# 2010–11 Montenegrin First League

The 2010–11 Montenegrin First League (also known as T-Com 1.CFL for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 14 August 2010 and ended on 28 May 2011. Rudar were the defending champions having won their first Montenegrin championship last season.

## Teams

Kom were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th last season. Their place was taken by Second League champions Mladost Podgorica.
10th-placed Mornar and 11th-placed Berane had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Mornar kept their place in the First League by beating Second League third place finisher Bratstvo Cijevna 3–1 on aggregate. On the other hand, Berane were relegated after losing to Second League runners-up Bar 5–4 on penalties after the two clubs ended 2–2 on aggregate.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Bar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 5,000 | Zlatko Kostić |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 17,000 | Saša Petrović |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,000 | Mladen Vukićević |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Dragan Radojičić |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | Marko Marković |
| Mladost | Podgorica | Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg | 1,500 | Miodrag Vukotić |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 | Branislav Milačić |
| Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 5,000 | Boris Ljutica |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion Pod Malim Brdom | 1,000 | Milorad Malovrazić |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Gradski stadion Pljevlja | 10,000 | Nebojša Vignjević |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 10,800 | Dragan Mijanović |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 | Dejan Vukićević |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mogren (C) | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Budućnost | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 73 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Rudar | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Zeta | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Mladost | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 41 | |
| 6 | Dečić | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 39 | |
| 7 | Grbalj | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 38 | |
| 8 | Lovćen | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 37 | |
| 9 | Petrovac | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 35 | |
| 10 | Mornar (R) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Sutjeska (O) | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Bar (R) | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 32 | Relegation to the Second League |
* 1 2 Rudar are the winners of 2010–11 Montenegrin Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League; since they finished the season in third place, Zeta as fourth-placed team also qualified for the first qualifying round of the Europa League.

## Results

The schedule consisted 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 were then 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 | BAR | BUD | DEČ | GRB | LOV | MLA | MOG | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Bar | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Budućnost | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Dečić | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Grbalj | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Lovćen | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Mladost | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Mogren | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Mornar | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Petrovac | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Rudar | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Sutjeska | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Zeta | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |

### 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 | BAR | BUD | DEČ | GRB | LOV | MLA | MOG | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Bar | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | | | | | | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Budućnost | | | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Dečić | | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Grbalj | | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | | | | | | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Lovćen | 1–0 | | | | | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | | |
| Mladost | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | | |
| Mogren | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | | | 2–0 | | | | 2–0 |
| Mornar | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | |
| Petrovac | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–1 | | |
| Rudar | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | | 2–2 |
| Sutjeska | | | | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | |
| Zeta | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 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 |
| Jedinstvo | 0–1 | Sutjeska | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Mornar | 1–1 (a) | Berane | 1–1 | 0–0 |

### Matches

Sutjeska won 1–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Berane won on away goals.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ivan Vuković | Budućnost | 20 |
| 2 | Žarko Korać | Zeta | 19 |
| 3 | Božo Marković | Sutjeska | 16 |
| 4 | Ivica Jovanović | Rudar | 13 |
| 5 | Vladimir Gluščević | Mogren | 11 |
| 5 | Ivan Jablan | Lovćen | 11 |
| 7 | Igor Matić | Mogren | 9 |
| 8 | Dragan Bošković | Budućnost | 8 |
| 8 | Marko Ćetković | Mogren | 8 |
| 8 | Milan Đurišić | Mladost | 8 |