1978–79 Montenegrin Republic League

Montenegrin Republic League

Season	1978–79
Dates	August 1978 - May 1979
Champions	Titograd
Relegated	Arsenal Dečić Igalo
Matches played	182
Goals scored	537 (2.95 per match)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Montenegrin Republic League was the 34th season of Montenegrin Republic League. The season started in August 1978 and finished in May 1979.^[1]

Season

Titograd

Iskra

Lovćen

Tekstilac

Čelik

Zeta

Rudar

Ulcinj

Bokelj

Mogren

Petrovac

Arsenal

Dečić

Igalo

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Locations of the 1977-78 Montenegrin Republic League teams

In Montenegrin Republic League 1978-79 participated 14 teams. Among the clubs which didn't play on previous season were Lovćen (relegated from Yugoslav Second League) and three best teams from lower tier - Igalo, Ulcinj and Rudar.^[2] The title won OFK Titograd, with five points more than Iskra^[3][4]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Titograd (C, P)	26	18	7	1	59	10	+49	43
2	Iskra	26	16	5	5	54	24	+30	37
3	Lovćen	26	12	5	9	42	24	+18	29
4	Tekstilac	26	11	7	8	38	28	+10	29
5	Zeta	26	11	4	11	37	33	+4	26
6	Čelik	26	12	2	12	38	42	−4	26
7	Rudar	26	7	11	8	36	40	−4	25
8	Ulcinj	26	8	8	10	36	45	−9	24
9	Bokelj	26	7	10	9	37	50	−13	24
10	Mogren	26	10	3	13	38	39	−1	23
11	Petrovac	26	8	7	11	36	42	−6	23
12	Arsenal (R)	26	7	9	10	23	42	−19	23
13	Dečić (R)	26	7	4	15	43	54	−11	18
14	Igalo (R)	26	4	6	16	20	44	−24	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Higher leagues

On season 1978–79, three Montenegrin teams played in higher leagues of SFR Yugoslavia.^[5] Budućnost participated in 1978–79 Yugoslav First League, while two other teams (Sutjeska and Jedinstvo) participated in 1978–79 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. Barski Portal^{[dead link‍]}
3. Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985, Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
4. "fklovcen.me". www.fklovcen.me.
5. "FSG".
6. "Yugoslavia 1978/79".