| Competition: | Montenegrin First League |
| Season: | 2009–10 |
| Winners: | Rudar 1st title |
| Relegated: | Kom Berane |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Rudar |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Budućnost Mogren Zeta |
| Matches: | 198 |
| Total Goals: | 484 |
| League Topscorer: | Ivan Bošković (28 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Grbalj 11–0 Kom (29 May 2010) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Grbalj 0–4 Budućnost (4 October 2009) Petrovac 0–4 Rudar (31 October 2009) |
| Highest Scoring: | Grbalj 11–0 Kom (29 May 2010) |
| Longest Wins: | 9 games Budućnost |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 12 games Budućnost Zeta |
| Longest Losses: | 14 games Kom |
| Prevseason: | 2008–09 |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2009[1] and ended on 29 May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.
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.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berane | Berane | Gradski Stadion | 11,000 |  Predrag Pejović |
| Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 17,000 | Nenad Vukčević | |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,000 | Slaviša Božičić |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | 1,500 | Saša Petrović | |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 3,500 | Milorad Nedović |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | Branislav Milačić |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 | Dejan Vukićević |
| Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 5,000 | Brajan Nenezić |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Pod Malim Brdom Stadium | 530 | Milorad Malovrazić |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion Gradski | 10,000 |  Nebojša Vignjević |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 10,800 | Nikola Rakojević |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 | Dragoljub Đuretić |
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.
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):
| Rounds | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | |
| 1 – 12 2 – 11 3 – 10 4 – 9 5 – 8 6 – 7 | 1 – 2 8 – 6 9 – 5 10 – 4 11 – 3 12 – 7 | 2 – 12 3 – 1 4 – 11 5 – 10 6 – 9 7 – 8 | 1 – 4 2 – 3 9 – 7 10 – 6 11 – 5 12 – 8 | 3 – 12 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 11 7 – 10 8 – 9 | 1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 10 – 8 11 – 7 12 – 9 | 4 – 12 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 8 – 11 9 – 10 | 1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 11 – 9 12 – 10 | 5 – 12 6 – 4 7 – 3 8 – 2 9 – 1 10 – 11 | 1 – 10 2 – 9 3 – 8 4 – 7 5 – 6 12 – 11 | 6 – 12 7 – 5 8 – 4 9 – 3 10 – 2 11 – 1 | |
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.
2–2 on aggregate. Bar won on penalties.----Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Bošković | Grbalj | 28 |
| 2 | Predrag Ranđelović | Rudar | 19 |
| Ivan Vuković | Budućnost | ||
| 4 | Vladimir Gluščević | Mogren | 16 |
| 5 | Božo Milić | Mogren | 12 |
| 6 | Žarko Кorać | Zeta | 11 |
| 7 | Fatos Bećiraj | Budućnost | 10 |
| 8 | Marko Lalević | Berane | 9 |
| Igor Matić | Grbalj |