# 2021–22 Montenegrin First League

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

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 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Iskra | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 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 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Zeta (R) | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 34 | Relegation to the Second League |
* 1 2 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 | — |

## 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

Rudar won 5–3 on aggregate.
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 |
| 2 | Balša Sekulić | Iskra | 13 |
| 2 | Miloš Raičković | Budućnost | 13 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Faust | Jezero | 11 |
| 5 | Kristijan Vulaj | Dečić | 11 |
| 7 | Aleksandar Vujačić | Mornar | 10 |
| 7 | Marko Miličković | Petrovac | 10 |
| 9 | Viktor Đukanović | Budućnost | 9 |
| 9 | Dušan Živković | Rudar | 9 |