Full name | Fudbalski klub Igalo 1929 |
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Founded | 1929 |
Ground |
Stadion Solila Igalo, Montenegro |
Capacity | 1,600 |
President | Dejan Radulović |
Head Coach | Brajan Nenezić |
League | Second League |
2015-16 | 9 |
Website | Club home page |
FK Igalo is a Montenegrin football club based in Igalo, Herceg Novi municipality. The club was founded in 1929 and currently competes in the Second League of Montenegro.
Founded at 1929, FK Igalo is among the oldest football clubs at the territory of Herceg Novi municipality. Until the seventies, FK Igalo played at the lower-rank Fourth League - South. First title of Fourth league champion, Igalo won at season 1975-76. That success gained them first-ever promotion to Montenegrin Republic League, in which they spent most of the time until Montenegrin independence (2006).
At season 1987-88, FK Igalo won the second place in Republic League, with promotion to newly established Yugoslav Third League. They competed only one season in Federal rank, and new success came during the season 1995-96. That year, FK Igalo won the title of Montenegrin Republic League champion, and gained first-ever promotion to Second Yugoslav League. FK Igalo make that season double, with winning Montenegrin Republic Cup. The team played one season in Second League (1996–97), finished at the bottom of the table.
After independence, FK Igalo played as a member of Montenegrin Third League until the season 2010-11. That year, the club won the promotion to Montenegrin Second League. Until now, FK Igalo became a standard member of Second League, and biggest success in the club's history came at season 2014-15. After finished as a third-placed team in Second League, FK Igalo played in First League playoffs against FK Mornar. After lose 0-2 in the first match, FK Igalo surprisingly won second game with the same result (2-0), but lost chances for First League promotion after the penalties.