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1952 Montenegrin Republic League
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Montenegrin Republic League 1952 March – June 1952 Budućnost 26 108 1951 1953
The 1952 Montenegrin Republic League was the seventh season, of the Montenegrin Republic League, that began in March 1952 and ended in June same year.'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
Season
Montenegro 250 right Locations of the 1952 Montenegrin Republic League teams Montenegro 42.38 18.92 Lovćen bottom
Montenegro 42.38 18.70 Arsenal left
Montenegro 42.441286 19.262892 Budućnost top
Montenegro 42.61 19.05 Iskra top
Montenegro 42.78 18.94 Sutjeska top
Montenegro 42.43 18.77 Bokelj top
Montenegro 42.84 19.86 Radnički top
Montenegro 43.04 19.75 Bratstvo top
At the end of season 1951, Football Association of Yugoslavia disbanded Yugoslav Second League. So, Montenegrin teams from higher level (Budućnost and Bokelj) were moved to Montenegrin Republic League. In season 1952, Republic League was second-tier competition in Yugoslav Second League, which meant that the winner of competition will play qualifiers for Yugoslav First League.
Except Budućnost and Bokelj, members of 1952 Montenegrin Republic League were Sutjeska, Lovćen, Iskra, Bratstvo Bijelo Polje, Radnički Ivangrad and Arsenal.
Qualifiers
While seven members placed directly, Arsenal gained participation in 1952 season through qualifiers. Below are the results of qualifying rounds.
Round one: Mladost - Breznik 0-0, 0-4; Jedinstvo - Arsenal 0-0, 0-2.
Semifinals: Arsenal - Mornar 5-0, 3-3; Breznik - Gorštak 2-0, 7-1.
Qualifier finals: Breznik - Arsenal 1-0, 0-2.
First phase
For the first time in history, Montenegrin Republic League was divided into two regional groups during the First phase of competition. http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/tabele/9-sezone-tabele-sfrj/12-1952 1952 https://web.archive.org/web/20160514110508/http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/tabele/9-sezone-tabele-sfrj/12-1952 2016-05-14
The Northern group teams wee: Budućnost, Bratstvo, Iskra and Radnički. The Southern group teams were: Sutjeska, Lovćen, Arsenal and Bokelj.
Northern group
As a former member of Yugoslav First League, Budućnost dominated in Northern group competition. During the third week, guest players attacked the referee on game Iskra - Radnički in Danilovgrad. That was the reason why Radnički was disqualified from the rest of competition.Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985, Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
Budućnost finished group with five wins and one defeat. Most goals (9) was seen on the game Budućnost - Bratstvo (9-0).
main WDL Q 2 BUD Budućnost F ISK Iskra BRA Bratstvo Bijelo Polje RAD Radnički Ivangrad 5 0 1 21 6 4 0 2 16 8 2 0 4 8 22 1 0 5 7 23 Qualified for 1952 Montenegrin Republic League finals gold F y noflag FBR grey 2–1 9–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–4 1–6 3–4 0–3 0–3 complete
Southern group
Until the last week, three teams had chances to win the first place in Southern group. At the end, the winner was Sutjeska, with one point more than Lovćen and Bokelj. http://www.fklovcen.me/?page_id=902 Reference at www.fklovcen.me 2019-04-29 2019-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20190717230744/http://www.fklovcen.me/?page_id=902 dead
Sutjeska finished group with four wins and two defeats. Most goals (7) was seen on the game Lovćen - Arsenal (7-0).
main WDL Q 2 SUT Sutjeska F LOV Lovćen BOK Bokelj ARS Arsenal 4 0 2 17 8 3 1 2 15 9 3 1 2 11 10 1 0 5 7 23 Qualified for 1952 Montenegrin Republic League finals gold F y noflag FBR grey 3–1 3–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–4 2–3 3–1 complete
Championship finals
Montenegrin Derby
Finalists of 1952 Montenegrin Republic League were Budućnost and Sutjeska. Two Montenegrin Derby games decided about the title and about the team which participated in the qualifiers for 1953 Yugoslav First League.
Budućnost made significant result in the first final game (3-0) in Titograd. Second match finished with another win of Budućnost (2-1).
June 08, 1952 Budućnost Sutjeska 3 — 0 Stadion pod Goricom, Titograd 5,000
June 15, 1952 Sutjeska Budućnost 1 — 2 Stadion kraj Bistrice, Nikšić 3,000
As a winner of Montenegrin Republic League, Budućnost participated in qualifiers for Yugoslav First League.
Qualifiers for Yugoslav First League
In the qualifiers, Budućnost played against champions of Republic Leagues of SR Serbia (Spartak Subotica and SR Macedonia (Pobeda Prilep. After four games, Budućnost and Spartak have equal points at the top of the table, but the team from Subotica had better goal difference.Yugoslavia 1952 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg52.html 2023-11-03 www.rsssf.org So, Budućnost failed to make a comeback to Yugoslav First League.
Team 1Team 2HomeAwayBudućnost TitogradPobeda Prilep 5:2 1:6Spartak SuboticaBudućnost Titograd 1:1 3:4
See also
Montenegrin Republic League
Montenegrin Republic Cup (1947–2006)
Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)
Montenegrin Football Championship (1922–1940)
References
Category:Montenegrin Republic League