2019–20 Montenegrin First League Explained

Competition:Montenegrin First League
Season:2019–20
Winners:Budućnost
4th title
Relegated:Kom
Grbalj
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Budućnost
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Sutjeska
Iskra
Zeta
Matches:155
Total Goals:382
League Topscorer:Marko Ćetković (10 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Kom 5–0 Rudar
(18 September 2019)
Sutjeska 5–0 Grbalj
(22 September 2019)
Highest Scoring:Sutjeska 4–2 Iskra
(28 August 2019)
Podgorica 4–2 Kom
(22 September 2019)
Rudar 5–1 Sutjeska
(29 February 2020)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Montenegrin First League was the 14th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 30 June 2020.[1] The league winners qualified for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.

Sutjeska were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.[2] The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro,[3] then later resumed on 1 June 2020.[4]

Teams

Mornar and Lovćen were relegated at the end of the previous season.[2] After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Podgorica and Kom competed in the league this season.[5]
The following 10 clubs competed in 2019–20 First League.

TeamCityStadiumCapacityCoach
PodgoricaStadion pod Goricom15,230 Mladen Milinković
RadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500 Marko Vidojević
DanilovgradBraća Velašević Stadium2,500
PodgoricaStadion Zlatica1,200 Radislav Dragićević
PetrovacStadion pod Malim brdom1,630 Nenad Vukčević
PodgoricaDG Arena4,000 Vojislav Pejović
PljevljaStadion pod Golubinjom5,140
NikšićStadion kraj Bistrice5,214
PodgoricaMladost Stadium1,250 Zoran Govedarica
GolubovciStadion Trešnjica4,000 Dejan Roganović

League table

Results

Clubs were originally scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

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.

Summary

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Matches

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.----1–1 on aggregate. OFK Titograd won on penalties.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Marko ĆetkovićSutjeska10
2 Draško BožovićBudućnost9
Boban ĐorđevićGrbalj
Igor IvanovićBudućnost
Sava GardaševićKom
Velizar JanketićRudar
Božo MarkovićSutjeska
8 Damir KojaševićSutjeska8
Boris KopitovićPetrovac
Panagiotis MoraitisBudućnost
Stefan NikolićSutjeska
Vule VujačićRudar

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First League . soccerway.com . 30 June 2019.
  2. Web site: First League . soccerway.com . 30 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Obustavljena sva fudbalska takmičenja . cnr . FSCG . 13 March 2020 .
  4. Web site: The Championship Montenegro will resume June 1 . bestsport.news . 9 May 2020 . 17 September 2020 . 3 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201003191347/https://bestsport.news/the-championship-montenegro-will-resume-june-1/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Second League . soccerway.com . 30 June 2019.