FK Sutjeska Nikšić
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Sutjeska Football Club) |
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| Nickname(s) |
Plavo-bijeli (The Blue-Whites), Plavi (The Blues) |
| Founded | 1927 (89 years ago) |
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City stadium “Kraj Bistrice” Nikšić, Montenegro |
| Capacity | 5,214 |
| President | Ranko Jovović |
| Manager | Nikola Rakojević |
| League | Telekom 1. CFL |
| 2015–16 | 5th |
| Website | www |
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Fudbalski klub Sutjeska Nikšić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Сутјеска Никшић) football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are white and blue.
The club was established in 1927, but has been known by its current name since 1945. Since Montenegrin independence in 2006, the club has won two Montenegrin First League titles.
FK Sutjeska is a part of SK Sutjeska sports society.
FK Sutjeska is founded at 1927, under the name Sports' club Hajduk (SK Hajduk). Later though (before World War II began), the club changed its name to SK Hercegovac.
Under the name SK Hajduk, the team debuted in official competitions at 1929 - as a participant of Montenegrin Football Championship. Biggest success at that time, team from Nikšić made on Autumn 1929, playing in the Montenegrin Championship finals against SK Crnogorac Cetinje (1-2). During the season 1932, SK Hercegovac played their first official game against FK Budućnost (1-2) and that was the first edition of Montenegrin Derby - the greatest rivalry in the history of Montenegrin football.
Until 1940, the team from Nikšić played only once in the Championship finals, and since the beginning of World War II - the team is disallowed.
After the war, the club was refounded (1945) under the name Sutjeska in honour of Yugoslav communists killed in the Battle of Sutjeska. First game they played on 3 May 1945, against FK Budućnost in Podgorica (2-4). Soon after that, team from Nikšić played in the first football competition after the World War II - 1946 Montenegrin Republic League, winning the third position at the end of season.
First significant success after the war, FK Sutjeska made on season 1948/49, with gaining promotion to Yugoslav Third League. In period 1955-1964, Sutjeska played nine consecutive seasons in Yugoslav Second League. As a member of the Second League, Sutjeska participated in semifinals of 1962–63 Yugoslav Cup.
Historical result of that time, the team made on season 1963-64 - finishing as a champion of Second League, Sutjeska was promoted to the top-tier competition of SFR Yugoslavia. They debuted in Yugoslav First League on 9 August 1964, against Dinamo in Zagreb. During the sixties and seventies, Sutjeska played four seasons in the First League. On season 1971-72, game between Sutjeska and Crvena Zvezda in Nikšić was attended by 19,000 spectators which remained the historical-high attendance on Sutjeska home games.
On season 1973, FK Sutjeska debuted in official international competitions. They represented Yugoslavia in the Balkans Cup, finishing as a second-placed team in the Group A with teams Târgu Mureș and Elbasani.
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