The 2012–13 Montenegrin First League was the seventh season of top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 11 August 2012 and ended on 1 June 2013. The mid-season winter break began on 2 December 2012 and ended on 7 March 2013. FK Budućnost Podgorica are the defending champions.
Teams Last season, Bokelj, Berane, and Dečić were relegated to the Montenegrin Second League. Montenegrin Cup winners FK Čelik Nikšić were promoted along with Mornar and Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.
Stadiums and locations
All figures for stadiums include seating capacity only, as many stadiums in Montenegro have stands without chairs which would otherwise be the actual number of people able to attend football matches not regulated by UEFA or FIFA.
Team City Stadium Capacity CoachBudućnost Podgorica Stadion Pod Goricom 12,000 UEFA Multimedia PDF file Radislav DragićevićČelik Nikšić Stadion Željezare 1,000 Slavoljub BubanjaGrbalj Radanovići Stadion Donja Sutvara 1,000 Aleksandar NedovićJedinstvo Bijelo Polje City Stadium 5,000 Sreten AvramovićLovćen Cetinje Stadion Obilića Poljana 1,000 Mojaš RadonjićMladost Podgorica Stadion Cvijetni Brijeg 1,000 Miodrag VukotićMogren Budva Stadion Lugovi 2,000 Branislav MilačićMornar Bar Stadion Topolica 1,000 Obren SarićPetrovac Petrovac Stadion Pod Malim Brdom 530 Milorad MalovrazićRudar Pljevlja Gradski stadion Pljevlja 10,000 Nikola RakojevićSutjeska Nikšić Gradski stadion kraj Bistrice 10,800 Dragan RadojičićZeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000 Mladen Vukićević
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 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.
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
Mogren won 9–2 on aggregate.
Mornar won 2–1 on aggregate.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Admir Adrović Budućnost152 Žarko KoraćZeta143 Stevan RačićČelik12 Marko ŠćepanovićMladost5 Danilo ĆulafićMornar11 Milan ĐurišićLovćen Darko KaradžićSutjeska Nikola VujovićMogren9 Nikola Ašćerić Grbalj9 Đorđe ŠušnjarSutjeska
References
External links Season on soccerway.com