Montenegrin Derby

History

FK Budućnost is founded at 1925, and FK Sutjeska at 1927. So, two teams played their matches before Second World Was. First matches in official competitions, Budućnost and Sutjeska played in Montenegrin Football Championship (1922-1940). First game was played on 09 October 1932 in Nikšić, and Budućnost won 2-1. In period before Second World War, two teams played four official games - FK Budućnost under the name RSK Budućnost and FK Sutjeska under the name SK Hercegovac.
First derby after the War was held on April 1946, when the two clubs played matches in Montenegrin Republic League, for promotion to the inaugural season of the Yugoslav First League. Until now, there was 89 official games between Budućnost and Sutjeska.
As a match of main and strongest clubs from two biggest Montenegrin cities, derby became popular among the citizens from the early history. Some of the highest attendance in Montenegrin football were recorded at the games of Montenegrin Derby. From the 80's, both clubs have organised supporters groups, which gave to a Montenegrin Derby new and often a violent dimension.

Head to head record

GD - Goals of Budućnost first

Record by venue

GD - Goals of Budućnost first

Biggest wins

Budućnost

Sutjeska

Attendance

Attendance by venue

M = Number of matches (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance; L = Lowest attendance; Games played without spectators not included

Supporters

One of crucial aspects of the Montenegrin Derby are the supporters. Supporters of Budućnost are named Varvari (Barbarians) and supporters of Sutjeska are Vojvode (The Dukes). Rivalry of ultras from Podgorica and Nikšić is presented on the football matches since their foundation. During recent history, there is strong ultras rivalry at the basketball matches, too.

Varvari Podgorica

Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians), a group founded in 1987. The group's traditional colours are blue and white, which are also the colours of all the Budućnost sports clubs. For FK Budućnost Podgorica home games, Varvari occupy the northern stand (Sjever) of the Podgorica city stadium. They also have a reserved stand at the Morača Sports Center, as supporters of KK Buducnost basketball club.

Vojvode Nikšić

"The Dukes" (Vojvode) is the popular name for the most ardent Sutjeska supporters. They have been established as in 1988 in Nikšić and today constitute one of the most numerous groups of supporters in Montenegro. Their place is in the eastern stand, and they traditionally follow all the matches of all sports that compete under the Sutjeska name, both home and away matches.

Records and statistics

During the history, through official competitions, Budućnost and Sutjeska played a dozens of matches.

Basketball

From the end of the 90's until today, there is a huge interest about Montenegrin Derby in basketball.
During the era of SFR Yugoslavia, matches between KK Budućnost and KK Sutjeska (earlier named as KK Ibon and KK Nikšić) were not so popular, primarily because the clubs played in the different leagues. While Budućnost played in the First Yugoslav League and after that in YUBA League (FR Yugoslavia), Sutjeska always played in the lower ranks. But, at the end of 90's, two clubs played their first matches in the top-tier competitions. As a champion with dozens national titles of FR Yugoslavia and Montenegro, Budućnost was successful.
At the last seasons, basketball derby Budućnost - Sutjeska became match number one in Montenegro. Especially, derbies are attended by big crowd when they are played in Nikšić. Both supporters group are attending derby, and until today, record attendances were 5,000 (Nikšić) and 4,000 (Podgorica). At the season 2015-16, there was a first edition of Montenegrin Derby at regional ABA League.

Head to head record

Below is a head-to-head record of KK Budućnost - KK Sutjeska games in the top-tier competitions of FR Yugoslavia, Montenegro and regional ABA League.