SD Budućnost Podgorica

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Sports 32 active clubs Colors Blue and White		Based in Podgorica
Full name Sportsko društvo Budućnost Podgorica Nicknames Plavo-bijeli (The Blue-Whites) Founded 1925 in Podgorica, Montenegro

Budućnost Podgorica, commonly abbreviated as SD Budućnost, is a sports society organisation from Podgorica, Montenegro.

By number of titles and historical results, it is the most successful sports society in Montenegro, and one of the most successful in the territory of former Yugoslavia. In addition to winning many national titles, various SD Budućnost society clubs have been European champions.

Currently, there are 31 clubs in 29 different sports inside the SD Budućnost organisation. Additionally, one club (men's handball) is dissolved.

Clubs

Currently, multiple clubs in Montenegro of different sports share the name Budućnost. Their management is separate and each operate independently from each other.

Active clubs

Overall 32 active clubs are competing in 29 different team and individual sports.

Dissolved clubs

Men handball club RK Budućnost Podgorica, who had two champion titles, is dissolved at 2011. From 1998 to 2002, in Podgorica existed water polo and swimming club (PVK Podgorica), but not as a part of Budućnost sports club.

Champions of Europe

Teams and sportists of SD Budućnost Podgorica won numerous titles of champions in the highest-level European competitions for clubs. Among them, in team sports, most successful is Women handball club Budućnost, and in the individual sports Karate club Budućnost.

In women handball, ŽRK Budućnost won six titles in European competitions:

Champions League: 2012, 2015

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 1985, 2006, 2010

Women's EHF Cup: 1987

In karate, Karate klub Budućnost won one title of European team champions, and competitors of Karate club Budućnost won 17 titles of European champion.

Two football players which started their career in FK Budućnost won the UEFA Champions League, Dejan Savićević with A.C. Milan and Predrag Mijatović with Real Madrid C.F.. Both players scored goals in the UEFA Champions League final matches.

Honours / team sports

During the history, teams of SD Budućnost in four most popular sports (football, handball, basketball, volleyball) won 120 national and international trophies. Among them are 6 trophies of European competitions' winners, 6 regional (South-European, Balkans or former Yugoslav) leagues, 62 titles of champion of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro or Montenegro and 46 national cup trophies. Except that, Budućnost Podgorica was named as The Best Club of Yugoslavia four times.

Budućnost Football Club

National Championships: 2 (2007–08, 2011–12)

National Cups: 1 (2012–13)

Budućnost Women Football Club

National Championships: 2 (2008-09, 2009–10)

Budućnost Women Handball Club

EHF Champions League: 2 (2011–12, 2014–15)

EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 3 (1984–85, 2005–06, 2009–10)

EHF Cup: 1 (1986–87)

National Championships: 28 (1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993-1994, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)

National Cups: 21 (1983–84, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)

Women Regional Handball League: 5 (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14)

The Best Club of Yugoslavia award: 4 (1984–85, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1997-98)

Budućnost Handball Club

National Championships: 2 (2008–09, 2009–10)

Budućnost Basketball Club

National Championships: 13 (1998–99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)

National Cups: 12 (1995–96, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015-16)

Budućnost Women Basketball Club

National Championships: 9 (2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16)

National Cups: 8 (2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015-16)

Regional Adriatic League: 1 (2015–16)

Budućnost Volleyball Club

National Championships: 5 (2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08)

National Cups: 4 (2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008-09)

Budućnost Women Volleyball Club

National Championships: 1 (2011–12)

Supporters

Just like in the other former-Yugoslav states, where football is the most attended sport, Football Club Budućnost is a most popular sports society in Podgorica and Montenegro. Among them, the biggest attendance during the whole history had FK Budućnost, KK Budućnost and ŽRK Budućnost.

With record attendance during the 70's and 80's, when their games in Podgorica watched up to 20,000 fans, matches of FK Budućnost today are the most attended in Montenegrin First League. Traditionally, Budućnost is most watched guest team in the same competition.
With continuously full stands at the European games (avg. attendance 5,000), ŽRK Budućnost is club with highest average attendance in the history of Women EHF Champions League.
Since the 80's, KK Budućnost is another popular club, whose important games are watched by full-stands in the Morača sports hall. Today, home of KK Budućnost are among the most attended in regional ABA League. At 90's, in the time when Budućnost earned first trophies and played first games in Euroleague, their matches were attended by 7,000 spectators. Since 2004, capacity of Morača hall is reduced.
In the period 1999-2004, extremely popular were games of Volleyball Club Budućnost. Their final match for the first title in club's history (2001–02) against Budvanska Rivijera Budva in Podgorica is watched by 7,500 spectators. That was a historically record attendance in Yugoslav volleyball club competitions.

Varvari

Buducnost ultras 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.
Today, Varvari are attending football, basketball and handball matches. During the past, they attended matches of volleyball club, too.
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. The focal point for the group during the late 1990s was the basketball club, which started investing heavily while the football club toiled in the lower half of the table.
Since foundation years, Varvari gained a reputation of violent group, and in the recent history they made a few biggest accidents on the football matches. At First League 2004-05 game Budućnost - Partizan Belgrade, flares, blocks, construction materials and similar objects were thrown from the North stand to the pitch and match was abandoned for 15 minutes. Year later, game Budućnost - Crvena Zvezda Belgrade was suspended for two hours after home supporters (Varvari) threw tear gas on the pitch and, after that, attacked visitors' ultras. On the spring 2006, there was a crowd violence on the local rivals game Budućnost - Zeta. In the Montenegrin First League, numerous matches of FK Budućnost were suspended due to crowd violence or crowd-invasion to the pitch. During the last seasons, there was an escalation of violence on Montenegrin Derby games.
They are the best organised and largest fan group in Montenegro. According to many fan magazines from the Balkan they are the only fans in Montenegro who are on the level of the largest fan groups from ex-Yugoslavia.

Venues and facilities

SD Budućnost clubs are playing their games in the main sport objects in Podgorica. Notable grounds are Stadion Pod Goricom and Morača Sports Hall.
Below is list of venues and facilities used by clubs under Budućnost Sports Society.

References

SD Budućnost Podgorica Wikipedia

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