2025–26 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season	2025–26
Dates	4 August 2025 – 24 May 2026
Champions	Sutjeska (6th title)
Relegated	Jedinstvo
Champions League	Sutjeska
Conference League	Mornar; Petrovac; Dečić
Matches	180
Goals	426 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Balša Sekulić (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Petrovac 4–0 Mladost DG; (13 September 2025) Jezero 4-0 Dečić; (13 September 2025) Petrovac 4–0 Jedinstvo; (22 November 2025)
Biggest away win	Bokelj 0–2 Budućnost (21 September 2025) Dečić 0-2 Bokelj; (27 September 2025) Sutjeska Nikšić 0-2 Budućnost; (5 October 2025) Jezero 1-3 Petrovac; (5 October 2025)
Highest scoring	Bokelj 4–5 Sutjeska Nikšić; (1 November 2025)
Longest winning run	Mornar (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Petrovac and Jedinstvo (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Bokelj and Budućnost (4 matches)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 20 May 2026.

The 2025–26 Montenegrin First League was the 20th season of the first tier association football in the country of Montenegro. The season began on 4 August 2025.^[1]

Teams

2025–26 Montenegrin First League is located in Montenegro

2025–26 clubs

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Montenegrin Second League. Budućnost Podgorica entered the season as defending champions.^[2]

The promoted team was the 2024–25 Montenegrin Second League champions Mladost Donja Gorica (returning to the top-flight after a single-year absence). They replaced the 2024–25 Montenegrin First League bottom-placed team Otrant-Olympic.

Stadiums and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
FK Arsenal Tivat	Tivat	Stadion u Parku	1,200
FK Bokelj	Kotor	Stadion pod Vrmcem	425
FK Budućnost Podgorica	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	11,080
FK Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	1,001
FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	Bijelo Polje	Gradski stadion	4,000
FK Jezero	Plav	Stadion Pod Racinom	2,500
OFK Mladost Donja Gorica	Podgorica	DG Arena	3,791
FK Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,200
OFK Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš	1,630
FK Sutjeska Nikšić	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Tivat	Radisav Dragićević	Bojan Zogović	Macron	Porto Montenegro
Bokelj	Damir Čakar	Marko Čavor	NAAI	SBbet
Budućnost Podgorica	Ivan Delić	Petar Grbić	Macron	SBbet
Dečić	Nebojša Jandrić	Jonathan Dreshaj	Seven	Castellana
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	Sead Babača	Momcilo Dulović	NAAI	Supermarketi Franca
Jezero	Miodrag Džudović	Igor Asanović	Macron	Samont
Mladost Donja Gorica	Marko Šćepanović	Dušan Vuković	Luanvi	Lob bet
Mornar	Vesko Stešević	Andrija Kaluđerović	Seven	Municipality of Bar
Petrovac	Zdravko Dragićević	Dejan Boljević	Macron	Municipality of Budva
Sutjeska Nikšić	Milija Savović	Vladan Giljen	Ardu Sport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sutjeska (C)	36	22	6	8	61	36	+25	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Mornar	36	20	9	7	51	29	+22	69	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Petrovac	36	13	12	11	44	36	+8	51^[b]
4	Dečić	36	14	9	13	43	45	−2	51^[b]
5	Budućnost	36	13	9	14	36	35	+1	48
6	Mladost Donja Gorica	36	14	4	18	49	54	−5	46^[c]
7	Arsenal Tivat	36	12	10	14	36	46	−10	46^[c]
8	Jezero (O)	36	10	11	15	38	48	−10	41	Qualification for the Montenegrin First League play-off
9	Bokelj (O)	36	8	12	16	38	48	−10	36	Qualification for the Montenegrin First League play-off
10	Jedinstvo (R)	36	9	8	19	30	49	−19	35	Relegation to the 2. CFL

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ The 2025–26 Montenegrin Cup winners (Mornar) qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round. As Mornar finished second, then the berth went to the fourth place team.
1 2 Head to head points :Petrovac 6, Dečić 3.
1 2 Head to head points : Mladost Donja Gorica 7, Arsenal Tivat 4.

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away	ARS	BOK	BUD	DEC	JED	JEZ	MLA	MOR	PET	SUT
Arsenal Tivat	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–0
—	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–1
Bokelj	2–0	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	4–5
3–0	—	2–0	1–0	1–4	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3
Budućnost Podgorica	4–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
0–2	2–1	—	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Dečić	4–2	0–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–1
1–2	0–0	0–0	—	4–2	3–0	3–4	0–0	0–1	1–2
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0
0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	—	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–2
Jezero	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1
0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1
Mladost Donja Gorica	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	5–2	0–1	—	1–3	1–0	2–3
1–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–2	1–0	0–1
Mornar	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	—	3–1	1–0
1–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	—	1–1	2–1
Petrovac	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–1
1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	—	0–1
Sutjeska Nikšić	2–0	5–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	—
4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	—

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 17 April 2026^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Balša Sekulić	Mornar	13
2	Đorđe Maksimović	Jezero	12
3	Žarko Korać	Jedinstvo	10
4	Trimror Selimi	Dečić	8
4	Stefan Denković	Mornar	8
6	Savo Arambašić	Petrovac	7
	Milivoje Raičević	Jezero
	Andrija Ražnatović	Sutjeska
	Vasilije Čavor	Sutjeska
	Adnan Bašić	Petrovac

Montenegrin First League play-off

The eighth and ninth-placed teams (Jezero and Bokelj) faced the third and second-placed teams (Iskra and Grbalj) from the 2025–26 Montenegrin Second League in two-legged ties for the final two places in the 2026–27 Montenegrin First League.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jezero	8–1	Iskra	3–0	5–1
Bokelj	2–0	Grbalj	0–0	2–0

Matches

29 May 2026

18:00 CEST

Jezero	3–0	Iskra
Osmanović 26' Maksimović 38' (pen.), 54'	Report

Berane City Stadium, Berane

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Dalibor Vujisić

29 May 2026

20:00 CEST

Bokelj	0–0	Grbalj
	Report

Stadion pod Vrmcem, Kotor

Attendance: 800

Referee: Miloš Bešović

3 June 2026

17:30 CEST

Grbalj	0–2	Bokelj
	Report	Stamenković 36' Mugoša 48'

Stadion Donja Sutvara, Radanovići

Attendance: 350

Referee: Miloš Bošković