Montenegrin derby

The Montenegrin derby (Montenegrin: Црногорски дерби, romanized: Crnogorski derbi) is the main football match in Montenegro, between the teams from the two biggest Montenegrin cities. Rivals are FK Budućnost from Podgorica and FK Sutjeska from Nikšić, two most popular sports societies in Montenegro. The rivalry is present in football and basketball.
Two clubs played their derbies in Montenegrin Championship, First League of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, and today, four times on one season, in Montenegrin First League.

Montenegrin derby
Crnogorski derbi

Montenegrin derby at Podgorica City Stadium in 2007
Location	Podgorica and Nikšić, Montenegro
Teams	Budućnost & Sutjeska
First meeting	09 October 1932,[1] Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Latest meeting	Budućnost 2–2 Sutjeska 2023–24 Montenegrin First League (April 2024)
Statistics
Meetings total	Total: 124 Official: 124
All-time series	Official: Budućnost (61) Sutjeska (24)
Largest victory	Budućnost 7–1 Sutjeska Montenegrin Championship (28 May 1933)[2]

Budućnost

Sutjeska

Location of both teams

History

FK Budućnost is founded at 1925, and FK Sutjeska at 1927. So, the two teams played their first matches before the Second World War. First matches in official competitions, Budućnost and Sutjeska played in the Montenegrin Football Championship (1922-1940). The first official game was played on 9 October 1932 in Nikšić, and Budućnost won 2–1.^[1] During the period before the Second World War, two teams played four official games - FK Budućnost under the name RSK Budućnost and FK Sutjeska under the name SK Hercegovac.
The first derby after the War was held in April 1946, when the two clubs played matches in the Montenegrin Republic League, for promotion to the inaugural season of the Yugoslav First League. Until now, there were 107 official games between Budućnost and Sutjeska.
As a match of main and strongest clubs from two biggest Montenegrin cities, the derby became popular among the citizens from the early history. Some of the highest attendances in Montenegrin football were recorded at the games of Montenegrin Derby. From the 1980s, both clubs have organised supporters groups, which gave to a Montenegrin Derby new and often a violent dimension.^[3][4][5][6]

Records and statistics

Head to head record

Competition	Played	Budućnost	Draw	Sutjeska	GD
First League	83	37	29	17	128:85
Montenegrin Championship	4	4	0	0	15:3
Lower leagues	26	12	6	8	43:29
National Cup	11	8	3	0	19:7
Totals	124	61	38	25	205:130

GD - Goals of Budućnost first

Biggest wins

Budućnost

• Home: Budućnost 7-1 Sutjeska, 1933, Montenegrin Football Championship (1922-1940)
• Away: Sutjeska 0-4 Budućnost, 2016, Montenegrin First League

Sutjeska

• Home: Sutjeska 5-2 Budućnost, 1963, Yugoslav Second League
• Away: Budućnost 1-4 Sutjeska, 2019, Montenegrin First League

Runs

• Most consecutive draws: 4 games, 2018-2019

Budućnost

• Longest unbeaten run: 17 games, 2000-2010
• Longest winning streak: 9 games, 1932-1953
• Longest run without conceded goal: 4 games, 2004-2007

Sutjeska

• Longest unbeaten run: 9 games, 2017-2019
• Longest winning streak: 3 games, 2017; 2018
• Longest run without conceded goal: 3 games, 1969-1971, 2017

Record by venue

Town	Played	Budućnost	Draw	Sutjeska
Podgorica	61	37	17	7
Nikšić	64	24	22	18
Totals	124	61	38	25

Attendance

• Highest / Podgorica: 16,000, Budućnost - Sutjeska 3:0, Stadion pod Goricom, 1974
• Lowest / Podgorica: 700, Budućnost - Sutjeska 1:1, Stadion pod Goricom, 2018
• Highest / Nikšić: 12,000, Sutjeska - Budućnost 1:3, Stadion kraj Bistrice, 1975
• Lowest / Nikšić: 800, Sutjeska - Budućnost 1:2, Stadion kraj Bistrice, 2022

Attendance by venue

Town	Venue	Host	Avg	Overall	M	H	L
Nikšić	Stadion kraj Bistrice	Sutjeska	4,248	241,400	56	12,000	800
Podgorica	Stadion pod Goricom	Budućnost	4,080	225,200	53	16,000	700
Podgorica	Cvijetni Brijeg	Budućnost	1,000	1,000	1	1,000	1,000

M = Number of matches (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance; L = Lowest attendance; Games played without spectators not included

Official games

During the history, through official competitions, Budućnost and Sutjeska played 104 official matches.

See also: Montenegrin Football Championship (1922-1940)

See also: Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946-2006)

See also: Montenegrin Republic League

See also: Montenegrin First League

See also: Montenegrin Cup

Year	Competition	Home	Visitors	Result	Attendance
1932	Montenegrin Championship	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	W/A
1933	Montenegrin Championship	Budućnost	Sutjeska	7:1	W/A
1934	Montenegrin Championship	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	W/A
1934	Montenegrin Championship	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:4	W/A
1946	Montenegrin Republic League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:3	4,000
1946	Montenegrin Republic League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	7:2	2,500
1950	Yugoslav Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:2	4,000
1952	Montenegrin Republic League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	5,000
1952	Montenegrin Republic League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	3,000
1953	Montenegrin Republic League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:2	4,000
1953	Montenegrin Republic League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	5,000
1958	Yugoslav Cup	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:2	2,000
1960	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	4,500
1961	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:2	5,000
1961	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	5,000
1962	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	8,000
1963	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	5:2	7,000
1964	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	12,000
1964	Yugoslav Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:3	5,000
1965	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:3	5,000
1966	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	3:2	7,000
1967	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	6,000
1968	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	3:1	7,000
1968	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	9,000
1969	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	10,000
1969	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	8,000
1970	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	10,000
1970	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	7,000
1971	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	11,000
1973	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	8,000
1974	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	6,000
1974	Yugoslav Second League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	16,000
1975	Yugoslav Second League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:3	12,000
1984	Yugoslav First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:1	10,000
1985	Yugoslav First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	10,000
1985	Yugoslav First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:1	8,000
1986	Yugoslav First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	5:5	7,000
1986	Yugoslav First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	10,000
1987	Yugoslav First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:0	8,000
1987	Yugoslav First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	5,000
1988	Yugoslav First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:2	6,000
1991	Yugoslav First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	3,000
1992	Yugoslav First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	5,000
1992	FRY First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	3:1	1,500
1993	FRY First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:1	1,000
1994	FRY First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:2	2,000
1994	FRY First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	2,500
1995	FRY First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	1,500
1995	FRY First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	5:1	2,000
1999	FRY First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	3,000
2000	FRY First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	4,000
2000	FRY First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	3,000
2001	FRY First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	4:3	2,000
2004	SCG First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	4,000
2005	SCG First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	5,000
2006	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	1,000
2007	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	3,000
2007	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	3,000
2007	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	4,000
2007	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	2,000
2008	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	4:0	5,000
2008	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:2	4,000
2009	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	5,000
2009	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	5,000
2009	Montenegrin Cup	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	2,500
2009	Montenegrin Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	3,000
2009	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:1	3,500
2010	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	3:1	5,000
2010	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:0	3,000
2010	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:1	1,500
2011	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	3,500
2011	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	2,000
2011	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	3,000
2012	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:3	4,000
2012	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	1,500
2012	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	3,000
2012	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	2,500
2013	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:3	7,000
2013	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	W/A
2013	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	4,000
2014	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	4,500
2014	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:2	3,000
2015	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:3	3,500
2015	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	1,500
2015	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:0	2,000
2016	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	4,000
2016	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:4	2,000
2016	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	3,000
2017	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	4:2	4,000
2017	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	3,000
2017	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	2,000
2017	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	3,000
2017	Montenegrin Cup	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	2,500
2017	Montenegrin Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	2,500
2017	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:1	1,200
2018	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	3:2	1,500
2018	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:3	1,000
2018	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:1	1,800
2018	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	700
2019	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:2	3,500
2019	Montenegrin Cup	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:0	2,000
2019	Montenegrin Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	3,000
2019	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	0:2	2,000
2019	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:4	2,500
2019	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:2	3,000
2020	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	W/A
2020	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	W/A
2020	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	W/A
2021	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	W/A
2021	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	W/A
2021	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:0	1,000
2021	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:3	3,000
2022	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:2	1,500
2022	Montenegrin Cup	Budućnost	Sutjeska	3:0	2,500
2022	Montenegrin Cup	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	800
2022	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	4:2	1,200
2022	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:0	3,000
2022	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	0:1	1,000
2022	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:1	W/A
2023	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	2:2	W/A
2023	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:2	W/A
2023	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	1:0	1,800
2024	Montenegrin First League	Sutjeska	Budućnost	1:1	1,100
2024	Montenegrin First League	Budućnost	Sutjeska	2:2	4,500

Head-to-head league results

Budućnost and Sutjeska were a part of Montenegrin football competitions since its early days. So, the teams played in the same competition levels during most of the time. Before the World War II, football competitions in Montenegro existed as an elimination tournaments, so the very first leagues were organized since 1946. From that period, Budućnost and Sutjeska played in Yugoslav football system (1946-2006) and in Montenegrin First League (Prva CFL) since 2006.

Head-to-head ranking in Yugoslav football system (1946-2006)

Two teams often played in same competition levels during the era of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Federation of Serbia and Montenegro. They played together in first, second and third-tier competitions. Below are the final placements by both teams on every season when Budućnost and Sutjeska played in the same league.

P.	46	51	52	61	62	64	66	68	69	70	71	74	75	85	86	87	88	92	93	94	95	97	98	00	01	05
1st	1	1	1		1	1	1		1	1	1		1
2nd		2		2					2	2	2		2
3rd	3
4th			4					4
5th																								5
6th												6								6						6
7th				7	7	7										7									7
8th																							8
9th							9							9			9
10th															10	10			10			10
11th												11									11
12th																		12						12
13th																		13
14th															14
15th														15											15	15
16th								16											16
17th																	17
18th																				18
19th																					19
20th																						20
21st																							21
22nd

Key

First League Second League Third League

Budućnost Sutjeska

Head-to-head ranking in Prva CFL (2006-)

Since establishing of Prva CFL, Budućnost and Sutjeska played every single season in competition. Below are the final placements by both teams from 2006 to 2007 edition until today.

P.	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1st		1				1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2nd	2		2	2	2		2		2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3rd			3						3
4th								4			4							4
5th										5
6th
7th				7
8th	8					8
9th
10th
11th		11			11
12th

Key

	Budućnost
	Sutjeska

Honours

FK Budućnost National Championships – 5 Montenegrin First League: Winners (5): 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21 Runners-up (8): 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22 National Cups – 4 Yugoslav Cup: Runners-up (2): 1964–65, 1976–77 Montenegrin Cup: Winners (4): 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 Runners-up (3): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2015–16 Championships (1922-1940) – 4 Montenegrin Championship (1922-1940) Winners (4): 1932, spring 1933, autumn 1933, 1934 Runners-up (2): 1931, 1935 International – 1 Intertoto Cup Group winners (1): 1981 Balkans Cup: Runners-up (1): 1990–91

FK Sutjeska National Championships – 5 Montenegrin First League: Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 Runners-up (3): 2014–15, 2019–20, 2020–21 National Cups – 1 Montenegrin Cup: Winners (1): 2016–17 Runners-up (1): 2006–07 Championships (1922-1940) Montenegrin Championship (1922-1940) Runners-up (1): 1929

Supporters

One of the crucial aspects of the Montenegrin Derby are the supporters. The supporters of Budućnost are named Varvari (Barbarians) while the supporters of Sutjeska are Vojvode (The Dukes). Rivalry of ultras from Podgorica and Nikšić is presented on the football matches since their foundation. During recent history, there is strong ultras rivalry at the basketball matches, too.

Varvari Podgorica

Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians), a group founded in 1987.^[7] The group's traditional colours are blue and white, which are also the colours of all the Budućnost sports clubs. For FK Budućnost Podgorica home games, Varvari occupy the northern stand (Sjever) of the Podgorica city stadium. They also have a reserved stand at the Morača Sports Center, as supporters of KK Buducnost basketball club.^[8]

Vojvode Nikšić

"The Dukes" (Vojvode) is the popular name for the most ardent Sutjeska supporters. They have been established as in 1988 in Nikšić and today constitute one of the most numerous groups of supporters in Montenegro.^[9] Their place is in the eastern stand, and they traditionally follow all the matches of all sports that compete under the Sutjeska name, both home and away matches.^[10]

See also

• Football in Montenegro
• Montenegrin First League
• FK Budućnost Podgorica
• FK Sutjeska Nikšić

References

1. http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/tabele/11-sezone-tabele-kraljevina/64-1932-1933#cetinjski-podsavez-jesen-1932 ^{[dead link]}
2. "1932-1933". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
3. "Prekinut meč Sutjeska - Budućnost" (in Montenegrin). RTCG. 21 May 2015.
4. "Sjajna atmosfera, loš fudbal u neriješenom derbiju pod Goricom" (in Montenegrin). CdM. 23 February 2016.
5. "Tuča Varvara i Vojvoda u Podgorici" (in Montenegrin). Mondo. 18 September 2014.
6. "Uznemirujuće: Krvave glave kao epilog fudbalskog derbija u Nikšiću".
7. "Varvari Podgorica 25th birthday celebration 10.11.2012".
8. "O Nama - Varvari 1987". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
9. "Kolektiv ME".
10. "Photo of the round: Sharing the joy with fans in Nikšić". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

External links

• Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site Archived 2014-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
• League on soccerway.com