ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
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Full name | Ženski Rukometni Klub Budućnost | ||
Short name | ŽRK Budućnost | ||
Founded | 1949 | ||
Arena | Morača Sports Center and Bemax Arena | ||
Capacity | 6000 and 2,200 | ||
President | Radmila Petrović | ||
Head coach | Bojana Popović | ||
Captain | Milena Raičević | ||
League | Montenegrin Championship | ||
2021–22 | 1st | ||
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Website Official site |
ŽRK Budućnost is a professional women's handball team from Podgorica, Montenegro (previously, the club also appeared under the names ZRK Buducnost MONET, Buducnost Brillant and Buducnost Titograd). Among the numerous titles, Budućnost is two-times winner of EHF Women's Champions League
The club was founded on February 13, 1949, and played its first official game in 1950. The first trophy, the Cup of Yugoslavia, was won in 1984. In 1985, ŽRK Budućnost won the Yugoslavian championship, and went on to win their first European title (Cup Winners' Cup) that same year. At the time, the club was pronounced as "the best in the country". As of 1988/1989 season, ŽRK Budućnost dominated the national competition, and was the champion of all the now defunct countries – SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro. The club continued to dominate the national championship in Montenegro since it gained independence in 2006.
ŽRK Budućnost won the titles of European Champion twice - on seasons 2012 and 2015.
ŽRK Budućnost is strongly supported by Budućnost sports fans, the Varvari.[1]
ŽRK Budućnost is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sports society.
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Records of achievements
- International titles (6)
- Champions League:
- Cup Winners' Cup:
- EHF Cup
- Winners (1): 1987
- Women's Regional Handball League:
- Winners (8): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
- National Championships (34)
- Yugoslav Championship:
- Winners (4): 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992
- FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Championship:
- Winners (14): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Montenegrin Championship:
- Winners (16): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- National Cups (28)
- Yugoslav Cup:
- Winners (2): 1984, 1989
- FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Cup:
- Winners (9): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
- Montenegrin Cup:
- Winners (17): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Others
- 4 times named The Best Club of Yugoslavia (1985, 1987, 1993, 1998)
Champions League
- 1985/86 1/2 FINAL
- 1989/90 1/4 FINAL
- 1990/91 1/4 FINAL
- 1995/96 1/8 FINAL
- 1996/97 1/8 FINAL
- 1997/98 1/2 FINAL
- 1998/99 1/2 FINAL
- 1999/00 1/2 FINAL
- 2000/01 1/2 FINAL
- 2001/02 1/2 FINAL
- 2002/03 1/4 FINAL
- 2003/04 1/4 FINAL
- 2004/05 Group Matches
- 2005/06 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner
- 2006/07 Group Matches
- 2007/08 Group Matches 3rd – CWC 1/8 FINAL
- 2008/09 Main Round
- 2009/10 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner
- 2010/11 1/2 FINAL
- 2011/12 Winner
- 2012/13 Main Round
- 2013/14 Runner-up
- 2014/15 Winner
- 2015/16 Final Four - 4th
- 2016/17 Final Four - 4th
- 2017/18 Quarter-final
- 2018/19 Quarter-final
- 2020/21 Quarter-final
- 2021/22 Group Matches
- 2022/23 1/8 FINAL
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2023-24 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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Staff members
- Staff for the 2023–24 season
- Head Coach: Bojana Popović
- Assistant Coach: Maja Savić
- Goalkeeping Coach: Novak Ristović
- Fitness Coach: Danica Delić
- Fiziotherapeut: Andrija Damjanović
- Fiziotherapeut: Mitar Vujović
- Statistician: Vladimir Kovačević
Statistics
Top scorers in the EHF Champions League
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Notable former players
- Marijana "Maja" Bulatović
- Zorica Pavićević
- Katica Lješković
- Olga Sekulić
- Svetlana Antić
- Ljiljana Vučević
- / Stanka Božović
- Mirsada Ganić
- Vesna Durković
- Dragana Pešić
- Marta Bojanović
- Mirjana Milović
- Milanka Šćepanović
- Tatjana Jeraminok
- Anica Đurović
- Maja Savić
- Dragica Orlandić
- Mira Čelebić
- Aida Dorović
- Bojana Popović
- Sanja Jovović
- Marina Rakočević
- Snežana Damjanac
- Radmila Petrović
- Anđela Bulatović
- Sonja Barjaktarović
- Marija Jovanović
- Ana Radović
- Biljana Novović
- Suzana Lazović
- Mirjana Milenković
- Katarina Bulatović
- Ana Đokić
- Gabriella Markoč
- Marta Batinović
- Jelena Despotović
- Dijana Ujkić
- Đurđina Malović
- Ljubica Nenezić
- Đurđina Jauković
- Ema Alivodić
- Majda Mehmedović
- Jovanka Radičević
- Marina Rajčić
- Itana Grbić
- Tatjana Brnović
- Matea Pletikosić
- Sandra Kolaković
- Dragica Đurić
- Biljana Balać
- Tanja Tomanović
- Jelena Jovanović
- Zlata Paplacko
- Ljiljana Knežević
- Ana Vojčić
- Dragana Cvijić
- Željka Nikolić
- Sanja Vujović
- Andrea Lekić
- Iva Perica
- Dalija Erceg
- Sanela Knezović
- Dijana Jovetić
- Katarina Ježić
- Neli Irman
- Barbara Lazović
- Dragana Ristova
- Natalya Cygankova
- Natalya Anisimova
- Inna Mokhova
- Nigina Saidova
- Elena Dmitrieva
- Valeriia Maslova
- Larysa Karlova
- Lyudmyla Shevchenko
- Nina Getsko
- Tetyana Vorozhtsova
- Svitlana Morozova
- Hanna Burmystrova
- Izabela Puchacz
- Monika Marzec
- Kinga Achruk
- Gabriela Đukanović
- Cristina Neagu
- Cristina Laslo
- Tatyana Dzhandzhgava
- Tanja Logwin
- Irina Sirina
- Piroska Szamoránsky
- Clara Woltering
- Claudine Mendy
- Allison Pineau
- Camilla Dalby
- Darly Zoqbi
- Emily Stang Sando
- Bárbara Arenhart
Head coach history
- Pero Milošević
- Vinko Kandija
- Aleksandr Panov
- Nikola Petrović
- Duško Milić
- Milorad Milatović
- Tone Tiselj (2007–2008)
- Gyula Zsiga (2008–2010)[3][4]
- Dragan Adžić (2010–2020)[5]
- Bojana Popović (2020–present)[6]
References
- ^ "Varvari - "U mome srcu jedina"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Buducnost Podgorica". European Handball Federation.
- ^ MTI (2010-01-18). "Zsiga Gyula elhagyta a Podgoricát". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ JÓZSEF, HEKA LÁSZLÓ, SIMON (2008-06-22). "Zsiga Gyula a montenegrói Buducsnoszt Podgoricánál folytatja - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
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