FK Cetinje

FK Cetinje

Full name	Fudbalski klub Cetinje
Founded	2023
Ground	Sveti Petar Cetinjski Cetinje, Montenegro
Capacity	5,192
Chairman	Igor Raičević
Manager	Dušan Vlaisavljević
League	Third League South
2021–22	Second League, 10th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

FK Cetinje is a Montenegrin football club based in Cetinje. They currently compete in the Montenegrin Third League.

History

Founded in 1975, Football club Cetinje started as a team of printing house Obod.^[1] So, the first name of the club was FK Štampar. From 1978, the team participated under the name FK Tara, and since 1991 its name changed to FK Cetinje. Club is coming from the town with strong football tradition, and their neighbouring FK Lovćen is the oldest Montenegrin sports club and member of Montenegrin First League.^[2]
First significant success, the team made in the 1980–81 season, by winning the champions' title in Fourth League - Southern region, gaining promotion to Montenegrin Republic League.^[3]
During the eighties and nineties, FK Cetinje spent seasons in third and fourth rank of domestic competition, but always in the shadow of the oldest city rival - FK Lovćen.
After Montenegrin independence, FK Cetinje became a member of the Montenegrin Third League, where they spent three consecutive seasons. In the 2009–10 season, they won a title in Third League - Southern Region, but with defeats against FK Iskra and FK Pljevlja in playoffs didn't succeed to qualify for the Montenegrin Second League.
Historical success came in the 2012–13 season. FK Cetinje won another title in the Third League, but this time won the playoffs against FK Pljevlja and FK Kom.^[4] With that result, FK Cetinje for the first time gained promotion to the Second League. The First game in the Second League, they played on 18 August 2013 in Cetinje against FK Igalo (1:0).
After two second-tier seasons spent in the middle of the table, FK Cetinje made notable success during the 2015–16 season. After autumn half-season, they finished as a leader of the Second League, but during the spring FK Cetinje lost a first-place struggle against FK Jedinstvo and finished second. With that result, FK Cetinje qualified for their first performance in the Montenegrin First League playoffs, where they met OFK Petrovac. After goalless draw on Cetinje, OFK Petrovac won second game (1–0), so FK Cetinje remained a member of the Second League.
After five consecutive seasons in Second League, FK Cetinje was relegated to bottom-tier in 2018. But, after three seasons spent in Third League - South, they made a comeback to higher level on season 2021–22.

Honours and achievements

• Montenegrin Second League – 0
  • runner-up (1): 2015–16
• Montenegrin Third League – 3
  • winners (2): 2009–10, 2012–13, 2020–21
• Montenegrin Fourth League – 5
  • winners (5): 1980–81, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2003–04
• Southern Region Cup – 1
  • winners (1): 2008
  • runner-up (2): 2010, 2012

Players

Current squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MNE Veljko Bajković 3 DF  SRB Aleksandar Colić 8 DF  MNE Milo Ćetković 45 MF  MNE Edin Nikočević 5 DF  MNE Miodrag Stanojevic 20 FW  MNE Branko Martinović 10 MF  MNE Andrija Mirković — MF  MNE Balša Bogićević — MF  MNE Igor Marković

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  MNE Veljko Bajković 14 FW  MNE Marko Strugar -- MF  MNE Aldin Šabotić 22 FW  MNE Đorđe Mujović 16 DF  MNE Nikola Mijanović 13 MF  MNE Luka Ćeranić 7 MF  MNE Ilija Radunović — DF  MNE Marko Roganović — FW  KOS Arbër Sahiti — MF  MNE Ivan Batrićević — MF  MNE Malic Mucevic (on loan from FK Mornar)

Notable players

For the list of former players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Cetinje players.

Stadium

FK Cetinje plays their home games at Stadion Sveti Petar Cetinjski. They are sharing the stadium with local rival FK Lovćen. The stadium has a capacity of 5,192 seats.

See also

• Montenegrin Second League
• Football in Montenegro
• Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)
• Cetinje

References

This page was last edited on 24 May 2024, at 09:38