FK Igalo 1929

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FK Igalo 1929
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Full nameFudbalski klub Igalo 1929
Founded1929;95 years ago (1929)
Ground Stadion Solila, Igalo
Capacity1,600
PresidentZoran Krivokapić
Head CoachIgor Raičević
League Montenegrin Second League
2023–24 Montenegrin Second League, 5th
Soccerball current event.svg Current season
Stadion Solila Igalostadion.jpg
Stadion Solila

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.

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History

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

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

Players

Current squad

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

Notable players

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

Historical list of coaches

Stadium

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

  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