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Full name | Ženski Rukometni Klub Budućnost | ||
Short name | ŽRK Budućnost | ||
Founded | 1949 | ||
Arena | Morača Sports Center and Bemax Arena | ||
Capacity | 6000 and 2,200 | ||
President | Ivan Ubović | ||
Head coach | Bojana Popović | ||
Captain | Ivona Pavićević | ||
League | Montenegrin Championship | ||
2023–24 | 1st | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
ŽRK Budućnost is a professional women's handball team from Podgorica, Montenegro (previously, the club also appeared under the names ZRK Buducnost MONET, Buducnost Brillant and Buducnost Titograd). Among the numerous titles, Budućnost is two-times winner of EHF Women's Champions League
The club was founded on February 13, 1949, and played its first official game in 1950. The first trophy, the Cup of Yugoslavia, was won in 1984. In 1985, ŽRK Budućnost won the Yugoslavian championship, and went on to win their first European title (Cup Winners' Cup) that same year. At the time, the club was pronounced as "the best in the country". As of 1988/1989 season, ŽRK Budućnost dominated the national competition, and was the champion of all the now defunct countries – SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro. The club continued to dominate the national championship in Montenegro since it gained independence in 2006.
ŽRK Budućnost won the titles of European Champion twice - on seasons 2012 and 2015.
ŽRK Budućnost is strongly supported by Budućnost sports fans, the Varvari.[1]
ŽRK Budućnost is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sports society.
Kits
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Records of achievements
[edit]- International titles (6)
- Champions League:
- Cup Winners' Cup:
- EHF Cup
- Winners (1): 1987
- Women's Regional Handball League:
- Winners (8): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
- National Championships (35)
- Yugoslav Championship:
- Winners (4): 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992
- FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Championship:
- Winners (14): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Montenegrin Championship:
- Winners (16): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- National Cups (29)
- Yugoslav Cup:
- Winners (2): 1984, 1989
- FR Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro Cup:
- Winners (9): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
- Montenegrin Cup:
- Winners (17): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Others
- 4 times named The Best Club of Yugoslavia (1985, 1987, 1993, 1998)
Champions League
[edit]- 1985/86 1/2 FINAL
- 1989/90 1/4 FINAL
- 1990/91 1/4 FINAL
- 1995/96 1/8 FINAL
- 1996/97 1/8 FINAL
- 1997/98 1/2 FINAL
- 1998/99 1/2 FINAL
- 1999/00 1/2 FINAL
- 2000/01 1/2 FINAL
- 2001/02 1/2 FINAL
- 2002/03 1/4 FINAL
- 2003/04 1/4 FINAL
- 2004/05 Group Matches
- 2005/06 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner
- 2006/07 Group Matches
- 2007/08 Group Matches 3rd – CWC 1/8 FINAL
- 2008/09 Main Round
- 2009/10 Group Matches 3rd – CWC Winner
- 2010/11 1/2 FINAL
- 2011/12 Winner
- 2012/13 Main Round
- 2013/14 Runner-up
- 2014/15 Winner
- 2015/16 Final Four - 4th
- 2016/17 Final Four - 4th
- 2017/18 Quarter-final
- 2018/19 Quarter-final
- 2020/21 Quarter-final
- 2021/22 Group Matches
- 2022/23 1/8 FINAL
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2024-25 season
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Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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Staff members
[edit]- Staff for the 2023–24 season
Head Coach: Bojana Popović
Assistant Coach: Maja Savić
Goalkeeping Coach: Novak Ristović
Fitness Coach: Danica Delić
Fiziotherapeut: Andrija Damjanović
Fiziotherapeut: Mitar Vujović
Statistician: Vladimir Kovačević
Statistics
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Top scorers in the EHF Champions League[edit]
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Notable former players
[edit]Marijana "Maja" Bulatović
Zorica Pavićević
Katica Lješković
Olga Sekulić
Svetlana Antić
Ljiljana Vučević
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Stanka Božović
Mirsada Ganić
Vesna Durković
Dragana Pešić
Marta Bojanović
Mirjana Milović
Milanka Šćepanović
Nataša Tomašević
Suzana Ganić
Tatjana Jovanović
Tanja Raonić
Željka Ratković
Vesna Lekić
Tatjana Jeraminok
Anica Đurović
Maja Savić
Dragica Orlandić
Mira Čelebić
Aida Dorović
Bojana Popović
Sanja Jovović
Marina Rakočević
Snežana Damjanac
Radmila Petrović
Anđela Bulatović
Sonja Barjaktarović
Marija Jovanović
Ana Radović
Biljana Novović
Suzana Lazović
Mirjana Milenković
Katarina Bulatović
Ana Đokić
Gabriella Markoč
Marta Batinović
Jelena Despotović
Dijana Ujkić
Đurđina Malović
Ljubica Nenezić
Đurđina Jauković
Ema Alivodić
Majda Mehmedović
Jovanka Radičević
Marina Rajčić
Itana Grbić
Tatjana Brnović
Matea Pletikosić
Milena Raičević
Nikolina Vukčević
Sandra Kolaković
Dragica Đurić
Biljana Balać
Danica Pavlov
Tanja Tomanović
Jelena Jovanović
Zlata Paplacko
Ljiljana Knežević
Ana Vojčić
Dragana Cvijić
Željka Nikolić
Sanja Vujović
Andrea Lekić
Iva Perica
Dalija Erceg
Sanela Knezović
Dijana Jovetić
Katarina Ježić
Tihana Ambroš
Lidija Horvat
Neli Irman
Barbara Lazović
Dragana Ristova
Natalya Cygankova
Natalya Anisimova
Larisa Kiselyova
Inna Mokhova
Nigina Saidova
Elena Dmitrieva
Valeriia Maslova
Larysa Karlova
Lyudmyla Shevchenko
Nina Getsko
Tetyana Vorozhtsova
Svitlana Morozova
Hanna Burmystrova
Izabela Puchacz
Monika Marzec
Kinga Achruk
Gabriela Đukanović
Cristina Neagu
Cristina Laslo
Tatyana Dzhandzhgava
Tanja Logwin
Irina Sirina
Piroska Szamoránsky
Noémi Háfra
Clara Woltering
Ann-Cathrin Giegerich
Claudine Mendy
Allison Pineau
Kalidiatou Niakaté
Camilla Dalby
Darly Zoqbi
Emily Stang Sando
Bárbara Arenhart
Adriana Cardoso de Castro
Park Chung Hee
Head coach history
[edit]Pero Milošević
Vinko Kandija
Aleksandr Panov
Nikola Petrović
Duško Milić
Milorad Milatović
Tone Tiselj (2007–2008)
Gyula Zsiga (2008–2010)[3][4]
Dragan Adžić (2010–2020)[5]
Bojana Popović (2020–present)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Varvari - "U mome srcu jedina"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Buducnost Podgorica". European Handball Federation.
- ^ MTI (2010-01-18). "Zsiga Gyula elhagyta a Podgoricát". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ JÓZSEF, HEKA LÁSZLÓ, SIMON (2008-06-22). "Zsiga Gyula a montenegrói Buducsnoszt Podgoricánál folytatja - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
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- ^ "Bojana Popovic to lead ZRK Buducnost Podgorica". Handball Planet. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-05-02.