The second and third placed teams and Montenegrin Cup winner play in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Conference League.

Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin teams in Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1992, with final placements on every single season.

Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin teams in FR Yugoslavia First League from 1992 to 2006, with final placements on every single season.

In the fifth minute of that match, Ivan Čarapić (Budućnost) scored the first goal in the history of Prva CFL.

The first champion of the top-tier CFL was Zeta, who won the trophy on the championship's final weekend, after a hard struggle with neighbouring Budućnost.

During the season, many games were disrupted by crowd disturbances[5] and a match between Zeta and Budućnost in Golubovci was not played, after the decision was made by the home team not to open their stadium following discussion with Football Association of Montenegro.

[7] Their manager at that time Branko Babić became the first foreign coach to win the Prva CFL title.

With an average attendance of 4,250 for their home games, Budućnost made a Montenegrin First League all-time record.

The race for the champions' trophy lasted until the final week, when Mogren won an away game against Jedinstvo (2-1).

During that year, Ivan Bošković from Grbalj scored 28 goals, which is the all-time record for one single season.

During the last week of season, his team made another record, with the highest victory ever in Montenegrin First League, against Kom (11-0).

The team from Budva won the title on season 2010–11, but with equal number of points as second-placed Budućnost: (73).

But, the team from Podgorica didn't win the trophy easily - they were followed by Rudar, who trailed by three points at the end of season.

Additionally, Budućnost failed to beat Rudar during the season (0-2; 2-2; 1-1) Sutjeska became the first club to win two consecutive titles of CFL champion - both times with Dragan Radojičić as head coach.

Sutjeska headed to their first title with five points more than Budućnost, but secured the trophy on last week of the season.

[13] During that season, Sutjeska for the first time in the First League played city derbies against Čelik (1-0; 0-3; 0-1), who placed third at the end of competition.

The team at the bottom of the table - Berane at the end of season had only 13 points with 78 goals conceded, which were negative records of Prva CFL at that time.

The tenth edition of Prva CFL finished with a shock, as OFK Titograd from Podgorica won their first-ever national title.

FK Budućnost won their third champions' title on season 2016-17, but with equal number of points as Zeta and OFK Titograd.

Week before the end of season, on Budućnost - OFK Titograd match, ultras of home team burned a part of north stand at Podgorica City Stadium, and the game was interrupted and registered with result 0–3.

[18] But, that epilog did not have influence on final placement, as Budućnost finished on the top of the table, with better head-to-head score against OFK Titograd and Zeta.

During the same season, Mornar finished with 12 points and only one victory from 36 games, which is the all-time negative record in Prva CFL.

Two months after that, Football Association of Montenegro decided that Prva CFL will be continued on 30 May and that the season will last until 28 July.

[24] But, at the beginning of July, due to COVID-19 case among FK Budućnost players, Football Association of Montenegro decided to stop every official competition.

The majority of top scorers during the single seasons were from Budućnost (4), followed by 3 which played for Sutjeska, OFK Titograd and Zeta.

Every year, Football Association of Montenegro is organising awards ceremony for best player and best manager in Montenegrin First League.

At the end of season, last-placed team will directly be relegated, and 9th and 8th club from the table will participate in playoffs.

Biggest success made FK Budućnost, who played in the final 1991, after eliminated Galatasaray SK.

Since the foundation of the competition, official broadcaster of First Montenegrin League matches is RTCG, the national television station of Montenegro.

[55] Since season 2018–19, some games of Prva CFL are broadcast by cable-network channel MNE Sport TV.