Montenegrin First League playoffs
Montenegrin First League playoffs is a two legs tournament between the teams from Montenegrin First League which above direct relegation, and the teams from Montenegrin Second League which below the direct promotion.
Format
At the end of each season, 8th and 9th team from Montenegrin First League are playing direct games against 2nd and 3rd team from Montenegrin Second League. Winners are gain a remaining or promotion to the next season of First League, while losers are members of next edition of Second League.
In every playoffs, matches are played over two legs - 8th team from First League against 3rd team from Second League, and 9th team from First League against 2nd team from Second League.
Until the season 2017-18, when number of First League members is reduced to 10, in playoffs participated 10th and 11th team from highest rank.
Participants
Participants by season
Below is the list of playoffs participants by every single season. Playoffs from 2006 are excluded, because participants were teams from Serbo-Montenegrin Second League and Montenegrin Republic League.
| † | Playoffs winner. |
Teams
| Club | Town | Ssn | PW | PL | First | Last | Pld | W | D | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Mornar | Bar | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2009 | 2015 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16:9 |
| FK Dečić | Tuzi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2007 | 2015 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12:6 |
| FK Jedinstvo | Bijelo Polje | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2007 | 2012 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5:5 |
| FK Berane | Berane | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2010 | 2014 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6:9 |
| FK Bokelj | Kotor | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2007 | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6:9 |
| OFK Petrovac | Petrovac | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | 2018 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11:3 |
| FK Mogren | Budva | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2013 | 2015 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:10 |
| FK Rudar | Pljevlja | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2017 | 2019 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7:2 |
| FK Sutjeska | Nikšić | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2008 | 2011 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2:0 |
| FK Lovćen | Cetinje | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2:3 |
| FK Kom | Podgorica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3:2 |
| OFK Titograd | Podgorica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2009 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:4 |
| FK Jezero | Plav | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2009 | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2:8 |
| FK Ibar | Rožaje | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2007 | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3:8 |
| FK Bratstvo | Zeta | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2010 | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3:11 |
| FK Iskra | Danilovgrad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:2 |
| OFK Bar | Bar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2:2 |
| OFK Igalo | Igalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2015 | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2:2 |
| FK Otrant | Ulcinj | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1:3 |
| FK Čelik | Nikšić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0:1 |
| FK Cetinje | Cetinje | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0:1 |
| FK Zora | Spuž | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2:4 |
| FK Podgorica | Podgorica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2:5 |
| FK Zabjelo | Podgorica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2:9 |
Results
2006
In 2006 playoffs, participated FK Zora from Serbo-Montenegrin Second League and OFK Titograd from Montenegrin Republic League. Winner gained promotion to inaugural season of Montenegrin First League.
| OFK Titograd | 4 — 0 | Zora |
|---|---|---|
| FK Zora | 2 — 0 | OFK Titograd |
|---|---|---|
OFK Titograd gained promotion to 2006–07 Montenegrin First League, while Zora relegated to 2006–07 Montenegrin Second League.
2007
In 2007 playoffs, participated FK Dečić and FK Jedinstvo from Montenegrin First League against FK Bokelj and FK Ibar from Montenegrin Second League.
Dečić remained a member of First League, while Bokelj gained promotion to 2007–08 Montenegrin First League. Ibar remained a member of Second League, while Jedinstvo relegated to 2007–08 Montenegrin Second League.
2008
In 2008 playoffs participated FK Sutjeska and FK Bokelj from Montenegrin First League against FK Jedinstvo and FK Čelik from Montenegrin Second League.
Sutjeska remained a member of First League, while Jedinstvo gained promotion to 2008–09 Montenegrin First League. Čelik remained a member of Second League, while Bokelj relegated to 2008–09 Montenegrin Second League.
2009
In 2009 playoffs participated FK Jezero and FK Dečić from Montenegrin First League against OFK Titograd and FK Mornar from Montenegrin Second League.
| OFK Titograd | 0 — 2 | Dečić |
|---|---|---|
| Dečić | 0 — 1 | OFK Titograd |
|---|---|---|
Dečić remained a member of First League, while Mornar gained promotion to 2009–10 Montenegrin First League. OFK Titograd remained a member of Second League, while Jezero relegated to 2009–10 Montenegrin Second League.
2010
In 2010 playoffs participated FK Mornar and FK Berane from Montenegrin First League against OFK Bar and FK Bratstvo from Montenegrin Second League.
Mornar remained a member of First League, while OFK Bar gained promotion to 2010–11 Montenegrin First League. Bratstvo remained a member of Second League, while Berane relegated to 2010–11 Montenegrin Second League.
2011
In 2011 playoffs participated FK Mornar and Sutjeska from Montenegrin First League against FK Berane and Jedinstvo from Montenegrin Second League.
Sutjeska remained a member of First League, while Berane gained promotion to 2011–12 Montenegrin First League. Jedinstvo remained a member of Second League, while Mornar relegated to 2011–12 Montenegrin Second League.
2012
In 2012 playoffs participated FK Dečić and FK Berane from Montenegrin First League against FK Mornar and Jedinstvo from Montenegrin Second League.
Mornar and Jedinstvo gained promotion to 2012–13 Montenegrin First League. Dečić and Berane relegated to 2012–13 Montenegrin Second League.
2013
In 2013 playoffs participated FK Mogren and FK Mornar from Montenegrin First League against FK Bokelj and FK Zabjelo from Montenegrin Second League.
Mogren and Mornar remained a members of First League. Bokelj and Zabjelo remained a members of Second League.
2014
In 2014 playoffs participated FK Mogren and FK Mornar from Montenegrin First League against FK Berane and FK Jezero from Montenegrin Second League.
Mogren remained a member of First League, while Berane gained promotion to 2014–15 Montenegrin First League. Jezero remained a member of Second League, while Mornar relegated to 2014–15 Montenegrin Second League. As FK Čelik withdraw from 2014–15 Montenegrin First League before the start of season, FK Mornar gained a wild-card to play in First League.
2015
In 2015 playoffs participated FK Mogren and FK Mornar from Montenegrin First League against FK Dečić and OFK Igalo from Montenegrin Second League.
Mornar remained a member of First League, while Dečić gained promotion to 2015–16 Montenegrin First League. OFK Igalo remained a member of Second League, while Mogren relegated to 2015–16 Montenegrin Second League.
2016
In 2016 playoffs participated OFK Petrovac and FK Iskra from Montenegrin First League against FK Cetinje and FK Bratstvo from Montenegrin Second League.
| Cetinje | 0 — 0 | OFK Petrovac |
|---|---|---|
| OFK Petrovac | 1 — 0 | Cetinje |
|---|---|---|
OFK Petrovac and Iskra remained a members of First League. Cetinje and Bratstvo remained a members of Second League.
2017
In 2017 playoffs participated OFK Petrovac and FK Rudar from Montenegrin First League against FK Ibar and FK Otrant from Montenegrin Second League.
| OFK Petrovac | 4 — 0 | Ibar |
|---|---|---|
| Ibar | 1 — 1 | OFK Petrovac |
|---|---|---|
OFK Petrovac and Rudar remained a members of First League. Otrant and Ibar remained a members of Second League.
2018
In 2018 playoffs participated FK Kom and OFK Petrovac from Montenegrin First League against FK Podgorica and FK Lovćen from Montenegrin Second League.
| FK Podgorica | 0 — 3 | OFK Petrovac |
|---|---|---|
| OFK Petrovac | 2 — 2 | FK Podgorica |
|---|---|---|
OFK Petrovac remained a member of First League, while Lovćen gained promotion to 2018–19 Montenegrin First League. Podgorica remained a member of Second League, while Kom relegated to 2018–19 Montenegrin Second League.
2019
In 2018 playoffs participated FK Rudar and FK Lovćen from Montenegrin First League against FK Kom and FK Bokelj from Montenegrin Second League.
Rudar remained a member of First League, while Kom gained promotion to 2019–20 Montenegrin First League. Bokelj remained a member of Second League, while Lovćen relegated to 2019–20 Montenegrin Second League.