# 2020–21 Montenegrin First League

The 2020–21 Montenegrin First League was the 15th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 14 August 2020 and ended on 25 May 2021. The league winners qualified for a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. Budućnost were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season.

## Teams

Defender of the title was Budućnost, while other teams which participated in previous season were Sutjeska, Iskra, Zeta, Podgorica, Petrovac, Rudar and Titograd. Grbalj and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season. After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Dečić and FK Jezero competed in the league this season. The following clubs competed in 2020–21 First League.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | Mladen Milinković |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 2,000 | Edis Mulalić |
| Iskra | Danilovgrad | Braća Velašević Stadium | 2,500 | Srđan Nikić |
| Jezero | Plav | Stadion Pod Racinom | 2,500 | Milija Savović |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Nenad Vukčević |
| FK Podgorica | Podgorica | DG Arena | 4,300 | Milorad Peković |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 5,140 | Vuko Bogavac |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 5,214 | Miljan Radović |
| OFK Titograd | Podgorica | Mladost Stadium | 1,250 | Vladimir Janković |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 4,000 | Ratko Dostanić |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budućnost (C) | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Sutjeska | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dečić | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Podgorica | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Jezero | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 45 | |
| 6 | Zeta | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 45 | |
| 7 | Rudar | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 45 | |
| 8 | Iskra (O) | 36 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 44 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Petrovac (O) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | OFK Titograd (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 31 | Relegation to the Second League |
* ↑ Zeta were deducted 2 points for leaving the pitch in the round 9th match. This was later reduced to 1 point.

## Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
| Home \ Away | BUD | DEČ | ISK | JEZ | OFK | PET | POD | RUD | SUT | ZET | BUD | DEČ | ISK | JEZ | OFK | PET | POD | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Budućnost | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dečić | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Iskra | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Jezero | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| OFK Titograd | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Petrovac | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Podgorica | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Rudar | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Sutjeska | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–3 |
| Zeta | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ The match was abandoned in the 79th minute when the Zeta's players left the field due to the third red card shown to them by referee Nikola Dabanović. Budućnost were awarded a 3–0 win.

## Relegation play-offs

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Iskra | 3–1 | Igalo | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Petrovac | 3–3 (6–5 p) | Arsenal | 2–1 | 1–2 |

### Matches

Iskra won 3–1 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate. Petrovac won on penalties.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 25 May 2021
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Božo Marković | Sutjeska | 16 |
| 2 | Draško Božović | Budućnost | 15 |
| 3 | Milutin Osmajić | Sutjeska | 13 |
| 4 | Vuk Striković | Rudar | 12 |
| 5 | Kristijan Vulaj | Dečić | 11 |
| 6 | Ilir Camaj | Dečić | 10 |
| 6 | Šaleta Kordić | Podgorica | 10 |
| 8 | Igor Ivanović | Budućnost | 9 |
| 9 | Dejan Zarubica | Budućnost | 8 |
| 10 | Ndue Mujeci | Jezero | 7 |