FK Igalo 1929

FK Igalo 1929
Full name Fudbalski klub Igalo 1929
Founded 1929
Ground Stadion Solila
Igalo,
Montenegro
Ground Capacity 1,600
President Dejan Radulović
Head Coach Dušan Jevrić
League Second League
2017-18 9
Stadion Solila

FK Igalo is a Montenegrin football club based in Igalo, Herceg Novi municipality. The club was founded in 1929 and currently competes in the Second League of Montenegro.

History

Founded at 1929, FK Igalo is among the oldest football clubs at the territory of Herceg Novi municipality. Until the seventies, FK Igalo played at the lower-rank Fourth League - South. First title of Fourth league champion, Igalo won at season 1975-76. That success gained them first-ever promotion to Montenegrin Republic League, in which they spent most of the time until Montenegrin independence (2006).[1]
At season 1987-88, FK Igalo won the second place in Republic League, with promotion to newly established Yugoslav Third League. They competed only one season in Federal rank, and new success came during the season 1995-96. That year, FK Igalo won the title of Montenegrin Republic League champion, and gained first-ever promotion to Second Yugoslav League. FK Igalo make that season double, with winning Montenegrin Republic Cup. The team played one season in Second League (1996–97), finished at the bottom of the table.
After independence, FK Igalo played as a member of Montenegrin Third League until the season 2010-11. That year, the club won the promotion to Montenegrin Second League. Until now, FK Igalo became a standard member of Second League, and biggest success in the club's history came at season 2014-15. After finished as a third-placed team in Second League, FK Igalo played in First League playoffs against FK Mornar. After lose 0-2 in the first match, FK Igalo surprisingly won second game with the same result (2-0), but lost chances for First League promotion after the penalties.

Mimoza Cup

Since 1973, every February, FK Igalo is a host of traditional Mimoza Cup,[2] which hosted a numerous popular teams as Budućnost, Hajduk, Partizan, Crvena zvezda, Željezničar, Luzern and others. It's the oldest football tournament on Montenegrin seacoast. All games are played at Stadion Solila.

Honours and achievements

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
-- Montenegro GK Branko Vujović
-- Montenegro GK David Bjelica
-- Montenegro DF Milo Đurković (captain)
-- Montenegro DF Marko Đukanović (on loan from FK Sutjeska Nikšić)
-- Montenegro DF Marko Đedović (on loan from FK Sutjeska Nikšić)
-- Montenegro DF Marko Ivanović
-- Serbia DF Stevan Maslovar
-- Montenegro MF Matija Vujović (on loan from FK Sutjeska Nikšić)
-- Montenegro MF Nikola Gugić
-- Montenegro MF Miloš Bubanja
No. Position Player
-- Japan MF Yuta Ikeda
-- Montenegro MF Jovan Simović
-- Montenegro MF Miloš Grbić
-- Montenegro MF Miodrag Koprivica
-- Montenegro FW Milovan Ilić
-- Montenegro FW Rajko Leković

Coaching history

Former players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:OFK Igalo players.

Stadium

FK Igalo plays their home games at Stadion Solila. Until the middle of nineties, football ground in Igalo was among amateur-pitches like neighbouring Stadion Opačica or Stadion Bijela. But, with FK Igalo promotion to Second Yugoslav League, on old ground location was built new stadium with one terrace and numerous pitches around main ground.
During the winter months, because of good climate and accommodation, stadium is used for exhibition matches, tournaments, trainings and preparations of many football teams from the region (Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia).

See also

References

  1. ↑ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://cg-fudbal.com/mimoza-kup-2016-za-trofej-ofk-igalo-i-fk-sutjeska/
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