2007–08 Montenegrin First League
Season | 2007–08 |
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Dates | 11 August 2007 – 24 May 2008 |
Champions | Budućnost 1st title |
Relegated | Mladost Bokelj |
Champions League | Budućnost |
UEFA Cup | Zeta Mogren |
Intertoto Cup | Grbalj |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 401 (2.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ivan Jablan (13 goals) |
Biggest home win | Zeta 8–3 Bokelj (17 May 2008) |
Biggest away win | Kom 0–4 Lovćen (24 November 2007) |
Highest scoring | Zeta 8–3 Bokelj (17 May 2008) |
Longest winning run | 6 games Budućnost |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 games Budućnost |
Longest losing run | 7 games Bokelj |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
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.
Teams
[edit]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
[edit]Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
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Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion Pod Vrmcem | 5,000 | ![]() |
Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 17,000 | ![]() |
Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,250 | ![]() |
Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | ![]() |
Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 2,500 | ![]() |
Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 2,000 | ![]() |
Mladost | Podgorica | Cvijetni Brijeg | 2,000 | ![]() |
Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 | ![]() |
Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion Pod Malim Brdom | 1,400 | ![]() |
Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion Pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | ![]() |
Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion Kraj Bistrice | 10,000 | ![]() |
Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 | ![]() |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Budućnost (C) | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 66[a] | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Zeta | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 66[a] | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b] |
3 | Mogren | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 66[a] | |
4 | Grbalj | 33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 55 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round[b] |
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[c] (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 |
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:
- ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Budućnost 10 pts, Zeta 6 pts, Mogren 6 pts.
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ Sutjeska were docked 3 points for not playing match against Zeta in the 13th round.
Results
[edit]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
[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 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.[2]
Summary
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sutjeska | 1–0 | Čelik | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Bokelj | 0–3 | Jedinstvo | 0–0 | 0–3 (w/o) |
Matches
[edit]Sutjeska won 1–0 on aggregate.
Jedinstvo won 3–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Lovćen | 13 |
2 | ![]() |
Kom | 5 |
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Dečić | ||
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Grbalj | ||
5 | ![]() |
Petrovac | 4 |
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Grbalj | ||
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Zeta | ||
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Mogren | ||
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Lovćen | ||
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Mogren | ||
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Mogren |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ a b Dragoljub Jovanović (2 October 2008). "Montenegro 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Play-offs 1/2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.