FK Bratstvo is a Montenegrin football club based in Ljajkovići (

Zeta Plain The Zeta Plain ( cnr, Зетска равница, Zetska ravnica, ) is a fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches from Podgorica in the north to the Skadar Lake in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro, with an average elevati ...

), a suburb of

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

. The club was founded in 1975 and currently competes 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 ...

. One of the first coaches:Terzic Slobodan

History

Founded in 1975, FK Bratstvo is a second football team from the territory of Urban Municipality of Golubovci (part of

Capital). Oldest and much successful is

FK Zeta FK Zeta is a football club from Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. It plays in the Montenegrin Second League. The club was the inaugural champion of the Montenegrin First League in 2006–07 season. History Period 1 ...

.
From their beginnings, FK Bratstvo played in the Fourth League - Central, but without any significant results during the SFR Yugoslavia era. Their first biggest success came during the 1995–96 season. FK Bratstvo won the title in the Fourth League and gained its first-ever promotion to

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 ...

.
The team spent 10 consecutive seasons in Republic League. During that time, at February 2003, FK Bratstvo made biggest result on one single game, by eliminating strongest Montenegrin side FK Budućnost from Montenegrin Republic Cup first round.
After

Montenegrin independence An independence referendum was held in Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Montenegro on 21 May 2006.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1372 It was approved by 55.5% of voters, narrowly pass ...

, FK Bratstvo became a member of

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 League ...

. From 2007, the team was moved from the old stadium in Cijevna village to neighbouring Ljajkovići. All the time since 2006, FK Bratstvo spent in Second League.
Historical results of FK Bratstvo came on seasons 2009-10 and 2015-16, when the team finished at third place, which gained them playoffs for First League. On 2009–10 First League playoffs, FK Bratstvo lost against

FK Mornar Fudbalski klub Mornar is a Montenegrin professional football club, based in the coastal town of Bar. They currently compete in the Montenegrin First League. History FK Mornar (''FC Sailor'') was founded in December 1923, as ''JSK Crnojević''. ...

(0–1; 1–2). Six years after that, Bratstvo lost another chance for historical First League promotion, after 2015-16 playoff games against FK Iskra (2–2; 0–6).
On season 2016–17, FK Bratstvo finished as a last-placed team. So, after 11 consecutive seasons in the Second League, they were relegated to the third-tier competition.

Honours and achievements

* Montenegrin Fourth League – 1 **''winners'' (1): 1995-96

Current squad

Stadium

Until 2007, FK Bratstvo played their home games in the village of Cijevna, near the

Aluminium Plant Podgorica The Aluminium Plant Podgorica ( cnr, Комбинат aлуминијума Подгорица, Kombinat aluminijuma Podgorica, abbr. KAP), also known latterly as Uniprom KAP, is a Montenegrin aluminium smelter company located in Podgorica, Monten ...

. But, during the 2007, new stadium was built in neighbouring village Ljajkovići. Since then, FK Bratstvo plays all their games at Ljajkovići stadium.
The stadium meets criteria for Second League games, but not for top-league matches.

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