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Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions

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After the end of every competitive season, football clubs from Montenegro play in European competitions.
Teams from Montenegro have been playing on the international scene since they representedSFR Yugoslaviaduring the 1970s. Since 2006, Montenegrin teams have played as representatives of independent Montenegro, and qualified through theMontenegrin First LeagueandMontenegrin Cup.
Currently, three Montenegrin clubs take part in UEFA European Cups. The champion of the First Montenegrin League plays inUEFA Champions Leaguequalifiers. The second placed team from the First League play inUEFA Conference Leaguequalifiers. The winner of theMontenegrin Cupalso plays in the Conference league.

UEFA Rankings

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Current rankings (2026–27)

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UEFA Country Rankingfor league participation in 2026–27 European football season(Previous year rank in italics)

History of rankings

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Since independence (2006) and establishing ofMontenegrin First Leagueand other national competitions, Montenegro is a full-member of UEFA. Since then, Montenegrin League is present onUEFA Country Rankingsystem.
Below is a historical list of Montenegrin rankings and country coefficient.

Year Position Change Coefficient Teams
2008
51
-
0.500
4
2009
50
1.000
4
2010
47
2.125
4
2011
43
3.875
4
2012
42
4.375
4
2013
41
5.250
4
2014
39
6.000
4
2015
41
5.625
4
2016
44
4.875
4
2017
43
5.250
4
2018
43
5.000
4
2019
49
4.125
4
2020
50
4.375
4
2021
50
5.000
4
2022
53
4.875
4
2023
54
4.750
3
2024
53
5.708
3
2025
47
7.208
3

Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

UEFA competitions

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Performances by season

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Historically, Montenegrin football clubs played in fourUEFAcompetitions for clubs - theUEFA Champions League,UEFA Europa League(formerly UEFA Cup),UEFA Europa Conference LeagueandIntertoto Cup.
The champions of Montenegro have never played in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, and the most successful in the qualifiers wasFK Zeta Golubovciin the 2007–08 season.
The best performances in the UEFA Europa League were FK Zeta who played in the playoffs, andOFK Titograd,FK Budućnost andFK Sutjeskawhich played in Round 3. The most successful in the Intertoto Cup wasFK Budućnost Podgorica.
Below is a list of games of all Montenegrin clubs in UEFA competitions.

UEFA Champions League

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2007–08 Zeta 1QR LithuaniaFBK Kaunas 3–1 2–3 5–4
2QR ScotlandRangers 0–1 0–2 0–3
2008–09 Budućnost 1QR FinlandTampere United 1–1 1–2 2–3
2009–10 Mogren 1QR MaltaHibernians 4–0 2–0 6–0
2QR DenmarkCopenhagen 0–6 0–6 0–12
2010–11 Rudar 1QR San MarinoTre Fiori 4–1 3–0 7–1
2QR BulgariaLitex Lovech 0–4 0–1 0–5
2011–12 Mogren 2QR BulgariaLitex Lovech 1–2 0–3 1–5
2012–13 Budućnost 2QR PolandŚląsk Wrocław 0–2 1–0 1–2
2013–14 Sutjeska 2QR MoldovaSheriff Tiraspol 0–5 1–1 1–6
2014–15 Sutjeska 2QR MoldovaSheriff Tiraspol 0–3 0–2 0–5
2015–16 Rudar 2QR AzerbaijanQarabağ 0–1 0–0 0–1
2016–17 OFK Titograd 2QR BulgariaLudogorets Razgrad 0–3 0–2 0–5
2017–18 Budućnost 2QR SerbiaPartizan 0–0 0–2 0–2
2018–19 Sutjeska 1QR KazakhstanAstana 0–2 0–1 0–3
2019–20 Sutjeska 1QR SlovakiaSlovan Bratislava 1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–1 2–2 (3–2p.)
2QR CyprusAPOEL 0–1 0–3 0–4
2020–21 Budućnost 1QR BulgariaLudogorets Razgrad 1–3
2021–22 Budućnost 1QR FinlandHJK 0–4 1–3 1–7
2022–23 Sutjeska 1QR BulgariaLudogorets Razgrad 0–1 0–2 0–3
2023–24 Budućnost PR AndorraAtlètic Club d'Escaldes 3–0
IcelandBreiðablik 0–5
2024–25 Dečić 1QR WalesThe New Saints 1–1 0–3 1–4

UEFA Cup/Europa League

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2005–06 Zeta 2QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaŠiroki Brijeg 0–1 1–4 1–5
2007–08 Budućnost 1QR CroatiaHajduk Split 1–1 0–1 1–2
Rudar 1QR CyprusOmonia 0–2 0–2 0–4
2008–09 Mogren 1QR IsraelIroni Kiryat Shmona 0–3 1–1 1–4
Zeta 1QR SloveniaInterblock 1–1 0–1 1–2
2009–10 Budućnost 1QR PolandPolonia Warsaw 0–2 1–0 1–2
Petrovac 2QR CyprusAnorthosis Famagusta 3–1 (a.e.t.) 1–2 4–3
3QR AustriaSturm Graz 1–2 0–5 1–7
Sutjeska 1QR BelarusPartizan Minsk 1–1 1–2 2–3
2010–11 Budućnost 2QR AzerbaijanBaku 1–2 3–0[note 1] 4–2
3QR DenmarkBrøndby 1–2 0–1 1–3
Mogren 1QR AndorraUE Santa Coloma 2–0 3–0 5–0
2QR IsraelMaccabi Tel Aviv 2–1 0–2 2–3
Zeta 1QR MoldovaDacia Chişinău 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2011–12 Budućnost 1QR AlbaniaFlamurtari 1–3 2–1 3–4
Rudar 2QR AustriaAustria Wien 0–3 0–2 0–5
Zeta 1QR SlovakiaSpartak Trnava 2–1 0–3 2–4
2012–13 Čelik 1QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaBorac Banja Luka 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)
2QR UkraineMetalurh Donetsk 2–4 0–7 2–11
Rudar 1QR ArmeniaShirak 0–1 1–1 1–2
Zeta 1QR ArmeniaPyunik 1–2 3–0 4–2
2QR FinlandJJK 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
3QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
PO NetherlandsPSV Eindhoven 0–5 0–9 0–14
2013–14 Čelik 1QR HungaryBudapest Honvéd 1–4 0–9 1–13
Rudar 1QR ArmeniaMika 1–0 1–1 2–1
2QR PolandŚląsk Wrocław 2–2 0–4 2–6
OFK Titograd 1QR HungaryVideoton 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
2QR SlovakiaSenica 2–2 1–0 3–2
3QR SpainSevilla 1–6 0–3 1–9
2014–15 Budućnost 1QR San MarinoFolgore 3–0 2–1 5–1
2QR CyprusOmonia 0–0 0–2 0–2
Čelik 1QR SloveniaKoper 0–5 0–4 0–9
Lovćen 1QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaŽeljezničar Sarajevo 0–1 0–0 0–1
2015–16 Budućnost 1QR LatviaSpartaks Jūrmala 1–3 0–0 1–3
Sutjeska 1QR HungaryDebrecen 2–0 0–3 2–3
OFK Titograd 1QR AzerbaijanNeftchi Baku 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)
2QR AlbaniaKukësi 2–4 1–0 3–4
2016–17 Bokelj 1QR SerbiaVojvodina 1–1 0–5 1–6
Budućnost 1QR North MacedoniaRabotnički 1–0 1–1 2–1
2QR BelgiumGenk 2–0 (a.e.t.) 0–2 2–2 (2–4p.)
OFK Titograd 1QR AlbaniaKukësi 0–1 1–1 1–2
2017–18 Sutjeska 1QR BulgariaLevski Sofia 0–0 1–3 1–3
OFK Titograd 1QR ArmeniaGandzasar 1–0 3–0 4–0
2QR AustriaSturm Graz 0–3 1–0 1–3
Zeta 1QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaŽeljezničar Sarajevo 2–2 0–1 2–3
2018–19 Budućnost 1QR SlovakiaTrenčín 0–2 1–1 1–3
Rudar 1QR SerbiaPartizan 0−3 0–3 0–6
Sutjeska 2QR ArmeniaAlashkert 0–1 0–0 0–1
OFK Titograd 1QR Faroe IslandsB36 Tórshavn 1–2 0−0 1–2
2019–20 Budućnost 1QR EstoniaNarva Trans 4–1 2–0 6–1
2QR UkraineZorya Luhansk 1–3 0–1 1–4
Sutjeska 3QR Northern IrelandLinfield 1–2 2–3 3–5
OFK Titograd 1QR BulgariaCSKA Sofia 0−0 0–4 0−4
Zeta 1QR HungaryFehérvár 1–5 0–0 1−5
2020–21 Budućnost 2QR KazakhstanAstana 1–0
3QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo 1–2
Iskra PR AndorraFC Santa Coloma 0–0 (4–3p.)
1QR BulgariaLokomotiv Plovdiv 0–1
Sutjeska 1QR Bosnia and HerzegovinaBorac Banja Luka 0–1
Zeta PR AndorraEngordany 3–1
1QR LuxembourgProgrès Niederkorn 0–3
  1. ^UEFA awardedBudućnost Podgoricaa 3–0 win due toBakufielding a suspended player.[18]The original match had ended in a 2–1 win for Baku.

UEFA Conference League

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021–22 Budućnost 2QR Faroe IslandsHB Tórshavn 0–2 0–4 0–6
Dečić 1QR KosovoDrita 0–1 1–2 1–3
Podgorica 1QR AlbaniaLaçi 1−0 0−3 (a.e.t.) 1–3
Sutjeska 1QR Georgia (country)Gagra 1–0 1–1 2–1
2QR IsraelMaccabi Tel Aviv 0–0 1–3 1–3
2022–23 Budućnost 1QR KosovoLlapi 2–0 2–2 4–2
2QR IcelandBreiðablik 2–1 0–2 2–3
Dečić 1QR BelarusDinamo Minsk 1–2 1–1 2–3
Iskra 1QR AlbaniaLaçi 0–1 0–0 0–1
Sutjeska 2QR Faroe IslandsKÍ Klaksvík 0–0 0–1 0–1
2023–24 Arsenal 1QR ArmeniaAlashkert 1–6 1–1 2–7
Budućnost 2QR North MacedoniaStruga 3–4 0–1 3–5
Sutjeska 1QR San MarinoCosmos 1–0 1–1 2–1
2QR AndorraSanta Coloma 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.) 2–3
2024–25 Budućnost 1QR KosovoMalisheva 3–0 0–1 3–1
2QR BulgariaCSKA 1948 1–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 1–2
Dečić 2QR Georgia (country)Dinamo Batumi 0–0 2–0 2−0
3QR FinlandHJK 2–1 0–1 2–2 (3–4p.)
Mornar 1QR Georgia (country)Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 1–1 3–2
2QR SerbiaRadnički 1923 2–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 2–2 (4–3p.)
3QR HungaryPaksi 2–2 0–3 2–5

Intertoto Cup

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Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1981 Budućnost Group 4 AustriaWacker Innsbruck 1–2 3–1 1st
SwedenÖsters 3–1 0–0
DenmarkOdense 4–2 1–1
1995 Budućnost Group 7 EstoniaTervis Pärnu 3–1 4th
CyprusNea Salamis Famagusta 1–1
GermanyBayer Leverkusen 0–3
GreeceOFI 3–4
2003 Sutjeska 1R LuxembourgUnion Luxembourg 3–0 1–1 4–1
2R FinlandTampere United 0–1 0–0 0–1
2005 Budućnost 1R MaltaValletta 2–2 5–0 7–2
2R SpainDeportivo La Coruña 2–1 0–3 2–4
2006 Zeta 2R SloveniaMaribor 1–2 0–2 1–4
2007 Grbalj 1R RomaniaGloria Bistrița 1–1 1–2 2–3
2008 Grbalj 1R Bosnia and HerzegovinaČelik Zenica 2–1 2–3 4–4 (a)
2R TurkeySivasspor 2–2 0–1 2–3

Performances by clubs

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16 different Montenegrin clubs have played in UEFA competitions. Before the founding of theMontenegrin First LeagueandMontenegrin Cup,three clubs played in European Cups as a representatives of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro. Eight other clubs played their first seasons in UEFA competitions after Montenegrin independence.
Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions.

Team Seasons G W D L GD Pts
FK Budućnost Podgorica
20
65
21
13
31
79:95
76
FK Sutjeska Nikšić
12
37
5
12
20
22:50
27
OFK Titograd
6
20
6
5
9
18:34
23
FK Zeta Golubovci
10
28
6
5
17
25:56
23
FK Mogren Budva
4
12
5
1
6
15:24
16
FK Rudar Pljevlja
8
20
3
5
12
13:33
14
FK Dečić Tuzi
3
10
2
3
5
8:12
9
FK Mornar Bar
1
6
2
2
2
7:9
8
OFK Grbalj Radanovići
2
6
1
2
3
8:10
5
FK Podgorica
1
2
1
0
1
1:3
3
OFK Petrovac
1
4
1
0
3
5:10
3
FK Čelik Nikšić
3
8
0
2
6
6:36
2
FK Iskra Danilovgrad
1
2
0
1
1
0:1
1
FK Lovćen Cetinje
1
2
0
1
1
0:1
1
FK Arsenal Tivat
1
2
0
1
1
2:7
1
FK Bokelj Kotor
1
2
0
1
1
1:6
1
OVERALL
226
53
54
119
210:387
213

As of the end of UEFA competitions 2024–25 season.

Performances by competition

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Football clubs from Montenegro have played in three UEFA competitions. Below is a list of performances in every single competition.

Competition G W D L GD
UEFA Champions League
43
7
7
29
31:85
UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup
117
27
28
62
100:203
UEFA Europa Conference League
42
11
12
19
37:56
Intertoto Cup
26
8
8
10
41:38
OVERALL
226
53
54
119
210:387

As of the end of UEFA competitions 2024–25 season.

Scores by opponents' countries

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Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin clubs against opponents in UEFA competitions by their countries (football federations).

Opponents' country G W D L GD
Albania
10
3
2
5
8:14
Andorra
7
5
1
1
13:4
Armenia
12
4
4
4
13:13
Austria
8
2
0
6
6:18
Azerbaijan
6
1
3
2
7:6
Belarus
4
0
2
2
4:6
Belgium
2
1
0
1
2:2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
14
2
4
8
13:21
Bulgaria
15
0
2
13
4:31
Croatia
2
0
1
1
1:2
Cyprus
9
1
2
6
5:13
Denmark
6
1
1
4
6:18
Estonia
3
3
0
0
9:2
Faroe Islands
6
0
2
4
1:9
Finland
10
2
2
6
8:16
Germany
1
0
0
1
0:3
Greece
1
0
0
1
3:4
Georgia
6
3
3
0
7:3
Hungary
10
2
2
6
7:28
Iceland
3
1
0
2
2:8
Israel
6
1
2
3
4:10
Kazakhstan
3
1
0
2
1:3
Kosovo
6
2
1
3
8:6
Latvia
2
0
1
1
1:3
Lithuania
2
1
0
1
5:4
Luxembourg
3
1
1
1
4:4
Macedonia
4
1
1
2
5:6
Malta
4
3
1
0
13:2
Moldova
6
0
3
3
2:12
Netherlands
2
0
0
2
0:14
Northern Ireland
2
0
0
2
3:5
Poland
6
2
1
3
4:10
Romania
2
0
1
1
2:3
San Marino
6
5
1
0
14:3
Serbia
8
1
2
5
3:16
Scotland
2
0
0
2
0:3
Slovakia
8
2
4
2
8:11
Slovenia
6
0
1
5
2:15
Spain
4
1
0
3
3:13
Sweden
2
1
1
0
3:1
Turkey
2
0
1
1
2:3
Ukraine
4
0
0
4
3:15
Wales
2
0
1
1
1:4
OVERALL
226
53
54
119
210:387

As of the end of UEFA competitions 2024–25 season.

Other international competitions

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Balkans Cup

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TheBalkans Cupwas a regional football competition (1960–1994) in which Montenegrin clubs participated as a representatives of SFR Yugoslavia. Teams from Montenegro which played in the Balkans Cup wereFK Budućnost PodgoricaandFK Sutjeska Nikšić.FK Budućnost had the biggest success, playing in the 1991 final, after eliminatingGalatasaray SK.
Below is a list of Montenegrin clubs in the Balkans Cup.

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1973 Sutjeska Group A AlbaniaLabinoti Elbasani 0–1 1–0 3rd
RomaniaASA Târgu Mureș 1–0 0–3
1977 Budućnost Group B AlbaniaVllaznia Shkodër 2–0 1–1 2nd
GreecePanathinaikos 1–2 2–2
1990–91 Budućnost QF Albania17 Nëntori Tirana 2–1 0–0 2–1
SF TurkeyGalatasaray 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Final RomaniaInter Sibiu 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1

See also

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References

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  1. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2008".
  2. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2009".
  3. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2010".
  4. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2011".
  5. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2012".
  6. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2013".
  7. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2014".
  8. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2015".
  9. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2016".
  10. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2017".
  11. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2018".
  12. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2019".
  13. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2020".
  14. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2021".
  15. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2022".
  16. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2023".
  17. ^"UEFA Country Ranking 2024".
  18. ^"Győr, Budućnost Podgorica awarded default wins –".UEFA. 2010-07-22.Retrieved2013-02-08.