FK Budućnost Podgorica

Budućnost Podgorica

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica
Nickname(s)	Ðetići Plavo-bijeli (The Blue-Whites)
Founded	1925 (1925)
Ground	Stadion Pod Goricom Podgorica, Montenegro
Ground Capacity	12,000[1]
President	Bojan Šarkić
Head Coach	Dragan Radojičić
League	First League
2014–15	First League, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours

Active sport clubs of Budućnost
Football	Basketball	Basketball Women
Handball	Athletics	Shooting
Judo	Handball Women	Boxing
Tennis	Volleyball

Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegrin Cyrillic: будућност, pronounced [budǔːt͡ɕnoːst]) is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are blue and white. FK Budućnost is a part of the Budućnost sport society.

Founded in 1925, Budućnost was the Montenegrin club with most appearances in the Yugoslav First League, debuting in 1946. Due to the city being renamed during communist rule in Yugoslavia, Budućnost was known as Budućnost Titograd throughout that era. Since Montenegrin independence in 2006, the club has won two Montenegrin First League titles and one Montenegrin Cup. They have also qualified for the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League, but have never reached the group stage of either tournament.

History

The club was founded in 1925, and in 1946 started to play in the Yugoslav First League. The club reached two Yugoslav Cup finals, losing in 1965 to Dinamo Zagreb and in 1977 to Hajduk Split.^[2] These two appearances in the Yugoslav Cup finals are considered the greatest achievements in the history of the club.

Budućnost played in the Rapan Cup (Intertoto Cup) in 1981, when they came first in their group. They would go on to play in the Intertoto Cup in 1995 and in 2005. The most notable achiviement of the club on the international stage was reaching the final of the Balkans Cup in 1991 which they lost to FC Inter Sibiu, after being eliminated by Galatasaray in the previous round. Another notable result was the 2–1 win over Deportivo La Coruña in the Intertoto Cup in 2005.

Budućnost has enjoyed greater success since Montenegrin independence in 2006, finishing second three times and winning the 2007–08 and 2011–12. The club has also reached three Montenegrin Cup finals (2007–08, 2009–10 and 2012–13), losing the first two appearances but winning the third time against Čelik Nikšić 1–0.

Notable Budućnost players include Branko Brnović, Dejan Savićević, Predrag Mijatović, and Simon Vukčević.

Varvari at a Montenegrin First League home match

Honours and achievements

National Championships – 2

• Montenegrin First League:
  • Winners (2): 2007–08, 2011–12
  • Runners-up (4): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11

National Cups – 1

• Yugoslav Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1976–77
• Montenegrin Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2012–13
  • Runners-up (2): 2007–08, 2009–10

International

• Balkans Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1990–91

Budućnost in European competition

As a Yugoslav club Budućnost participated twice in the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1995 and 2005). Following independence, their first UEFA Cup season was in 2007–08, falling in the first qualifying round to Croatian club Hajduk Split.^[3] Budućnost qualified for their first UEFA Champions League the following season, and were eliminated at the same stage by Finns Tampere United.^[4] In the 2009–10 Europa League, Budućnost were knocked out in the first qualifying round by Polonia Warsaw,^[5] but in the next season's Champions League they were eliminated by Danish club Brøndby^[6] after defeating Baku FC in the second qualifying round. In the 2012–13 Champions League qualifiers they played against Śląsk Wrocław but also got eliminated in the 1st round.^[7]

European Results

Season	Competition	Round	Nat	Club	Result home	Result away
1995–96	Intertoto Cup	Group 7	Estonia	Tervis Pärnu	3–1
		Group 7	Cyprus	Nea Salamis	1–1
		Group 7	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	0–3
		Group 7	Greece	OFI	3–4
2005–06	Intertoto Cup	First qualifying round	Malta	Valletta FC	2–2	5–0
		Second qualifying round	Spain	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	0–3
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Croatia	Hajduk Split	1–1	0–1
2008–09	Champions League	First qualifying round	Finland	Tampere United	1–1	1–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Poland	Polonia Warsaw	0–2	1–0
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Azerbaijan	Baku FC	1–2	3–0
		Third qualifying round	Denmark	Brøndby	1–2	0–1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Albania	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–3	2–1
2012–13	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław	0–2	1–0
2014–15	Europa League	First qualifying round	San Marino	Folgore	3–0	2–1
		Second qualifying round	Cyprus	AC Omonia	0–2	0–0
2015–16	Europa League	First qualifying round	Latvia	Spartaks Jūrmala	1–3	0–0

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Club all-time European record

main: FK Budućnost in Europe

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Balkans Cup

Budućnost played twice in the Balkans Cup.

The club made its debut in 1977 in Group B, with Panathinaikos and Vllaznia. After four legs, they were second in the group with four points.

During their second spell in the Balkans Cup, in 1991, Budućnost reached the final losing to FC Inter Sibiu.

Season	Round	Nat	Club	Result home	Result away
1976–77	Group B	Greece	Panathinaikos	1–2	2–2
		Albania	Vllaznia	2–0	1–1
1990–91	First Leg	Albania	KF Tirana	2–1	0–0
	Semi-finals	Turkey	Galatasaray	0–0	1–1
	Final	Romania	Inter Sibiu	0–0	0–1

Supporters

Varvari at a Montenegrin First League home match

Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians), a group founded in 1987.^[11] The group's traditional colours are blue and white, which are also the colours of all the Budućnost sports clubs. For FK Budućnost Podgorica home games, Varvari occupy the northern stand (Sjever) of the Podgorica city stadium. They also have a reserved stand at the Morača Sports Center, as supporters of KK Buducnost basketball club. ^[12]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Varvari maintained close links with Red Star Belgrade supporters group, Delije. This was seen as a natural extension of the historical and cultural closeness of Montenegro and Serbia, as well as the two republics continuing as part of the same country after the final breakup of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992. However, this Delije-Varvari relationship changed towards the late 1990s as the relations of Montenegrin and Serbian political leaders within the country became more strained.

The focal point for the group during the late 1990s was the basketball club, which started investing heavily while the football club toiled in the lower half of the table. They are the best organised and largest fan group in Montenegro. According to many fan magazines from the Balkan they are the only fans in Montenegro who are on the level of the largest fan groups from ex-Yugoslavia.^[13]

Stadium

Stadion Pod Goricom

FK Budućnost plays its home games at the Stadion Pod Goricom, in Podgorica. Stadion Pod Goricom, with 17,000 seats, is also the largest football stadium in Montenegro and the home ground of the Montenegro national football team. The stadium's original capacity was about 15,000 spectators, which expanded to 17,000 with the addition of the north and south stands. An eastern stand is planned to be built soon, which will bring the stadium's capacity to over 20,000.

Unforgettable matches played at the Stadion pod Goricom are:

• SFR Yugoslavia – Luxembourg 0–0 (ECQ, 27 October 1971) – att: 15,000
• SFR Yugoslavia – Wales 4–4 (ECQ, 15 December 1982) – att: 13,000
• FK Budućnost – Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 (Intertoto Cup, 9 July 2005) – att: 13,000
• Montenegro – Hungary 2–1 (first match of national team, 22 March 2007) – att: 13,000
• Montenegro – Italy 0–2 (WCQ, 28 March 2009) – att: 13,000
• Montenegro – Wales 1–0 (ECO, 3 September 2010) – att: 13,000
• Montenegro – Switzerland 1–0 (ECO, 8 October 2010) – att: 13,000
• Montenegro – England 2–2 (ECO, 7 October 2011)-att: 13,000
• Montenegro – Czech Republic 0–1 (ECQ, 14 November 2011)-att: 13,000
• Montenegro – England 1–1 (WCQ, 26 March 2013)-att: 13,000

Sponsors

• Official kit supplier – (2011–) Legea
• Official sponsor – Čelebić Company

Current squad

As of 8 September 2015

^[14] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jasmin Agović 2 DF Mihailo Tomković 3 DF Risto Radunović 7 MF Milan Vušurović 8 FW Marko Ilinčić 9 FW Darko Nikač 10 MF Marko Burzanović 11 DF Andrija Vukčević 12 GK Milisav Vuksanović 15 MF Savo Gazivoda 16 DF Filip Mitrović 17 FW Andjeo Drobnjak

No. Position Player 18 MF Miloš Pavićević 19 MF Miloš Raičković 20 DF Momčilo Raspopović 21 GK Damir Ljuljanović 22 MF Ivan Pejaković 23 DF Marko Roganović 24 MF Miloš Gazivoda 25 FW Milivoje Raičević 28 MF Deni Hočko 29 MF Luka Mirković 30 DF Janko Simović 47 MF Vladimir Mandić TBA FW Milan Mirosavljev

Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Budućnost Podgorica players.

Coaching staff

Managers

Dates Name 1946–55 Vojin Božović 1976–77 Marko Valok 1977–78 Dragoljub Milošević 1986–87 Milan Živadinović 1987–89 Stanko Poklepović 1990–91 Milovan Đorić 1991–92 Milan Živadinović 1998–99 Dragan Okuka 2002–03 Mojaš Radonjić Jan 2003 – June 03 Srđan Bajić

Dates Name 2003–06 Branislav Milačić 2006–07 Miodrag Božović July 1, 2008 – Sept 5, 2008 Branko Babić Sept 12, 2008 – June 30, 2009 Miodrag Ješić July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 Mihailo Ivanović July 1, 2010 – May 30, 2011 Nikola Rakojević Jan 2011 – July 11 Saša Petrović July 1, 2011 – June 25, 2012 Miodrag Radulović June 25, 2012– Radislav Dragićević

See also

• SD Budućnost Podgorica

References

External links

• Official website
• FK Budućnost at Facebook
• Official supporters' website
• UEFA Profile
• Soccerway profile

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