RK Budućnost ( Cyrillic: PК Будућност) is a handball club from

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, which was champion of Montenegro for the two times. It is a part of Budućnost sport society.

History

During the most of their history, Budućnost played in the Second Yugoslav League. In the shadow of successful Women's handball team Budućnost, they played only two seasons in the First League during the

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era. Successful period in the Budućnost history started after the

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. Budućnost became champion of the Second League 2006/07 and gets promotion to the First League. With a lot of new players from the whole region, Budućnost won their first trophy of Montenegrin champion at the season 2008/09. Same success, club from Podgorica made one year later. They participated in qualifiers for the

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, but after 2010 and a financial collapse, RK Budućnost was dissolved. In the season 2019–20, RK Budućnost was reactivated.

Trophies

* Champion of Montenegro (2) **''2009, 2010.''

First League seasons

In the

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, RK Budućnost participated in the First League during the three seasons: ''1990/91, 1991/92, 2000/01''. After the

, Budućnost played in the

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top association football, football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the ...

during the seasons ''2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10''.

European Cups

Budućnost played two seasons in the EHF European competitions: 2008/09 -

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2009/10 -

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Matches

Famous players

* Alen Muratović * Blažo Lisičić * Nenad Peruničić *

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* Victor Kovalenko * Igor Bakić * Nemanja Grbović * Žarko Marković * Marko Lasica * Rade Mijatović * Mirko Milašević * Žarko Pejović *

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* Alexandru Cioban *

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* Mirko Anđić * Petar Koćalo *

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* Zoran Mihailović *

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* Dragoslav Stojiljković

External links

Handball Federation of Montenegrobalkan-handball
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