2015–16 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Mladost Podgorica
Relegated	Mornar
Champions League	Mladost Podgorica
Europa League	Budućnost Podgorica Rudar Pljevlja Bokelj
Matches played	186
Goals scored	432 (2.32 per match)
Longest unbeaten run	8 games Rudar
Longest losing run	7 games Mornar
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 1 October 2015.

The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League is the tenth season of top-tier football in Montenegro. Rudar are the defending champions.

Teams

FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second League champion, got promoted to the top level for the first time. FK Dečić won 7–1 on aggregate against two-times Montenegrin champion FK Mogren in the promotion play-offs, and returns to the First League after just one year of absence.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Bokelj Kotor	Kotor	Stadion Pod Vrmcem	5,000
FK Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica	Podgorica City Stadium	15,230
FK Dečić Tuzi	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	3,000
OFK Grbalj Kotor	Kotor	Stadion Donja Sutvara	1,500
FK Iskra Danilovgrad	Danilovgrad	Stadion Braće Velašević	2,000
FK Lovćen Cetinje	Cetinje	Stadion Obilića Poljana	5,000
FK Mladost Podgorica	Podgorica	Stadion FK Mladost	2,000
FK Mornar Bar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Pod Malim Brdom	1,630
FK Rudar Pljevlja	Pljevlja	Gradski stadion (Pljevlja)	10,000
FK Sutjeska Nikšić	Nikšić	Gradski stadion (Nikšić)	6,180
FK Zeta Golubovci	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	5,000

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mladost Podgorica (C)	33	21	4	8	53	28	+25	67	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Budućnost Podgorica	33	19	6	8	48	21	+27	63	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Rudar Pljevlja	33	16	10	7	39	26	+13	58
4	Bokelj	33	17	5	11	43	28	+15	56
5	Sutjeska Nikšić	33	15	9	9	46	31	+15	54
6	Dečić	33	11	6	16	38	49	−11	39
7	Grbalj	33	11	5	17	38	49	−11	38^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Zeta	33	10	8	15	37	42	−5	38^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Lovćen	33	9	9	15	32	42	−10	36
10	Iskra Danilovgrad (O)	33	7	13	13	29	51	−22	34	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
11	Petrovac (O)	33	8	9	16	33	51	−18	33^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	Mornar (R)	33	9	6	18	30	48	−18	33^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to Second League

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Rudar Pljevlja qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup.
1 2 Grbalj ahead of Zeta on head-to-head record; Grbalj–Zeta 4–1, Zeta–Grbalj 1–2, Grbalj–Zeta 1–2.
1 2 Petrovac ahead of Mornar on head-to-head record; Petrovac–Mornar 2–1, Mornar–Petrovac 1–1, Mornar–Petrovac 0–0.

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then 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	Bokelj !BOK	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Dečić !DEČ	Grbalj !GRB	Iskra Danilovgrad !ISK	Lovćen !LOV	Mladost Podgorica !MLA	Mornar !MOR	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Bokelj !Bokelj		0–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica	0–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1
Dečić !Dečić	0–1	1–2		3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1
Grbalj !Grbalj	1–1	0–2	2–1		1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	4–1
Iskra Danilovgrad !Iskra Danilovgrad	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–2		0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–0
Lovćen !Lovćen	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–1	4–1		1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2
Mladost Podgorica !Mladost Podgorica	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	5–0	2–0		2–1	1–2	1–0	4–3	2–0
Mornar !Mornar	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	1–2	1–3	1–5
Petrovac !Petrovac	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–4	5–3
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–2		4–1	1–0
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–2		1–1
Zeta !Zeta	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1

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.

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	Bokelj !BOK	Budućnost Podgorica !BUD	Dečić !DEČ	Grbalj !GRB	Iskra Danilovgrad !ISK	Lovćen !LOV	Mladost Podgorica !MLA	Mornar !MOR	Petrovac !PET	Rudar Pljevlja !RUD	Sutjeska Nikšić !SUT	Zeta !ZET
Bokelj !Bokelj				3–0	0–1			2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2
Budućnost Podgorica !Budućnost Podgorica	4–2		2–0			4–0	1–2	1–0				1–0
Dečić !Dečić	1–2			3–1	2–1			2–0	1–2	0–1
Grbalj !Grbalj		0–1				2–0	2–0				1–2	1–2
Iskra Danilovgrad !Iskra Danilovgrad		1–3		1–3			0–0				1–1	1–1
Lovćen !Lovćen	1–2		2–1		2–2				1–0	0–1
Mladost Podgorica !Mladost Podgorica	1–0		2–0			1–0		0–1		2–3		2–0
Mornar !Mornar				3–1	3–0	0–1			0–0			2–2
Petrovac !Petrovac		0–1		1–1	1–1		1–1				0–2
Rudar Pljevlja !Rudar Pljevlja		2–0		1–1	0–0			0–1	1–1		0–1
Sutjeska Nikšić !Sutjeska Nikšić		0–4	1–1			4–1	2–1	0–1				0–0
Zeta !Zeta	2–3		3–0			2–0			1–1	0–1

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.

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Bratstvo Cijevna v Iskra Danilovgrad

2 June 2016
17:30

Bratstvo Cijevna	2–2	Iskra Danilovgrad

Stadion FK Bratstvo, Ljajkovići

Cetinje v Petrovac

2 June 2016
17:30

Cetinje	0–0	Petrovac

Stadion Obilića poljana, Cetinje

Second leg

Iskra Danilovgrad v Bratstvo Cijevna

6 June 2016
17:30

Iskra Danilovgrad	6–0	Bratstvo Cijevna

Stadion Braće Velašević, Danilovgrad

Petrovac v Cetinje

6 June 2016
17:30

Petrovac	1–0	Cetinje

Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac

Top goalscorers

1. 19 goals Marko Šćepanović - 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy winner
2. 18 D.Bjedov (Zeta)
3. 16 D.Zarubica (Sut.)
4. 13 B.Kopitović (Pet)
5. 11 Š.Kordić (Sut.)
6. 10 D.Nikač (Bud.)
7. 9 P.Vukčević (Grb.)
7. 9 P.Ljuljdjuraj (Deč.)

References

↑ "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links

Soccerway

Montenegrin First League

2016–17 teams	Bokelj Budućnost Dečić Grbalj Iskra Jedinstvo Lovćen Mladost Petrovac Rudar Sutjeska Zeta

Former teams	Bar Berane Čelik Jezero Mornar Kom Mogren

Associated competitions	Montenegrin Cup Relegation play-offs Second League Third League

Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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