FK Zeta

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FK Zeta Golubovci

Full name

Fudbalski klub Zeta Golubovci

Founded

1927

Ground

Stadion Trešnjica
Golubovci,
Montenegro
(Capacity 7,000)

Chairman

Radojica Božović

Manager

Mladen Vukičević

League

First League

2006-07

First League, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

FK Zeta (Serbian: Фудбалски клуб Зета, Fudbalski klub Zeta) is a football club from Montenegro. It is based in Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica.

1 History
2 Current team
- 2.1 Squad changes just before and during 2007/08 season
- 2.2 Players out on Loan
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The club was formed in 1927 as FK Danica. In 1945 it was renamed to FK Napredak. In 1955 it was renamed to FK Zeta.

From the end of World War II until 1962 Zeta competed in the local Titograd municipal area league. That year they finally gained promotion to the provincial league of Montenegro where they played until 1996 when they qualified for competition at federal level in Second Federal League. Year 1996 was also significant because club was taken over by controversial businessman and former JSO paramilitary Radojica "Rajo" Božović who is still at Zeta's helm. In 2000, the club made its long-awaited final step forward, gaining promotion to the Yugoslav First Federal League.

Though still playing in the dilapidated Trešnjica Stadium, the club has made enormous strides from the days when it was basically a semi-professional side. Zeta finished the 2004/2005 season in third place in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, just behind Belgrade powerhouses Partizan and Red Star. That success allowed the club to compete in UEFA Cup where it put in a decent showing.

Additionally, Zeta started producing notable young talent like Miloš Marić who transferred to Greek giants Olympiakos in the Summer of 2004, as well as brothers Bojan and Nenad Brnović, and Branimir Petrović who were all signed by Partizan, and most recently Milanko Rašković and Nikola Trajković who transferred to Red Star Belgrade.

Following Montenegro's independence the club won the inaugrual Montenegrin First League in 2006-07 and were the country's first representatives in the UEFA Champions League for 2007-08. After beating FBK Kaunas in the First Qualifying Round they lost against Rangers in the Second Qualifying Round. During the home tie against Rangers, a minority of Zeta fans were heard racially abusing American DaMarcus Beasley and French teammate Jean-Claude Darcheville, prompting a UEFA investigation.^[1]

There Fan's are known as the 'Vukovi Zeta'.

[edit] Current team

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Saša Ivanović
12	GK	Alexsander Jović
2	DF	Miroslav Kaluđerović
3	DF	Mladen Kaluđerović
4	DF	Bojan Ivanović
12	DF	Milan Vučković
6	MF	Srđan Bogićević
8	MF	Vladan Peličić
9	FW	Miloš Krkotić
10	MF	Zarija Peličić
11	DF	Aleksandar Nenadović
	FW	Dragan Radoman

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Nikola Franović
14	DF	Branislav Vukomanović
15	DF	Srđan Nikić
16	MF	Aleksandar Kaluđerović
26	MF	Ivan Knežević
28	MF	Vladimir Boljević
34	MF	Blažo Igumanović
39	FW	Marko Đuretić
20	MF	Carlos Mendes
23	MF	Oliveira Do Valle Savio
33	DF	Albuquwrque Marcelo
40	FW	Danilo Ćulafić
	FW	Miloš Đalac
	MF	Marko Colakovic