2022–23 Montenegrin First League

Montenegrin First League
Season	2022–23
Dates	23 July 2022 – 25 May 2023
Champions	Budućnost; 6th title
Relegated	Iskra
Champions League	Budućnost
Europa Conference League	Sutjeska; Arsenal
Matches played	180
Goals scored	446 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tyrone Conraad; (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Sutjeska 5–0 Jedinstvo; (1 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 0–4 Budućnost; (28 August 2022); Petrovac 0–4 Sutjeska; (10 September 2022); Jedinstvo 0–4 Sutjeska; (7 December 2022)
Highest scoring	Budućnost 4–4 Petrovac; (9 April 2023)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Montenegrin First League was the 17th season of the first tier association football in the country of Montenegro. The season began on 23 July 2022^[1] and ended on 25 May 2023. The winners of the league qualified for a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League.^[2]

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

Teams

2022–23 clubs

FK Podgorica (relegated after three years in the top flight) and Zeta (never relegated from the top flight)(relegated after sixteen years in the top flight) were relegated after finishing tenth in the previous season.^[3] Jedinstvo (promoted after a five-year absence) and Arsenal (promoted for the first time in its history) will replace them in the league after earning promotion from the Montenegrin Second League as league champions in the previous season.^[4]

Stadiums and locations

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	Tivat	Stadion u Parku	2,000
Budućnost	Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	15,230
Dečić	Tuzi	Stadion Tuško Polje	2,000
Iskra	Danilovgrad	Braća Velašević Stadium	2,500
Jedinstvo	Bijelo Polje	Gradski stadion	5,000
Jezero	Plav	Stadion Pod Racinom	2,500
Mornar	Bar	Stadion Topolica	2,500
Petrovac	Petrovac	Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš	1,630
Rudar	Pljevlja	Stadion pod Golubinjom	5,140
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	5,214

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Radislav Dragićević	Ćetko Manojlović	Lmp	Porto Montenegro
Budućnost	Miodrag Džudović	Vasilije Terzić	Adidas	Savana
Dečić	Juraj Jarábek	Jonathan Dreshaj	Seven	Castellana
Iskra	Aleksandar Nedović	Ognjen Obradović	Joma	Lob
Jedinstvo	Vuko Bogavac	Momčilo Dulović	NAAI	Splendid Hotel
Jezero	Rade Petrović	Edis Redžepagić	Macron	Samont
Mornar	Andrija Delibašić	Aleksandar Vujačić	Seven	Municipality of Bar
Petrovac	Dušan Ivanović	Zoran Mikijelj	Macron	Municipality of Budva
Rudar	Dragan Aničić	Aleksa Golubović	Adidas	Elektroprivreda Crne Gore
Sutjeska	Nenad Brnović	Vladan Giljen	Joma	Intersport

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost (C)	36	20	10	6	61	37	+24	70^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Sutjeska	36	20	10	6	75	34	+41	70^[a]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Arsenal	36	13	11	12	39	39	0	50^[b]
4	Dečić	36	12	14	10	44	37	+7	50^[b]
5	Jedinstvo	36	13	8	15	43	54	−11	47
6	Petrovac	36	11	12	13	50	57	−7	45
7	Jezero	36	10	13	13	35	38	−3	43
8	Mornar (O)	36	11	9	16	30	41	−11	42	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Rudar (O)	36	9	11	16	36	51	−15	38	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10	Iskra (R)	36	7	10	19	33	58	−25	31	Relegation to the Second League

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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:

^ ^a ^b Budućnost finished ahead of Sutjeska on head to head points: Budućnost 8 points, Sutjeska 2 points.
^ ^a ^b Arsenal finished ahead of Dečić on head to head goal difference: Arsenal +1, Dečić –1.

Results

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

Home \ Away	ARS	BUD	DEČ	ISK	JED	JEZ	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT	ARS	BUD	DEČ	ISK	JED	JEZ	MOR	PET	RUD	SUT
Arsenal	—	0–4	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Budućnost	2–0	—	0–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	4–4	2–1	1–1
Dečić	2–4	0–0	—	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	1–2	0–0	4–3	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–3
Iskra	2–3	1–1	0–0	—	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–2
Jedinstvo	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–4	0–4
Jezero	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	—	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Mornar	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	—	0–1	2–0	3–2
Petrovac	1–2	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	0–0	0–4	0–3	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	—	2–3	1–1
Rudar	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	4–2	—	1–4
Sutjeska	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–4	4–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	—

Source: Football Association of Montenegro (in Montenegrin)
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 10th-placed team (against the 3rd-placed team of the Second League) and the 11th-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
Kom	1–3	Rudar	1–1	1–2
Mornar	4–0	Berane	2–0	2–0

Matches

30 May 2023

19:00 CEST

Kom	1–1	Rudar
Knežević 21' (pen.)	Report	Janketić 82'

Stadion Zlatica, Podgorica

Attendance: 350

Referee: Nikola Dabanović

3 June 2023

17:00 CEST

Rudar	2–1	Kom
Golubović 10' Radojičić 19'	Report	Nishimura 90+2'

Gradski stadion, Pljevlja

Attendance: 500

Referee: Miloš Bešović

Rudar won 3–1 on aggregate.

30 May 2023

20:00 CEST

Mornar	2–0	Berane
Raičević 7' Michael 65'	Report

Stadion Topolica, Bar

Attendance: 800

Referee: Savo Vujović

3 June 2023

19:00 CEST

Berane	0–2	Mornar
	Report	Bećiraj 40' Ćetković 49'

Gradski stadion, Berane

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Miloš Savović

Mornar won 4–0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 25 May 2023^[5]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tyrone Conraad	Sutjeska	26
2	Žarko Korać	Jedinstvo	13
3	Mendy Mamadou	Petrovac	10
4	Vuk Striković	Sutjeska	9
5	Rodrigo Faust	Petrovac	8
	Julián Montenegro	Arsenal
	Dragan Grivić	Sutjeska
	Zoran Petrović	Budućnost

References

^ "Utvrđen raspored takmičenja u Telekom 1. CFL i 2. CFL" (in Montenegrin). Football Association of Montenegro. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Access list 2021-24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Second League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "FSCG.me". Retrieved 2022-07-24.

External links

UEFA
FSCG

[table_hth_BUD0.70511407810501-5] Budućnost finished ahead of Sutjeska on head to head points: Budućnost 8 points, Sutjeska 2 points.

[table_hth_ARS0.70511407810501-6] Arsenal finished ahead of Dečić on head to head goal difference: Arsenal +1, Dečić –1.

[1] "Utvrđen raspored takmičenja u Telekom 1. CFL i 2. CFL" (in Montenegrin). Football Association of Montenegro. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[2] "Access list 2021-24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[way-3] "First League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[4] "Second League". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[7] "FSCG.me". Retrieved 2022-07-24.

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