# 2019–20 Montenegrin First League

The 2019–20 Montenegrin First League was the 14th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 30 June 2020. The league winners qualified for a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League.
Sutjeska were the defending champions after winning the league in the previous season. The season was suspended on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro, then later resumed on 1 June 2020.

## Teams

Mornar and Lovćen were relegated at the end of the previous season. After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, FK Podgorica and Kom competed in the league this season. The following 10 clubs competed in 2019–20 First League.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | Mladen Milinković |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Marko Vidojević |
| Iskra | Danilovgrad | Braća Velašević Stadium | 2,500 | Aleksandar Nedović |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 1,200 | Radislav Dragićević |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Nenad Vukčević |
| FK Podgorica | Podgorica | DG Arena | 4,000 | Vojislav Pejović |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 5,140 | Damir Čakar |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 5,214 | Nikola Rakojević |
| OFK Titograd | Podgorica | Mladost Stadium | 1,250 | Zoran Govedarica |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 4,000 | Dejan Roganović |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Budućnost (C) | 31 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Sutjeska | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Iskra | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 4 | Zeta | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 5 | Podgorica | 31 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 | |
| 6 | Petrovac | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 37 | |
| 7 | Rudar | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 35 | |
| 8 | OFK Titograd (O) | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Kom (R) | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Grbalj (R) | 31 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to the Second League |

## Results

Clubs were originally scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
| Home \ Away | BUD | GRB | ISK | KOM | OFK | PET | POD | RUD | SUT | ZET | BUD | GRB | ISK | KOM | OFK | PET | POD | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Budućnost | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Grbalj | 0–4 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Iskra | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Kom | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | — | — | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| OFK Titograd | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Petrovac | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 2–2 |
| Podgorica | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — |
| Rudar | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 5–1 | — |
| Sutjeska | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Zeta | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — |

## 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 |
| Kom | 2–3 | Jezero | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| OFK Titograd | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Bokelj | 0–1 | 1–0 |

### Matches

Jezero won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. OFK Titograd won on penalties.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marko Ćetković | Sutjeska | 10 |
| 2 | Draško Božović | Budućnost | 9 |
| 2 | Boban Đorđević | Grbalj | 9 |
| 2 | Igor Ivanović | Budućnost | 9 |
| 2 | Sava Gardašević | Kom | 9 |
| 2 | Velizar Janketić | Rudar | 9 |
| 2 | Božo Marković | Sutjeska | 9 |
| 8 | Damir Kojašević | Sutjeska | 8 |
| 8 | Boris Kopitović | Petrovac | 8 |
| 8 | Panagiotis Moraitis | Budućnost | 8 |
| 8 | Stefan Nikolić | Sutjeska | 8 |
| 8 | Vule Vujačić | Rudar | 8 |