The Montenegrin Women's Football league or 1. ŽFL is the top level women's football league of

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. It is organized by the

Football Association of Montenegro The Football Association of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Fudbalski savez Crne Gore'', ''FSCG'' / Фудбалски савез Црне Горе, ФСЦГ) is the governing body of football in Montenegro. It is based in the capital, Podgorica. Th ...

. The winning team of the league is eligible for a spot in the

UEFA Women's Champions League The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. The ...

. The first national women's football competition was held in the season 2008-09, but the league played its inaugural season in 2011-12.

History

Women's football history in Montenegro started in the period after the Montenegrin independence referendum. Beside the fact that the first women's club was founded in 2005, competitions started years after that. In 2008, Football Association of Montenegro founded national women's team and first women's competition - a yearly tournament called ''FSCG Trophy''. With its first season 2008-09, FSCG trophy matches lasted 60 minutes, with seven substitutes allowed. From season 2011-12, Montenegrin Women's First League is founded (commonly known as 1. ŽFL), with participation of the champion in the

FSCG Trophy (2008-2011)

Inaugural competition for women, Trophy of Montenegrin FA (Trofej FSCG) lasted three seasons. With matches' duration of 60 minutes, competition was preparation for founding of First Montenegrin Women's Football League.
First two editions of FSCG Trophy (2008–09, 2009–10) won ŽFK Palma from

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

(from season 2016-17 under the name ŽFK Budućnost Podgorica). On season 2010-11, winner was ŽFK Ekonomist from

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

. In the first season of FSCG trophy participated only four clubs, but until the season 2010-11 there was six members of the competition.

First Women's League (2011-)

First matches of Montenegrin Women's League (1. ŽFL) were played in autumn 2011. In its first season, new competition with conventional rules (''90 minutes games, 3 substitutes'') had participants from all three regions of Montenegro (northern, central and southern).
In period from 2011 to 2015, most successful squad in 1. ŽFL was ŽFK Ekonomist. They won four consecutive titles, mostly finishing the seasons without a single defeat. Successes of ŽFK Ekonomist finished on the season 2015-16, whose winner was ŽFK Breznica from

Pljevlja Pljevlja ( srp, Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads an ...

. That was the beginning of ŽFK Breznica dominaton. They won six titles in a row, including the season 2019-20, which was interrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro. Season 2020-21 was remembered by most dramatic title race, which won ŽFK Breznica, thanks to one single goal more than second-placed ŽFK Budućnost in their head-to-head matches.
Since foundation, 1. ŽFL had different number of participants: 2011/12 - ''7 clubs''; 2012-13 - ''6 clubs''; 2013/14 - ''7 clubs''; 2014/15 - ''8 clubs''; 2015/16 - ''8 clubs''; 2016/17 - ''5 clubs''; 2017/18 - ''4 clubs''; 2018/19 - ''7 clubs''; 2019/20 - ''6 clubs''; 2020/21 - ''5 clubs''.

Champions and top goalscorers

Titles by seasons

Titles by team

Top scorers

Participants and records

All-time participants (2008-)

Since foundation, in Montenegrin Women's League participated 16 different clubs. Below is a list of participants with number of seasons in the First League and total games, with victories, draws and defeats.

Records

*Biggest league victory/defeat: ''28–0'', Budućnost vs. Ribnica, ''29.04.2012'' (season 2011-12); ''27–0'', Ekonomist vs. Cvetex, ''28.03.2014'' (season 2013-14) *Longest unbeaten run: ''91 matches'', Ekonomist, ''20.05.2010 - 09.11.2015'' *Longest winning streak: ''88 matches'', Ekonomist, ''20.05.2010 - 24.09.2015'' *Longest run without win: ''20 matches'',

Ulcinj Ulcinj ( cyrl, Улцињ, ; ) is a town on the southern coast of Montenegro and the capital of Ulcinj Municipality. It has an urban population of 10,707 (2011), the majority being Albanians. As one of the oldest settlements in the Adriatic coa ...

, ''18.05.2013 - 19.05.2014'' *Longest losing streak: ''19 matches'', Cvetex, ''23.09.2017 - 02.12.2018'' *Most points by season: ''54'', Ekonomist, season 2013-14 *Fewest points by season: ''0'', Ribnica, season 2010-11;

Durmitor Durmitor ( Montenegrin: Дурмитор, or ) is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of . The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...

, season 2012-13;

Lovćen Lovćen ( cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lov� ...

, season 2016-17 *Highest number of scored goals by season: ''252'', Ekonomist, season 2013-14 *Highest number of conceded goals by season: ''131'', Cvetex, season 2015-16 Sources:

Current clubs (2020-21)

The 2020-21 Montenegrin Women's First League is 13th season of top-tier football in Montenegro. ŽFK Breznica Pljevlja are defending champions title.
The following five clubs complete in First League 2020-21. Sources:

Montenegrin clubs in European competitions

Since the season 2012-13, champion of Montenegrin Women's League is playing in the

. In the period 2012-2015, the only Montenegrin representative was ŽFK Ekonomist. From season 2016-17 to 2020-21, Montenegro was represented in UEFA Champions League by ŽFK Breznica.
Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions. ''As of the end of UEFA competitions 2020–21 season.''

References

External links

Montenegrin Women's League
at Federation website
mnesport.mecg-fudbal.com
{{UEFA women's leagues Top level women's association football leagues in Europe League

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