FK Igalo 1929

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FK Igalo is a Montenegrin professional football club based in Igalo, Herceg Novi municipality. The club was founded in 1929 and currently competes in the Montenegrin Second League.

FK Igalo 1929
Full nameFudbalski klub Igalo 1929
Founded1929; 95 years ago (1929)
GroundStadion Solila, Igalo
Capacity1,600
PresidentZoran Krivokapić
Head CoachIgor Raičević
LeagueMontenegrin Second League
2023–24Montenegrin Second League, 5th
Current season
Stadion Solila

History

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Founded as Primorje in 1929, FK Igalo is among the oldest football clubs at the territory of Herceg Novi municipality. Until the seventies, FK Igalo played at the lower-rank Fourth League – South. First title of Fourth league champion, Igalo won in the 1975–76 season. That success gained them first-ever promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League, in which they spent most of the time until Montenegrin independence (2006).[1]

In the 1987–88 season, FK Igalo won second place in the Republic League, with promotion to the newly established Yugoslav Third League. They competed only one season in Federal rank, and new success came during the 1995–96 season. That year, FK Igalo won the title of the Montenegrin Republic League champion, and gained first-ever promotion to the Second Yugoslav League. FK Igalo made that season double, with winning the Montenegrin Republic Cup. The team played one season in the Second League (1996–97), finished at the bottom of the table.

After independence, FK Igalo played as a member of the Montenegrin Third League until the 2010–11 season. That year, the club won the promotion to the Montenegrin Second League. Until now, FK Igalo became a standard member of the Second League, and biggest success in the club's history came at the 2014–15 season. After finished as a third-placed team in the Second League, FK Igalo played in the First League playoffs against FK Mornar. After losing 0–2 in the first match, FK Igalo surprisingly won the second match with the same result (2–0), but they lost chances for the First League promotion after penalties.

Mimoza Cup

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Since 1973, every February, FK Igalo is a host of traditional Mimoza Cup,[2] which hosted a numerous popular teams as Budućnost, Hajduk, Partizan, Crvena zvezda, Željezničar, Luzern and others. It's the oldest football tournament on the Montenegrin seacoast. All games are played at Stadion Solila.

Honours and achievements

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 20 May 2024[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   MNE Amar Abazović
DF   MNE Nihad Balić
FW   MNE Bojan Bigović
FW   MNE Boško Borovnica
DF   MNE Branko Borovnica
  MNE Uroš Čenić
FW   MNE Stefan Čobeljić
MF   ARG Nelson Cordoba
DF   MNE Stefan Dajević
MF   MNE Boško Dujović
DF   MNE Aleksandar Đukanović
MF   MNE Miloš Đurđević
MF   MNE Petar Đurković
DF   MNE Marko Ivanović (captain)
GK   MNE Šaban Kolić
MF   MNE Mijodrag Koprivica
MF   MNE Nikola Kosać
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   MNE Ranko Lepetić
GK   MNE Božidar Matejić
DF   MNE Vuk Matejić
MF   MNE Ivan Mićunović
  MNE Nelson Makian
MF   ARG Iván More
GK   MNE Miloš Padrov
FW   BRA Raul Pereira
FW   MNE Miloš Perović
MF   MNE Jovan Popović
DF   MNE Matija Popović
MF   MNE Nikola Popović
DF   MNE Siniša Stanisavić
  MNE Neđeljko Tomašević
FW   SRB Uroš Vesić
  MNE Stefan Vukadinović
DF   MNE Janko Vukićević

Notable players

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For all former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Igalo 1929 players.

Historical list of coaches

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Stadium

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FK Igalo plays their home games at Stadion Solila. Until the middle of the nineties, football ground in Igalo was among amateur-pitches like neighbouring Stadion Opačica or Stadion Bijela. But, with FK Igalo promotion to the Second Yugoslav League, on old ground location was built new stadium with one terrace and numerous pitches around the main ground.
During the winter months, because of good climate and accommodation, the stadium is used for exhibition matches, tournaments, trainings and preparations of many football teams from the region (Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946–2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. ^ ""Mimoza Kup 2016": Za trofej OFK Igalo i FK Sutjeska • CG-Fudbal". 11 February 2016.
  3. ^ Roster – FCSG.me