2022–23 Montenegrin Cup

The 2022–23 Montenegrin Cup was the 17th edition of the knockout football tournament in Montenegro. This season's cup was started on 7 September 2022 and concluded with the final on 29 May 2023. The winners of the cup this season earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.^[1]

2022–23 Montenegrin Cup

Tournament details
Country	Montenegro
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sutjeska (2nd title)
Runners-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	44 (2.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Petar Pavlićević (4 goals)
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Budućnost were the defending champions from the previous season after defeating Dečić in the final by the score of 1–0.^[2]

Sutjeska won the cup for the second time after beating Arsenal on penalties in the final.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 2 September 2022.^[3] The matches were played on 7 September 2022.^[4] The first round paired the two teams who had met in the previous season's final. This time around the outcome was reversed, with defending champions Budućnost losing after penalties to Dečić, after their game had finished 1–1.^[5]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Jedinstvo	3–1	Mladost DG
Sutjeska	1–0	Jezero
Bokelj	2–3	Arsenal
Zeta	1–3	Rudar
Kom	0–3	Iskra
Podgorica	3–0	Igalo
Mornar	2–0	Petrovac
Dečić	1–1 (5–4 p)	Budućnost

Matches

Jedinstvo v Mladost DG

7 September 2022	Jedinstvo	3–1	Mladost DG	Bijelo Polje
16:30 CEST	Idrizović 16' Šćepanović 42' Hajrović 58'	Report	N. Ivanović 12'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikola Cvijović

Sutjeska v Jezero

7 September 2022	Sutjeska	1–0	Jezero	Nikšić
16:30 CEST	Striković 5'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Miloš Bešović

Bokelj v Arsenal

7 September 2022	Bokelj	2–3	Arsenal	Kotor
17:00 CEST	Alhassan 23' Globarević 72'	Report	Muhović 64' Došljak 68' Montenegro 88'	Stadium: Stadion pod Vrmcem Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikola Dabanović

Zeta v Rudar

7 September 2022	Zeta	1–3	Rudar	Golubovci
18:00 CEST	Vukčević 68'	Report	Burzanović 7' Talović 25' Zečević 39'	Stadium: Stadion Trešnjica Attendance: 300 Referee: Miraš Cerović

Kom v Iskra

7 September 2022	Kom	0–3	Iskra	Podgorica
18:00 CEST		Report	Pavlićević 27', 66' Obradović 39'	Stadium: Stadion Zlatica Attendance: 350 Referee: Vojin Vojinović

Podgorica v Igalo

7 September 2022	Podgorica	3–0	Igalo	Podgorica
18:00 CEST	Maraš 59' (pen.) Habibović 82' Tripković 90+3'	Report		Stadium: DG Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Vladimir Bjelica

Mornar v Petrovac

7 September 2022	Mornar	2–0	Petrovac	Bar
19:00 CEST	Guzina 57' Poček 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Topolica Attendance: 700 Referee: Miloš Bošković

Dečić v Budućnost

7 September 2022	Dečić	1–1 (5–4 p)	Budućnost	Tuzi
19:00 CEST	Bećiraj 40'	Report	Milošević 33'	Stadium: Stadion Tuško Polje Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Miloš Savović
	Penalties
	Božović Bećiraj Denković Tući I. Ivanović		Ražnatović Simić M. Bakić Terzić Milošević

Quarter-finals

Draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 October 2022.^[6] The matches were played on 26 October 2022.^[4] Two of the four fixtures required a penalty shoot-out to determine a winner: Iskra got past Mornar, while Arsenal advanced at the expense of Jedinstvo, in each case by a 5–3 count on penalties.^[5]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Iskra	1–1 (5–3 p)	Mornar
Dečić	2–0	Podgorica
Arsenal	0–0 (5–3 p)	Jedinstvo
Rudar	0–2	Sutjeska

Matches

Arsenal v Jedinstvo

26 October 2022	Arsenal	0–0 (5–3 p)	Jedinstvo	Radanovići
14:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Donja Sutvara Attendance: 300 Referee: Radoje Pajović

Rudar v Sutjeska

26 October 2022	Rudar	0–2	Sutjeska	Pljevlja
14:00 CEST		Report	Conraad 5' (pen.) Žižić 90+3'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 800 Referee: Savo Vujović

Dečić v Podgorica

26 October 2022	Dečić	2–0	Podgorica	Podgorica
15:00 CEST	Šofranac 3' Cmiljanić 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Camp FSCG Attendance: 400 Referee: Dalibor Vujisić

Iskra v Mornar

26 October 2022	Iskra	1–1 (5–3 p)	Mornar	Danilovgrad
16:00 CEST	Kojašević 64' (pen.)	Report	Vujačić 33'	Stadium: Braća Velašević Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Nikola Vođević

Semi-finals

Draw for the semi-finals was held on 10 April 2023.^[7] The semi-finals were played over two legs, on 19 April and 3 May 2023.^[4] Sutjeska beat last season's runners-up Dečić 3–1 in the first leg of their semi-final and drew 1–1 in the return leg to advance to the final with a 4–2 aggregate victory. The other semi-final saw Arsenal win 3–1 away against Iskra in the first leg, before losing by the same scoreline in the return match. The tie had to be settled by penalties, with Arsenal prevailing 4–1 in the shootout to reach the final.^[5]

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sutjeska	4–2	Dečić	3–1	1–1
Iskra	4–4 (1–4 p)	Arsenal	1–3	3–1

First legs

Sutjeska v Dečić

19 April 2023	Sutjeska	3–1	Dečić	Nikšić
18:00 CEST	Striković 34' Conraad 69' (pen.) Pajović 84'	Report	Camaj 83'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Savo Vujović

Iskra v Arsenal

19 April 2023	Iskra	1–3	Arsenal	Danilovgrad
18:00 CEST	Pavlićević 66'	Report	Bulatović 15', 39' Muhović 49'	Stadium: Braća Velašević Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Miloš Savović

Second legs

Arsenal v Iskra

3 May 2023	Arsenal	1–3 (4–4 agg.) (4–1 p)	Iskra	Radanovići
16:30 CEST	Manojlović 90+4'	Report	Gjolaj 22' Popović 28' Pavlićević 73'	Stadium: Stadion Donja Sutvara Attendance: 600 Referee: Radoje Pajović
	Penalties
	Rudović Montenegro Muhović D. Bakić		Obradović Pavlićević Boljević

Dečić v Sutjeska

3 May 2023	Dečić	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Sutjeska	Podgorica
18:00 CEST	Božović 52'	Report	Striković 32'	Stadium: DG Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Miloš Savović

Final

The final required a penalty shootout to decide a winner after the game finished 1–1 and extra time produced no further goals. Sutjeska won the shootout to record their second Cup victory.^[8]

29 May 2023

20:30 CEST

Arsenal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sutjeska
Manojlović 27'	Report	Sahli 85'
Penalties
Rudović D. Bakić Muhović Čelebić Manojlović	3–4	Vučić Matanović Marković Vuković Sahli

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Miloš Savović

See also

• Montenegrin Cup
• Montenegrin First League