The 2015–16 Montenegrin First League was the tenth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 8 August 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016. Rudar are the defending champions.
Teams FK Iskra Danilovgrad, the 2014-15 Second League champion, got promoted to the top level for the first time. FK Dečić won 7–1 on aggregate against two-times Montenegrin champion FK Mogren in the promotion play-offs, and returns to the First League after just one year of absence.
Stadia and locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach Bokelj Kotor Stadion pod Vrmcem 5,000 Slobodan Drašković Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230 Miodrag Vukotić Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 3,000 Fuad Krkanović Grbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Dragoljub Đuretić Iskra Danilovgrad Stadion Braće Velašević 2,000 Milija Savović Lovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 5,000 Milorad Malovrazić Mladost Podgorica Stadion FK Mladost 2,000 Nikola Rakojević Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 2,500 Zoran Mijović Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630 Ivan Brnović Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 10,000 Vuko Bogavac Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 6,180 Aleksandar Nedović Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 5,000 Dejan Vukićević Source: Scoresway
League table
Results The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 games. The pairings of the third round were then 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
Third round Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games): Rounds 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd1 – 122 – 113 – 104 – 95 – 86 – 71 – 28 – 69 – 510 – 411 – 312 – 72 – 123 – 14 – 115 – 106 – 97 – 81 – 42 – 39 – 710 – 611 – 512 – 83 – 124 – 25 – 16 – 117 – 108 – 91 – 62 – 53 – 410 – 811 – 712 – 94 – 125 – 36 – 27 – 18 – 119 – 101 – 82 – 73 – 64 – 511 – 912 – 105 – 126 – 47 – 38 – 29 – 110 – 111 – 102 – 93 – 84 – 75 – 612 – 116 – 127 – 58 – 49 – 310 – 211 – 1
Relegation play-offs The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-placed team (against the runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.
Summary
Matches
Iskra won 8–2 on aggregate.
Petrovac won 1–0 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers The top scorer was won the 2016 Radio Montenegro Trophy. RankScorerClubGoals1 Marko ŠćepanovićMladost192 Darko BjedovZeta183 Dejan ZarubicaSutjeska164 Boris KopitovićPetrovac135 Šaleta KordićSutjeska116 Darko NikačBudućnost107 Pjeter LjuljđurajDečić98 Dejan ĐenićBokelj8 Ivan MarkovićRudar Miloš NikezićBokelj Blažo PerutovićLovćen Petar VukčevićGrbalj
References
External links Soccerway