| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 2011 – 30 May 2012 |
| Champions | Budućnost 2nd title |
| Relegated | Bokelj Berane Dečić |
| Champions League | Budućnost |
| Europa League | Rudar Zeta Čelik (viacup) |
| Matches | 198 |
| Goals | 497 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Admir Adrović(22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Budućnost 6–0Mladost (5 May 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Bokelj 0–5Mogren (26 May 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Rudar 6–2Bokelj (30 May 2012) |
| Longest winning run | 10 games Budućnost |
| Longest unbeaten run | 21 games Rudar |
| Longest losing run | 12 games Bokelj Sutjeska |
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The2011–12Montenegrin First League was the sixth season of the top-tier football inMontenegro. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 30 May 2012, with a winter break beginning on 8 December 2011.[citation needed]Mogren are the defending champions.
Bar were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th at the end oflast season; the club returned to the second level after just one year. Their place was taken by 2010–11Second League championsBokelj, who returned to the top league of Montenegro after an absence of three seasons.
10th-placedMornar and 11th-placedSutjeska had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Sutjeska kept their place in the First League by beating Second League runners-upJedinstvo Bijelo Polje 1–0 on aggregate. On the other hand, Mornar were relegated after losing to Second League third-placed teamFK Berane onaway goals; the two-leg affair ended 1–1. Berane thus made their immediate return to the league, while Mornar were relegated after two seasons in the top flight.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berane | Berane | Gradski Stadion Berane | 9,000 | |
| Bokelj | Kotor | Stadion pod Vrmcem | 3,000 | |
| Budućnost | Podgorica | Stadion Pod Goricom | 12,000 | |
| Dečić | Tuzi | Stadion Tuško Polje | 1,000 | |
| Grbalj | Radanovići | Stadion Donja Sutvara | 1,000 | |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | Stadion Obilića Poljana | 1,000 | |
| Mladost | Podgorica | Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg | 1,000 | |
| Mogren | Budva | Stadion Lugovi | 2,000 | |
| Petrovac | Petrovac | Stadion Pod Malim Brdom | 1,000 | |
| Rudar | Pljevlja | Gradski stadion Pljevlja | 7,000 | |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Stadion kraj Bistrice | 11,000 | |
| Zeta | Golubovci | Stadion Trešnjica | 4,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budućnost(C) | 33 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 80 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rudar | 33 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 77 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Zeta | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 60 | |
| 4 | Mogren | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 54 | |
| 5 | Petrovac | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 48 | |
| 6 | Lovćen | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 40 | |
| 7 | Mladost | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 37 | |
| 8 | Sutjeska | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 9 | Grbalj | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 34 | |
| 10 | Dečić(R) | 33 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 34 | Qualification for therelegation play-offs |
| 11 | Berane[a](R) | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 28 | |
| 12 | Bokelj(R) | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 21 | Relegation to theSecond League |
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 matches. 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.
| Home \ Away | BER | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | LOV | MLA | MOG | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berane | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Bokelj | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Budućnost | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| Dečić | 3–0[a] | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Grbalj | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Lovćen | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Mladost | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | |
| Mogren | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Petrovac | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Rudar | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sutjeska | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Zeta | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
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 | BOK | BUD | DEČ | GRB | LOV | MLA | MOG | PET | RUD | SUT | ZET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berane | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Bokelj | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Budućnost | 3–1 | 0–3[a] | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Dečić | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Grbalj | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | |||||||
| Lovćen | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Mladost | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Mogren | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | ||||||
| Petrovac | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Rudar | 3–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Sutjeska | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | |||||||
| Zeta | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
The 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of theSecond 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dečić | 0–2 | Jedinstvo | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Berane | 1–5 | Mornar | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Jedinstvo won 2–0 on aggregate.
Mornar won 5–1 on aggregate.