2008–09 Montenegrin First League


The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
BudućnostPodgoricaStadion Pod Goricom17,000
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje1,000
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500
JedinstvoBijelo PoljeGradski Stadion5,000
KomPodgoricaStadion Zlatica3,500
LovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana2,000
MogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000
OFK PetrovacPetrovacPod Malim Brdom Stadium530
RudarPljevljaStadion Gradski10,000
SutjeskaNikšićStadion kraj Bistrice10,800
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica6,000

Promotion and relegation

were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Jezero Plav.
10th placed Bokelj Kotor and 11th placed Sutjeska Nikšić had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Bokelj were relegated by losing 1–0 on aggregate against the 3rd placed team from Second League, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. On the other hand, Sutjeska saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Čelik Nikšić, who had finished in 2nd place in the Second League, also with 1–0 on aggregate.

League table

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 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.

First and second round

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination :
23rd round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 - 121 - 22 - 121 - 43 - 121 - 6
2 - 118 - 63 - 12 - 34 - 22 - 5
3 - 109 - 54 - 119 - 75 - 13 - 4
4 - 910 - 45 - 1010 - 66 - 1110 - 8
5 - 811 - 36 - 911 - 57 - 1011 - 7
6 - 712 - 77 - 812 - 88 - 912 - 9

Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team and the 11th placed team will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

First legs

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Second legs

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FK Dečić & FK Mornar plays 2009/10 in the Montenegrin First League.

Top goalscorers

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