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(previously, the club also appeared under the names ZRK Buducnost MONET, Buducnost Brillant and Buducnost Titograd). Among the numerous titles, Budućnost is two-times winner of

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The club was founded on February 13, 1949, and played its first official game in 1950. The first trophy, the Cup of

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, was won in 1984. In 1985, ŽRK Budućnost won the Yugoslavian championship, and went on to win their first European title (

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) that same year. At the time, the club was pronounced as "the best in the country". As of 1988/1989 season, ŽRK Budućnost dominated the national competition, and was the champion of all the now defunct countries –

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. The club continued to dominate the national championship in

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since it gained independence in 2006.
ŽRK Budućnost won the titles of European Champion twice - on seasons

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and

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. ŽRK Budućnost is strongly supported by Budućnost sports fans, the ''Varvari''. ŽRK Budućnost is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sports society.

Kits

Records of achievements

;International titles (6) * Champions League: **Winners (2):

: **Winners (3):

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**Winners (1):

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* Women's Regional Handball League: **Winners (8): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 ;National Championships (32) * Yugoslav Championship: **Winners (4): 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992 * FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Championship: **Winners (14): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 * Montenegrin Championship: **Winners (14): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 ;National Cups (26) *

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: **Winners (2): 1984, 1989 * FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Cup: **Winners (9): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 *

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: **Winners (15): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 ;Others *4 times named The Best Club of Yugoslavia (1985, 1987, 1993, 1998)

Champions League

*1985/86 1/2 FINAL *1989/90 1/4 FINAL *1990/91 1/4 FINAL *1995/96 1/8 FINAL *1996/97 1/8 FINAL *1997/98 1/2 FINAL *1998/99 1/2 FINAL *1999/00 1/2 FINAL *2000/01 1/2 FINAL *2001/02 1/2 FINAL *2002/03 1/4 FINAL *2003/04 1/4 FINAL *2004/05 Group Matches *2005/06 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner *2006/07 Group Matches *2007/08 Group Matches 3rd – CWC 1/8 FINAL *2008/09 Main Round *2009/10 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner *2010/11 1/2 FINAL *2011/12 Winner *2012/13 Main Round *2013/14 Runner-up *2014/15 Winner *2015/16 Final Four - 4th *2016/17 Final Four - 4th *2017/18 Quarter-final *2018/19 Quarter-final *2020/21 Quarter-final *2021/22 Group Matches

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Andrea Škerović * 12 Armelle Attingré * 16 Marija Marsenić * 33 Anastasija Babović * 87 Jovana Kadović ;Wingers ;RW * 11 Bruna Zrnić * 37 Nina Bulatović ;LW * 83 Milica Anđušić * 88 Nadja Kadović * 91 Ivona Pavićević ;Line players * 97 Nikolina Vukčević ;Back players ;LB * 6 Ivana Mitrović * 13 Andrijana Popović * 95 Ilda Kepić ;CB *5 Nataša Ćorović * 10

Matea Pletikosić Matea Pletikosić (born 24 April 1998) is a Croatian-born Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost and the Montenegrin national team. She played for Croatia in youth categories, but chose to play for Montenegro ) , image_map ...

* 15 Gordana Marsenić ;RB *9 Jelena Vukčević * 14

Katarina Džaferović Katarina Džaferović (born 14 July 2002) is a Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team, Montenegrin national team. She was selected as part of the Montenegrin squad for the 2020 ...

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022-23 season'' ; Joining *

Milena Raičević Milena Raičević née Knežević, (born 12 March 1990) is a Montenegrin international handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. International career She was part of the Montenegro international set-up since the ...

(CB) (from Kastamonu Bld. GSK) *

Adriana Cardoso de Castro Adriana Cardoso de Castro (born 29 October 1990) is a Brazilian handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Brazilian national team. Achievements * Danish League: **Winner: 2011/12 * Spanish División de Honor Femenina: **Winner: 2012/13, ...

(RW) (from

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) * Mari Plamenova Tomova (LB) (from

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) * Ivana Godeč (LP) (from

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) ; Leaving * Tatjana Brnović (LP) (to

Rostov-Don Rostov-Don (russian: Ростов-Дон) is a female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven tim ...

) * Anastasija Babović (GK) (to

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) *

Valeriia Maslova Valeriia Olegovna Maslova (russian: Валерия Олеговна Маслова; born 23 January 2001) is a Russian handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and the Russian national team. International honours * Youth World Championship: * ...

(RB) (to

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) *

(CB) (to

RK Krim Rokometni klub Krim ( en, Krim Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Krim was founded in 1984 and has won the ...

)

Staff members

''Staff for the 2021–22 season.'' * Head Coach:

Bojana Popović Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recogniti ...

* Assistant Coach:

Maja Savić Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976 in Berane, Montenegro) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slage ...

* Goalkeeping Coach: Novak Ristović * Fitness Coach: Danica Delić * Fiziotherapeut: Andrija Damjanović * Fiziotherapeut: Mitar Vujović * Physiotherapist: Bojana Jeličić * Statistician: Vladimir Kovačević

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

:''(All-Time) – Last updated after the 2021/22 season'' *There is no data available from 4 seasons (1998-2002).

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

Notable former players

* Marijana "Maja" Bulatović * Zorica Pavićević * Katica Lješković * Olga Sekulić * Svetlana Antić * Ljiljana Vučević * Mirsada Ganić * Vesna Durković * Dragana Pešić * Marta Bojanović * Mirjana Milović * Milanka Šćepanović * Tatjana Jeraminok * Anica Đurović *

* Dragica Orlandić * Mira Čelebić *

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* Sanja Jovović * Marina Rakočević * Snežana Damjanac * Radmila Petrović *

Anđela Bulatović Anđela Bulatović née Dragutinović, (born 15 January 1987) is a retired Montenegrin handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2012 *EHF Cup Winners' ...

Sonja Barjaktarović Sonja Barjaktarović (born 11 September 1986) is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 20 ...

Marija Jovanović Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985) is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for the Montenegrin national team. She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Montenegrin team placed sixth, and Jov ...

* Ana Radović * Biljana Novović * Suzana Lazović *

Mirjana Milenković Mirjana Milenković (born 14 March 1985) is a former Montenegrin handball goalkeeper who plays for the Montenegrin national team. Club career Milenković started to play handball in Serbian club Radnički from Belgrade. In 2003, she joined Knja ...

Katarina Bulatović Katarina Bulatović (born 15 November 1984) is a retired Montenegrin handball player that played the right back position. Career Internationally she represented Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia, before opting to play for Montenegro in 2011. She ...

* Ana Đokić * Gabriella Markoč *

Marta Batinović Marta Batinović (; born 20 April 1990) is a Croatian-born Montenegrin female handball player who plays as a goalkeeper for SCM Gloria Buzău and the Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champi ...

Jelena Despotović Jelena Despotović (born 30 April 1994) is a Montenegrin handball player for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team, Montenegrin national team. She won the Women's EHF Champions League, ...

Dijana Ujkić Dijana Ujkić (in Albanian: Diana Ujkaj ,born 5 July 1996) is a Montenegrin handball player for Minaur Baia Mare and the Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most imp ...

* Đurđina Malović *

Ljubica Nenezić Ljubica Nenezić (born 15 January 1997) is a Montenegrin handball player for HC Gloria Buzău and the Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Semifinalist'': 2016 *EHF Cup The EHF European League is ...

Đurđina Jauković Đurđina Jauković (born 24 February 1997) is a Montenegrin handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and the Montenegrin national team. Achievements National team * European Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2022 European *EHF Champions ...

* Ema Ramusović *

Majda Mehmedović Majda Mehmedović (born 25 May 1990) is a retired Montenegrin handball player and a former player of the Montenegrin national team. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. International honours Club *EHF Champions League: **Winner ...

Jovanka Radičević Jovanka Radičević (born 23 October 1986) is a Montenegrin handball player for RK Krim Mercator and a former player of the Montenegrin national team. She is considered to be the best right wing of all-time. International honours *EHF Champi ...

Marina Rajčić Marina Rajčić née Vukčević, (born 24 August 1993) is a Montenegrin handball goalkeeper for Siófok KC and the Montenegrin national team. She is married to Vladimir Rajčić. Achievements *Montenegrin Championship: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011 ...

Itana Grbić Itana Grbić, (born 1 September 1996) is a Montenegrin handball player who plays for Brest Bretagne Handball and the Montenegrin national team. Itana is the younger sister of Montenegrin footballer Petar Grbić. International honours *EHF Cha ...

* Tatjana Brnović * Sandra Kolaković *

Dragica Đurić Dragica Đurić, (former Krstić, sr-cyrl, Драгица Ђурић; born 26 March 1963 in Šabac, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian-Yugoslav handball player who played for the Yugoslavia national team and the Serbia and Montenegro natio ...

* Biljana Balać * Tanja Tomanović * Jelena Jovanović * Zlata Paplacko *

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* Ana Vojčić *

Dragana Cvijić Dragana Cvijić (born 15 March 1990) is a Serbian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Serbian national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2012'', ''2015'' *World Championship: **''Finalist'': 2013 Individu ...

Željka Nikolić Željka Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Жељка Николић; born 12 July 1991) is a Serbian female handball player for CSM București and the Serbian national team. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of the city ...

Sanja Vujović Sanja Vujović (née Damnjanović; born 25 May 1987) is a retired Serbian female handball player. Achievements *Slovenian Championship: **''Winner'': 2009 *Slovenian Cup: **''Winner'': 2009 *Serbian Championship: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011 *Serbia ...

* Andrea Lekić * Iva Perica * Dalija Erceg *

Sanela Knezović Sanela Knezović (born 22 December 1979) is a Herzegovinian-born Croatian people, Croatian Team handball, handballer. Club career Knezović started to play handball in 1990 in Mostar. Her first coach was Nikola Stipić. Unfortunately Knezovi� ...

Dijana Jovetić Dijana Jovetić (née Golubić; born 21 May 1984 in Zagreb) is a Croatian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players ...

* Katarina Ježić * Neli Irman * Barbara Lazović * Dragana Pecevska, Dragana Ristova * Natalya Lapitskaya, Natalya Cigankova * Natalya Anisimova (handballer), Natalya Anisimova * Inna Mokhova * Nigina Saidova * Elena Dmitrieva *

* Larysa Karlova * Lyudmyla Shevchenko * Nina Lobova, Nina Getsko * Tetyana Vorozhtsova * Svitlana Morozova * Hanna Burmystrova * Izabela Puchacz * Monika Marzec * Kinga Achruk * Gabriela Tănase, Gabriela Đukanović * Cristina Neagu * Cristina Laslo * Stanka Božović * Tatyana Dzhandzhgava * Tanja Logwin * Irina Sirina * Piroska Szamoránsky * Clara Woltering * Claudine Mendy * Allison Pineau * Camilla Dalby * Darly Zoqbi * Emily Stang Sando * Bárbara Arenhart

Head coach history

* Pero Milošević * Vinko Kandija * Aleksandr Panov (handballer), Aleksandr Panov * Nikola Petrović (handballer), Nikola Petrović * Duško Milić * Milorad Milatović * Tone Tiselj (2007–2008) * Gyula Zsiga (2008–2010) * Dragan Adžić (2010–2020) *

(2020–present)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zrk Buducnost T-Mobile Budućnost Podgorica Deutsche Telekom Montenegrin handball clubs Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia