Draft:2024–25 Montenegrin Third League

2024–25 Montenegrin Third League

Logos of the regional leagues (Sjever = North, Centar = Center, Jug = South)
Season	2024–25
Dates	1 September 2025 – 28 May 2025
Country	Montenegro
Teams	9 (North) 22 (Center) 7 (South)
Champions	Berane (North) International (Center) Sloga Stari Bar (South)
Promoted	Berane and Internacional
Top goalscorer	Nikola Đukić (40 goals)
Biggest home win	Čelik 39–0 Njegoš
Biggest away win	Njegoš 1–23 Crvena Stijena
Highest scoring	Čelik 39–0 Njegoš
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The 2024–25 Montenegrin Third League is the 19th season since the establishment of the Montenegrin Third League in 2006, the season began on 1 September 2024 and ended on 28 May 2025.

Format of Competition

For the 2024–25 season, the Montenegrin Third League is divided into 3 regional leagues. Nine teams in the Northern region, twenty-two teams in the central region and seven in the southern region.

Ibar got promoted to the Montenegrin Second League the previous season after winning a playoff against Zeta and Budva. Ibar originally finished last in the play-offs where Zeta and Budva were supposed to get promoted to the Montenegrin Second League, but the Football Association of Montenegro decided to send Zeta and Budva back to the Third League, including a ban on promotion for the 2024–25 seasons if they won the league due to match-fixing by Zeta and Budva. The teams who got relegated from the Montenegrin Second League are Berane and Internacional. Berane will compete in the northern region while Internacional will compete in the central region.

For this season, each team will play against each other three times in a Round-robin format, one home game, one away game and the third game will be played home or away depending on where the first game was played. Due to the big amount of teams in the central region the Football Association decided that the competition will be split into two different groups (Group A and Group B). The winners and runner-ups of each group in the central region will play a double-elimination play-off where the winners of each group will host the first tie and the final will be played in a neutral ground, the winner of the final will advance to the Montenegrin Second League play-offs.

For the play-offs to the Montenegrin Second League, instead of the top two teams of the play-off advancing like previous seasons, the winner off the play-off directly advances to the Second League while the second and third placed teams will play an additional round against the bottom and eigth placed teams in the Second League (The runner-ups played against the bottom placed team while the third placed team played against the eigth placed team). This was because there were only nine teams in the Second League, not the usual ten teams so no team in the Second League will get directly relegated.

Teams

Montenegrin Third League logos

North

The following 9 teams will participate in this season of the Montenegrin Third League North:

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Berane	Berane	Berane City Stadium	7,466
Borac	Bijelo Polje	Gradski	4,000
Brskovo	Mojkovac	Gradski	2,000
Gusinje	Gusinje	Gradski	1,500
Komovi	Andrijevica	Prljanije	300
OFK Gusinje	Gusinje	Gradski	1,500
Petnjica	Petnjica	Gusare	1,000
Pljevlja	Pljevlja	Pod Golubinjom	5,140
Polimlje	Murino	Gradski	300

Center

Group A

The following 11 teams will participate in this season of the Montenegrin Third League Center Group A:

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Čelik	Nikšić	Stadion Željezare	2,000
Crvena Stijena	Podgorica	Stadion Crvena Stijena	1,000
Karioke	Podgorica	Kamp FSCG	1,050
Njegoš	Danilovgrad	FK Kom Stadion	3,000
Olympico	Golubovci	Trešnjica	4,000
Onogošt	Nikšić	Auxiliary Stadium of FK Sutjeska Nikšić
Spuž	Spuž	Spuž City Stadium	1,700
Stari Aerodrom	Podgorica	FK Budućnost Training camp
Zabjelo	Podgorica	FK Zabjelo Stadion	1,000
Zeta	Golubovci	Trešnjica	4,000
Zora	Spuž	Spuž City Stadium	1,700

Group B

The following 11 teams will participate in this season of the Montenegrin Third League Center Group A:

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Balkan Eagles	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000
Boca Juniors ME	Podgorica
Danilovgrad	Danilovgrad	Stadion Braća Velašević	2,500
Drezga	Piperi	Stadion Drezge	100
Ilarion	Golubovci	Ilarion field	1,000
Internacional	Podgorica	FK Kom Stadion	3,000
MKM	Podgorica	Auxilliary Stadium of OFK Titograd
Polet Stars	Nikšić
Ribnica	Podgorica	FSCG Training Camp	1,000
Titograd	Podgorica	Stadion OFK Titograd	2,000
Fans United	Podgorica	FK Kom Stadion	3,000

South

The following 7 teams will participate in this season of the Montenegrin Third League South:

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adrenalin	Kotor	Auxiliary Stadium of FK Bokelj
Budva	Budva	Lugovi	1,500
Cetinje	Cetinje	Obilića poljana	2,000
Balkan	Bar	SRC Topolica	2,500
Obilić	Herceg Novi	Stadion Sutorina	100
Sloga Bar	Bar	Topolica	2,500
Sloga Radovići	Radovići	Radovići	300

League tables

North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Berane	24	23	0	1	123	11	+112	68	Qualification for the 2. CFL play-offs
2	Borac	24	21	1	2	87	23	+64	64
3	Komovi	24	10	3	11	44	40	+4	33
4	Brskovo	24	10	2	12	61	63	−2	32
5	Pljevlja	24	10	1	13	43	56	−13	30
6	Polimlje	24	7	5	12	46	57	−11	24
7	OFK Gusinje	24	7	3	14	33	76	−43	23
8	Petnjica	24	6	4	14	36	75	−39	22
9	Gusinje	24	4	1	19	28	100	−72	12

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Center

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zabjelo	16	14	2	0	114	7	+107	44	Qualification for the Central region play-offs
2	Čelik	16	12	1	3	143	15	+128	37
3	Zeta	16	12	1	3	109	10	+99	37
4	Crvena Stijena	16	9	1	6	78	27	+51	28
5	Stari Aerodrom	16	8	1	7	59	39	+20	24
6	Karioke	16	7	0	9	42	67	−25	21
7	Onogošt	16	4	0	12	18	95	−77	9
8	Olympico	16	2	0	14	19	113	−94	5
9	Njegoš	16	1	0	15	13	222	−209	0
10	Zora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from the competition
11	OFK Spuž	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Internacional	18	17	1	0	88	8	+80	52	Qualification for the Central region play-offs
2	Ilarion	18	14	2	2	68	23	+45	44
3	Fans United	18	12	1	5	67	25	+42	37
4	Balkan Eagles	18	10	1	7	56	33	+23	31
5	Drezga	18	9	2	7	47	53	−6	29
6	Titograd	18	8	2	8	34	39	−5	25
7	Polet Stars	18	6	1	11	27	48	−21	19
8	MKM	18	2	2	14	23	60	−37	8
9	Ribnica	18	3	2	13	21	80	−59	7
10	Danilovgrad	18	1	2	15	26	88	−62	3
11	Boca Juniors ME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	−2	Withdrew from the competition

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sloga Stari Bar	18	17	0	1	108	8	+100	51	Qualification for the 2. CFL play-offs
2	Budva	18	14	2	2	72	20	+52	44
3	Obilić	18	8	3	7	37	43	−6	27
4	Sloga Radovići	18	6	5	7	37	35	+2	23
5	Adrenalin	18	6	3	9	36	74	−38	21
6	Balkan	18	3	1	14	29	76	−47	10
7	Cetinje	18	2	0	16	12	75	−63	6

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.

Results

North

First and second rounds

Home \ Away	BER	BOR	BRS	GUS	KOM	OFK	PET	PLJ	POL
Berane	—	1–0	10–2	8–1	3–0	11–0	11–0	3–0	3–0
Borac	3–0	—	3–2	7–0	5–1	3–1	5–2	1–0	4–1
Brskovo	2–6	2–4	—	5–0	4–2	5–0	2–3	0–2	3–1
Gusinje	1–2	1–3	0–7	—	0–0	2–4	3–2	3–5	1–5
Komovi	0–2	0–2	1–0	4–0	—	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1
OFK Gusinje	0–8	0–5	1–2	0–1	1–7	—	2–3	1–4	1–1
Petnjica	1–6	0–3	3–3	5–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–4	2–2
Pljevlja	0–3	0–6	1–3	3–0	4–2	3–0	5–1	—	3–0
Polimlje	0–3	0–3	1–1	7–2	1–1	3–0	4–0	6–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Center

Group A

Home \ Away	ČEL	CRV	KAR	NJE	OLY	ONO	SPŽ	STA	ZAB	ZET	ZOR
Čelik	—	4–0	12–1	39–0	17–0	16–0	—	6–2	1–4	2–0	—
Crvena Stijena	3–2	—	1–2	15–0	3–0	10–1	—	3–0	2–8	0–3	—
Karioke	0–13	0–5	—	13–0	3–0	4–2	—	3–2	1–7	0–7	—
Njegoš	0–3	1–23	0–9	—	2–6	3–0	—	2–13	0–17	0–19	—
Olympico	0–12	0–10	1–4	10–3	—	1–2	—	0–3	0–14	0–6	—
Onogošt	0–11	0–2	1–0	3–0	6–1	—	—	1–2	0–16	0–10	—
Spuž	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Stari Aerodrom	3–2	1–1	4–2	15–2	6–0	7–1	—	—	0–4	0–6	—
Zabjelo	1–1	3–0	5–0	10–0	9–0	8–0	—	4–0	—	2–0	—
Zeta	1–2	2–0	7–0	27–0	13–0	4–1	—	2–1	2–2	—	—
Zora	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Group B

Home \ Away	FKB	BOC	DAN	DRE	FNU	ILA	INT	MKM	PLS	RIB	TTG
Balkan Eagles	—	—	9–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–4	5–2	0–3	6–2	4–1
Boca Juniors ME	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Crvena Stijena	2–7	—	—	1–8	0–11	0–3	1–2	4–4	2–3	2–3	2–2
Drezga	1–3	—	3–1	—	0–3	4–3	0–4	5–3	5–4	3–0	4–3
Fans United	1–3	—	5–3	6–1	—	3–3	0–3	3–0	5–1	5–1	0–1
Ilarion	4–0	—	8–2	7–2	4–2	—	1–3	5–1	7–0	4–0	2–1
Internacional	3–0	—	11–0	8–0	2–1	1–1	—	6–0	2–0	16–0	4–0
MKM	1–7	—	1–5	0–4	0–1	0–1	1–5	—	4–2	2–2	5–2
Polet Stars	1–4	—	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–3	1–4	1–0	—	2–0	2–6
Ribnica	0–5	—	3–0	2–2	1–12	2–6	1–7	1–0	0–3	—	1–2
Titograd	2–0	—	3–0	3–1	2–5	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Play-offs for the Second League

Central region play-offs

From 4 to 8 May, the clubs Internacional, Zabjelo, Ilarion and Čelik competed in a knockout tournament for a place in the Second League play-offs.

Semi-final

Zabjelo v Ilarion

4 May 2025	Zabjelo	3–0	Ilarion	Zabjelo
15:00 CET	Gluščević 42' 69' Piranić 90'	Report		Stadium: Zabjelo Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Ivan Vidaković

Internacional v Čelik

4 May 2025	Internacional	2–1	Čelik	Podgorica
15:00 CET	Šoć 51' Mujović67 Ćorović 88'	Report	Marković 45+2'	Stadium: FK Budućnost training camp Attendance: 300 Referee: Ivan Šarac

Final

Zabjelo v Internacional

8 May 2025	Zabjelo	1–1 (2–3 p)	Internacional	Podgorica
20:00 CET	Adžović 29'	Report	Dragaš 4'	Stadium: OFK Titograd training camp Attendance: 2200 Referee: Marko Ćupić

Montenegrin Second League play-offs

After the league phase the winner of each league and the winner of the Central region play-offs, one match was played between all the teams and the hosts were decided by a draw. If the match ended in a draw a penalty shoot-out would take place with the winner getting an additional point, The winner of the first play-off round will earn direct promotion to the Montenegrin Second League while the rest of the clubs will play against the bottom and eigth placed teams from the Second League in a neutral field.

The teams who will compete in this seasons play-offs are Berane, Internacional and Sloga Stari Bar. Berane won the first round and got an automatic promotion to the Second League and Internacional and Sloga Stari Bar went to the second round.

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Berane	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	5	Promotion to the Montenegrin Second League
2	Internacional	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to the Second round
3	Sloga Stari Bar	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

Internacional v Sloga Stari Bar

17 May 2025	Internacional	1–0	Sloga Stari Bar	Nikšić
17:00 CET	Ćorović 67'	Report		Stadium: Auxilliary Stadium of FK Sutjeska Nikšić Attendance: 100 Referee: Dalibor Vujisić

Sloga Stari Bar v Berane

21 May 2025	Sloga Stari Bar	1–1 (3–4 p)	Berane	Bar
18:00 CET	Habibović 73'	Report	Popović 20'	Stadium: Stadion Topolica Attendance: 1000 Referee: Lazar Čađeović

Berane v Internacional

25 May 2025	Berane	2–1	Internacional	Berane
18:00 CET	Đukić 79' Pejović 89' (o.g.)	Report	Methadžović 20'	Stadium: Berane City Stadium Attendance: 3500 Referee: Miloš Bošković

Second round

After the first round Internacional were set to play against Ibar in Bijelo Polje and Sloga Stari Bar were set to play against Kom in Kotor. Internacional beat Ibar and got promoted to the Second League while Sloga Stari Bar failed to defeat Kom and remained in the Third League.

Internacional v Ibar

28 May 2025	Internacional	0–0 (5–3 p)	Ibar	Bijelo Polje
17:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion (Bijelo Polje) Attendance: 300 Referee: Nikola Vođević

Kom v Sloga Stari Bar

28 May 2025	Kom	3–1	Sloga Stari Bar	Kotor
19:00 CET	Sili 2' Mihaljević 72' 90+6'	Report	Habibović 52'	Stadium: Stadion pod Vrmcem Attendance: 120 Referee: Davor Božović

Statistics

Top goalscorers

North

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikola Đukić	Berane	40
2	Alen Poljak	Borac	26
3	Emir Huremović	Polimlje	24
4	Aleksandar Madžgalj	Borac	14
5	Aleksandar Raković and Eris Babačić	Borac and Petnjica	10

Center

Group A

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Martin Đukanović	Čelik	39
2	Andrija Gluščević	Zabjelo	25
3	Mirko Raičević	Zabjelo	23
4	Ilija Puletić	Zeta	20
5	Dejan Janjić	Čelik	19

Group B

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tomo Soć and Vuk Lukić	Internacional and Ilarion	24
2	Andrija Ćosović	Fans United	21
3	Ervin Ćorović	Internacional	15
4	Balša Bulatović and Darko Rajković	Balkan Eagles and Drezga	11
5	Luka Lakušić and Đorđe Mujović	Balkan Eagles and Internacional	10

South

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Savo Stojanović	Sloga Stari Bar	29
2	Jovan Dragičević	Sloga Radovići	20
3	Enes Habibović	Sloga Stari Bar	17
4	Asad Škrijelj	Sloga Stari Bar	13
5	Danilo Mugoša	Budva	12