FK Budućnost Podgorica

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Full name

Fudbalski klub Budućnost Podgorica

Nickname(s)

Ðetići

Founded

1925

Ground

Stadion Pod Goricom
Podgorica,
Montenegro
(Capacity 18.000)

Chairman

Vladan Vučelić

Manager

Branko Babić

League

First League

2006-07

First League, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost sport society.

1 History
2 League results (last 20 seasons)
3 Stadium
4 Current Squad (2007/2008)
- 4.1 Squad changes in 2007/08 season
5 Notable former players
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1925. In 1946 it becomes the only first league Montenegrin club. It's colours are blue and white. Its biggest successes on the national level came during SFRY in 1965 and 1977 when it played the Yugoslav Cup finals. The best players that have come from Budućnost were Predrag Mijatović, Dejan Savićević and Branko Brnović that achieved extraordinary careers throughout the 1990s.

Buducnost played in RAPAN cup twice, in 1981, when they were first in their group, and 1985. They also played in Balkans Cup final where they lost to FC Inter Sibiu, after they elliminated Galatasaray S.K. in previous round. In 2005, Budućnost played in the Intertoto Cup, against Fc Valleta and Deportivo La Coruña. In 2007 Budućnost played in the UEFA Cup against NK Hajduk Split.

Note that Budućnost Podgorica is also the big name of a basketball, handball and a volleyball teams. Its supporters, Varvari, are the best known organized supporter group in Montenegro. In 2008 FK Buducnost won the league.

[edit] League results (last 20 seasons)

Season	League	Position
1987/88.	First league	7
1988/89.	First league	14
1989/90.	First league	10
1990/91.	First league	17
1991/92.	First league	12
1992/93.	First league	8
1994/95.	First 'B' league	1
1995/96.	First 'B' league	4
1996/97.	First league	10
1997/98.	First league	8
1998/99.	First league	13
1999/00.	First league	12
2000/01.	First league	15
2001/02.	Second league	2
2002/03.	Second league	3
2003/04.	Second league	1
2004/05.	First league	6
2005/06.	First league	14
2006/07.	First league	2
2007/08.	First league	1

[edit] Stadium

FK Budućnost plays its home games at Stadion Pod Goricom, in Podgorica.Stadion Pod Goricom, with 17,000 seats, is also the largest football stadium in Montenegro and a home ground for Montenegro national football team.

Through the history, stadium once completely burned (during the 1950s). Unforgettable matches played at the Stadion pod Goricom are:

SFR Yugoslavia - Luxembourg 0:0 (ECQ, 27 October 1971) - att: 15,000
SFR Yugoslavia - Wales 4:4 (ECQ, 15 December 1982) - att: 17,000
FK Budućnost - Deportivo La Coruna 2:1 (Intertoto Cup, 9 July 2005) - att: 10,000
Montenegro - Hungary 2:1 (first match of national team, 22 March 2007) - att: 13,000

[edit] Current Squad (2007/2008)

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Miroslav Vujadinović
3	DF	Goran Perišić
4	DF	Ivan Čarapić
5	MF	Mirko Raičević
6	MF	Marko Mugoša
8	FW	Novica Gačević
9	FW	Radislav Sekulić
10	MF	Bracan Popović
11	MF	Milan Đurišić
12	GK	Miloš Dragojević
13	MF	Nenad Šofranac
14	MF	Draško Božović

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Balša Božović
16	FW	Bogdan Milić
17	MF	Luka Tiodorović
18	MF	Petar Vukčević
19	FW	Vladan Radunović
20	DF	Boban Čabarkapa
21	DF	Blažo Rajović
22	DF	Nemanja Vuković
25	MF	Ivan Delić
26	MF	Neđeljko Vlahović
	FW	Ivan Vuković
	MF	Siniša Branković