from Podgorica won their first-ever national title.^[16] At that era, OFK Titograd played under the name Mladost Podgorica. They won the champions' race against city rivals from Budućnost and during the season, OFK Titograd won all three games against them (3-1; 1-0; 2-0). After the last week, OFK Titograd had four points more than second-placed team.

In the period from 2006 to 2016, FK Budućnost, FK Sutjeska, FK Rudar and FK Mogren won two champion titles, and FK Zeta and FK Mladost one. Team which won most points in 2006-2016 period was FK Budućnost (674 pts). At same period, in CFL seasons played 19 different clubs.

2016–present

Budućnost won their third champions' title on season 2016-17, but with equal number of points as Zeta and OFK Titograd. During the season, six points were deducted from FK Zeta because of irregularities^[17], so they weren't able to win the trophy. Week before the end of season, on Budućnost - OFK Titograd match, ultras of home team burned a part of north stand at Podgorica City Stadium, and the game was interrupted and registered with result 0-3.^[18] But, that epilog did not have influence on final placement, as Budućnost finished on the top of the table, with better head-to-head score against OFK Titograd and Zeta.
Next season, FK Sutjeska won their third title^[19]. Team from Nikšić dominated from the very beginning of championship and secured the trophy after 30 weeks. Except that, Sutjeska made a new league record with 11 games without conceded goal. They finished season with 22 points more than second-placed Budućnost.

Season 2018-19 started with the poorest performances of Montenegrin clubs in European competitions since independence. Four teams played 10 games in Champions league and Europa League qualifiers, but without any single win.

Changes in league structure

Number of teams:
- 2006–07 to 2006–17: 12
- Since 2017–18: 10

Number of teams relegated:
- 2006–07 to 2016–17: 1 automatic plus the 10th and 11th placed team in the First League played a two-leg relegation matches against the second and third placed team of the Second League.
- Since 2017–18: 1 automatic plus the 8th and 9th placed team in the First League plays a relegation matches against the second and third placed team of the Second League.

Rivalries

Budućnost supporters at Montenegrin Derby game

Main rivalry in the Montenegrin First League is between Budućnost and Sutjeska, often called as Montenegrin Derby. First edition of derby in official competitions was played at 1932,^[20] and until today two clubs played derbies in the highest-tier competitions of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and, at the new era, in Montenegrin First League.

Other traditional rivalry is between FK Budućnost and FK Lovćen Cetinje, because two clubs are playing important games since the 1920s. That rivalry is further fuelled by the fact that Budućnost is the major club from the capital Podgorica, while Lovćen is the main club from the former royal capital, Cetinje.

During the first two seasons of Montenegrin First League, there was a strong rivalry between Budućnost and Zeta. Two clubs from the territory of the Capital Podgorica were main candidates for title at 2006-07 and 2007–08, and their match from the spring 2007 attended more than 10,000 spectators at Podgorica City Stadium. That is the highest attendance in the history of Montenegrin First League.

At seasons 2012-13 and 2013–14, there was a big local derby in Nikšić, between Sutjeska and Čelik. At that time, their matches were often attended by more than 7,000 supporters.

In the new period, there was a strong title races between Rudar and Budućnost or Sutjeska and Rudar.

Champions and top goalscorers by seasons

Champions

Since its inception in 2006–07 season, six different clubs have won the title. Budućnost and Sutjeska won three titles, while Rudar and Mogren won the trophy twice.

The only club retain the title is Sutjeska. Most successful participant in the history of Montenegrin First League is Budućnost, which finished as champions twice and seven times as runners-up.^[21]

Season	Champions	Runners up	Third place
2006–07	Zeta	Budućnost	Grbalj
2007–08	Budućnost	Zeta	Mogren
2008–09	Mogren	Budućnost	Sutjeska
2009–10	Rudar	Budućnost	Mogren
2010–11	Mogren	Budućnost	Rudar
2011–12	Budućnost	Rudar	Zeta
2012–13	Sutjeska	Budućnost	Čelik
2013–14	Sutjeska	Lovćen	Čelik
2014–15	Rudar	Sutjeska	Budućnost
2015–16	OFK Titograd	Budućnost	Rudar
2016–17	Budućnost	Zeta	OFK Titograd
2017–18	Sutjeska	Budućnost	OFK Titograd

Top scorers

Every season, best scorer of Prva CFL is awarded with Radio Montenegro Trophy.

The biggest number of goals during one single season scored Ivan Bošković (28) during the season 2009–10. On two seasons, top-scorers were two different players. Žarko Korać and Admir Adrović are the only players which were top-scorers on two different seasons. Most top scorers during the single seasons were from Budućnost (4), followed by 3 which played for OFK Titograd.

Season	Top scorer(s)	Club	Goals
2006–07	Damir Čakar Žarko Korać	Rudar Zeta	16
2007–08	Ivan Jablan	Lovćen	13
2008–09	Fatos Bećiraj	Budućnost	18
2009–10	Ivan Bošković	Grbalj	28
2010–11	Ivan Vuković	Budućnost	20
2011–12	Admir Adrović	Budućnost	22
2012–13	Admir Adrović Žarko Korać	Budućnost Zeta	15
2013–14	Stefan Mugoša	OFK Titograd	15
2014–15	Goran Vujović	Sutjeska	21
2015–16	Marko Šćepanović	OFK Titograd	19
2016–17	Zoran Petrović	OFK Titograd	14
2017–18	Igor Ivanović	Sutjeska	14

Players and managers

Managers

During the history, nine different managers won the title of Montenegrin First League champions. Among them, Nikola Rakojević, Dragan Radojičić and Dejan Vukićević did it twice. Radojičić is the only manager which won more than one title with the same team (FK Sutjeska).

Manager	Club(s)	Wins	Winning years
Nikola Rakojević	OFK Titograd, Sutjeska	2	2015–16, 2017–18
Dragan Radojičić	Sutjeska	2	2012–13, 2013–14
Dejan Vukićević	Zeta, Mogren	2	2006–07, 2008–09
Branko Babić	Budućnost	1	2007–08
Miodrag Radulović	Budućnost	1	2011–12
Miodrag Vukotić	Budućnost	1	2016–17
Nebojša Vignjević	Rudar	1	2009–10
Mirko Marić	Rudar	1	2014–15
Branislav Milačić	Mogren	1	2010–11

Awards

Every year, Football Association of Montenegro is organising awards ceremony for best player and best manager in Montenegrin First League. Best player and manager are chosen by coaches and captains of First League members.

Player of the Year

2008 Nikola Vujović^[22]

2009 Ivan Vuković^[23]

2010 Ivan Vuković^[24]

2011 Dragan Bošković^[25]

2012 Blažo Igumanović^[26]

2013 Darko Zorić^[27]

2014 Vladimir Jovović^[28]

2015 Marko Šćepanović^[29]

2016 Radomir Đalović^[30]

2017 Igor Ivanović^[31]

2018 Stefan Lončar^[32]

Manager of the Year

2008 Dejan Vukićević^[22]

2009 Dejan Vukićević^[23]

2010 Nebojša Vignjević^[24]

2011 Dragan Radojičić^[33]

2012 Slavoljub Bubanja^[26]

2013 Dragan Radojičić^[27]

2014 Dragan Radojičić^[28]

2015 Mirko Marić^[29]

2016 Nikola Rakojević^[30]

2017 Miodrag Vukotić^[31]

2018 Nikola Rakojević^[34]

All time tables

Montenegrin clubs in the First League (1946–present)

Since 1946, Montenegrin clubs played in the First league of SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1992), FR Yugoslavia (1992–2001), Serbia and Montenegro (2001–2006) and in the Montenegrin First League. Below is the list of all matches and seasons by every single club in the First league from 1946 until today.

Club	Town	Season	First	Last	Pld	W	D	L	GD	Pts
FK Budućnost	Podgorica	49	1946–47	2017–18	1551	616	364	571	1936:1937	2212
FK Sutjeska	Nikšić	32	1964–65	2017–18	1070	390	239	441	1256:1409	1409
FK Zeta	Golubovci	18	2000–01	2017–18	587	258	133	196	804:679	907
FK Rudar	Pljevlja	18	1994–95	2017–18	539	228	123	188	642:531	807
FK Mogren	Budva	14	1993–94	2014–15	468	176	108	184	573:624	636
OFK Grbalj	Radanovići	12	2006–07	2017–18	399	150	109	140	482:433	556
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	12	2006–07	2017–18	399	120	113	166	393:514	473
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	10	2006–07	2017–18	333	118	91	124	389:386	445
FK Lovćen	Cetinje	10	2007–08	2016–17	330	117	80	133	333:363	431
FK Dečić	Tuzi	10	2006–07	2017–18	333	88	81	164	286:453	345
FK Mornar	Bar	6	2009–10	2016–17	198	54	44	100	187:299	206
FK Bokelj	Kotor	5	2007–08	2016–17	165	49	39	77	154:202	186
FK Kom	Podgorica	6	2003–04	2017–18	198	48	42	108	163:295	186
FK Iskra	Danilovgrad	3	2015–16	2017–18	102	33	29	40	91:117	128
FK Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	5	2005–06	2016–17	162	28	37	97	124:293	121
FK Čelik	Nikšić	2	2012–13	2013–14	66	30	17	19	88:63	107
FK Berane	Berane	4	2006–07	2014–15	132	26	22	84	110:229	100
FK Jezero	Plav	1	2008–09	2008–09	33	9	6	18	30:62	33
OFK Bar	Bar	1	2010–11	2010–11	33	7	11	15	30:43	32

Prva CFL (2006–present)

Since its inauguration in 2006–07 season, 19 different clubs played in Montenegrin First League. Clubs which played all the seasons are Budućnost, Sutjeska, Rudar, Zeta, Petrovac and Grbalj.

Rank	Club	Town	Ssn	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	HF
1	Budućnost	Podgorica	12	399	230	98	71	662	312	788	1
2	Rudar	Pljevlja	12	399	189	90	120	513	344	657	1
3	Zeta	Golubovci	12	399	175	99	125	535	429	624	1
4	Sutjeska	Nikšić	12	399	173	103	123	480	380	622	1
5	Grbalj	Radanovići	12	399	150	109	140	482	433	559	3
6	Petrovac	Petrovac	12	399	120	113	166	393	514	473	5
7	Mogren	Budva	9	297	132	73	93	402	335	469	1
8	Titograd	Podgorica	10	333	118	91	124	389	386	445	1
9	Lovćen	Cetinje	10	330	117	80	133	333	363	431	2
10	Dečić	Tuzi	10	333	88	81	164	286	453	345	5
11	Mornar	Bar	6	198	54	44	100	187	299	205	10
12	Bokelj	Kotor	5	165	49	39	77	154	202	186	4
13	Kom	Podgorica	5	168	44	40	84	142	228	172	7
14	Iskra	Danilovgrad	3	102	33	29	40	91	117	128	6
15	Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	4	132	25	35	72	106	221	110	11
16	Čelik	Nikšić	2	66	30	17	19	88	63	107	3
17	Berane	Berane	4	132	26	22	84	110	229	100	11
18	Jezero	Plav	1	33	9	6	18	30	62	33	10
19	Bar	Bar	1	33	7	11	15	30	43	32	12

As of the end of 2017–18 season. Teams in bold are playing in 2018–19 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

Participants by season

Club	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Bar	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Berane	12	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-
Bokelj	-	10	-	-	-	12	-	-	8	4	10	-
Budućnost	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	2	1	2
Čelik	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-
Dečić	10	7	11	9	6	10	-	12	-	6	5	10
Grbalj	3	4	4	5	7	9	4	7	5	7	7	4
Iskra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	7
Jedinstvo	11	-	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	-
Jezero	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kom	7	9	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Lovćen	-	6	7	6	8	6	9	2	6	9	11	-
OFK Titograd	9	12	-	-	5	7	6	9	4	1	3	3
Mogren	5	3	1	3	1	4	10	10	11	-	-	-
Mornar	-	-	-	10	10	-	11	11	10	12	-	-
Petrovac	6	8	6	8	9	5	7	5	7	11	9	9
Rudar	4	5	5	1	3	2	5	6	1	3	8	5
Sutjeska	8	11	3	7	11	8	1	1	2	5	4	1
Zeta	1	2	9	4	4	3	8	8	9	8	2	6

Relegation and promotion

At the end of every season, the last placed team are relegated to the Montenegrin Second League, while the winner of Second League is promoted to highest-rank. Additionally, another two teams from First and Second League every season are participating in the playoffs.

Directly promoted and relegated teams

Below is the list of directly promoted and relegated teams by every single season. Relegated were last-placed teams in First League, while directly promoted teams were the champions of Montenegrin Second League.

Year	Directly relegated	Directly promoted	Year	Directly relegated	Directly promoted
2007	FK Berane	FK Lovćen	2013	FK Jedinstvo	FK Dečić
2008	OFK Titograd	FK Jezero	2014	FK Dečić	FK Bokelj
2009	FK Jedinstvo	FK Berane	2015	FK Berane	FK Iskra
2010	FK Kom	OFK Titograd	2016	FK Mornar	FK Jedinstvo
2011	OFK Bar	FK Bokelj	2017	FK Jedinstvo	FK Kom
2012	FK Bokelj	FK Čelik	2018	FK Dečić	FK Mornar

Playoffs

Montenegrin First League playoffs is a two legs tournament between the teams from Montenegrin First League which above direct relegation, and the teams from Montenegrin Second League which below the direct promotion. Below is the list of playoffs participants by every single season.

0†0	Playoffs winners.

Season	First League Participants		Second League Participants
2007	FK Dečić	FK Jedinstvo	FK Bokelj	FK Ibar
2008	FK Sutjeska	FK Bokelj	FK Jedinstvo	FK Čelik
2009	FK Dečić	FK Jezero	FK Mornar	OFK Titograd
2010	FK Berane	FK Mornar	FK Bratstvo	OFK Bar
2011	FK Sutjeska	FK Mornar	FK Berane	FK Jedinstvo
2012	FK Dečić	FK Berane	FK Mornar	FK Jedinstvo
2013	FK Mogren	FK Mornar	FK Bokelj	FK Zabjelo
2014	FK Mogren	FK Mornar	FK Berane	FK Jezero
2015	FK Mornar	FK Mogren	FK Dečić	OFK Igalo
2016	FK Iskra	OFK Petrovac	FK Cetinje	FK Bratstvo
2017	OFK Petrovac	FK Rudar	FK Otrant	FK Ibar
2018	FK Kom	OFK Petrovac	OFK Mladost 1970	FK Lovćen

Records and statistics

Records by seasons

Most points: 80, Budućnost, season 2011–12

Least points: 13, Berane, season 2014–15

Highest number of wins: 25, Budućnost, season 2011–12; Zeta, season 2006–07

Lowest number of wins: 3, Berane, season 2014–15; Jedinstvo, season 2016–17, Dečić, season 2017–18

Highest number of draws: 15, Budućnost; OFK Titograd, season 2017–18

Lowest number of draws: 3, Kom, season 2009–10

Highest number of losses: 26, Berane, season 2014–15

Lowest number of losses: 1, Budućnost, season 2006–07

Highest number of scored goals: 82, Budućnost, season 2011–12

Lowest number of scored goals: 16, Kom, season 2009–10; OFK Titograd, season 2007–08

Highest number of conceded goals: 78, Berane, season 2014–15

Lowest number of conceded goals: 12, Budućnost, season 2006–07

Player with highest number of scored goals by single season: 28, Ivan Bošković, Grbalj, season 2009–10

Runs

Longest unbeaten run: 21 matches, Budućnost, 03.11.2007 - 24.05.2008, season 2007–08

Longest run without win: 30 matches, OFK Titograd, 19.05.2007 - 03.05.2008, seasons 2006–07, 2007–08

Longest winning streak: 10 matches, Budućnost, 17.03.2012 - 09.05.2012, season 2011–12

Longest losing streak: 9 matches, Kom, 12.09.2009 - 21.11.2009, season 2009–10

Longest run without conceded goal: 11 matches, Sutjeska, 16.09.2017 - 06.12.2017, season 2017–18

Longest run without scored goal: 11 matches, Kom, 30.09.2009 - 07.03.2010, season 2009–10

Longest run of goalless matches (0:0): 3 matches, Grbalj, 15.09.2012 - 06.10.2012, season 2012–13; Grbalj, 13.10.2012 - 10.11.2012, season 2012–13

Single game

Biggest league victory/defeat: 11–0, Grbalj vs. Kom, 29.05.2010 (season 2009–10)

Biggest league victory away: 0–7, Mornar vs. Grbalj, 23.05.2015 (season 2014–15)

Most goals on a single game: 11, Grbalj vs. Kom 11:0, 29.05.2010 (season 2009–10); Zeta vs. Bokelj 8:3, 17.05.2008 (season 2007–08)

Player with most goals on a single game: 4, Ivan Bošković (Grbalj), Grbalj vs. Kom 11:0, 29.05.2010 (season 2009–10); Zoran Petrović (OFK Titograd), OFK Titograd vs. Lovćen 7:2, 27.05.2017 (season 2016–17)

Oldest top scorer: Ivan Jablan (Lovćen), 39 yrs 143 days; Grbalj vs. Lovćen 3:2, 08.12.2018 (season 2018–19)

Attendance

Highest average attendance by season: 1,178 (overall: 229,800 / 195 matches), season 2006–07

Highest single game attendance: 10,000, Budućnost vs. Zeta 1:0, 08.04.2007, Podgorica (season 2006–07)

Lowest single game attendance: 50, OFK Titograd vs. Grbalj 1:2, 08.12.2007, Podgorica (season 2007–08)

Highest average home attendance: 4,250 (16 home games), Budućnost during 2007–08 season

Lowest average home attendance: 256 (16 home games), Mogren during 2014–15 season

Attendance by season

Season	Avg	Overall	M	H	CH	CL
2006–07	1,178	229,800	195	10,000	Budućnost (2,470)	Petrovac (477)
2007–08	1,064	205,400	193	9,000	Budućnost (4,250)	OFK Titograd (281)
2008–09	1,101	216,850	197	6,000	Budućnost (4,117)	Petrovac (364)
2009–10	1,105	215,550	195	8,000	Budućnost (2,623)	Kom (297)
2010–11	851	167,600	197	4,000	Budućnost (2,058)	Grbalj (335)
2011–12	873	169,350	194	5,000	Budućnost (2,607)	Petrovac (276)
2012–13	871	165,400	190	7,000	Sutjeska (2,529)	Petrovac (281)
2013–14	746	143,300	192	4,500	Sutjeska (2,230)	Grbalj (313)
2014–15	656	127,150	194	4,000	Rudar (1,512)	Mogren (256)
2015–16	693	137,150	198	4,000	Budućnost (1,195)	Grbalj (288)
2016–17	883	171,300	194	5,000	Budućnost (2,015)	Grbalj (354)
2017–18	707	123,800	175	4,000	Rudar (1,233)	Grbalj (283)
2018–19	486	51,100	105	2,000

M = Number of matches (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance on one match; CH = Club with highest average attendance; CL = Club with lowest average attendance

Current clubs (2018-19)

The 2018–19 Montenegrin First League is the 13th season of top-tier football in Montenegro. Buducnost Podgorica are defending champions title. The season began in August 2018 and will end in May 2019. At the end of season, last-placed team will directly be relegated, and 9th and 8th club from the table will participate in playoffs. After that,

The following 10 clubs complete in First League 2018-19.

Club	City	Finishing in 2016–17	First season in top division	Stadium	Official website
FK Budućnost	Podgorica	2nd	1946–47	Stadion pod Goricom (15,230)	fk-buducnost.me
OFK Grbalj	Radanovići	4th	2006–07	Stadion Donja Sutvara (1,500)	ofkgrbalj.me
FK Iskra	Danilovgrad	7th	2015–16	Braća Velašević Stadium (2,500)
FK Lovćen	Cetinje	3rd in 2. CFL	2007–08	Stadion Obilića Poljana (2,000)	fklovcen.me
OFK Titograd	Podgorica	3rd	2006–07	Mladost Stadium (1,250)	fkmladost.me
FK Mornar	Bar	1st in 2. CFL	2009–10	Stadion Topolica (2,500)
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	9th	2006–07	Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630)	ofkpetrovac.com
FK Rudar	Pljevlja	6th	1993–94	Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140)	fkrudarpljevlja.com
FK Sutjeska	Nikšić	1st	1964–65	Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214)	fksutjeska.me
FK Zeta	Golubovci	5th	2000–01	Stadion Trešnjica (4,000)	fkzeta.net

Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions

History

During the history, Montenegrin football clubs played in three different UEFA competitions for clubs - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europe League (formerly UEFA Cup) and Intertoto Cup.

Champions of Montenegro never played in the group-phase of UEFA Champions League, and most successful in the qualifiers was FK Zeta Golubovci at season 2007-08.

Best performances in UEFA Europe League had FK Zeta who played in the playoffs, and OFK Titograd and FK Budućnost which played in Round 3. Most successful in Intertoto Cup was Budućnost, which was among the winners during the 1981 season.

Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions.

Team	Seasons	G	W	D	L	GD	Pts
FK Budućnost Podgorica	14	42	14	11	17	52:54	53
OFK Titograd	5	18	6	4	8	18:30	22
FK Zeta Golubovci	8	24	5	4	15	22:47	19
FK Mogren Budva	4	12	5	1	6	15:24	16
FK Rudar Pljevlja	8	20	3	5	12	13:33	14
FK Sutjeska Nikšić	7	18	2	6	10	10:26	12
OFK Grbalj Radanovići	2	6	1	2	3	8:10	5
OFK Petrovac	1	4	1	0	3	5:10	3
FK Čelik Nikšić	3	8	0	2	6	6:36	2
FK Lovćen Cetinje	1	2	0	1	1	0:1	1
FK Bokelj Kotor	1	2	0	1	1	1:6	1
Overall		156	37	37	82	150:277	148

As of the end of UEFA competitions 2018–19 season.

Except the official UEFA competitions, teams from Montenegro represented SFR Yugoslavia in the Balkans Cup, former regional football competition (1960-1994). Teams from Montenegro which played in Balkans Cup were FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska Nikšić. Biggest success made FK Budućnost, who played in the final 1991, after eliminated Galatasaray SK.

UEFA Rankings

UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2019–20 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)

47 (45) Erovnuli Liga

48 (50) Welsh Premier League

49 (44) Montenegrin First League

50 (51) Faroe Islands Premier League

51 (52) Gibraltar Premier Division

Logo and sponsorships

Official logo

Since establishing, Montenegrin First League had two different official logos.

First logo was presented on 2006. Rebranding of the league came on 2018, together with the new logos of Montenegrin Cup, Montenegrin Second League and youth leagues.^[35]

Sponsorships

Name of the competition

Since foundation, main sponsor of Montenegrin First League is Montenegrin 'Telekom' which operates under the T-Com / T-Mobile brand.

2006–2011: T-Com 1. CFL

2011–present: Telekom 1. CFL

Broadcasting rights

Since foundation of the competition, official broadcaster of First Montenegrin League matches is national television of Montenegro - RTCG. Matches of 1. CFL are directly broadcasting at RTCG channel 2, with most important matches on satellite programming.

From season 2017-18, broadcaster of matches is regional group Arena Sport. Every weekend, one game is broadcast live on Arena Sport channel.^[36]

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External links

League by Weltfussballarchiv (in English)

Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site

League on soccerway.com

on CGF

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[4] "Zeta prvi šampion Crne Gore". B92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2017-09-17.

[5] ttps://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2006&mm=09&dd=14&nav_id=211684

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[7] ttps://m.cdm.me/sport/fudbal/deset-godina-od-istorijske-titule-buducnosti/

[8] ttps://fscg.me/vijesti/398/t-com-1-cfl-33-kolo-mogren-sampion/

[9] ttps://www.b92.net/sport/fudbal/vesti.php?yyyy=2010&mm=05&dd=15&nav_id=431467

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[12] ttp://pvportal.me/2012/05/buducnost-sampion/

[13] ttp://www.vijesti.me/sport/festa-kraj-bistrice-sutjeska-sampion-prvi-put-u-istoriji-131369

[14] ttp://www.vijesti.me/sport/remi-sutjeske-i-lovcena-niksicani-nadomak-titule-212408

[15] ttp://pvportal.me/2015/05/rudar-sampion/

[16] ttp://sportklub.rs/Fudbal/Crna-Gora/a103702-CRNA-GORA-Mladost-sampion.html

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v t e Montenegrin First League
2018–19 teams	Budućnost Grbalj Iskra Lovćen Mornar Petrovac Rudar Sutjeska OFK Titograd Zeta
Former teams	Bar Bokelj Berane Čelik Dečić Jezero Jedinstvo Kom Mogren
Associated competitions	Montenegrin Cup Relegation play-offs Second League Third League European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Statistics and awards	Winners Records All time tables Participants by season Topscorers Montenegrin teams in European competitions Montenegrin Derby
(Preceded by Serbia and Montenegro Superliga and Montenegrin First League)

v t e Football in Montenegro
Football Association of Montenegro
National teams	Men's List of matches (men) Women's List of matches (women) U-21 U-19 U-17
League system	First League Second League Third League Women's League
Domestic cups	Montenegrin Cup Montenegrin Regional Cups Montenegrin Cup (women)
International	Montenegrin clubs in UEFA competitions UEFA rankings Balkans Cup Montenegrin women's clubs in UEFA competitions
Defunct	Montenegrin Football Championship (1922-1940) Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006) Montenegrin Republic League Montenegrin Republic Cup
Venues	List of football stadiums in Montenegro
Awards	Montenegrin Footballer of the Year Radio Montenegro Trophy
List of clubs List of venues

v t e Sport in Montenegro
Sport in Montenegro
Football	Men First League Second League Third League Montenegrin Cup Regional Cups Montenegrin Derby Women First League Montenegrin Cup
Basketball	Men First League Second League Montenegrin Cup Women First A League Montenegrin Cup
Handball	Men First League Second League Montenegrin Cup Women First League Montenegrin Cup
Volleyball	Men First League Montenegrin Cup Women First League Second League Montenegrin Cup
Water polo	Men First League Second League Montenegrin Cup
Regional leagues	ABA League BIBL WABA League SEHA League WRH League Adriatic WP League
European competitions	Football clubs in UEFA Women's football clubs in UEFA Basketball clubs in FIBA/ULEB Women's basketball clubs in FIBA Handball clubs in EHF Women's handball clubs in EHF Volleyball clubs in CEV Women's volleyball clubs in CEV Water polo clubs in LEN
National teams	Basketball Women Men Football Women Men Handball Women Men Volleyball Women Men Water polo

v t e Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)
Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Austria Tagblatt Pokal Gauliga Ostmark Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Republic State Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany England Finland Germany Bezirksliga Bayern Gauliga Kreisliga Bayern Hessen Nordmain Odenwald Pfalz Saar Südmain Südwest Württemberg Nordkreis-Liga Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Nord Oberliga Süd Oberliga Südwest Oberliga West Südkreis-Liga Westkreis-Liga Herzeg-Bosnia Mandatory Palestine Scotland Premier Division Premier League Turkey Turkish Championship National Division Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Non-recognized	Artsakh Crimea Isle of Man Monaco Northern Cyprus Vatican City

Official logo 2007-2018
Founded	2006
Country	Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Montenegrin Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Montenegrin Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Sutjeska (2017–18)
Most championships	Budućnost, Sutjeska (3 titles each)
TV partners	RTCG, Arena Sport
Website	http://fscg.me
2018–19 season

Montenegrin First League

Contents

History

Before independence

After independence

2006–16

2016–present

Changes in league structure

Rivalries

Champions and top goalscorers by seasons

Champions

Top scorers

Players and managers

Managers

Awards

All time tables

Montenegrin clubs in the First League (1946–present)

Prva CFL (2006–present)

Participants by season

Relegation and promotion

Directly promoted and relegated teams

Playoffs

Records and statistics

Records by seasons

Runs

Single game

Attendance

Attendance by season

Current clubs (2018-19)

Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions

History

UEFA Rankings

Logo and sponsorships

Official logo

Sponsorships

Name of the competition

Broadcasting rights

See also

References

External links

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