1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League

Football league season
Montenegrin Republic League
Season1953–54
DatesSeptember 1953 – April 1954
ChampionsBokelj
Matches played56
Goals scored220 (3.93 per match)
← 1953

The 1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League was 9th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season began in September 1953 and ended in April 1954.[1]

Season

1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League is located in Montenegro
Arsenal
Arsenal
Iskra
Iskra
Mornar
Mornar
Breznik
Breznik
Bokelj
Bokelj
Jedinstvo
Jedinstvo
Radnički
Radnički
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Locations of the 1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League teams

For the first time after season 1948–49, Montenegrin Republic League played during the two half-seasons (autumn – spring).
As previous season winner and runner-up (Budućnost and Lovćen) played in Yugoslav Second League, among the eight members of 1953–54 Montenegrin Republic League were Sutjeska, Bokelj, Arsenal, Breznik, Iskra, Mornar, Radnički Ivangrad and Jedinstvo Herceg Novi.[2]
From the very beginning of season, Bokelj and Sutjeska were two best-placed teams. After 14 weeks long championship, Bokelj won the title,[3] with only one point more than second placed team from Nikšić.[4]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bokelj (C, Q) 14 12 1 1 38 10 +28 25
2 Sutjeska 14 11 2 1 36 6 +30 24
3 Arsenal 14 7 1 6 33 31 +2 15
4 Iskra 14 5 2 7 20 25 −5 12
5 Breznik 14 5 1 8 21 31 −10 11
6 Jedinstvo Herceg Novi 14 3 4 7 20 26 −6 10
7 Mornar 14 3 1 10 17 39 −22 7
8 Radnički Ivangrad 14 2 2 10 16 33 −17 6
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Place in qualifiers for 1954–55 Yugoslav Second League

Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League

In the qualifiers for Second League, Bokelj played against the winner of Republic League of SR SloveniaLjubljana. Montenegrin representative was better in two games and made comeback to Yugoslav Second League. With that success, season 1954–55 was first in which Montenegro had three clubs in Federal competitions of SFR Yugoslavia.

Team 1 Team 2 Home Away
Ljubljana Bokelj Kotor
0:0
0:2

Higher leagues

On season 1953–54, two Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.[5] Both of them (Budućnost and Lovćen) played in 1953–54 Yugoslav Second League.[6]

See also

  • Montenegrin Republic League
  • Montenegrin Republic Cup (1947–2006)
  • Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)
  • Montenegrin Football Championship (1922–1940)

References

  1. ^ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946–2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. ^ "1953–1954". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.
  3. ^ "U susret stogodišnjici fudbala u Baru (6.): Mornar od 1949".
  4. ^ Godišnjak Fudbalskog saveza Jugoslavije, Beograd, ISSN 0351-2894
  5. ^ "FSG".
  6. ^ "Reference at www.fklovcen.me". Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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