# 2018–19 Montenegrin First League

The 2018–19 Montenegrin First League was the 13th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 3 August 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. Sutjeska Nikšić were the defending champions.

## Teams

Dečić and Kom were relegated at the end of the previous season. After earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League, Mornar and Lovćen competed in the league this season. The following 10 clubs competed in 2018–19 First League.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 15,230 | Branko Brnović |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Veselin Stešević |
| Iskra | Danilovgrad | Braća Velašević Stadium | 2,000 | Aleksandar Nedović |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Sveti Petar Cetinjski | 5,192 | Ljubinko Radovanović |
| Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 2,500 | Josip Josipović |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Ljubinko Vujošević |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Gradski stadion | 10,000 | Nenad Vukčević |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion | 6,180 | Nikola Rakojević |
| OFK Titograd | Podgorica | Camp FSCG | 2,000 | Peter Pacult |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 5,000 | Dragoljub Đuretić |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sutjeska (C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Budućnost | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Zeta | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | OFK Titograd | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Iskra | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 50 | |
| 6 | Grbalj | 36 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Petrovac | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 47 | |
| 8 | Rudar (O) | 36 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 41 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Lovćen (R) | 36 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Mornar (R) | 36 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 72 | −55 | 12 | Relegation to the Second League |

## Results

The ten league clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
| Home \ Away | BUD | GRB | ISK | LOV | MOR | OFK | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET | BUD | GRB | ISK | LOV | MOR | OFK | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Budućnost | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 5–3 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Grbalj | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Iskra | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Lovćen | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Mornar | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| OFK Titograd | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Petrovac | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Rudar | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sutjeska | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Zeta | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |

## 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 |
| Bokelj | 1–4 | Rudar | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Lovćen | 0–2 | Kom | 0–1 | 0–1 |

### Matches

Rudar won 4–1 on aggregate.
Kom won 2–0 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nikola Krstović | Zeta | 17 |
| 2 | Vladan Kordić | Grbalj | 12 |
| 2 | Božo Marković | Sutjeska | 12 |
| 2 | Darko Nikač | Iskra | 12 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Vujačić | Budućnost | 12 |
| 6 | Marko Pavićević | Titograd | 11 |
| 7 | Radomir Đalović | Rudar | 10 |
| 8 | Stefan Milošević | Iskra | 9 |
| 8 | Vojin Pavlović | Titograd | 9 |
| 10 | Miloš Mijić | Budućnost | 8 |
| 10 | Goran Vujović | Lovćen | 8 |