2016–17 Montenegrin First League
| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 101 |
| Goals scored | 187 (1.85 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Rudar 5–0 Jedinstvo Mladost 5–0 Jedinstvo Budućnost 5-0 Lovćen |
| Biggest away win |
Dečić 1–4 Petrovac Petrovac 0–3 Mladost |
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← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 3 December 2016. | |
The 2016–17 Montenegrin First League (known as 1. CFL 2016-17) is the eleventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. Mladost Podgorica are the defending champions. The season began on 6 August 2016 and will end in May 2017.
Format of competition
A total of 12 teams will participate in this edition of the First Montenegrin League. FK Mornar Bar was relegated to 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League. They were replaced with FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.
This is the last season of Prva CFL with 12 participants. Namely, from the season 2017-18, there will be 10 clubs in the top-tier rank of Montenegro. So, at the end of the season 2016-17, three worst-placed teams on the table will directly be relegated to the Second Montenegrin League. Additionally, 8th and 9th will play playoffs against 2nd and 3rd club from Second League.
Teams and stadiums
From the first time in history, championship title from the previous season will defend FK Mladost Podgorica.
Among 12 members which are participating in Montenegrin First League 2016-17, there are 11 members from the previous season - FK Bokelj, FK Budućnost, FK Dečić, OFK Grbalj, FK Iskra, FK Lovćen, FK Mladost, OFK Petrovac, FK Rudar, FK Sutjeska and FK Zeta. New member is FK Jedinstvo, which played their last games in the First League during the 2012-13 season.
The only town which had more than one member of the First League is Podgorica, with its' teams Budućnost and Mladost. Except that, two other clubs are from the cities of Podgorica Capital territory - Zeta from Golubovci and Dečić from Tuzi. There are two clubs from the territory of Municipality of Kotor - Bokelj from Kotor and Grbalj from Radanovići.
First time since foundation of the First Montenegrin League, at the start of the season, managers of all clubs were from Montenegro.
| Club |
City | Finishing in 2015–16 |
First season in top division |
Stadium | Official website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Bokelj | Kotor | 4th | 2007–08 | Stadion pod Vrmcem (5,000) | |
| FK Budućnost | Podgorica | 2nd | 1946–47 | Stadion pod Goricom (15,230) | |
| FK Dečić | Tuzi | 6th | 2006–07 | Tuško polje (3,000) | |
| OFK Grbalj | Radanovići | 7th | 2006–07 | Donja Sutvara (1,500) | |
| FK Iskra | Danilovgrad | 10th | 2015–16 | Braće Velašević (2,500) | |
| FK Jedinstvo | Bijelo Polje | 1st in Second League | 2005–06 | Gradski stadion (5,000) | |
| FK Lovćen | Cetinje | 9th | 2007–08 | Stadion Obilića Poljana (2,000) | fklovcen.me |
| FK Mladost | Podgorica | 1st | 2006–07 | FK Mladost (2,000) | fkmladost.me |
| OFK Petrovac | Petrovac | 11th | 2006–07 | Stadion pod Malim brdom (1,630) | ofkpetrovac.com |
| FK Rudar | Pljevlja | 3rd | 1993–94 | Stadion pod Golubinjom (5,140) | fkrudarpljevlja.com |
| FK Sutjeska | Nikšić | 5th | 1964–65 | Stadion kraj Bistrice (5,214) | fksutjeska.me |
| FK Zeta | Golubovci | 8th | 2000–01 | Stadion Trešnjica (4,000) | fkzeta.net |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budućnost Podgorica | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 42 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dečić | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 28[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Mladost Podgorica | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 28[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Petrovac | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 27 | |
| 5 | Zeta[lower-alpha 2] | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 25[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 6 | Sutjeska Nikšić | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 25[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 7 | Rudar Pljevlja | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 22[lower-alpha 4] | |
| 8 | Grbalj | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 22[lower-alpha 4] | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Iskra Danilovgrad | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 16 | |
| 10 | Bokelj | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 14 | Relegation to Second League |
| 11 | Lovćen | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 11[lower-alpha 5] | |
| 12 | Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 11[lower-alpha 5] |
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]
Notes:
- 1 2 Dečić ahead of Mladost Podgorica on head-to-head record; Dečić-Mladost 2-0, Mladost-Dečić 1–0.
- ↑ Zeta were deducted 3 points.
- 1 2 Zeta ahead of Sutjeska Nikšić on head-to-head record; Zeta-Sutjeska 1-0, Sutjeska-Zeta 0–0.
- 1 2 Grbalj ahead of Rudar Pljevlja on head-to-head away goals; Rudar 1-1 Grbalj.
- 1 2 Lovćen ahead of Jedinstvo on head-to-head record; Jedinstvo-Lovćen 0-2.
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 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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | JED | LOV | MLA | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Bokelj | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| Budućnost Podgorica | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | a | 1–0 | ||
| Dečić | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
| Grbalj | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||
| Iskra Danilovgrad | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | ||||
| Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||
| Lovćen | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| Mladost Podgorica | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||||
| Petrovac | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||
| Rudar Pljevlja | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||
| Sutjeska Nikšić | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||
| Zeta | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 3 December 2016.
Source: FSCG (Montenegrin)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
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
Source: FSCG (Montenegrin)
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
The tenth and eleventh-placed teams in this season's league will each pair off against the runners-up and third-placed team from the 2016–17 Montenegrin Second League in the relegation play-offs, to be played over two legs. The two winners will play in next season's competition.
First leg
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Second leg
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See also
References
- ↑ "First League 2016/2017 - Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.