# 2017–18 Montenegrin First League

The 2017–18 Montenegrin First League was the 12th season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018. Budućnost Podgorica are the defending champions.
The league champions earned a place in the 2018–19 Champions League first qualifying round, and the second and third placed clubs earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League first qualifying round. Since the third-placed Mladost Podgorica won the 2017–18 Montenegrin Cup which earned them the same spot in the Europa League, the spot was taken by the fourth-placed team.
There was one new club this season, Kom, who earned promotion from the Montenegrin Second League. Bokelj, Lovćen and Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje were relegated after the 2016–17 season, as the league's contestants amount was reduced from 12 clubs to 10.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | Dragoje Miloradović |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 5,000 | Mirko Marić |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Dragan Radojičić |
| Iskra | Danilovgrad | Stadion Braće Velašević | 2,000 | Jovan Stanković |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 3,000 | Veselin Stešević |
| Mladost | Podgorica | Camp FSCG | 2,000 | Dejan Vukićević |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Rudolf Marčić |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | Radislav Dragićević |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 6,180 | Nikola Rakojević |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 5,000 | Dejan Roganović |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sutjeska (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Budućnost | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Mladost | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Grbalj | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 50 | |
| 5 | Rudar | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Zeta | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Iskra | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 45 | |
| 8 | Kom (R) | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 43 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Petrovac (O) | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Dečić (R) | 36 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 64 | −39 | 21 | Relegation to the Second League |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Montenegrin Cup, Mladost, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team. However, since Grbalj failed to obtain a UEFA license, their Europa league spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.
* 1 2 Rudar finished ahead of Zeta on head-to-head points: Rudar 6 points, Zeta 3 points.

## Results

The ten clubs played each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
| Home \ Away | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | KOM | MLA | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | KOM | MLA | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Budućnost | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Dečić | 0–0 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Grbalj | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Iskra | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Kom | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Mladost | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Petrovac | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rudar | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Sutjeska | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Zeta | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

## 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 |
| Kom | 1–2 | Lovćen | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Mladost Lješkopolje | 2–5 | Petrovac | 0–3 | 2–2 |

### Matches

Lovćen won 2–1 on aggregate.
Petrovac won 5–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Igor Ivanović | Sutjeska | 14 |
| 2 | Nikola Krstović | Zeta | 13 |
| 2 | Alen Melunović | Budućnost | 13 |
| 4 | Ivan Vuković | Grbalj | 11 |
| 5 | Darko Nikać | Budućnost | 9 |
| 6 | Marko Ćetković | Mladost | 8 |
| 6 | Luka Merdović | Sutjeska | 8 |
| 8 | Stefan Đorđević | Petrovac | 7 |
| 8 | Benjamin Kacić | Petrovac | 7 |
| 8 | Božo Marković | Sutjeska | 7 |
| 8 | Bogdan Milić | Iskra | 7 |
| 8 | Miljan Vlaisavljević | Budućnost | 7 |