2021–22 Montenegrin First League

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

Montenegrin First League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 24 May 2022
ChampionsSutjeska
5th title
Champions LeagueSutjeska
Europa Conference LeagueBudućnost
Matches played160
Goals scored418 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerAdnan Bašić
Miloš Raičković
(both 12 goals)
Biggest home winSutjeska 6–1 Zeta
(10 April 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)
2022–23 →

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

Teams
2021–22 clubs

OFK Titograd (relegated after five 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 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) 32 22 8 2 59 19 +40 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Budućnost (Q) 32 18 6 8 65 39 +26 60 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dečić 32 13 11 8 48 38 +10 50
4 Iskra 32 13 6 13 41 40 +1 45
5 Petrovac 32 10 12 10 45 47 −2 42
6 Mornar 32 10 11 11 28 36 −8 41
7 Jezero 32 11 5 16 36 44 −8 38
8 Rudar 32 9 8 15 33 49 −16 35 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Podgorica 32 6 9 17 32 56 −24 27
10 Zeta (Y) 32 6 8 18 31 50 −19 26 Relegation to the Second League
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Y) Can at most reach relegation play-off

Results

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 30 April 2022[5]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Adnan Bašić Petrovac 12
Miloš Raičković Budućnost
3 Rodrigo Faust Jezero 11
Kristijan Vulaj Dečić
5 Igor Ivanović Budućnost 10
Marko Miličković Petrovac
Balša Sekulić Iskra
8 Dušan Živković Rudar 9
9 Viktor Đukanović Budućnost 8
Zoran Petrović Budućnost

See also

References
  1. "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. "Access list 2021-24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. "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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