# 2009–10 Montenegrin First League

The 2009–10 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2009 and ended on 29 May 2010. Mogren Budva are the defending champions.

## Teams

Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in the 2008–09 season. Their place was taken by Second League champions Berane.
10th-placed Jezero Plav and 11th-placed Dečić Tuzi had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Jezero were relegated by losing 2–1 on aggregate against the 3rd-placed team from Second League, Mornar Bar. On the other hand, Dečić saved their place in the Montenegrin top league by beating Mladost Podgorica, who had finished as runners-up of the Second League, also with 2–1 on aggregate.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Berane | Berane | Gradski Stadion | 11,000 | Predrag Pejović |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 17,000 | Nenad Vukčević |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,000 | Slaviša Božičić |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Saša Petrović |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 3,500 | Milorad Nedović |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | Branislav Milačić |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 | Dejan Vukićević |
| Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 5,000 | Brajan Nenezić |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Pod Malim Brdom Stadium | 530 | Milorad Malovrazić |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion Gradski | 10,000 | Nebojša Vignjević |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 10,800 | Nikola Rakojević |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 | Dragoljub Đuretić |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rudar (C) | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Budućnost | 33 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Mogren | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Zeta | 33 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Grbalj | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 53 | |
| 6 | Lovćen | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Sutjeska | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 40 | |
| 8 | Petrovac | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 36 | |
| 9 | Dečić | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 35 | |
| 10 | Mornar (O) | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Berane (R) | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Kom (R) | 33 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 18 | Relegation to the Second League |
* ↑ Since Rudar and Budućnost, the finalists of the 2009–10 Montenegrin Cup, were finished in the top two spots in the league, the league runners-up was qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Mornar were docked 1 point because they used ineligible player in the match against Kom.

## Results

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

| Home \ Away | BER | BUD | DEČ | GRB | KOM | LOV | MOG | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Berane | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Budućnost | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Dečić | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Grbalj | 5–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Kom | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lovćen | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Mogren | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Mornar | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Petrovac | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Rudar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| Sutjeska | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Zeta | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The match originally finished 0–0 but was awarded to Kom with a score of 3–0 because Mornar used ineligible player.

### Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):
Rounds :
| 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 |
| Home \ Away | BER | BUD | DEČ | GRB | KOM | LOV | MOG | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Berane | | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Budućnost | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | | | | 3–1 |
| Dečić | | | | | | 0–1 | | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Grbalj | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 11–0 | | 3–5 | 3–1 | | | | |
| Kom | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | |
| Lovćen | | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Mogren | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | | | |
| Mornar | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Petrovac | | 1–2 | | 1–2 | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | |
| Rudar | | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | | 2–2 | | 2–0 | |
| Sutjeska | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | | | | |
| Zeta | | | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |

## 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 |
| Bar | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Berane | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bratstvo | 1–3 | Mornar | 0–1 | 1–2 |

### Matches

2–2 on aggregate. Bar won on penalties.
Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivan Bošković | Grbalj | 28 |
| 2 | Predrag Ranđelović | Rudar | 19 |
| 2 | Ivan Vuković | Budućnost | 19 |
| 4 | Vladimir Gluščević | Mogren | 16 |
| 5 | Božo Milić | Mogren | 12 |
| 6 | Žarko Кorać | Zeta | 11 |
| 7 | Fatos Bećiraj | Budućnost | 10 |
| 8 | Marko Lalević | Berane | 9 |
| 8 | Igor Matić | Grbalj | 9 |