Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions
After the end of every competitive season, football clubs from Montenegro play in European competitions.
Teams from Montenegro have been playing on the international scene since they represented SFR Yugoslavia during the 1970s. Since 2006, Montenegrin teams have played as representatives of independent Montenegro, and qualified through the Montenegrin First League and Montenegrin Cup.
Currently, four Montenegrin clubs take part in UEFA European Cups. The champion of the First Montenegrin League plays in UEFA Champions League qualifiers. The second and third placed team from the First League play in UEFA Europe League qualifiers. The winner of the Montenegrin Cup also plays in the Europa league.
UEFA Rankings
Current rankings (2018-19)
UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2018–19 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)
- 41
(41) 
Latvian Higher League - 42
(44) 
Meistriliiga - 43 (43)
Montenegrin First League - 44
(40) 
Erovnuli Liga - 45 (45)
Armenian Premier League
History of rankings
Since independence (2006) and establishing of Montenegrin First League and other national competitions, Montenegro is a full-member of UEFA. Since then, Montenegrin League is present on UEFA Country Ranking system.
Below is a historical list of Montenegrin rankings and country coefficient.
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Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] [11]
UEFA competitions
Performances by season
Historically, Montenegrin football clubs played in three UEFA competitions for clubs - the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europe League (formerly UEFA Cup) and Intertoto Cup.
The champions of Montenegro have never played in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, and the most successful in the qualifiers was FK Zeta Golubovci in the 2007-08 season.
The best performances in the UEFA Europe League were FK Zeta who played in the playoffs, and FK Mladost Podgorica and FK Budućnost which played in Round 3. The most successful in the Intertoto Cup was FK Budućnost Podgorica.
Below is a list of games of all Montenegrin clubs in UEFA competitions.
Performances by clubs
11 different Montenegrin clubs have played in UEFA competitions. Before the founding of the Montenegrin First League and Montenegrin Cup, three clubs played in European Cups as a representatives of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro. Eight other clubs played their first seasons in UEFA competitions after Montenegrin independence.
Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions.
| Team | Seasons | G | W | D | L | GD |
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As of the end of UEFA competitions 2017–18 season.
Performances by competition
Football clubs from Montenegro have played in three UEFA competitions. Below is a list of performances in every single competition.
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As of the end of UEFA competitions 2017–18 season.
Scores by opponents' countries
Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin clubs against opponents in UEFA competitions by their countries (football federations).
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Other international competitions
Balkans Cup
The Balkans Cup was a regional football competition (1960-1994) in which Montenegrin clubs participated as a representatives of SFR Yugoslavia. Teams from Montenegro which played in the Balkans Cup were FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska Nikšić. FK Budućnost had the biggest success, playing in the 1991 final, after eliminating Galatasaray SK.
Below is a list of Montenegrin clubs in the Balkans Cup.
| Season | Round | Home | Guest | Result |
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| FK Sutjeska Nikšić | ASA Târgu Mureș |
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| ASA Târgu Mureș |
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| Panathinaikos |
FK Budućnost Podgorica | |||
| Vllaznia |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Vllaznia |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Panathinaikos |
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| Tirana |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Tirana |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Galatasaray |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Inter Sibiu |
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| Inter Sibiu |
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See also
- Football in Montenegro
- Montenegrin First League
- Montenegrin Second League
- Montenegrin Third League
- Montenegrin Cup
- Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)
References
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method3/crank2008.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2009.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2012.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2013.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2016.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2017.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method5/crank2018.html
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