RK Budućnost (Cyrillic: PК Будућност) is a handball club from Podgorica, Montenegro, which was champion of Montenegro for the two times. It is a part of Budućnost sport society.
| RK Budućnost Podgorica | |||
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| Full name | Rukometni klub Budućnost Podgorica | ||
| Nickname(s) | Ðetići | ||
| Arena | Morača Sports Center Podgorica, Montenegro | ||
| Capacity | 4.500 | ||
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History edit
During the most of their history, Budućnost played in the Second Yugoslav League. In the shadow of successful Women's handball team Budućnost, they played only two seasons in the First League during the SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia era.
Successful period in the Budućnost history started after the Montenegrin independence. Budućnost became champion of the Second League 2006/07 and gets promotion to the First League.
With a lot of new players from the whole region, Budućnost won their first trophy of Montenegrin champion at the season 2008/09. Same success, club from Podgorica made one year later. They participated in qualifiers for the EHF Champions League, but after 2010 and a financial collapse, RK Budućnost was dissolved.
In the season 2019–20, RK Budućnost was reactivated.
Trophies edit
- Champion of Montenegro (2)
- 2009, 2010.
First League seasons edit
In the SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro, RK Budućnost participated in the First League during the three seasons: 1990/91, 1991/92, 2000/01.
After the Montenegrin independence, Budućnost played in the Montenegrin First League during the seasons 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10.
European Cups edit
Budućnost played two seasons in the EHF European competitions:
2008/09 - EHF Challenge Cup
2009/10 - EHF Champions League / EHF Cup
Matches edit
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/09 | EHF Challenge Cup | Qual |  Manchester
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39:11 |
| Qual |  LIF Lindesberg
|
34:30 | ||
| Qual |  Karlovac
|
28:28 | ||
| 1/16 |  Sloga Doboj
|
37:19, 32:22 | ||
| 1/16 |  Maritimo da Madeira
|
30:26, 31:28 | ||
| 1/8 |  Beşiktaş Istanbul
|
27:25, 23:26 | ||
| 2009/10 | EHF Champions League | Qual |  Dinamo Minsk
|
27:35 |
| Qual |  Vardar Skopje
|
28:35 | ||
| Qual | Beşiktaş Istanbul
|
31:28 | ||
| EHF Cup | 1/32 | Borac Banja Luka
|
36:30, 29:33 | |
| 1/16 |  TBV Lemgo
|
28:28, 23:46 |
Famous players edit
Alen Muratović- Blažo Lisičić
- Nenad Peruničić
- Marko Rajković
- Igor Marković
Victor Kovalenko- Igor Bakić
- Nemanja Grbović
- Žarko Marković
- Marko Lasica
- Rade Mijatović
- Mirko Milašević
- Žarko Pejović
- Goran Đukanović
Alexandru Cioban
Valeriy Myagkov- Mirko Anđić
- Petar Koćalo
- Danijel Vukićević
Mladen Ivanović- Zoran Mihailović
- Ivan Rajičević
- Dragoslav Stojiljković
