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.[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 – May 2022
Matches played94
Goals scored232 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerMiloš Raičković
Marko Miličković (8 goals)
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 Coach
Budućnost Podgorica Stadion pod Goricom 15,230 Aleksandar Nedović
Dečić Tuzi Stadion Tuško Polje 2,000 Miljan Radović
Iskra Danilovgrad Braća Velašević Stadium 2,500 Srđan Nikić
Jezero Plav Stadion Pod Racinom 2,500 Mladen Lambulić
Mornar Bar Stadion Topolica 2,500 Slavoljub Bubanja
Petrovac Petrovac Stadion pod Malim brdom 1,630 Vladimir Janković
FK Podgorica Podgorica DG Arena 4,300 Nenad Vukčević
Rudar Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 5,140 Zoran Govedarica
Sutjeska Nikšić Stadion kraj Bistrice 5,214 Milija Savović
Zeta Golubovci Stadion Trešnjica 4,000 Dragoljub Đuretić

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sutjeska 19 12 5 2 30 13 +17 41 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dečić 19 8 9 2 30 19 +11 33 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Budućnost 19 9 5 5 36 24 +12 32
4 Petrovac 19 8 6 5 34 28 +6 30
5 Iskra 18 7 5 6 19 17 +2 26
6 Mornar 19 6 6 7 15 19 −4 24
7 Rudar 19 6 5 8 23 27 −4 23
8 Jezero 19 5 3 11 14 26 −12 18 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Podgorica 19 4 5 10 18 29 −11 17
10 Zeta 18 1 7 10 13 30 −17 10 Relegation to the Second League
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. 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.

Results

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 28 November 2021[5]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Miloš Raičković Budućnost 8
Marko Miličković Petrovac
3 Igor Ivanović Budućnost 7
4 Kristijan Vulaj Dečić 6
Adnan Bašić Petrovac
6 Ilir Camaj Dečić 5
Vojin Pavlović Iskra
Vuk Striković Rudar
Zakaria Suraka Rudar
Ivan Vukčević Zeta

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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