Prva Crnogorska Liga 2017/18

Prva Crnogorska Liga 2017/18
master	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
Champions League qualification	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
Europa League qualification	FK Mladost Podgorica FK Budućnost Podgorica FK Grbalj Radanovići
Cup winners	FK Mladost Podgorica
Relegation ↓	OFK Petrovac FK KOM Podgorica
Relegated	FK Dečić Tuzi FK KOM Podgorica
Teams	10
Games	180 + 4 relegation games
Gates	371  (ø 2.06 per game)
Top scorer	Igor Ivanović (FK Sutjeska Nikšić)
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Druga Crnogorska Liga 2017/18 ↓

The Prva Crnogorska Liga 2017/18 was the twelfth season of the highest Montenegrin football league. It started on August 5, 2017 and ended on May 26, 2018. The defending champion was FK Budućnost Podgorica .

The FK Sutjeska Nikšić was the third time Montenegrin champion. The team had already been crowned champions six match days before the end of the season, and in the end they had 22 points ahead of last year's champions FK Budućnost Podgorica .

mode

The league was reduced to ten clubs. On 36 match days, each team competed four times against each other team, twice at home and twice away. The eighth and ninth played a relegation round, the last was relegated directly.

societies

Budućnost P. Mladost P. Golubovci Pljevlja Nikšić Petrovac Radanovići COM Tuzi Danilovgrad

Venues of the Prva Crnogorska Liga 2017/18

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FK Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica	Stadium pod Goricom	15,2300
FK Mladost Podgorica	Podgorica	Cvijetni Brijeg stadium	1,500
FK Iskra Danilovgrad	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević	2,500
FK KOM Podgorica	Podgorica	Zlatika Stadium	3,500
FK Dečić Tuzi	Tuzi	Tuško Polje Stadium	3,000
FK Sutjeska Nikšić	Nikšić	Gradski Stadium	5,214
FK Zeta Golubovci	Golubovci	Trešnjica Stadium	7,000
FK Grbalj Radanovići	Radanovići	Radanovićima	1,500
FK Rudar Pljevlja	Pljevlja	Gradski Stadium	11,0000
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadium pod Malim Brdom	0630

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FK Sutjeska Nikšić (P)	36	24	7th	5	055:230	+32	79
2.	FK Budućnost Podgorica (M)	36	14th	15th	7th	044:300	+14	57
3.	FK Mladost Podgorica	36	12	15th	9	042:330	+9	51
4th	FK Grbalj Radanovići	36	12	14th	10	039:390	± 0	50
5.	FK Rudar Pljevlja (R)	36	13	10	13	032:280	+4	49
6th	FK Zeta Golubovci	36	12	13	11	040:350	+5	49
7th	FK Iskra Danilovgrad	36	12	9	15th	033:340	−1	45
8th.	FK KOM Podgorica (N)	36	11	10	15th	036:450	−9	43
9.	OFK Petrovac (R)	36	9	11	16	025:400	−15	38
10.	FK Dečić Tuzi	36	3	12	21st	025:640	−39	21st

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Montenegrin champions and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League as a cup winner

Participation in the relegation games against relegation

Relegated to the Druga Crnogorska Liga 2018/19

(M)	Acting Montenegrin champion
(P)	reigning Montenegrin cup winner
(N)	Promoted last season
(R)	Winner of the relegation

Crosstab

Match days 1–18 MLA ZET ISK PET FK Sutjeska Nikšić 1-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 1-0 2: 1 4-0 3-0 3-0 FK Budućnost Podgorica 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 3-0 1-0 0-0 4: 1 FK Mladost Podgorica 0: 2 3: 3 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 2 5-0 0-0 FK Grbalj Radanovići 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0: 2 1: 1 FK Rudar Pljevlja 0: 3 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 4-0 FK Zeta Golubovci 1: 2 1-0 3-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 4: 2 0-0 1: 1 FK Iskra Danilovgrad 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 4: 1 FK KOM Podgorica 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 OFK Petrovac 0: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 3 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 FK Dečić Tuzi 0-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 3 0-0 1: 4 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1

Match days 19–36 MLA ZET ISK PET FK Sutjeska Nikšić 3: 2 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 FK Budućnost Podgorica 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 FK Mladost Podgorica 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 FK Grbalj Radanovići 2: 3 0-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 FK Rudar Pljevlja 2: 1 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 0: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 FK Zeta Golubovci 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2-0 FK Iskra Danilovgrad 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 3 2-0 FK KOM Podgorica 0: 1 2: 3 0: 1 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 2 OFK Petrovac 1-0 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 FK Dečić Tuzi 0-0 0: 1 1: 4 0-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 3 1: 3 0: 1

Relegation

The eighth placed played against the third in the second division, and the second in the second division against the ninth. The games took place on May 30th and June 3rd, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK KOM Podgorica	1: 2	FK Lovćen Cetinje	0-0	1: 2
OFK Mladost Lješkopolje	2: 5	OFK Petrovac	0: 3	2: 2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Igor Ivanović	FK Sutjeska Nikšić	14th
02.	Alen Melunović	FK Budućnost Podgorica	13
	Nikola Krstović	FK Zeta Golubovci
04th	Ivan Vuković	FK Grbalj Radanovići	11
05.	Darko Nikać	FK Budućnost Podgorica	09
06th	Marko Ćetković	FK Mladost Podgorica	08th
	Luka Merdović	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
08th.	Benjamin Kacic	OFK Petrovac	07th
	Božo Marković	FK Sutjeska Nikšić
	Bogdan Milic	FK Iskra Danilovgrad
	Miljan Vlaisavljević	FK Budućnost Podgorica
	Stefan Đdorđević	OFK Petrovac

Web links

• Current results and tables of the Prva Crnogorska Liga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results and table. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Montenegro 2017/18. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020 . 
3. ↑ List of goalscorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018 .