Montenegrin First League Playoffs
Montenegrin First League playoffs is a two legs tournament between the teams from Montenegrin First League which above direct relegation, and the teams from Montenegrin Second League which below the direct promotion. Format At the end of each season, 8th and 9th team from Montenegrin First League are playing direct games against 2nd and 3rd team from Montenegrin Second League. Winners are gain a remaining or promotion to the next season of First League, while losers are members of next edition of Second League. In every playoffs, matches are played over two legs - 8th team from First League against 3rd team from Second League, and 9th team from First League against 2nd team from Second League. Until the season 2017-18, when number of First League members is reduced to 10, in playoffs participated 10th and 11th team from highest rank. Participants Participants by season Below is the list of playoffs participants by every single season. Playoffs from 2006 are excluded, because particip ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Montenegrin First League
The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round. The second and third placed team and Montenegrin Cup winner play in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Conference League. The last placed team is directly relegated to the Montenegrin Second League, and the two others are playing in Montenegrin First League playoffs. History Before independence As a part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Montenegrin clubs played in Montenegrin Football Championship which was formed in 1922. Despite the presence of the nationwide Yugoslav Football Championship, Montenegrin teams did not partake in it. Montenegrin Football Championship played until the beg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Zabjelo
Fudbalski klub Zabjelo (English: Football Club Zabjelo) is a Montenegrin football club based in Zabjelo, a suburb of Podgorica. They currently compete in the Montenegrin Third League. History Period 1963-1999 The team was founded in 1963 as ''FK Tara Titograd'', named after one of the most powerful Yugoslav transport companies at that time. During their first seasons, Tara played in the Fourth League - Central region (lowest rank in SFR Yugoslavia). First significant success, the team made in the 1966–67 season, by winning the champion title in the Fourth League - Central, which gained them first-ever promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League (Third rank). After only two seasons in the Republic League, FK Tara made another historical success. In the 1968–69 season, after the hard struggle against FK Rudar and FK Arsenal, Tara finished as a first-placed team, which gained them promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. With that result, FK Tara became the third team ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bar, Montenegro
Bar ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Бар, ; sq, Tivar; it, Antivari or ''Antibari'') is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism. According to the 2011 census, the city proper had 13,503 inhabitants, while the total population of Bar Municipality was 42,068. Name ''Bar'' is a shortened form of ''Antivari''. The name is thought to be derived from the Latin ''Antibarum'' or ''Antibari'', which later in Greek was transformed into ''Antivárion / Antivari'' due to its pronunciation. A name taken because of its location and which means "in front of Bari". Variations are in Italian, ''Antivari / Antibari''; in Albanian, ''Tivari'' or ''Tivar''; in Turkish, ''Bar''; in Greek, Θηβάριον, ''Thivárion'', Αντιβάριον, ''Antivárion''; in Latin, ''Antibarium'' History Ancient times Local archaeological findings date to the Neolithic era. It is assumed that Bar was mentioned as the reconst ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OFK Mladost Donja Gorica
Omladinski fudbalski klub Mladost DG is a football club from the southwestern part of Podgorica, Montenegro. It was founded in 2019, they currently compete in Montenegrin Second League. History OFK Mladost DG is founded in 2019, as a team from Donja Gorica neighbourhood. From the beginning, the club is operating under an affiliate partnership with FK Podgorica, whose young players are members of OFK Mladost DG. The club made significant results during their first performance in official competitions. In the summer of 2019, OFK Mladost DG won the Central Region Cup and played in the first leg of Montenegrin Cup 2019-20, but they were defeated by FK Drezga (2-4). At the same time, the team started to play in Montenegrin Third League. In their very first season, OFK Mladost DG won the trophy of Third League - Center champion, but failed to get promotion to second-tier, after the playoffs against FK Igalo and FK Berane. Next season, OFK Mladost DG won the Central Region champio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Arsenal Tivat
FK Arsenal is a Montenegrin professional football club based in the coastal town of Tivat, founded in 1914. Currently, the club is competing in the Montenegrin First League. History Period 1914-1940 Founded in 1914, Arsenal is the second oldest football club in Montenegro, after FK Lovćen which was founded a year before. The club was first established as NK Orjen. During 1930, the team was merged with another club from Tivat - NK Zrinjski. After the fusion, the team started to play under the new name NK Arsenal. The name was derived from the nearby naval repair facility "MRTZ Sava Kovačević", known colloquially as Arsenal. NK Arsenal made biggest successes in history in the period between 1925-1940. Team from Tivat at that time played in the Montenegrin Football Championship, with remarkable success at season 1937 - with winning the title of Montenegrin champion. Arsenal became the only club outside Podgorica and Cetinje who won the title on Montenegrin championship in the pe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OFK Titograd
OFK Titograd (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ОФК Титоград) is a professional football club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. Founded in 1951, they play in the Third League of Montenegro. The team has one league trophy and two Montenegrin Cup trophies. OFK Titograd is a member of the European Club Association. History OFK Titograd was formed in 1951 as FK Mladost. Ten years later, the team changed their name to OFK Titograd, which was the name of Podgorica from 1946 until 1992. The club renamed themselves back to Mladost in 1992. In June 2018, the team renamed once again (OFK Titograd), due to respect to older generations and the tradition of Podgorica. Until 2008, and moving to their new stadium at Camp FSCG, Ćemovsko polje, it was the only club from old Podgorica Town (Drač neighbourhood). 1951–2006 FK Mladost, which means ''Youth'' in Montenegrin, was founded in 1951 as a second team from Podgorica center (the first was Yugoslav top-tier side FK Budućnost). Soon a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Lovćen
Fudbalski klub Lovćen is a football club based in Cetinje, Montenegro. It was founded on 20 June 1913. It was named after Mount Lovćen near Cetinje. Lovćen is the oldest football club in Montenegro and one of the oldest in Southeastern Europe. Today, Lovćen is a member of Montenegrin Third League. FK Lovćen is a part of Lovćen Cetinje sports society. History Period 1913–1941 The club was founded on 20 June 1913, as a Workers' sports club Lovćen (RŠK Lovćen). Among the founders were Montenegrin painters Luka and Milo Milunović, and Luka Milunović was the first president and a captain of the team. As the oldest Montenegrin football club, Lovćen participated in its first national competitions in the 1910s and 1920s. First trophy of Lovćen was 'Sports olympiad' on Cetinje 1914, a tournament which included football clubs from Montenegro, Albania and Austria-Hungary. Until World War II, Lovćen won five Montenegrin championships (''Spring 1925, Autumn 1925, Spring ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Podgorica
Fudbalski klub Podgorica, formerly known as OFK Mladost 1970, is a football club from the southwestern part of Podgorica, Montenegro. It was founded in 1970, the club was reactivated during 2014. In the summer 2019, the club was renamed to FK Podgorica. History Period 1970-1980 Founded in 1970 as OFK Mladost, they were one of the numerous clubs from Podgorica which participated in the lowest competitive level in Montenegro at that time. The club played in the Fourth League - Central region. OFK Mladost represented players from Podgorica region Lješkopolje (suburbs Donja Gorica, Gonja Gorica, Donji Kokoti, Farmaci, Grbavci, Beri etc.). At that time, there was another one club from Lješkopolje region - Napredak from Donji Kokoti. The first big success OFK Mladost made during the 1972–73 season was winning the title in the Fourth league. That gained them promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League, a third-tier competition in SFR Yugoslavia football system. OFK Mladost ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Kom
FK Kom is a Montenegrin football club based in Zlatica, a suburb of Podgorica. Founded in 1958, they currently compete in the Montenegrin Second League. The team is known as a first youth club of famous Montenegrin player Predrag Mijatović. History Period: 1958–2000 FK Kom was founded in 1958 in Podgorica suburb Zlatica, named after ''Kom Kučki'', the top of Komovi mountain. At the same time, the name was an acronyme of the words Komunistička omladina Mosora (Communist Youth of Mosor). During their first seasons, Kom played at the lowest-tier rank in SFR Yugoslavia - Fourth League - Central region. First success came at the 1969–70 season, when the team won the title of fourth league champion and gained first promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League. After two seasons in the Republic league (third-tier competition), Kom was relegated to lower rank. After 17 consecutive seasons in the Fourth League, FK Kom became a member of the Republic League again in the 1989– ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Otrant
FK Otrant-Olympic ( Montenegrin: ''Fudbalski klub Otrant-Olympic'', Albanian: ''Klubi Futbollistik Otrant-Olympic'') is a Montenegrin football club based in the coastal town of Ulcinj. They compete in the Montenegrin Second League. History FK Otrant-Olympic is the first football club in Ulcinj, it was founded in 1921, under the name Olcinium. From 1921–1941, the team played only non-official games.After World War II, i.e. during SFR Yugoslavia era, the club played under the name Bjelogorac. From the 1970s, they played in the Fourth League - South (lowest rank). In 1977–78, under the name Ulcinj, the club achieved its highest success to date, finishing as runner-up in the Fourth League. That meant promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League.In 1983, the club was named Otrant, and after a few successful seasons, at the beginning of the 1990s, the club dissolved for one season. A new beginning came in the middle of the decade, and, until 2006, FK Otrant played in the Repub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Rudar Pljevlja
FK Rudar Pljevlja, commonly known as Rudar Pljevlja or simply Rudar, is a football club based in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It currently plays in the Montenegrin First League, the country's highest tier. Rudar have played in the First League since its inception in 2006, and won two league titles in 2009–10 and 2014–15. The club have been the strongest in the Montenegrin Cup, with three triumphs, one runner-up position and two semi-final finishes in the tournament's six seasons. History Rudar (''Miner'') was founded in 1920 as ''Breznik'', renaming itself ''Sandžak'' three years later. The team was aided by members of the 48th Infantry Regiment, who stationed in the town. The club was renamed again after World War II as ''FK Jedinstvo'', but only until another renaming in 1947 in honour of chairman Velimir Jakić. That same year club reached the quarter-finals of the Yugoslav Cup where they were eliminated by top-flight FK Sarajevo 3–2 after extra time. In 1955, the club s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Cetinje
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''. 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. 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. 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, w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |