FK Dečić (

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: ФК Дечић, sq, KF Deçiqi) is a Montenegrin

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club from

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. Currently, the club is member of the

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. It is a part of Dečić sport society.

History

Founded during 1926, it's named after Dečić hill. The team played only non-league matches in period before

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. First official competition in which participated FK Dečić lowest-tier Fourth League - Central in which they participated until the beginning of the seventies. In that era, big local rivalry between FK Dečić and neighbouring

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was born.
First significant success during the

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era was title of Fourth League champion on season 1972–73, which meant promotion of FK Dečić to the third-tier competition

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 ...

.
Most of their seasons until the end of century, FK Dečić spent in the Republic League, with few relegations to the Fourth League. Best successes at that time, Dečić made at seasons 1988–89, with third place in the Montenegrin Republic League and 1989–90, when they were runners-up.
Greatest result in that time, Dečić made at season 2003–04. After hard struggle with FK Lovćen, the team from Tuzi won the champions title in the Republic League and secured historical, first promotion to the

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. FK Dečić debuted in the Second League in the 2004-05 season, and finished high, in third position. Next year, Dečić finished in seventh place.
After Montenegrin independence, FK Dečić became a member of the

( season 2006-07), which was historical result of the team from Tuzi. Dečić played its first game in the First League on 12 August 2006, against FK Mogren in Budva (1-1). A week later, FK Dečić played its first top-division on renovated stadium in Tuzi against Montenegrin strongest side FK Budućnost (0-3) in front of 3,000 spectators. That was a record attendance on FK Dečić home games.
Until 2012, FK Dečić spent six consecutive seasons in the First League. But after the 2011–12 season, the team was relegated to the

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.
Next seasons, the club spent with often promotions and relegations between the First and Second League, with final return to top-division at the 2015-16 season, after great result in the First League playoff matches against FK Mogren (2-1; 5–0). During the next two seasons, with head-coaches

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and

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, FK Dečić made significant results in the First League, finished at the upper half of table.
Era of good results finished after the 2017-18 season, as FK Dečić finished at the bottom and was relegated to the Second League.
Two years later, the team from Tuzi, as a champion of 2019-20 Montenegrin Second League, made another comeback to the top tier. They would start the

2020–21 Montenegrin First League The 2020–21 Montenegrin First League was the 15th season of the top-tier association football in Montenegro. The season began on 14 August 2020 and ended on 25 May 2021. The league winners qualified for a place in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions Lea ...

with a promising 2–0 win at home against the former Montenegrin First League champions FK Budućnost. That

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would become the most successful start to a season in the clubs history.

Talent producing

The best known player to come up through the club is

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who later went on to a notable career with Željezničar and

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and won the

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. Other notable players are

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and

Sanibal Orahovac Sanibal Orahovac (Cyrillic: Санибал Ораховац; born 12 December 1978) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a striker or attacking midfielder. Career Born in Titograd, what is now Podgorica, the capital of ...

First League Record

For the first time, Dečić played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2006–07 season. Below is a list of FK Dečić scores in the First League by every single season.

Honours and achievements

* Montenegrin Cup **''Runners-up (2)'':

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, 2021–22 *

**Winners (2):

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, 2019–20 **''Runners-up (1)'': 2014–15 *

**Winners (1): 2003–04 * Montenegrin Fourth League **Winners (6): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1982–83, 1986–87, 2001–02, 2002–03

European record

''As of match played 14 July 2022'' ;Notes * QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

Players with multiple nationalities

Kristijan Vulaj Kristijan Vulaj (born 25 June 1998) is a Montenegrin Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for OFK Mladost Donja Gorica, Mladost DG, on loan from FK Dečić, Dečić Tuzi and the Montenegro national football team, Montenegro ...

* Jonathan Drešaj * Jovan Nikolić * Mladen Zeljković * Ronaldo Rudović

Notable players

''For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see :FK Dečić players.''
Below is the list of FK Dečić players which made international careers or played for national teams of their countries. *

Historical list of coaches

* Vojo Pejović (Jul 2006 - Sep 2006) * Mladen Vukičević (18 Sep 2006 – Jun 2007) * Bozidar Vuković (Jul 2007 - Jun 2009) *

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(Jul 2009 – Dec 2009) * Slaviša Bozičić (5 Jan 2010 – Jun 2010) * Mladen Vukičević (Jul 2010 – Sep 2011) * Bozidar Vuković (22 Sep 2011 - Jun 2012) *

Fuad Krkanović Fuad (Arabic: فؤَاد ''fū’ād, fou’ād'') (also spelled Fouad, Foud, Fuaad or Foad) is a masculine Arabic given name, meaning "heart" - the beating circulating heart, the concept of "mind and spirit". Its root word is the Arabic verb ' ...

(Jul 2012 – Jun 2013) *

Radim Nečas Radim Nečas (born 26 August 1969) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played for the Czech Republic four times between 1995 and 2000. Nečas made more than 300 top-flight appearances spanning the existence of the Czechoslovak First ...

(Jul 2013 – Mar 2014) *

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(6 Mar 2014 – Apr 2014) * Fuad Krkanović (22 Apr 2014 – Jun 2015) *

(Jul 2015 - Oct 2015) * Fuad Krkanović (28 Oct 2015 – Jun 2016) * Milija Savović (Jul 2016 – Sep 2016) *

(Sep 2016 - Mar 2017) * Fuad Krkanović (Mar 2017) * Edis Mulalić (Mar 2017 - May 2017) * Fuad Krkanović (May 2017 – Jun 2017) *

Mirko Marić Mirko Marić (; born 16 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Monza. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marić represented his native country internationally at youth level. He has Croatian citizenship, and repre ...

(Jul 2017 – Dec 2017) * Viktor Trenevski (Jan 2018 - May 2018) * Fuad Krkanović (May 2018 – Jul 2020) *

(Jul 2020 – Sep 2021) *

Miljan Radović Miljan Radović ( cyrl, Миљан Радовић) is a retired Montenegrin footballer who played as a midfielder. He is well-known for his accurate set pieces that often led to beautiful goals. He is also nicknamed 'The Professor' because of his ...

(Sep 2021 – Apr 2022) * Vladimir Janković (Apr 2022 – Sep 2022) *

Derviš Hadžiosmanović Derviš Hadžiosmanović ( Cyrillic: Дервиш Хаџиосмановић, born 9 August 1958) is a Montenegrin football coach and former player. Playing career Club Born in Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, back then within Yugoslavia, he played ...

(Sep 2022 – )

Stadium

FK Dečić home ground is

Stadion Tuško Polje Stadium Tuško Polje is a football stadium in Tuzi, Podgorica, Montenegro. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of FK Dečić. History During the decades, at location Tuško Polje existed football pitch which didn't meet criter ...

, built during 2006. The stadium was renovated several times, so today it has a capacity of 2,000 seats on two stands. Next phase of works will be expanding of the western stand and after that, capacity of the stadium will be 3,000 seats. 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

Profile by Weltfussballarchiv

Football Association of Montenegro – Official Site

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