FK Lovćen

Period 1913–1941

The club was founded on 20 June 1913, as a Workers' sports club Lovćen (RŠK Lovćen). Among the founders were Montenegrin painters Luka and Milo Milunović, and Luka Milunović was the first president and a captain of the team.^[1]
As the oldest Montenegrin football club, Lovćen participated in its first national competitions in the 1910s and 1920s. First trophy of Lovćen was 'Sports olympiad' on Cetinje 1914, a tournament which included football clubs from Montenegro, Albania and Austria-Hungary.^[2] Until World War II, Lovćen won five Montenegrin championships (Spring 1925, Autumn 1925, Spring 1927, Autumn 1928, 1935).^[3][4][5] They also won two Zeta Olympiad annual tournaments (1926, 1927) and seven City Championships of Cetinje. During that era, Lovćen had strong rivals in another club from Cetinje, SK Crnogorac, and in two clubs from Podgorica, FK Budućnost and GSK Balšić. These four teams were the best football clubs in Montenegro before World War II.
For supporting the prohibited Labours' Party, FK Lovćen was prohibited during the 1937, same as FK Budućnost. The club was renewed in 1944 and in 1945. Lovćen played its first matches after the restructuring. That year, in Cetinje, Lovćen and Budućnost played the first Montenegrin clubs' match after World War II. Budućnost won – 4:2.

Montenegrin championship - Elimination tournament for Montenegrin football clubs; 'Zeta olympiad' - Cup tournament for Montenegrin football clubs; 'Sports olympiad' - tournament held on Cetinje, with participation of clubs from Montenegro, Albania and Austria-Hungary.

Period 1945–1992

With FK Budućnost (Podgorica), FK Sutjeska (Nikšić) and FK Arsenal (Tivat), Lovćen was a member of the first official football competition after World War II - 1946 Montenegrin Republic League. FK Lovćen finished as a second team and gained an opportunity to participate in the qualifiers for the inaugural season of Yugoslav First League, but didn't succeed. In the first leg, Lovćen won against Makedonija Skopje (3:0), and in the second they eliminated Borac Banja Luka (5:1, 5:1). In the last qualifier for the First League, Lovćen lost against Metalac Beograd (0:2, 2:6).
Another chance to get promotion to the First League, Lovćen got as a champion of Yugoslav Second League – group 'B' in 1956. In the first leg, Lovćen eliminated Zenica (2:1, 0:0) and participated in the play-off group. During the group matches, the club from Cetinje played against Vardar Skopje (1:2, 0:2), Lokomotiva Zagreb (4:1, 1:6) and Borovo (2:1, 1:0). After the six group matches Lovćen failed to get promotion, with one point below the First League zone.
In their third and last play-off for the First League in the SFR Yugoslavia, in 1957, Lovćen was eliminated in the first qualifying leg against Željezničar Sarajevo (0:0, 0:2).
One more big success of Lovćen was in 1947, by winning the U21 Championship title of Yugoslavia.
Until the collapse of Yugoslavia, Lovćen usually participated in Yugoslav Second League. Montenegro's oldest club played 552 games in that competition. The best performance in a united Yugoslav Second division was achieved in the 1954/55 season, when together with seven wins, two draws and nine defeats, they secured sixth place in the standings. The most successful season, however, was in 1968/69 – Lovćen won fourth place with a score of 12–11–7. After Budućnost and Sutjeska, Lovćen was the most successful Montenegrin club at that time.

Period 1992–2006

In the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003), and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006), Lovćen played in the second and third league. The best results, Lovćen made during the 1998/99 season, when they finished the Second league 8th of 18 table places. For a few seasons, the club was the winner of the Montenegrin Republic Cup.
During the last days of the Serbia and Montenegro Federation, Lovćen was relegated in the Third League (Montenegrin Republic League) and in its last seasons (2004/05, 2005/06) they made the weakest appearances during the newest history.

Period 2006–

After the independence of Montenegro, Lovćen participated in the first season of the Montenegrin Second League. Lovćen finished first in the 2006/2007 season of the Second League, and was directly promoted to the Montenegrin First League.
At the first match in the First League, Lovćen played on 11 August 2007. against OFK Petrovac in Cetinje – 2:2, with attendance of 2,000 supporters. In 2009, for the first time since the independence, Lovćen appeared in the final Cup of Montenegro, when they lost the game against OFK Petrovac. Before that match, in the semifinals, Lovćen eliminated FK Budućnost.
Lovćen made its greatest success in the First League during the 2013/14 season. After the first half-season, the club from Cetinje finished third. During the spring season, the club made a historic row of 11 matches without a loss (7 consecutive wins). Lovćen finished the season in second place, which was the best ever result in the club's history.
In the same season, on 21 May 2014, for the first time, Lovćen won the Montenegrin Cup. During the 2013/2014 Montenegrin Cup, Lovćen eliminated Zora (1:0), Crvena stijena (8:0, 1:2), Zeta (1:0, 1:2) and Petrovac (3:0, 0:0). In the finals, Lovćen won the game against Titograd, so the club from Cetinje won their first national trophy.
With that success, for the first time in the club's history, Lovćen qualified for the European Cups.
After 10 consecutive seasons in top-tier competitions, in the 2016/17 season, FK Lovćen finished in 11th position, so they were relegated to Montenegrin Second League. They spent a single season in second-tier, with comeback to First League after the playoffs against Kom (2–1; 0-0). Next year, FK Lovćen made an impressive result in Montenegrin Cup, crowned with third performance in the finals. But, in the game for trophy, team from Cetinje was defeated against Budućnost (0–4). At the same time, FK Lovćen was relegated from the First League, again after the playoffs against Kom (0–1; 0–1).
The worst days in the history of club started on 2019/20 season. FK Lovćen finished as ninth on the table, which meant relegation to Montenegrin Third League. That was the first-ever performance of FK Lovćen in the bottom-tier competition. In October 2020, they reached another depth when they were beaten 10–1 by Obilić.^[6]

Matches

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Željezničar Sarajevo	0–1	0–0	0–1

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Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round

Current squad

As of 20 May 2024 ^[8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  UKR Roman Antonenko — MF  MNE Luka Bojić — DF  MNE Danilo Bracanović — MF  MNE Božidar Bujiša — MF  MNE Matija Ćupić — DF  MNE Marko Draganić — FW  MNE Nikola Draganić — MF  MNE Luka Drmač — MF  MNE Benjamin Kacić — FW  MNE Vladan Kaluđerović — DF  ISR Elad Koren Pinto — GK  MNE Petar Kustudija — DF  MNE Igor Marković — FW  MNE Vuk Milačić — MF  MNE Nikola Mudreša — FW  MNE Baćo Nikolić — DF  MNE Zaid Niković — MF  MNE Ivan Pejaković — MF  MNE Miloš Pejaković

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MNE Matija Pejović — GK  MNE Jovan Perović — MF  MNE Nikola Perović — FW  MNE Balša Radović — DF  MNE Miloš Radunović — DF  MNE Ilija Radunović — FW  JPN Tatsuto Sensui — FW  MNE Savo Stojanović — MF  BIH Amer Tabak — MF  MNE Borko Tomašević — MF  MNE Nikola Tripković — MF  MNE Vuko Vicković — FW  MNE Miljan Vučeljić — MF  MNE Andrija Vujičić — DF  MNE Filip Vujović — MF  MNE Risto Vujović — GK  MNE Vuko Vujović — FW  MNE Stanko Vušurović — MF  MNE Petar Zuber

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Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Lovćen players.

During the history, several notable players started their careers or played for FK Lovćen. Below is the list of international players and domestic players who, during their career, played for FK Lovćen and their national teams at full international level.

Current staff

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Position	Staff
Manager	Dragan Kanatlarovski
Assistant Manager	Đuro Mijušković
Goalkeeping coach
U21 Team coach	Filip Radojičić
U17 Team coach	Predrag Vukotić
U14 coach	Ivan Vujović
U12 Coach	Gojko Ražnatović

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