RK Lovćen
| RK Lovćen Cetinje | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rukometni klub Lovćen Cetinje |
| Short name | Lovćen |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Arena |
SRC Lovćen Cetinje Montenegro |
| Capacity | 2,020 seats |
| Head coach |
 Zoran Abramović
|
| League | First Handball League |
| 2013–14 | 1st |
| Colours | |
| Club colours | |
| Active sport clubs of SD Lovćen |
||
|---|---|---|
 |
|
 |
| Football | Football Women | Handball |
 |
|
 |
| Basketball | Basketball Women | Athletics |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} |
|
 |
| Volleyball Women | Volleyball | Rugby |
 |
 |
 |
| Table tennis | Car racing | Kickboxing |
 |
||
| Powerlifting | ||
Rukometni klub Lovćen is a Montenegrin handball club from Old Royal Capital Cetinje, that plays in Montenegrin First League.
For decades, Lovćen has been the most successful Montenegrin men's handball club and the only team from Montenegro which won men's handball trophies in the Yugoslav era. During the 2001 and 2002, Lovćen played in the EHF Champions League.
Formed at 1949, Lovćen is among oldest handball clubs in Montenegro. During the decades, especially from 80's until today, Lovćen became most successful Montenegrin men's handball club, but the most trophied team from Old Royal Capital Cetinje. There is huge number of great Montenegrin, Yugoslav and European players which produced handball school of Lovćen. During the decades, Lovćen became most important base of Montenegro national handball team players.
First biggest success, Lovćen made during the start of 80's, when they became permanent member of Yugoslav Second League. In the second half of the same decade, Lovćen won the trophy of Second League champion and became first Montenegrin men's handball club which gained promotion to the First League of SFR Yugoslavia.
First match in First league of SFR Yugoslavia, Lovćen played in October 1988 against RK Jugović away and won with result 23:20. Their first season in strongest domestic competition, Lovćen finished in sixth place. After three successful years in the SFR Yugoslavia, and the matches against great names of European handball like Zagreb Hromos, Metaloplastika Šabac or RK Borac Banja Luka, Lovćen was relegated at the end of season 1990/94.
At the season 1994/95, Lovćen returned to the First League of FR Yugoslavia and in the next years made notable results. With the second place at the end of season 1996/96, Lovćen get promotion to their first European competition - EHF Cup 1997/98. In the next two seasons, team was placed on the top positions of Yugoslav First League, with placements at the Quarterfinals of the EHF Cities Cup and EHF Cup.
...
Wikipedia