2024–25 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League

Season	2024–25
Dates	4 August 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	90
Goals scored	201 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdulsamed Abdullahi (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Jedinstvo 3-2 Arsenal tivat (1 October 2024)
Biggest away win	Petrovac 1-4 Budućnost (26 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Jedinstvo 3-2 Arsenal tivat (1 October 2024)
Longest winning run	Budućnost (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Budućnost (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Otrant-Olympic (4 Matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 1 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Montenegrin First League is the 19th season of the first tier association football in the country of Montenegro. The season began on 4 August 2024 and end in May 2025. The winners of the league qualify for a place in the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.

The start was originally scheduled on 28 July 2024, but was postponed due to the participation of the three clubs in European competitions.

Teams

Arsenal

Bokelj

Budućnost

Jedinstvo

Mornar

Otrant-Olympic

Petrovac

Sutjeska

Dečić

Jezero

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2024–25 clubs

The league consisted of ten teams; the top eight teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Montenegrin Second League. Dečić entered the season as defending champions.

Bokelj were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 Montenegrin Second League (returning to the top-flight after a seven-year absence), replacing the 2023–24 Montenegrin First League bottom-placed team, Rudar (relegated after eighteen years in the top-flight). Second League runners-up Otrant-Olympic defeated First League ninth-placed team Mladost DG in the Montenegrin First League play-off, promoting the former to the top-flight for the first time in its history and relegating the latter after one year in the top-flight.

Stadiums and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	Tivat	Stadion u Parku	2,000
Bokelj	Kotor	Stadion pod Vrmcem	1,000
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	15,230
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	Gradski stadion	5,000
Jezero	Plav	Stadion Pod Racinom	2,500
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500
Otrant-Olympic	Ulcinj	Stadion Olympic	1,500
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš	1,630
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Zoran Tripković	Ćetko Manojlović	Lmp	Porto Montenegro
Bokelj	Zoran Krivokapić	Lazar Pajović	NAAI
Budućnost	Mladen Milinković	Vasilije Terzić	Adidas	Savana
Dečić	Milorad Peković	Jonathan Dreshaj	Seven	Castellana
Jedinstvo	Vuko Bogavac	Momčilo Dulović	NAAI	Hotel Splendid
Jezero	Ivan Brnović	Edis Redžepagić	Macron	Samont
Mornar	Zoran Đurašković	Aleksandar Vujačić	Seven	Municipality of Bar
Otrant-Olympic	Dejan Vukićević	Anđelo Rudović
Petrovac	Dušan Ivanović	Zoran Mikijelj	Macron	Municipality of Budva
Sutjeska	Nenad Brnović	Vladan Giljen	Joma	Intersport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost	19	14	3	2	40	11	+29	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Petrovac	19	10	3	6	26	21	+5	33	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Bokelj	19	9	3	7	20	20	0	30
4	Dečić	19	6	9	4	19	17	+2	27
5	Arsenal	19	6	7	6	21	20	+1	25
6	Mornar	19	7	4	8	22	26	−4	25
7	Sutjeska	19	6	6	7	19	18	+1	24
8	Jedinstvo	19	6	3	10	20	33	−13	21	Qualification for the Montenegrin First League play-off
9	Jezero	19	3	7	9	12	22	−10	16
10	Otrant-Olympic	19	3	5	11	14	25	−11	14	Relegation to the Montenegrin Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away	ARS	BOK	BUD	DEC	JED	JEZ	MOR	OTR	PET	SUT	ARS	BOK	BUD	DEC	JED	JEZ	MOR	OTR	PET	SUT
Arsenal	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	—				1–1
Bokelj	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–3		—				2–1
Budućnost	2–1	4–0	—	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1			—						3–1	a
Dečić	1–3	1–2	0–2	—	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0				—
Jedinstvo	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–0					—
Jezero	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1						—
Mornar	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	—	0–1	0–2	2–1							—	1–0
Otrant-Olympic	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	—	0–1	1–3								—
Petrovac	0–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–1	4–2	3–2	—	1–0									—
Sutjeska	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	—			a	1–1						—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 6 October 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Milan Vukotić	Budućnost	5
	Vasko Kalezić	Sutjeska
3	Caique Chagas	Dečić	4
	Žarko Korać	Jedinstvo
	Boban Đorđević	Mornar
	Darko Zorić	Mornar
	Ayumu Nishimura	Otrant-Olympic
	Dejan Boljević	Petrovac
	Nikola Janjić	Sutjeska

See also

• 2024–25 Montenegrin Second League

External links

• UEFA
• FSCG