2021–22 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 24 May 2022
ChampionsSutjeska
5th title
RelegatedPodgorica
Zeta
Champions LeagueSutjeska
Europa Conference LeagueBudućnost
Dečić
Iskra
Matches played180
Goals scored477 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerAdnan Bašić
(14 goals)
Biggest home winBudućnost 6–0 Petrovac
(24 May 2022)
Biggest away winPodgorica 1–5 Budućnost
(24 April 2022)
Zeta 0–4 Sutjeska
(2 August 2021)
Highest scoringDečić 4–4 Petrovac
(28 November 2021)

The 2021–22 Montenegrin First League was the 16th season of the first tier association football in the country of Montenegro. The season began on 24 July 2021 and ended on 24 May 2022.[1] The winners of the league qualified for a place in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.[2]

Budućnost were the defending champions having won the league in the previous season.[3]

Teams

OFK Titograd (relegated after eleven years in the top flight) were relegated after finishing tenth in the previous season.[3] Mornar (promoted after a two-year absence) will replace them in the league after earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League as league champions in the previous season.[4]

Team City Stadium Capacity Kit manufacturer Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230 Germany Adidas Montenegro Aleksandar Nedović
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 2,000 Serbia Seven Serbia Vladimir Janković
Iskra Danilovgrad Braća Velašević Stadium 2,500 Spain Joma Montenegro Goran Jovanović
Jezero Plav Stadion Pod Racinom 2,500 United States Nike Montenegro Mladen Lambulić
Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 2,500 Serbia Seven Montenegro Andrija Delibašić
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš 1,630 Italy Macron Montenegro Nikola Rakojević
FK Podgorica Podgorica DG Arena 4,300 Spain Joma Montenegro Vojislav Pejović
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 5,140 Germany Adidas Montenegro Srđan Nikić
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 5,214 Spain Joma Montenegro Milija Savović
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000 England A&A Sports Montenegro Dragoljub Đuretić

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sutjeska (C) 36 22 9 5 64 29 +35 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost 36 20 7 9 78 45 +33 67 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dečić 36 15 11 10 54 44 +10 56
4 Iskra 36 15 6 15 48 45 +3 51
5 Mornar 36 13 11 12 35 39 −4 50
6 Jezero 36 14 6 16 42 46 −4 48
7 Petrovac 36 10 13 13 47 60 −13 43
8 Rudar (O) 36 9 9 18 35 56 −21 36 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Podgorica (R) 36 8 10 18 38 61 −23 34[a]
10 Zeta (R) 36 8 10 18 36 52 −16 34[a] Relegation to the Second League
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Podgorica finished ahead of Zeta on head-to-head points: Podgorica 7 points, Zeta 4 points.

Results

Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.

Home \ Away BUD DEČ ISK JEZ MOR PET POD RUD SUT ZET BUD DEČ ISK JEZ MOR PET POD RUD SUT ZET
Budućnost 1–2 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–3 5–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 2–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–1
Dečić 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0
Iskra 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–3 0–2
Jezero 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 0–2 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–2 0–2 0–0
Mornar 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–0
Petrovac 2–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4
Podgorica 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–5 3–3 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0
Rudar 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3
Sutjeska 1–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 6–1
Zeta 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The 8th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 9th-placed team (against the runners-up of the Second League) will both compete in two-legged relegation play-offs after the end of the season.

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mladost DG 3–5 Rudar 1–4 2–1
Arsenal 5–1 Podgorica 4–0 1–1

Matches

Mladost DG1–4Rudar
  • Škrijelj 37'
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Predrag Radovanović
Rudar1–2Mladost DG
  • Vujanović 31'
Report
  • Stanisavić 40'
  • Mihaljević 75'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Miloš Bešović

Rudar won 5–3 on aggregate.


Arsenal4–0Podgorica
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Savo Vujović
Podgorica1–1Arsenal
  • Bajović 60'
Report
  • Pepić 76'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Vojin Vojinović

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 24 May 2022[5]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Bašić Petrovac 14
2 Montenegro Igor Ivanović Budućnost 13
Montenegro Balša Sekulić Iskra
Montenegro Miloš Raičković Budućnost
5 Argentina Rodrigo Faust Jezero 11
Montenegro Kristijan Vulaj Dečić
7 Montenegro Aleksandar Vujačić Mornar 10
Montenegro Marko Miličković Petrovac
9 Montenegro Viktor Đukanović Budućnost 9
Serbia Dušan Živković Rudar

See also

References

  1. ^ "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Access list 2021-24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Second League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "FSCG.me". Retrieved 2021-10-09.

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