2009–10 Montenegrin First League


The 2009–10 Montenegrin First League was the fourth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 7 August 2009 and ended on 20 May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.

Teams

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

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.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
BeraneBeraneGradski Stadion11,000
BudućnostPodgoricaStadion Pod Goricom17,000
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje1,000
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500
KomPodgoricaStadion Zlatica3,500
LovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana5,000
MogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000
MornarBarStadion Topolica5,000
OFK PetrovacPetrovacPod Malim Brdom Stadium530
RudarPljevljaStadion Gradski10,000
SutjeskaNikšićStadion kraj Bistrice10,800
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica7,000

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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Top scorers

Last updated: 4 April 2010
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Ivan BoškovićGrbalj28
2 Ivan VukovićBudućnost20
3 Predrag RanđelovićRudar19
4 Vladimir GluščevićMogren16
5 Žarko KoraćZeta11
6 Fatos BećirajBudućnost10

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