CFL diversity: 18 seasons, seven different champions

The Montenegrin football league is currently second to last in Europe in terms of the performance of teams on the international stage, which is one of the truest representations of quality.

In terms of infrastructure, the CFL is also at the very bottom, and if a ranking could be made by the number of "suspicious" games - especially this season, it would definitely be at the very top.

According to the fights, tensions in the stands, the behavior of the actors themselves, often even managers, players and coaches - and all disproportionate to the quality and number of fans in the stands - the CFL would take a very high position here, and perhaps hold primacy.

Despite its many devastating elements, the elite domestic football championship has at least one positive thing that distinguishes it from others - and that is diversity and uncertainty.

It is rare that before the start of the season one knows, or guesses, who will be the champion, there are no privileged teams either, at least not in the long term.

This is evidenced by the fact that Dečić, who won the title today, is the seventh different champion since gaining independence.

In the previous 17 seasons, it celebrated Budućnost six times, Sutjeska five times, Mogren and Rudar twice, Zeta once, OFK Titograd and now Dečić.

In 18 seasons - seven different champions, rarely can any league boast such diversity, in such a short period of time.

You don't need much to become a champion in Montenegro - a little more investment, a season, two and there you have the title. Dečić is also unique in that he played the entire season as a guest - the renovated stadium (and field) in Tuzi is still waiting to be opened.

Such diversity, on the other hand, is perhaps the absence of quality - there is no giant, dominant team.

Serbia, for example, has only had two champions since it became independent in 2006 - Zvezda and Partizan. It was similar from 1992, when there was a joint league with Montenegro, and the eternal idyll was interrupted only twice by Obilić.

In Croatia, since 1992, in 32 seasons, only four teams have won titles: Dinamo (once called Croatia), Hajduk, and once each Zagreb and Rijeka.

The championships of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been held since 1994 and there were nine different champions in 30 seasons: Željezničar, Sarajevo, Čelik, Zrinjski, Borac from Banjaluka, and Široki Brijeg, Leotar, Modriča, even Brotnjo from Čitluk were also happy. .

Since 1992, there have been nine different prakas in Macedonia: Vardar, Sileks, Sloga, Pobeda, Rabotnički, Makedonija, Renova, Shkendija and Škupi.

In Slovenia, also since 1992, there were seven: Olimpija, Gorica, Maribor, Domžale, Koper, Celje and Mura.

Montenegro has the best average number of champions, if that's any consolation...