FK Sutjeska

Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is football club from Niksic, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in 1920, and has been known by its current name since 1945. Since the restoration of Montenegrin independence in 2006, the club has a joint record four First League titles.

FK Sutjeska is a part of the Sutjeska sports society.

History

During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1927-1941)

FK Sutjeska is founded at 1927, under the name Sports' club Hajduk (SK Hajduk). Later though (before World War II began), the club changed its name to SK Hercegovac.
Under the name SK Hajduk, the team debuted in official competitions at 1929 - as a participant of Montenegrin Football Championship. Biggest success at that time, team from Niksic made on Autumn 1929, playing in the Montenegrin Championship finals against SK Crnogorac Cetinje (1-2). During the season 1932, SK Hercegovac played their first official game against FK Buducnost (1-2) and that was the first edition of Montenegrin Derby - the greatest rivalry in the history of Montenegrin football.
Until 1940, the team from Niksic played only once in the Championship finals, and since the beginning of World War II - the team is disallowed.

After World War II (1945-1984)

After the war, the club was refounded (1945) under the name Sutjeska in honour of Yugoslav communists killed in the Battle of Sutjeska. First game they played on 3 May 1945, against FK Buducnost in Podgorica (2-4). Soon after that, team from Niksic played in the first football competition after the World War II - 1946 Montenegrin Republic League, winning the third position at the end of season.
First significant success after the war, FK Sutjeska made on season 1948/49, with gaining promotion to Yugoslav Third League. In period 1955-1964, Sutjeska played nine consecutive seasons in Yugoslav Second Le

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