The Serbia and Montenegro Cup was an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

knockout cup tournament of

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

played between 1992 and 2006, after which

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and

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became separate nations. The competition was the continuation of the old

Marshal Tito Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

of the

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

, and it was named FR Yugoslavia Cup between 1992 and 2003, when the official name of the country was

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

. It was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro Cup in 2003 when the country changed its official name. The cup was organized by the

Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro The Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro ( Serbian: / ) was the governing body of football in Serbia and Montenegro, based in Belgrade. It organized the football league, the national team, the cup tournament as well as the Second L ...

. This tournament was played for a total of 15 seasons, the tournament was dominated by Serbian clubs with no Montenegrin sides ever reaching the final.

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club Red Star were the most successful club, reaching the final in all but two seasons and winning the tournament nine times. Between 1993 and 1998, the finals were played on a

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basis, but this was later changed to a single-game final. After Montenegro proclaimed its independence in 2006, both football associations got to work on organizing a new tournament. The

Football Association of Serbia The Football Association of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски савез Србије, ФСС / ) is the governing body of football in Serbia, based in Belgrade. It organizes Serbian football leagues, namely the Serbian Superliga, the Serbia n ...

formed a deal with Carlsberg affiliate

Lav pivo Lav pivo ( sr-cyr, Лав пиво) is a Serbian beer brand. Produced and bottled by Carlsberg Srbija in the town of Čelarevo ( Bačka Palanka municipality), it has the second-biggest market share among the beer brands in Serbia, behind their riva ...

and quickly formed the Lav Kup Srbije.

Football Association of Montenegro The Football Association of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Fudbalski savez Crne Gore'', ''FSCG'' / Фудбалски савез Црне Горе, ФСЦГ) is the governing body of football in Montenegro. It is based in the capital, Podgorica. Th ...

had much more trouble organizing their cup tournament as most of the organizers of the Serbia and Montenegro cup were in Serbia and they directly inherited the rights to the former association as well as cup tournament. However, after a long and difficult struggle, the

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the second qualifying rou ...

was formed.

Finals

Note: In 2005 FK Železnik won the cup but after suffering financial problems the club merged with

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac (), commonly known as Voždovac, is a professional football club located in Voždovac, a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but have become ...

and the trophy remains with the newly formed club. FK Sartid won the cup in 2003 and later changed its name back to

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of co ...

Performance by club

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Finals

Performance by club

See also

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