The 2008–09 Montenegrin First League was the third season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. The defending champions are Budućnost Podgorica.

Teams Mladost Podgorica were directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League after finishing 12th in last year's standings. Their place was taken by Second League champions Jezero Plav.

10th placed Bokelj Kotor and 11th placed Sutjeska Nikšić had to compete in two-legged relegation play-offs. Bokelj were relegated by losing 1–0 on aggregate against the 3rd placed team from Second League, Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. On the other hand, Sutjeska saved their place in Montenegrin top league by beating cross-town rivals Čelik Nikšić, who had finished in 2nd place in the Second League, also with 1–0 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacityCoachBudućnost PodgoricaStadion Pod Goricom17,000 Miodrag JešićDečićTuziStadion Tuško Polje1,000 Božidar VukovićGrbaljRadanovićiStadion Donja Sutvara 1,500 Nenad MaslovarJedinstvoBijelo PoljeGradski Stadion5,000 Aleksandar JovanovskiKomPodgoricaStadion Zlatica3,500 Saša PetrovićLovćenCetinjeStadion Obilića Poljana2,000 Milorad MalovrazićMogrenBudvaStadion Lugovi4,000 Dejan VukićevićPetrovacPetrovacPod Malim Brdom Stadium530 Aleksandar MiljenovićRudarPljevljaStadion Gradski10,000 Miodrag RadanovićSutjeskaNikšićStadion kraj Bistrice10,800 Nikola RakojevićZetaGolubovciStadion Trešnjica6,000 Milan Đuretić

League table

Results The schedule consists 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 will then be 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 2nd placed team of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary

Matches

Dečić won 3–0 on aggregate.

Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Fatos BećirajBudućnost182 Predrag RanđelovićRudar17 Ivan VukovićBudućnost4 Admir AdrovićSutjeska16 Vladimir GluščevićMogren6 Igor BurzanovićBudućnost10 Balša BožovićMogren Mehmet DivanovićPetrovac Source:

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Budućnost 3,767 2 Sutjeska 1,464 3 Jedinstvo 1,327 4 Rudar 1,270 5 Zeta 905 6 Jezero 791 7 Mogren 580 8 Grbalj 491 9 Dečić 473 10 Kom 450 11 Lovćen 400 12 Petrovac 368

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