2006–07 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season2006–07
Dates11 August 2006 – 26 May 2007
ChampionsZeta
1st title
RelegatedJedinstvo
Berane
Champions LeagueZeta
UEFA CupBudućnost
Rudar
Intertoto CupGrbalj
Matches played198
Goals scored414 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorerDamir Čakar
Žarko Korać (16 goals each)
Biggest home winBudućnost 5–1 Grbalj
(14 April 2007)
Zeta 5–1 Jedinstvo
(18 April 2007)
Biggest away winMladost 0–4 Zeta
(20 September 2006)
Dečić 0–4 Zeta
(5 May 2007)
Highest scoringSutjeska 3–5 Mladost
(11 November 2006)
Longest winning run6 games
Budućnost
Zeta
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Budućnost
Longest losing run6 games
Berane

The 2006–07 Montenegrin First League season was the inaugural season of the league as Montenegro's top-tier football competition. Although the league existed before, it was previously a second-tier league, underneath the Serbo-Montenegrin First League. Upon the independence of Montenegro, and the establishment of a Montenegrin Football Association, the league became disassociated with the Serbo-Montenegrin league and thus was given its present position.

The league played its first games of the season on 12 August 2006 and its final matches were played on 26 May 2007. On 26 May, after their final match, FK Zeta were confirmed as the league's first ever champions under the new FA, and thus qualified as the country's first-ever UEFA Champions League competitor.

Teams

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Location of the 2006–07 Montenegrin First League teams

In order of their 2005-06 league table position, the inaugural members are:

From the former First League of Serbia and Montenegro
From the second-tier Montenegrin First League
Promoted from the Montenegrin Second League

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity Coach
Berane Berane Gradski Stadion 11,000 Montenegro Slobodan Đukić
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 18,000 Montenegro Božidar Vuković
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 1,250 Montenegro Mladen Vukićević
Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Montenegro Dragan Pican
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Gradski Stadion 5,000 Montenegro Siniša Jelić
Kom Podgorica Stadion Zlatica 2,500 Montenegro Saša Petrović
Mladost Podgorica Cvijetni Brijeg 2,000 Montenegro Dimitrije Mitrović
Mogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 4,000 Montenegro Miodrag Bajović
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion Pod Malim Brdom 1,400 Montenegro Milorad Malovrazić
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion Pod Golubinjom 10,000 Montenegro Mirko Marić
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion Kraj Bistrice 10,800 Montenegro Pero Giljen
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 7,000 Montenegro Dejan Vukićević

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zeta (C) 33 25 4 4 65 18 +47 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Budućnost 33 22 10 1 58 12 +46 76 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Grbalj 33 14 7 12 37 30 +7 49 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Rudar 33 14 5 14 37 32 +5 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
5 Mogren 33 10 12 11 27 27 0 42
6 Petrovac 33 10 10 13 24 37 −13 40
7 Kom 33 9 11 13 27 31 −4 38
8 Sutjeska 33 10 8 15 24 33 −9 38
9 Mladost 33 9 11 13 34 49 −15 38
10 Dečić (O) 33 8 10 15 29 46 −17 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Jedinstvo (R) 33 6 13 14 27 51 −24 31
12 Berane (R) 33 7 7 19 25 48 −23 28 Relegated to the Second League
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rudar qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup as winners of 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup.

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 JED KOM MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–4
Budućnost 4–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Dečić 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–4
Grbalj 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Jedinstvo 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–3
Kom 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Mladost 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Mogren 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Petrovac 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0
Rudar 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Sutjeska 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–5 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
Zeta 2–1 0–3[a] 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Zeta and Budućnost was not played because the management of Zeta was not satisfied with the choice of the referee (Goran Mihaljević) and locked the gates of the stadium. It is registered with the official score of 0–3 for the guests.

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 JED KOM MLA MOG PET RUD SUT ZET
Berane 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–2
Budućnost 3–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Dečić 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Grbalj 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3
Jedinstvo 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–2
Kom 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–0
Mladost 2–4 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4
Mogren 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Petrovac 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–0
Rudar 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–1
Sutjeska 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Zeta 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.[2]

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jedinstvo 2–4 Bokelj 1–4 1–0
Ibar 2–3 Dečić 2–2 0–1

Matches

Jedinstvo1–4Bokelj
  • Čindrak 59' (pen.)
 Report (page 37)
  • Vujović 9'
  • Lasić 63', 65'
  • Jovanović 80'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Amil Gerina
Bokelj0–1Jedinstvo
Report (page 37)
Attendance: 2,000

Jedinstvo won 5–1 on aggregate.

Ibar2–2Dečić
  • Pandurica 31'
  • B. Škrijelj 64' (pen.)
 Report (page 37)
  • Ljumović 30', 44'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ranko Spasojević
Dečić1–0Ibar
Kojašević 87' Report (page 37)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aleksandar Marković

Dečić won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Montenegro Damir Čakar Rudar 16
Montenegro Žarko Korać Zeta
3 Montenegro Aljbino Camaj Dečić 13
4 Montenegro Slaven Stjepanović Zeta 12
5 Montenegro Dragan Bošković Grbalj 11
Montenegro Igor Burzanović Budućnost
7 Montenegro Nemanja Vukašinović Mogren 10

References

  1. ^ a b Dragoljub Jovanović (2 August 2007). "Montenegro 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Play-offs 1/2". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.