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. |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
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Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion pod Vrmcem | 5,000 | ![]() |
Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | ![]() |
Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 3,000 | ![]() |
Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | ![]() |
Iskra | Danilovgrad | Stadion Braće Velašević | 2,000 | ![]() |
Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | ![]() |
Mladost | Podgorica | Stadion FK Mladost | 2,000 | ![]() |
Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 2,500 | ![]() |
Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | ![]() |
Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | ![]() |
Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 6,180 | ![]() |
Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 5,000 | ![]() |
Source: Scoresway
League table
[edit]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[a] |
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[b] | |
8 | Zeta | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38[b] | |
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[c] | |
12 | Mornar (R) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 33[c] | 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.
- ^ a b Grbalj ahead of Zeta on head-to-head record; Grbalj–Zeta 4–1, Zeta–Grbalj 1–2, Grbalj–Zeta 1–2.
- ^ a b Petrovac ahead of Mornar on head-to-head record; Petrovac–Mornar 2–1, Mornar–Petrovac 1–1, Mornar–Petrovac 0–0.
Results
[edit]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
[edit]Third round
[edit]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 |
Relegation play-offs
[edit]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
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bratstvo | 2–8 | Iskra | 2–2 | 0–6 |
Cetinje | 0–1 | Petrovac | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Matches
[edit]Iskra won 8–2 on aggregate.
Petrovac won 1–0 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
[edit]The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals[2] |
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1 | ![]() |
Mladost | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
Zeta | 18 |
3 | ![]() |
Sutjeska | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Petrovac | 13 |
5 | ![]() |
Sutjeska | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
Budućnost | 10 |
7 | ![]() |
Dečić | 9 |
8 | ![]() |
Bokelj | 8 |
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Rudar | ||
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Bokelj | ||
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Lovćen | ||
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Grbalj |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.