FK Zeta

Zeta

Full name	Fudbalski klub Zeta
Nickname(s)	Vukovi(The Wolves)
Short name	ZET
Founded	1927(1927)
Ground	Stadion Trešnjica Golubovci,Montenegro
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Rajko Ivanović
Manager	Dragoljub Đuretić
League	Montenegrin Second League
2023–24	Montenegrin Third League,1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FK Zetais a professionalfootballclub fromGolubovci,a suburb ofPodgorica,the capital ofMontenegro.It plays in theMontenegrin Second League.The club was the inaugural champion of theMontenegrin First Leaguein2006–07season.

History

Period 1927-1997

The club was formed in 1927 under the nameFK Danica.During the first decades, they played only non-league matches. From 194g, the club played under the nameFK Napredak,and since 1955, the team is playing under the nameFK Zeta.
Until the start of seventies, FK Zeta played at lowest-rank competitions. First significant success, team from Golubovci made at season 1971–72 with promotion toMontenegrin Republic League.In that, third-level competition inSFR Yugoslavia,FK Zeta spent most of their seasons in following two decades, with greatest result as a second-places team at the end of seasons 1974–75, 1975–76, 1982–83 and 1983–84, but without success to gain a promotion toYugoslav Second League.At season 1982–83, championship derbyFK Berane– FK Zeta attended 10,000 spectators, which was a record attendance in Montenegrin Republic League until the 1999 gameFK Jezero–FK Gusinje.

Until the middle of nineties, except in Republic League, FK Zeta also played few seasons inFourth League – Center.

Period 1997-2006

Successful era in FK Zeta history started at season 1997–98. The team won their first champion title in Montenegrin Republic League and secured first promotion toYugoslav Second League.On theirdebut in Second League,FK Zeta won fourth place, but historical success come one season later (1999–2000). After hard struggle withMladost Lučani,team from Golubovci won the title and gained promotion toFirst Yugoslav League.
Historical first game in the First League, Zeta played at 12 August 2000 againstMilicionar(4:0) in Golubovci. That game at Trešnica stadium was attended by 5,000 supporters. FK Zeta spent six consecutive seasons in Yugoslav First League, often placed at the upper-half of championship table. With FK Zeta promotion to First League, new local rivalry was born – againstBudućnostfrom neighbouringPodgorica.

Zeta made many successful results in the First League, and among them were often victories against two strongest sides –PartizanandRed Star.Except that, FK Zeta became the strongest Montenegrin team in First League at most of the seasons in period 2000–2006.

Highest final placement in top-division ofSerbia and Montenegro,Zeta made on season 2004–05. They finished third and qualified for first performance in European competitions.On debut, Zeta was defeated at2005–06 UEFA Cupsecond leg, againstBosniansideŠiroki Brijeg.

Additionally, at the same time, Zeta started producing notable young talent likeMiloš Marićwho transferred toGreekclubOlympiacosin the summer of 2004, as well as brothersBojanandNenad Brnović,andBranimir Petrovićwho were all signed byPartizan,and more recentlyMilanko RaškovićandNikola Trajkovićwho transferred toRed Star Belgrade.

Period 2006-present

FollowingMontenegrin independence,FK Zeta participated in the firstMontenegrin First Leagueseason (2006–07) and became the league's first winners. The following season saw Montenegrin clubs allocated separate European qualifying berths - Zeta thus became the first Montenegrin club to participate in qualification for theUEFA Champions League.Zeta never reclaimed the Montenegrin First League since their 2006–07 triumph; participation in European competition since then was achieved on several occasions through top 4 league finishes.

The 2012–13 season saw Zeta make history by becoming the first Montenegrin club to navigate two rounds of European qualifying in one season; they also navigated past the third qualifying round of theUEFA Europa Leagueby beatingFK SarajevofromBosnia and Herzegovina,before losing in the play-off round toPSV Eindhoven.This remains the best performance by a Montenegrin club in a European competition.

First League Record

See also:Participants of Montenegrin First League

See also:Montenegrin Clubs in Yugoslav First League

For the first time, FK Zeta played in Yugoslav First League onseason 2000–01.Below is a list of FK Zeta scores in First League by every single season.

Season	Pos	G	W	D	L	GF	GA
2000–01	13	34	11	9	14	38	50
2001–02	5	34	15	7	12	48	50
2002–03	8	34	15	6	13	51	43
2003–04	11	30	10	6	14	38	41
2004–05	3	30	18	5	7	52	30
2005–06	5	30	14	5	11	42	36
2006–07	1	33	25	4	4	65	18
2007–08	2	33	19	9	5	56	28
2008–09	9	33	13	7	13	36	41
2009–10	4	33	17	6	10	43	33
2010–11	4	33	12	3	8	36	29
2011–12	3	33	17	9	7	55	40
2012–13	8	33	8	13	12	43	45
2013–14	8	33	12	4	17	39	57
2014–15	9	33	11	7	15	48	44
2015–16	8	33	10	8	15	37	42
2016–17	2	33	19	6	8	38	17
2017–18	6	36	12	13	11	40	35
2018–19	3	36	16	13	7	36	21
2019–20	4	31	9	14	8	29	30
2020–21	6	36	13	7	16	34	41
2021–22	10	36	8	10	18	36	52

Seasons with green background were played in the first league ofYugoslaviaorSerbia and Montenegro,together withSerbian clubs.

FK Zeta in European competitions

See also:Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions

For the first time, FK Zeta played in European competitions on season2005–06.Until now, they played ten seasons in European cups, their most successful campaign being in2012–13,when Zeta reached the play-off round of Europa League.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2QR	Široki Brijeg	0–1	1–4	1–5
2006–07	Intertoto Cup	2QR	Maribor	1–2	0–2	1–4
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	1QR	FBK Kaunas	3–1	2–3	5–4
		2QR	Rangers	0–1	0–2	0–3
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1QR	Interblock Ljubljana	1–1	0–1	1–2
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Dacia Chişinău	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Spartak Trnava	2–1	0–3	2–4
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Pyunik Yerevan	1–2	3–0	4–2
		2QR	JJK Jyväskylä	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
		3QR	FK Sarajevo	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		PO	PSV Eindhoven	0–5	0–9	0–14
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Željezničar Sarajevo	2–2	0–1	2–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Fehérvár	1–5	0–0	1–5
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	PR	Engordany	3–1
		1QR	Progrès Niederkorn	0–3

Honours and achievements

• Montenegrin First League– 1
  • winners(1):2006–07
  • runner-up(2):2007–08,2016–17
• Second Yugoslav League– 1
  • winners(1):1999–00
• Montenegrin Republic League– 1
  • winners(1):1997–98
• Montenegrin Republic Cup– 2
  • winners(2):1998–99, 1999–00

Players

Current squad

As of 16 April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	JPN	Yu Horike
3	DF	MNE	Ognjen Đinović
4	DF	MNE	Stefan Radović
5	DF	MNE	Zvonko Ceklić
6	MF	MNE	Srđan Krstović(captain)
7	MF	JPN	Shiden Nakazawa
8	DF	MNE	Djordjije Vukčević
9	FW	MNE	Balša Radusinović
10	MF	JPN	Ryo Tachibana
11	MF	MNE	Balša Goranović
12	GK	MNE	Aleksandar Karadzic
15	MF	MNE	Simo Popović
17	DF	MNE	Stefan Krstović
18	MF	MNE	Vojislav Šišević
19	DF	MNE	Janko Simović
20	FW	MNE	Igor Kukulicic

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	MNE	Alden Škrijelj
23	DF	MNE	Amel Tuzović
25	MF	MNE	Jovan Đukić
26	DF	MNE	Andrej Pupovic
28	MF	JPN	Masato Shimokawa
30	DF	MNE	Nemanja Djurovic
32	GK	SRB	Rajko Boljević
36	MF	MNE	Đorđe Tripunović
39	DF	MNE	Vaso Peličić
70	MF	MNE	Nikola Matanović
90	FW	MNE	Balša Rogošić
—	GK	MNE	Vidoje Popovic
—	MF	MNE	Danijel Bečić
—	FW	MNE	Vasilije Klikovac
—	FW	MNE	Mijat Lambulic

Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please seeCategory:FK Zeta players.
Below is the list of FK Zeta players which made international careers or played for national teams of their countries.

• Zoran Batrović
• Darko Šuškavčević
• Radoslav Batak
• Cadú
• Danilo Goiano
• Sávio
• Miloš Marić
• Nikola Trajković
• Petar Puača
• Ajazdin Nuhi
• Nenad Brnović
• Bojan Brnović
• Miodrag Vukotić
• Mladen Lambulić
• Branislav Vukomanović
• Malesija Vojvoda
• Mitar Peković
• Mladen Božović
• Vladimir Boljević
• Camilo Jimenez
• Rodolfo Burger

Historical list of coaches

• Rade Vešović
• Nikola Rakojević(2001–2003)
• Dejan Vukićević(2003–2007)
• Slobodan Halilović(June 2007 – Aug 2007)
• Mladen Vukićević(30 Aug 2007 – Oct 2008)
• Dejan Roganović(Oct 2008 – Apr 2009)
• Milan Đuretić(6 May 2009 – Jun 2009)
• Velibor Matanović(Jul 2009 – Nov 2009)
• Dragoljub Đuretić(12 nov 2009 – Aug 2010)
• Dejan Vukićević(31 Aug 2010 – 2011)
• Rade Vešović (2011 – Oct 2012)
• Darko Šuškavčević(13 Oct 2012 – Apr 2013)
• Mladen Vukićević (22 Apr 2013 – Mar 2014)
• Rade Vešović (10 Mar 2014 – Sep 2014)
• Mladen Lambulić(18 Sep 2014 – Apr 2015)
• Dušan Vlaisavljević(15 Apr 2015 – Jun 2015)
• Miodrag Martać(Jul 2015 – Oct 2015)
• Nenad Brnović(3 Oct 2015 – Nov 2015)
• Dejan Vukićević(8 Nov 2015 – 2016)
• Dušan Vlaisavljević(24 Dec 2016 – Jun 2017)
• Dejan Roganović (Jul 2017 – Apr 2018)
• Dragoljub Đuretić (5 Apr 2018 – 20 Jun 2018)
• Dušan Vlaisavljević(20 Jun 2018 – Jul 2018)
• Dragoljub Đuretić (2018 – 1 Feb 2019)
• Dejan Roganović (5 Feb 2019 – 1 Jan 2021)
• Dragoljub Đuretić (5 July 2021 – present)

Stadium

Main article:Stadion Trešnjica

FK Zeta home ground isStadion Trešnjica,built during the 1996. Until now, stadium is renovated several times (last time 2016)and near the main ground is built another pitch with artificial turf.
FK Zeta is playing First League games at Trešnjica stadium from 2000. Biggest crowd on games was 5,000 in numerous occasions, especially during the matches againstBudućnostand, earlier, againstPartizanandRed Star Belgrade.

Sponsors

• Official kit supplier:Kappa

See also

• Golubovci
• Zeta Plain
• Podgorica
• Montenegrin Second League
• Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)

External links

• Official website
• Team profileat Weltfussballarchiv.Archived14 February 2012 at theWayback Machine.
• Fudbalski savez Crne Gore