Montenegrin Footballer of the Year


The Montenegrin Footballer of the Year is an annual award chosen by the team captains and the coaches of the Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — 1. CFL to determine the best player in Montenegro. It is published by the Football Association of Montenegro. The most successful players is inaugural holder Mirko Vučinić and Stefan Savić, who each won the award for seven times. Stevan Jovetić is the youngest player to receive this honour so far; he was 20 years old when he won the award. The most recent footballer of the year is Nikola Krstović for 2024. Before 2006, two Montenegrin footballers were named Yugoslav Footballer of the Year; Dejan Savićević in 1995, and Predrag Mijatović in 1992, 1993 and 1998.

Winners

YearPlayerClubPosition
2006 Lecce, RomaForward
2007Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward
2008Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward
2009 FiorentinaForward
2010Mirko Vučinić Roma Forward
2011Mirko Vučinić Roma, JuventusForward
2012Mirko Vučinić Juventus Forward
2013Mirko Vučinić Juventus Forward
2014 LilleDefender
2015Stevan Jovetić InternazionaleForward
2016 Atlético MadridDefender
2017Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2018Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2019 Incheon UnitedForward
2020Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2021Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2022Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2023Stefan Savić Atlético Madrid Defender
2024 Lecce Forward

Controversy

In 2013, Mirko Vučinić won the Montenegrin Footballer of the Year for the seventh time. However, the public opinion was that in 2013, Dejan Damjanović should have been given the award. Damjanović scored four goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, became the top goalscorer of the 2013 K League Classic, and led FC Seoul to the 2013 AFC Champions League final. The media agreed that Vučinić was the best overall Montenegrin footballer, however, Damjanović's performances in 2013 were far better than Vučinić's, who was injured during the decisive qualification matches of the national team. Finally, Montenegrin website CG-Fudbal awarded Damjanović "Best Montenegrin Footballer of the Year", according to a poll voted by the fans.