2007–08 Montenegrin First League
# 2007–08 Montenegrin First League

The 2007–08 Montenegrin First League was the second season of the top-tier football in Montenegro, since the vote for Montenegrin independence split the Montenegrin FA from Serbia's. FK Jedinstvo and FK Berane were relegated to the second league, giving FK Bokelj their first time in the top league of Montenegro. The 2007-08 season began on 11 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008.

## Teams

FK Berane were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Lovćen Cetinje.

10th placed Dečić Tuzi and 11th placed Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Jedinstvo were relegated by losing 4–2 on aggregate against the 2nd placed team from Second League, Bokelj Kotor. On the other hand, Dečić saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Ibar Rožaje, who had finished in 3rd place in the Second League, with a 3–2 on aggregate.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion Pod Vrmcem | 5,000 | Ivo Donković |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 17,000 | Branko Babić |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,250 | Božidar Vuković |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,500 | Nebojša Vignjević |
| Kom | Podgorica | Stadion Zlatica | 2,500 | Goran Đurović |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 2,000 | Nikola Rakojević |
| Mladost | Podgorica | Cvijetni Brijeg | 2,000 | Slobodan Šćepanović |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 4,000 | Dejan Vukićević |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion Pod Malim Brdom | 1,400 | Obren Sarić |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Stadion Pod Golubinjom | 10,000 | Branislav Milačić |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion Kraj Bistrice | 10,000 | Brajan Nenezić |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 7,000 | Mladen Vukićević |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Budućnost (C) | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Zeta | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 66 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Mogren | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 66 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Grbalj | 33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 55 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Rudar | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 52 | |
| 6 | Lovćen | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dečić | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 38 | |
| 8 | Petrovac | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 36 | |
| 9 | Kom | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 36 | |
| 10 | Bokelj (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Sutjeska (O) | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Mladost (R) | 33 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 19 | Relegated to the Second League |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Budućnost 10 pts, Zeta 6 pts, Mogren 6 pts.
* 1 2 Since winners of the 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, Mogren, have secured a top three position in the league the fourth-placed team was qualified to the Intertoto Cup first round (originally it was third-placed team).
* ↑ Sutjeska were docked 3 points for not playing match against Zeta in the 13th round.

## 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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | KOM | LOV | MLA | MOG | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bokelj | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Budućnost | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Dečić | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Grbalj | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kom | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Lovćen | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Mladost | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Mogren | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Petrovac | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Rudar | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sutjeska | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–3 |
| Zeta | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

* ↑ The match was supposed to be played on 10 November. when it was postponed to 21 November. In the new term, the match was not played again because the host did not provide basic conditions. There was no electricity or hot water at the stadium in Nikšić. It was registered with the official score of 0–3.

### 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 | KOM | LOV | MLA | MOG | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
| Bokelj | | 1–0 | | | 2–2 | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Budućnost | | | 4–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | |
| Dečić | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–4 |
| Grbalj | 1–0 | | | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | | | 0–0 |
| Kom | | 1–4 | 2–0 | | | | 2–3 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lovćen | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | | | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Mladost | 1–0 | | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | |
| Mogren | 0–0 | | | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Petrovac | 0–0 | | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | | | 2–3 |
| Rudar | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | | 1–2 | | 5–2 | | 2–0 | |
| Sutjeska | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | | 0–3 |
| Zeta | 8–3 | 0–0 | | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | | |

## Relegation play-offs

The 10th placed team (against the 3rd placed team of the Second League) and the 11th placed team (against the 2nd placed team 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutjeska | 1–0 | Čelik | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Bokelj | 0–3 | Jedinstvo | 0–0 | 0–3 (w/o) |

### Matches

Sutjeska won 1–0 on aggregate.

Jedinstvo won 3–0 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivan Jablan | Lovćen | 13 |
| 2 | Mirza Ljumić | Kom | 5 |
| 2 | Minja Ljumović | Dečić | 5 |
| 2 | Božo Milić | Grbalj | 5 |
| 5 | Goran Burzanović | Petrovac | 4 |
| 5 | Miloš Đalac | Grbalj | 4 |
| 5 | Bojan Ivanović | Zeta | 4 |
| 5 | Dražen Milić | Mogren | 4 |
| 5 | Blažo Perutović | Lovćen | 4 |
| 5 | Miodrag Zec | Mogren | 4 |
| 5 | Ratko Zec | Mogren | 4 |
