1953 Montenegrin Republic League

Montenegrin Republic League
Season	1953
Dates	March – June 1952
Champions	Budućnost
Matches played	56
Goals scored	256 (4.57 per match)
	← 1952 1953–54 →

The 1953 Montenegrin Republic League was 8th season of Montenegrin Republic League. Season began in March 1953 and ended in June same year.^[1]

Season

Locations of the 1953 Montenegrin Republic League teams

Just like in previous season, Yugoslav First League was the only league competition on Federal level. So, Montenegrin Republic League was once again second-tier competition. As there was no any Montenegrin representative in the First League, all the strongest sides played in Republic League.
Members of 1953 Montenegrin Republic League were Budućnost, Sutjeska, Lovćen, Radnički Ivangrad, Iskra, Bokelj, Arsenal and Mornar.

Qualifiers

While seven members placed directly, Mornar gained participation in 1953 season through qualifiers. Below are the results of qualifying rounds.
Round one: Gorštak - Breznik 3-0; Jedinstvo - Bokeška pobuna 3-0.
Semifinals: Jedinstvo - Mornar 2-4; Gorštak - Mladost 0-3.
Qualifier finals: Mladost - Mornar 1-1, 0-5.^[2]

Championship

During the eighth edition of Montenegrin Republic League, four teams struggled for the title - Budućnost, Lovćen, Radnički and Sutjeska.^[3] But, title race between Budućnost and Lovćen lasted until the final leg. With an away win against Arsenal (2-0), Budućnost gained the trophy which provided them another performance in the qualifiers for Yugoslav First League. From the other side, as a runner-up, Lovćen played in the qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League.
During the season, Budućnost made a record win in club's history - at an away game against Iskra (13-1). Another double count of goals on one game made Lovćen against Arsenal (11-0).
Season was also remembered by new editions of Montenegrin Derby with thousands of guest supporters on the stands of stadiums in Titograd and Nikšić.^[4]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Budućnost (C, Q)	14	11	1	2	55	14	+41	23
2	Lovćen (Q)	14	9	3	2	54	13	+41	21
3	Radnički Ivangrad	14	9	1	4	39	19	+20	19
4	Sutjeska	14	7	3	4	32	17	+15	17
5	Iskra	14	4	2	8	20	58	−38	10
6	Bokelj	14	2	5	7	18	37	−19	9
7	Arsenal	14	4	1	9	26	48	−22	9
8	Mornar	14	1	2	11	12	48	−36	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (Q) Place in qualifiers for 1953-54 Yugoslav First League or Yugoslav Second League

Results

Budućnost finished season with two defeats. Most goals (14) was seen on the game Iskra - Budućnost (1-13).

Home \ Away	BUD	LOV	RAD	SUT	ISK	BOK	ARS	MOR
BUD		1–0	4–1	1–2	3–2	5–0	6–2	6–0
LOV	3–2		0–2	1–0	3–2	5–1	11–0	7–0
RAD	0–5	2–2		1–0	6–0	5–0	3–0	6–1
SUT	1–2	2–2	2–1		6–2	2–2	2–0	6–1
ISK	1–13	6–1	3–1	4–3		3–0	2–2	1–0
BOK	1–4	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–0		2–5	4–2
ARS	0–2	2–4	2–3	0–3	7–1	1–7		3–1
MOR

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualifiers for Yugoslav First League

In the qualifiers for First League, Budućnost played against champions of Republic Leagues of SR Serbia (Radnički Beograd and SR Macedonia (Rabotnički Skopje. After four games, Budućnost was a last-placed team with one point.^[5] So, Budućnost failed to make a comeback to Yugoslav First League, but they became a member of restored competition in Yugoslav Second League. Season 1953 was the last one which Budućnost spent in Montenegrin Republic League.

Team 1	Team 2	Home	Away
Budućnost Titograd	Radnički Beograd	1:2	1:3
Rabotnički Skopje	Budućnost Titograd	3:1	1:1

Qualifiers for Yugoslav Second League

In the qualifiers for Second League, Lovćen played against representatives of Republic Leagues of SR Serbia (Mačva Šabac and Napredak Kruševac) and SR Macedonia (Rabotnik Bitola. After six games, Lovćen finished as a second-placed team in the group,^[6] which meant promotion to Yugoslav Second League.

Team 1	Team 2	Home	Away
Lovćen Cetinje	Napredak Kruševac	1:0	1:1
Lovćen Cetinje	Mačva Šabac	0:2	0:2
Rabotnik Bitola	Lovćen Cetinje	2:3	0:2

References

^ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
^ Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985 , Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985
^ "Reference at fklovcen.me". Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
^ "Reference at fosmedia.me".
^ "Yugoslavia 1952/53".
^ "Reference at fklovcen.me". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-29.

[1] 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.

[2] Novak Jovanović: Fudbalska takmičenja u Crnoj Gori : 1925-1985 , Cetinje, 1991., UDK: 796.332.093(497.16)"1925/1985

[3] "Reference at fklovcen.me". Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2019-04-29.

[4] "Reference at fosmedia.me".

[5] "Yugoslavia 1952/53".

[6] "Reference at fklovcen.me". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-29.

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