Season | 2022–23 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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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
[edit]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 |
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Porto Montenegro |
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Savana |
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Castellana |
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Lob |
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Splendid Hotel |
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Samont |
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Municipality of Bar |
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Municipality of Budva |
Rudar | ![]() |
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Elektroprivreda Crne Gore |
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Intersport |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
10 | Iskra (R) | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 31 | Relegation to the Second League |
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
[edit]Clubs were scheduled to play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
Relegation play-offs
[edit]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
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Kom | 1–3 | Rudar | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Mornar | 4–0 | Berane | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Matches
[edit]Rudar won 3–1 on aggregate.
Mornar won 4–0 on aggregate.
Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 25 May 2023[5]
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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Sutjeska | 26 |
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Jedinstvo | 13 |
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Petrovac | 10 |
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Sutjeska | 9 |
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Petrovac | 8 |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.