2015–16 Montenegrin First League
# 2015–16 Montenegrin First League

The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions.

## Teams

FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second League champion, got promoted to the top level for the first time. FK Dečić won 7–1 on aggregate against two-times Montenegrin champion FK Mogren in the promotion play-offs, and returns to the First League after just one year of absence.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion pod Vrmcem | 5,000 | Slobodan Drašković |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion pod Goricom | 15,230 | Miodrag Vukotić |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 3,000 | Fuad Krkanović |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Dragoljub Đuretić |
| Iskra | Danilovgrad | Stadion Braće Velašević | 2,000 | Milija Savović |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 5,000 | Milorad Malovrazić |
| Mladost | Podgorica | Stadion FK Mladost | 2,000 | Nikola Rakojević |
| Mornar | Bar | Stadion Topolica | 2,500 | Zoran Mijović |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion pod Malim brdom | 1,630 | Ivan Brnović |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | Vuko Bogavac |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 6,180 | Aleksandar Nedović |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 5,000 | Dejan Vukićević |

Source: Scoresway

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mladost (C) | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Budućnost | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Rudar | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Bokelj | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sutjeska | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 54 | |
| 6 | Dečić | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 39 | |
| 7 | Grbalj | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 38 | |
| 8 | Zeta | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Lovćen | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 36 | |
| 10 | Iskra (O) | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Petrovac (O) | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Mornar (R) | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 33 | Relegation to the Second League |

* ↑ Rudar qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Montenegrin Cup.
* 1 2 Grbalj ahead of Zeta on head-to-head record; Grbalj–Zeta 4–1, Zeta–Grbalj 1–2, Grbalj–Zeta 1–2.
* 1 2 Petrovac ahead of Mornar on head-to-head record; Petrovac–Mornar 2–1, Mornar–Petrovac 1–1, Mornar–Petrovac 0–0.

## 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 games. 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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | LOV | MLA | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bokelj | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Budućnost | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Dečić | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Grbalj | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Iskra | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Lovćen | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Mladost | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| Mornar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Petrovac | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 5–3 |
| Rudar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Sutjeska | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 |
| Zeta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |

### 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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | ISK | LOV | MLA | MOR | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Bokelj | | | | 3–0 | 0–1 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Budućnost | 4–2 | | 2–0 | | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | 1–0 |
| Dečić | 1–2 | | | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | |
| Grbalj | | 0–1 | | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Iskra | | 1–3 | | 1–3 | | | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lovćen | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | |
| Mladost | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | 2–3 | | 2–0 |
| Mornar | | | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | | 0–0 | | | 2–2 |
| Petrovac | | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | | | 0–2 | |
| Rudar | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | |
| Sutjeska | | 0–4 | 1–1 | | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | | 0–0 |
| Zeta | 2–3 | | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 1–1 | 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bratstvo | 2–8 | Iskra | 2–2 | 0–6 |
| Cetinje | 0–1 | Petrovac | 0–0 | 0–1 |

### Matches

Iskra won 8–2 on aggregate.

Petrovac won 1–0 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy.

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marko Šćepanović | Mladost | 19 |
| 2 | Darko Bjedov | Zeta | 18 |
| 3 | Dejan Zarubica | Sutjeska | 16 |
| 4 | Boris Kopitović | Petrovac | 13 |
| 5 | Šaleta Kordić | Sutjeska | 11 |
| 6 | Darko Nikač | Budućnost | 10 |
| 7 | Pjeter Ljuljđuraj | Dečić | 9 |
| 8 | Dejan Đenić | Bokelj | 8 |
| 8 | Ivan Marković | Rudar | 8 |
| 8 | Miloš Nikezić | Bokelj | 8 |
| 8 | Blažo Perutović | Lovćen | 8 |
| 8 | Petar Vukčević | Grbalj | 8 |
