FK Budućnost Podgorica

Football club infobox
clubname = FK Budućnost Podgorica


fullname = Fudbalski klub Budućnost Podgorica
nickname = Ðetići
founded = 1925
ground = Stadion Pod Goricom
Podgorica,
Montenegro
capacity = 18.000
chairman = Vladan Vučelić
manager = Miodrag Ješić
league = First League
season = 2007-08
position = 1st
shirtsupplier = blue
shirtsponsors = white
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FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost sport society.

History

The club was founded in 1925. In 1946 it becomes the only first league Montenegrin club. It's colours are blue and white. Its biggest successes on the national level came during SFRY in 1965 and 1977 when it played the Yugoslav Cup finals.The best players that have come from Budućnost were Predrag Mijatović, Dejan Savićević and Branko Brnović that achieved extraordinary careers throughout the 1990s.Buducnost played in RAPAN cup twice, in 1981, when they were first in their group, and 1985. They also played in Balkans Cup final where they lost to FC Inter Sibiu, after they elliminated Galatasaray S.K. in previous round. In 2005, Budućnost played in the Intertoto Cup, against "Fc Valleta" and Deportivo La Coruña. In 2007 Budućnost played in the UEFA Cup against NK Hajduk Split.

Note that Budućnost Podgorica is also the big name of a basketball, handball and a volleyball teams. Its supporters, Varvari, are the best known organized supporter group in Montenegro. In 2008 FK Buducnost won the league title.

Fans

Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians). 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 stand in northern stand (Sjever) of the Podgorica city stadium. They also have a reserved stand at the Morača Sports Center, as supporters of Budućnost basketball club. However, since the early 2000s they have boycotted basketball team matches, because of a dispute with the clubs management.Varvari tifo at a Montenegrin First League home matchVarvari tifo at a Montenegrin First League home match

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Varvari maintained close links with Red Star Belgrade supporters group, Delije. [citation needed] 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 special relationship changed towards the late 1990s as the relations of Montenegrin and Serbian political leaders within the country became more strained. [citation needed]

During this time Vervari mostly stay away from openly supporting the Montenegrin regime. [citation needed] 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. This changed in 2000 when Varvari became embroiled in a row with the basketball club's management. Varvari have since then boycotted the basketball club's matches.

Achievements

"Montenegro Champion" 2: 1946, 2008.

"Yugoslav Cup Runners Upp" 2: 1965, 77.

Yugoslav First 'B' league Winners (Div 2) 1: 1994/95.

Serbia & Montenegro second league Winners (Div 2) 1: 2003.

"Rapan Cup/Intertoto Cup" (UEFA 4-rth Cup) 2: 1981, 85.

tadium

FK Budućnost plays its home games at Stadion Pod Goricom, in Podgorica.Stadion Pod Goricom, with 17,000 seats, is also the largest football stadium in Montenegro and a home ground for Montenegro national football team.

Through the history, stadium once completely burned (during the 1950s). 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: 17,000
*FK Budućnost - Deportivo La Coruna 2:1 (Intertoto Cup, 9 July 2005) - att: 10,000
*Montenegro - Hungary 2:1 (first match of national team, 22 March 2007) - att: 13,000

Current squad

Squad changes in 2008/09 season

In:
*flagicon|Ghana Abraham Kudemor - Transferred From Heart of Lions
*flagicon|Argentina Maximiliano Valiju Gomez - Transferred From ??
*flagicon|Montenegro Dražen Ajković - Transferred From "FK Grbalj Radanovići"
*flagicon|Montenegro Miodrag Zec - Transferred From "FK Mogren Budva"
*flagicon|Brazil Marinho - Transferred From "??

Out:
*flagicon|Montenegro Mirko Raičević - Transferred To "Zorja Luganjsk"
*flagicon|Montenegro Ivan Čarapić - Transferred To "Tarxien Rainbows F.C."
*flagicon|Montenegro Bogdan Milić - Transferred To "ADO Den Haag"
*flagicon|Argentina Diego Jaime - Transferred To "??"

Notable former players

;SFR Yugoslavia & Serbia and Montenegro internationals
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG Dragoljub Brnović
*flagicon|Serbia flagicon|YUG Dragan Simeunović
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG flagicon|SCG Branko Brnović
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG flagicon|SCG Dragoje Leković
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG flagicon|SCG Predrag Mijatović
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG flagicon|SCG Željko Petrović
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|YUG flagicon|SCG Dejan Savićević
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|SCG Anto Drobnjak
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|SCG Niša Saveljić

;Montenegrin internationals
*flagicon|Montenegro flagicon|SCG Simon Vukčević
*flagicon|Montenegro Igor Burzanović
*flagicon|Montenegro Milan Purović
*flagicon|Montenegro Risto Lakić
*flagicon|Montenegro Mladen Božović
*flagicon|Montenegro Mirko Raičević

;Other Montenegrin
*flagicon|Montenegro Dragan Brnović
*flagicon|Montenegro Srđan Radonjić
*flagicon|Montenegro Vladan Savić
*flagicon|Montenegro Aleksandar Nedović
*flagicon|Montenegro Ardian Đokaj
*flagicon|Yugoslavia flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibrahim Lekić

ee also

*Budućnost Sport Society
*Varvari
* http://www.fscg.cg.yu/

External links

* [http://www.fkbuducnost.cg.yu/ FK Buducnost Podgorica Official web page]