Full name | Sportsko društvo Budućnost Podgorica |
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Nicknames | Plavo-bijeli (The Blue-Whites) |
Sports | 32 active clubs |
Founded | 1925 in Podgorica, Montenegro |
Based in | Podgorica |
Colors | Blue and White |
Official fan club | Varvari (Barbarians) |
Budućnost Podgorica, commonly abbreviated as SD Budućnost, is a sports society organisation from Podgorica, Montenegro.
By number of titles and historical results, it is the most successful sports society in Montenegro, and one of the most successful in the territory of former Yugoslavia. In addition to winning many national titles, various SD Budućnost society clubs have been European champions.
Currently, there are 31 clubs in 29 different sports inside the SD Budućnost organisation. Additionally, one club (men's handball) is dissolved.
Currently, multiple clubs in Montenegro of different sports share the name Budućnost. Their management is separate and each operate independently from each other.
Overall 32 active clubs are competing in 29 different team and individual sports.
Men handball club RK Budućnost Podgorica, who had two champion titles, is dissolved at 2011. From 1998 to 2002, in Podgorica existed water polo and swimming club (PVK Podgorica), but not as a part of Budućnost sports club.
Teams and sportists of SD Budućnost Podgorica won numerous titles of champions in the highest-level European competitions for clubs. Among them, in team sports, most successful is Women handball club Budućnost, and in the individual sports Karate club Budućnost.
In women handball, ŽRK Budućnost won six titles in European competitions:
In karate, Karate klub Budućnost won one title of European team champions, and competitors of Karate club Budućnost won 17 titles of European champion.
Two football players which started their career in FK Budućnost won the UEFA Champions League, Dejan Savićević with A.C. Milan and Predrag Mijatović with Real Madrid C.F.. Both players scored goals in the UEFA Champions League final matches.
During the history, teams of SD Budućnost in four most popular sports (football, handball, basketball, volleyball) won 120 national and international trophies. Among them are 6 trophies of European competitions' winners, 6 regional (South-European, Balkans or former Yugoslav) leagues, 62 titles of champion of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro or Montenegro and 46 national cup trophies. Except that, Budućnost Podgorica was named as The Best Club of Yugoslavia four times.