FK Bijela is a Montenegrin

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club based in the town of Bijela,

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municipality. During the past seasons, FK Bijela competed in the

Montenegrin Third League The Third League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: Treća Crnogorska Liga / Трећа црногорска лига) is the third and lowest-tier football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the regional unions of the Football Association of Montene ...

– South Region, but currently, senior team is dissolved.

History

FK Bijela was founded at 1946, under the name ''Bokeška pobuna'', and few years later participated in the

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qualifiers as ''Primorac''. During the seventies, the team is refounded, as a member of the Fourth League – South. They were among few sports teams in Bijela, including women

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and

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. Most of their seasons, FK Bijela spent in the lower-rank competition. During the first decades, biggest result of the team were four title of regional, amateur-teams

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(1986, 1988, 1992, 1995). Biggest success in history, FK Bijela made at the 2000–01 season, by winning the title of the Fourth League – South champion. That meant promotion to the

, where they spent three consecutive seasons. After

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, FK Bijela became a member of the

. In summer 2006, the team played in final of the Southern Region Cup, which gained them participation in the 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup. At first leg, FK Bijela hosted most-successful Montenegrin side FK Budućnost and lost 0–4. The match was attended by thousand supporters, which was the biggest attendance in the team's history. Today, FK Bijela is not existing as a senior-team, but plays at younger-team leagues.

Honours and achievements

* Montenegrin Fourth League – 1 **''winners'' (1): 2000–01

Stadium

Stadium in Bijela was built soon after the foundation of FK Bijela. During 2000, following FK Bijela promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League, on stadium was built one stand, with capacity of 700 seats. In 2016, local authorities stated that they are planning a reconstruction of the stadium.

References

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History

Honours and achievements

Stadium

See also

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