2015–16 Montenegrin First League


The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions.

Teams

, 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.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
BokeljKotorStadion Pod Vrmcem5,000
BudućnostPodgoricaPodgorica City Stadium15,230
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje3,000
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500
IskraDanilovgradStadion Braće Velašević2,000
LovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana5,000
MladostPodgoricaStadion FK Mladost2,000
MornarBarStadion Topolica2,500
PetrovacPetrovacStadion Pod Malim Brdom1,630
RudarPljevljaGradski stadion 10,000
SutjeskaNikšićGradski stadion 6,180
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica5,000

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League table

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

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

First leg

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Second leg

Iskra Danilovgrad won 8–2 on aggregate and retained their Montenegrin First League spot for the 2016-2017 season.
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OFK Petrovac won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their Montenegrin First League spot for the 2016-2017 season.

Top goalscorers

The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.
RankScorerClubGoals
1 Marko ŠćepanovićMladost19
2 Darko BjedovZeta18
3 Dejan ZarubicaSutjeska16
4 Boris KopitovićPetrovac13
5 Šaleta KordićSutjeska11
6 Darko NikačBudućnost10
7 Pjeter LjuljđurajDečić9
8 Dejan ĐenićBokelj8
8 Ivan MarkovićRudar8
8 Miloš NikezićBokelj8
8 Blažo PerutovićLovćen8
8 Petar VukčevićGrbalj8