Rukometni klub Sutjeska is a Montenegrin

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club from

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

. RK Sutjeska is former Cup winner of Montenegro.

History

RK Sutjeska was formed at 1949, and during the decades played in the Montenegrin Republic League, and in the Second Yugoslav League. Biggest successes, Sutjeska made after the

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, when they became a members of the First League. At their first season in that competition (2006/07), Sutjeska won the third place, with first placement to the European cups. A year later, Sutjeska made their historical result – winning the Cup of Montenegro in

Danilovgrad Danilovgrad (Cyrillic: Даниловград) is a town in central Montenegro. It has a population of 6,852, according to the 2011 census. It is situated in the Danilovgrad Municipality which lies along the main route between Montenegro's two la ...

. Until 2014, together with

Lovćen Cetinje Lovćen ( cnr-Cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean 'Black Mountain' and refer to the appearance of Mount ...

, Sutjeska was the only club which competed in every season of the

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

. But, before the 2014/15 season, the club withdrew from the First League, because of financial difficulties. After 8 years in the season 2021/22 Sutjeska back in the First League.

Trophies

* Winner of the Montenegrin Cup (1) ** ''2008.''

Supporters and rivalries

"The Dukes" ''(Vojvode)'' is the popular name for the most ardent Sutjeska fans. They have been established as an NGO in 1988 in

and today constitute one of the most numerous groups of supporters in Montenegro. They traditionally follow all the matches of all sports that compete under the "Sutjeska" name, both home and away matches. The biggest Sutjeska rival is RK Budućnost Podgorica, as the "Barbarians" ''(Varvari)'' are the other large group of supporters in the country.

First League seasons

RK Sutjeska played in the

during the seasons ''2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2021/22.''

Participation in the SEHA League

Except Lovćen, which is a permanent member of the Regional SEHA League, Sutjeska is the only other Montenegrin club which participated in that competition. Sutjeska played in the SEHA league 2011/12 and finished the season at the 10 od 12 places of the table. In that season, Sutjeska played against CO Zagreb (30:33, 27:37), Tatran Prešov (20:26, 22:42),

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(24:29, 23:33), Metalurg Skopje (22:28, 23:31), Nexe Našice (17:32, 19:32),

(20:26, 22:31), Borac Banja Luka (22:32, 20:23), Metaloplastika Šabac (20:22), Izviđač Ljubuški (19:19, 27:29), Bosna Sarajevo (23:17, 24:30) and Crvena zvezda Beograd (29:22, 21:20).

European Cups

Sutjeska played five seasons in the EHF European competitions: 2007/08 –

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2008/09 –

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2009/10 –

2011/12 –

2012/13 –

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Matches

Famous players

* Rade Mijatović *

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* Alen Muratović * Goran Đukanović * Marko Lasica

References

{{Nikšić Sutjeska Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Nikšić