FK Bokelj is a Montenegrin professional

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club based in the coastal town of

Kotor Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative c ...

. They currently compete in the

Montenegrin Second League The Montenegrin Second League ( Montenegrin: ''Druga crnogorska fudbalska liga'' – ''Druga CFL'' – ''2. CFL'') is the second-top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. Second Montenegrin Leagu ...

History

History of Bokelj started at the second decade of 20th century. The team was founded on 30 July 1922 as ''SK Primorac''. Primorac played its first game against FK Zrinjski Tivat and won 2-1. In 1926, the team was renamed as FK Bokelj and until 1941 played numerous seasons in the Montenegrin Football Championship. In that period, FK Bokelj played four times in the final of the Montenegrin Championship, but never won it.
After the war, Bokelj started to play in the

Montenegrin Republic League Montenegrin Republic League (Montenegrin: ''Crnogorska republička liga'' / ''Црногорска републичка лига'') was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to Yugoslav Second League. Ove ...

in 1947. Only four years later, the team from Kotor were promoted to the

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(''season 1951''). From that year to 1991, FK Bokelj played overall nine seasons in the Yugoslav Second League. During the other seasons, the club participated in the Montenegrin Republic League (third rank of football in

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), winning the title eight times. Except that, in the period between 1988-1992, Bokelj played four seasons in the new-established

Yugoslav Third League Yugoslav Third League ( Serbo-Croat: ''3. Savezna liga'', 3. Савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League. The Yugoslav Third League was ...

.
In 1999, Bokelj gained a new promotion to the Second League, this time in

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football system. Until 2006, they spent seven consecutive seasons in the Second League, with second place in the 2002-03 season as their biggest success at that time.
Historical success, FK Bokelj made in summer 2007, with their promotion to the

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 tea ...

. First game at top-tier, FK Bokelj played on 11 August 2007, against Rudar in

Pljevlja Pljevlja ( srp, Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and ...

(0:0). Best result, FK Bokelj made in the 2015-16 season, finished in fourth-placed team in the First League. With that success, the team gained its first participation in European Competitions (

2016–17 UEFA Europa League The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2017 UEFA Eu ...

), with games against Serbian-side

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

. Until now, the club from Kotor played five seasons in the highest league competition in Montenegro.

First League Record

For the first time, Bokelj played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2007–08 season. Below is a list of FK Bokelj scores in the First League by every single season.

FK Bokelj in European competitions

For the first time, FK Bokelj played in European competitions in the 2016–17 season. Until now, they played one season in European cups.

Honours and achievements

– 2 **''winners'' (2):

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, 2013–14 **'' runners-up (2):'' 2006–07,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

– 8 **''winners'' (8): 1947–48, 1950, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1970–71, 1985–86, 1987-88 * Montenegrin Republic Cup – 2 **''winners'' (2): 1948–49, 1973–74

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status. *

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Bruno Knežević Bruno Knežević (12 March 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a Croatian footballer. He was president of the Football Federation of Croatia, a subassociation of the Football Federation of Yugoslavia, from 1968 to 1971. International career He made h ...

Mladen Kašćelan Mladen Kašćelan ( Cyrillic: Mлaдeн Kaшћeлaн, born 13 February 1983) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as midfielder in Russia for FC Baltika Kaliningrad. Playing career Club In August 2011, he was loaned to ŁKS Łódź on a one-ye ...

Milan Mijatović Milan Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Мијатовић, ; born 26 July 1987) is a Montenegrin professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for FK Borac Banja Luka, Borac Ban ...

* Nikola Nikezić * Dejan Ognjanović *

Danijel Petković Danijel Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Данијел Петковић, ; born on 25 May 1993) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hungarian club Kisvárda and the Montenegro national team. Club career Petković started ...

* Aleksandar Šćekić

Historical list of coaches

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(2007 - Nov 2007) * Ivo Donković (26 Nov 2007 - ) *

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(Jul 2010 - Jun 2012) * Ratko Stevović (Jul 2012 - Jun 2013) * Slobodan Drašković (Jul 2013 - Apr 2017) *

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(14 Apr 2017 - Jun 2017) * Marko Vidojević (1 Jul 2017 - 1 Jan 2018) * Aleksandar Madžar (8 Jan 2018 - Jun 2018) * Milorad Malovrazić (10 Jul 2018 - 27 Apr 2019) *

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(30 Apr 2019 - Dec 2019) *

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(12 Oct 2019 - Jul 2020) * Zoran Krivokapić (22 Oct 2020 - )

Supporters

"Beštije" (The Beasts) is the popular name for FK Bokelj supporters group. Established in 1986, they are the oldest ultras group from Montenegro. Except FK Bokelj, they are also attending games of

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Stadium

Bokelj's home ground is

Stadion pod Vrmcem Stadion Pod Vrmcem is a football stadium in Kotor, Montenegro. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FK Bokelj. The stadium holds 1,000 people. History The first football ground in Kotor was situated at Rakite suburb, ...

at the Rakite suburb in

, near the Adriatic coast. Today, stadium has a capacity of about 2,000 seats on one terrace. Except Bokelj's matches, at the stadion pod Vrmcem every year is playing final match of

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, competition for Third League clubs from south Montenegro.
In addition to the main field is an auxiliary field with artificial grass that is used for competitions in the junior categories.

References

External links

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