2015–16_Montenegrin_First_League
2015–16 Montenegrin First League
Football league season
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.
Season | 2015–16 |
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Dates | 8 August 2015 – 29 May 2016 |
Champions | Mladost 1st title |
Relegated | Mornar |
Champions League | Mladost |
Europa League | Budućnost Rudar Bokelj |
Matches played | 186 |
Goals scored | 432 (2.32 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marko Šćepanović (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Mladost 5–0 Iskra (9 March 2016) |
Biggest away win | Mornar 1–5 Zeta (26 August 2015) Iskra 0–4 Budućnost (22 August 2015) Iskra 0–4 Sutjeska (28 November 2015) Sutjeska 0–4 Budućnost (9 March 2016) Petrovac 0–4 Sutjeska (23 April 2016) |
Highest scoring | Petrovac 5–3 Zeta (26 October 2015) |
Longest winning run | 9 games Mladost Budućnost |
Longest unbeaten run | 8 games Rudar |
Longest losing run | 7 games Mornar |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 1 October 2015. |
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.
Stadia and locations
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
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Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion pod Vrmcem | 5,000 | Slobodan Drašković |
Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | Miodrag Vukotić |
Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 3,000 | Fuad Krkanović |
Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Dragoljub Đuretić |
Iskra | Danilovgrad | Stadion Braće Velašević | 2,000 | Milija Savović |
Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | Milorad Malovrazić |
Mladost | Podgorica | Stadion FK Mladost | 2,000 | Nikola Rakojević |
Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 2,500 | Zoran Mijović |
Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Ivan Brnović |
Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | Vuko Bogavac |
Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 6,180 | Aleksandar Nedović |
Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 5,000 | Dejan Vukićević |
Source: Scoresway
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Mladost (C) | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Budućnost | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Rudar | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 58 | |
4 | Bokelj | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 56 | |
5 | Sutjeska | 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 (O) | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
11 | Petrovac (O) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 33[lower-alpha 3] | |
12 | Mornar (R) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 33[lower-alpha 3] | Relegation to the Second League |
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Rudar qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup.
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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | LOV | MLA | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
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Bokelj | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
Budućnost | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
Dečić | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
Grbalj | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
Iskra | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | |
Lovćen | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
Mladost | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
Mornar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |
Petrovac | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 5–3 | |
Rudar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
Sutjeska | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Zeta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third round
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):
Rounds | ||||||||||
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23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd |
1 – 12 2 – 11 3 – 10 4 – 9 5 – 8 6 – 7 |
1 – 2 8 – 6 9 – 5 10 – 4 11 – 3 12 – 7 |
2 – 12 3 – 1 4 – 11 5 – 10 6 – 9 7 – 8 |
1 – 4 2 – 3 9 – 7 10 – 6 11 – 5 12 – 8 |
3 – 12 4 – 2 5 – 1 6 – 11 7 – 10 8 – 9 |
1 – 6 2 – 5 3 – 4 10 – 8 11 – 7 12 – 9 |
4 – 12 5 – 3 6 – 2 7 – 1 8 – 11 9 – 10 |
1 – 8 2 – 7 3 – 6 4 – 5 11 – 9 12 – 10 |
5 – 12 6 – 4 7 – 3 8 – 2 9 – 1 10 – 11 |
1 – 10 2 – 9 3 – 8 4 – 7 5 – 6 12 – 11 |
6 – 12 7 – 5 8 – 4 9 – 3 10 – 2 11 – 1 |
Home \ Away | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | LOV | MLA | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
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Bokelj | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | ||||||
Budućnost | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||
Dečić | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
Grbalj | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |||||||
Iskra | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||||
Lovćen | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
Mladost | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | ||||||
Mornar | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
Petrovac | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||||||
Rudar | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
Sutjeska | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
Zeta | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-placed team (against the runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.
Summary
Matches
Iskra won 8–2 on aggregate.
Petrovac won 1–0 on aggregate.
The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[2] |
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1 | Marko Šćepanović | Mladost | 19 |
2 | Darko Bjedov | Zeta | 18 |
3 | Dejan Zarubica | Sutjeska | 16 |
4 | Boris Kopitović | Petrovac | 13 |
5 | Šaleta Kordić | Sutjeska | 11 |
6 | Darko Nikač | Budućnost | 10 |
7 | Pjeter Ljuljđuraj | Dečić | 9 |
8 | Dejan Đenić | Bokelj | 8 |
Ivan Marković | Rudar | ||
Miloš Nikezić | Bokelj | ||
Blažo Perutović | Lovćen | ||
Petar Vukčević | Grbalj |
- "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- "Montenegro » 1. CFL 2015/2016 » Top Scorer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2020.