Full name | Fudbalski klub Lovćen Cetinje |
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Nickname(s) | Orlovi (Eagles), Crveni (Reds) |
Founded | 1913 |
Ground |
Stadion Obilića Poljana Cetinje, Montenegro |
Capacity | 2,000 |
Manager | Dragan Kanatlarovski |
League | First League |
2015–16 | 9th |
Website | Club home page |
Active sport clubs of SD Lovćen |
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Football | Football Women | Handball |
Basketball | Basketball Women | Athletics |
Volleyball Women | Volleyball | Rugby |
Table tennis | Car racing | Kickboxing |
Powerlifting |
FK Lovćen is a football club based in Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro. It was founded on 20 June 1913. It was named after Mount Lovćen near Cetinje. Lovćen is the oldest football club in Montenegro and one of the oldest in Southeastern Europe.
Today, Lovćen is a permanent member of Montenegrin First League and one of the most successful clubs in domestic competitions. Lovćen won the Montenegrin Cup 2014.
FK Lovćen is a part of Lovćen Cetinje sports society.
The club was foundedon 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.
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 where participated football clubs from Montenegro, Albania and Austro-Hungaria. Until the World War II, Lovćen won five Montenegrin championships (Spring 1925, Autumn 1925, Spring 1927, Autumn 1928, 1935). 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.