2007–08 Montenegrin First League

The 2007–08 Montenegrin First League was the second season of the top-tier football in Montenegro, since the vote for Montenegrin independence split the Montenegrin FA from Serbia's. FK Jedinstvo and FK Berane were relegated to the second league, giving FK Bokelj their first time in the top league of Montenegro. The 2007-08 season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008.

Montenegrin First League
Season2007–08
Dates11 August 2007 – 24 May 2008
ChampionsBudućnost
1st title
RelegatedMladost
Bokelj
Champions LeagueBudućnost
UEFA CupZeta
Mogren
Intertoto CupGrbalj
Matches played198
Goals scored401 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorerIvan Jablan (13 goals)
Biggest home winZeta 8–3 Bokelj
(17 May 2008)
Biggest away winKom 0–4 Lovćen
(24 November 2007)
Highest scoringZeta 8–3 Bokelj
(17 May 2008)
Longest winning run6 games
Budućnost
Longest unbeaten run21 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run7 games
Bokelj

Teams

FK Berane were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Lovćen Cetinje.

10th placed Dečić Tuzi and 11th placed Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Jedinstvo were relegated by losing 4–2 on aggregate against the 2nd placed team from Second League, Bokelj Kotor. On the other hand, Dečić saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Ibar Rožaje, who had finished in 3rd place in the Second League, with a 3–2 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations
Location of the 2007–08 Montenegrin First League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
BokeljKotorStadion Pod Vrmcem5,000Montenegro Ivo Donković
BudućnostPodgoricaStadion Pod Goricom17,000Serbia Branko Babić
DečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje1,250Montenegro Božidar Vuković
GrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara1,500Serbia Nebojša Vignjević
KomPodgoricaStadion Zlatica2,500Montenegro Goran Đurović
LovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana2,000Montenegro Nikola Rakojević
MladostPodgoricaCvijetni Brijeg2,000Montenegro Slobodan Šćepanović
MogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000Montenegro Dejan Vukićević
PetrovacPetrovacStadion Pod Malim Brdom1,400Montenegro Obren Sarić
RudarPljevljaStadion Pod Golubinjom10,000Montenegro Branislav Milačić
SutjeskaNikšićStadion Kraj Bistrice10,000Montenegro Brajan Nenezić
ZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica7,000Montenegro Mladen Vukićević

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost (C) 33 18 12 3 43 13 +30 66[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Zeta 33 19 9 5 56 28 +28 66[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3 Mogren 33 19 9 5 46 21 +25 66[lower-alpha 1]
4 Grbalj 33 14 13 6 40 25 +15 55 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Rudar 33 14 10 9 38 26 +12 52
6 Lovćen 33 11 10 12 28 30 −2 43
7 Dečić 33 10 8 15 26 37 −11 38
8 Petrovac 33 8 12 13 36 46 −10 36
9 Kom 33 9 9 15 29 49 −20 36
10 Bokelj (R) 33 8 8 17 24 38 −14 32 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Sutjeska[lower-alpha 3] (O) 33 5 11 17 19 44 −25 23
12 Mladost (R) 33 4 7 22 16 44 −28 19 Relegated to the Second League
Source: Soccerway
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Budućnost 10 pts, Zeta 6 pts, Mogren 6 pts.
  2. Since winners of the 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, Mogren, have secured a top three position in the league the fourth-placed team was qualified to the Intertoto Cup first round (originally it was third-placed team).
  3. Sutjeska were docked 3 points for not playing match against Zeta in the 13th round.

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
Home \ Away BOK BUD DEČ GRB KOM LOV MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1
Budućnost 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Dečić 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1
Grbalj 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
Kom 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Lovćen 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1
Mladost 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Mogren 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Petrovac 2–4 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Rudar 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2
Sutjeska 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Zeta 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–0
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was supposed to be played on 10 November. when it was postponed to 21 November. In the new term, the match was not played again because the host did not provide basic conditions. There was no electricity or hot water at the stadium in Nikšić. It was registered with the official score of 0–3.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

Rounds
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 KOM LOV MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Bokelj 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 4–1
Budućnost 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 4–0
Dečić 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–4
Grbalj 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0
Kom 1–4 2–0 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–1
Lovćen 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Mladost 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Mogren 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
Petrovac 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–3
Rudar 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 5–2 2–0
Sutjeska 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Zeta 8–3 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.[2]

Summary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sutjeska 1–0 Čelik 1–0 0–0
Bokelj 0–3 Jedinstvo 0–0 0–3 (w/o)

Matches
Sutjeska1–0Čelik
  • Adrović 59'
 Report (page 37)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević
Čelik0–0Sutjeska
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Aleksandar Marković

Sutjeska won 1–0 on aggregate.

Bokelj0–0Jedinstvo
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Aleksandar Marković
Jedinstvo3–0
Awarded[Note 1]		Bokelj
  • Čindrak 80'
 Report
Attendance: 2,500

Jedinstvo won 3–0 on aggregate.

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Montenegro Ivan Jablan Lovćen 13
2 Montenegro Mirza Ljumić Kom 5
Montenegro Minja Ljumović Dečić
Montenegro Božo Milić Grbalj
5 Montenegro Goran Burzanović Petrovac 4
Montenegro Miloš Đalac Grbalj
Montenegro Bojan Ivanović Zeta
Montenegro Dražen Milić Mogren
Montenegro Blažo Perutović Lovćen
Montenegro Miodrag Zec Mogren
Montenegro Ratko Zec Mogren

Notes
  1. The match was interrupted in the 85th minute with the score of 1–0, due to the attack of the visiting fans on the referee, it was registered with the official score of 3–0 in favor of Jedinstvo.

References
  1. Dragoljub Jovanović (2 October 2008). "Montenegro 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "Play-offs 1/2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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