2021–22 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League

Season	2021–22
Dates	24 July 2021 – 24 May 2022
Champions	Sutjeska 5th title
Relegated	Podgorica Zeta
Champions League	Sutjeska
Europa Conference League	Budućnost Dečić Iskra
Matches played	180
Goals scored	477 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adnan Bašić (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Budućnost 6–0 Petrovac (24 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Podgorica 1–5 Budućnost (24 April 2022) Zeta 0–4 Sutjeska (2 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Dečić 4–4 Petrovac (28 November 2021)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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. The winners of the league qualified for a place in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.

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

Teams

Budućnost

Iskra

Podgorica

Mornar

Petrovac

Rudar

Sutjeska

Zeta

Dečić

Jezero

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2021–22 clubs

OFK Titograd (relegated after eleven years in the top flight) were relegated after finishing tenth in the previous season. 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.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Kit manufacturer	Coach
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	15,230	Adidas	Aleksandar Nedović
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000	Seven	Vladimir Janković
Iskra	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević Stadium	2,500	Joma	Goran Jovanović
Jezero	Plav	Stadion Pod Racinom	2,500	Nike	Mladen Lambulić
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500	Seven	Andrija Delibašić
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš	1,630	Macron	Nikola Rakojević
FK Podgorica	Podgorica	DG Arena	4,300	Joma	Vojislav Pejović
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion pod Golubinjom	5,140	Adidas	Srđan Nikić
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214	Joma	Milija Savović
Zeta	Golubovci	Stadion Trešnjica	4,000	A&A Sports	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
10	Zeta (R)	36	8	10	18	36	52	−16	34	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:

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

30 May 2022

17:30 CEST

Mladost DG	1–4	Rudar
Škrijelj 37'	Report	Živković 9' Vujanović 29', 33' Gašević 48'

DG Arena, Podgorica

Attendance: 150

Referee: Predrag Radovanović

3 June 2022

18:00 CEST

Rudar	1–2	Mladost DG
Vujanović 31'	Report	Stanisavić 40' Mihaljević 75'

Gradski stadion, Pljevlja

Attendance: 300

Referee: Miloš Bešović

Rudar won 5–3 on aggregate.

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30 May 2022

17:30 CEST

Arsenal	4–0	Podgorica
Manojlović 32' (pen.), 75' Muhović 36' Došljak 50'	Report

Stadion u Parku, Tivat

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Savo Vujović

3 June 2022

20:00 CEST

Podgorica	1–1	Arsenal
Bajović 60'	Report	Pepić 76'

DG Arena, Podgorica

Attendance: 350

Referee: Vojin Vojinović

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 24 May 2022

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Adnan Bašić	Petrovac	14
2	Igor Ivanović	Budućnost	13
	Balša Sekulić	Iskra
	Miloš Raičković	Budućnost
5	Rodrigo Faust	Jezero	11
	Kristijan Vulaj	Dečić
7	Aleksandar Vujačić	Mornar	10
	Marko Miličković	Petrovac
9	Viktor Đukanović	Budućnost	9
	Dušan Živković	Rudar

See also

• Montenegrin First League

External links

• UEFA
• FSCG