The Montenegrin Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by the team captains and the coaches of the Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — 1. CFL to determine the best player in Montenegro. It is published by the Football Association of Montenegro. The most successful players is inaugural holder Mirko Vučinić and Stefan Savić, who each won the award for seven times. Stevan Jovetić is the youngest player to receive this honour so far; he was 20 years old when he won the award. The most recent footballer of the year is Nikola Krstović for 2025. Before 2006, two Montenegrin footballers were named Yugoslav Footballer of the Year; Dejan Savićević in 1995, and Predrag Mijatović (for three times) in 1992, 1993 and 1998.
Winners
Year Player Club Position 2006 Lecce, Roma Forward 2007 Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward 2008 Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward 2009 Fiorentina Forward 2010 Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward 2011 Mirko Vučinić Roma , Juventus Forward 2012 Mirko Vučinić Juventus Forward 2013 Mirko Vučinić Juventus Forward 2014 Lille Defender 2015 Stevan Jovetić Internazionale Forward 2016 Atlético Madrid Defender 2017 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2018 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2019 Incheon United Forward 2020 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2021 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2022 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2023 Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender 2024 Lecce Forward 2025 Nikola Krstović Atalanta Forward
Statistics Wins by player Rank Player Wins Winning years 1 2006–2008, 2010–2013 2016–2018, 2020–2023 3 2009, 2015 2024, 20254 2014 2019
Wins by club Rank Club Wins Winning years 1 Atlético Madrid 7 2016–2018, 2020–2023 2 Roma 5 2006–2008, 2010, 2011 3 Juventus 3 2011–2013 4 Lecce 2 2006, 20245 Atalanta 1 2025 Fiorentina 1 2009 Lille 1 2014 Internazionale 1 2015 Incheon United 1 2019
Wins by position Rank Position Wins 1 Forward 12 2 Defender 7
Controversy In 2013, Mirko Vučinić won the Montenegrin Footballer of the Year for the seventh time. However, the public opinion was that in 2013, Dejan Damjanović should have been given the award. Damjanović scored four goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (two against England and one against Poland and Ukraine), became the top goalscorer of the 2013 K League Classic, and led FC Seoul to the 2013 AFC Champions League final. The media agreed that Vučinić was the best overall Montenegrin footballer, however, Damjanović's performances in 2013 were far better than Vučinić's, who was injured during the decisive qualification matches of the national team. Finally, Montenegrin website CG-Fudbal awarded Damjanović "Best Montenegrin Footballer of the Year", according to a poll voted by the fans.
References
External links All Players of the Year at Worldfootball.net Mirko Vucinic Player of the Year 2012 Football-Italia.net