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KK Budućnost (pronounced

History

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1949–1979: Formation and early years

The club was founded in 1949 when Budućnost sports society decided to form the men's basketball club. Budućnost participated in its first competition during the first part of June 1949, at the third Montenegrin Championship. The Championships took place in

Herceg-Novi

.

In 1957, a new outdoor basketball court was constructed in the City Park, on the Morača river left bank.

Budućnost became champion of

should play in the First League, without any matches being played.

In the 1959–60 season, Budućnost became the Montenegrin basketball champion for the second time. The Qualifications for the First League were played in Podgorica, and the teams of Dinamo Pančevo and Rabotnički Skoplje took part. Dinamo Pančevo eventually qualified for the First League.

Budućnost dominated Montenegrin basketball scene in the year of 1961. Because of the financial problems, the championships were reduced to a tournament played in Podgorica, and the home team easily won all of its matches.

Budućnost had to wait until 1969 for the new success. That year the team managed to win two trophies. In the Republic League, Budućnost won the first place and again became the Montenegrin basketball champion. Budućnost played the qualifications for the Second League group East once more, but in the very strong competition from clubs from Serbia and Macedonia they failed to qualify. The team also won the Championships of the Cities, for the third time in its history.

The year 1970 was the turning point for the Montenegrin basketball. The championships were played in the united league for the first time in history, without any zones. Budućnost became the Montenegrin basketball champion. The club managed to repeat the same success in the next year and became the Montenegrin basketball champion for the second time in a row (sixth overall). In the same year, the team finally managed to qualify for the Second League. Qualifications were held in Podgorica. Unfortunately, Budućnost managed to play for only one year in the Second League (1971–72).

In the 1973 Montenegrin champion was determined in a tie-breaker between Budućnost and

were: Blažević, Begović, Pavićević, and Popović. The team managed to qualify for the Second League group South this year.

Because there was no suitable basketball arena in

, qualifying for the Last 16 stage.

In the 1975–76 season, the Second League was once again dominated by Budućnost. At the end of the regular season Budućnost was tied with the team of Budućnost Peć, with 13 wins and 5 losses. In the tie-breaker that took place in Belgrade, the team from Podgorica was much better and won. The new players this season were Garić and Begović.

Next year the team was tied for the first place with the team of

. In the same year the team won the Montenegrin Cup.

1979–1986: Yugoslav First League promotion and successes

The 1979–80 season is very significant in club's history. Budućnost took the first place in the Second League and automatically qualified for the

.

Budućnost's promotion to the First League brought a resurgence of popularity for the game of basketball in Titograd in the summer of 1980. The First League had a representative from Montenegro again after 15 years. Shortly before the debut in the First League, Morača Sports Center was opened and the team played all of its official matches there.

In its First League debut season, the team achieved a significant success finishing eight with a 9–13 record. Team roster for this year was: Dragan and Duško Ivanović, Nikola Antić, Žarko Knežević, Kovačević, Slavenko Rakočević, Goran and Milorad Bojanić, Borislav Đurović, Petrović, Milatović. The coaches were Čedomir Đurašković, with assistants Vukićević, Garić.

In the

.

Over its five top-tier seasons Budućnost fought hard to remain a First League participant, finding itself several times in relegation danger, but managing to overcome it. The big breakthrough would unexpectedly come in the

.

Still despite all hardship, the incoming young head coach Milutin Petrović with a roster consisting of the Ivanović brothers, Nikola Antić, supreme young talent

Korać Cup

, the club's first ever participation in the European competition.

1986–1998: European debut and domestic permanence

In its European

. Out of six round robin games, Budućnost managed only a single win, which meant elimination from the Korać Cup.

Following a few years of historic success for the club, Budućnost got relegated at the end of the

1987–88 season

finishing dead last with a 6–16 record. However, the very next year Budućnost was promoted and never lost its place in the First League again.

In the 1995–96 season, Budućnost won the Yugoslav Cup for the first time. In the final tournament, held in Nikšić, Budućnost defeated BFC Beočin and Partizan. Roster: Šćepanović, Pajović, Tomović, Đaletić, Mudreša, P. Popović, A. Ivanović, Đikanović, Darko Ivanović, Simović, Vukčević and Mugoša. Head coach was Živko Brajović.

The Yugoslav Cup was won for the second time in the 1997–98 season, also in Nikšić. In the final tournament Budućnost was better than

. Roster: Šćepanović, Pajović, Krivokapić, Vukčević, Ostojić, A. Ivanović, M. Ivanović, Ćeranić, S. Peković, Radunović and Dragutinović. The team was coached by Goran Bojanić.

1998–2003: Prominent years

After wins in the

.

Budućnost won its second straight title without a loss (both in the regular season and in the play-offs) – a total of 27 wins. In the 1999–2000 season, Budućnost participated in the

. The head coach was Miroslav Nikolić.

Budućnost won its first "double" in the 2000–01 season. The Final 8 tournament of the Yugoslav Cup was held in

(the team was coached by Nikolić for three months in the first half of the season).

Over the next two seasons, 2001–2002 and 2002–2003, Budućnost lost many of its star players. In 2001–2002, Budućnost lost its positions to Partizan, who defeated Budućnost in both the Cup finals and the Yugoslavian League finals. After the season, Rakočević, the last player of the Budućnost golden age, departed for the NBA. In 2002–2003, Budućnost was led by talented young prospects Žarko Čabarkapa, Milojević and Aleksandar Pavlović. Despite their play, Budućnost plummeted to the last place in the standings in the EuroLeague and did not reach the finals of Serbian and Montenegrin League.

2003–2006: Quieter years

A quieter period followed during which Budućnost took part in the

semifinals in its last appearance in that competition.

2006–2011: Domestic dominance

Following the

by a single point at the end of a home-and-away Qualifying Round series.

2011–present: Rise to regional prominence

In the 2010–11 season, Budućnost came up short in the Turkish Airlines

in the semifinals.

Since 2011, a Montenegrin retail company

participant and one of top five teams of the ABA League in period from 2011 to 2017, reaching to the semifinal for five times.

In June 2017,

finals for the first time since the establishment of the league in 2007.

In the middle of 2018–19 season, after series of bad results Budućnost sacked Džikić and named Jasmin Repeša as team's head coach. Also, it added several high-profile names to its roster, among whom were Goga Bitadze and Norris Cole. However, even with much stronger roster in second half of the season, Budućnost failed to fulfill any goals that were set at the beginning of the season. In 2018–19 EuroLeague, Budućnost finished in 15th place having the second-worst record of 6 wins and 24 losses. In the 2018–19 ABA League First Division, it failed to defend the title in repeated final series match-up of previous season, losing to Crvena zvezda with 3–2 in series.^[7][8] In the A Liga, Budućnost won back the championship.

Rivalry

Home arena

Budućnost plays its home games at Morača Sports Center (Montenegrin: Sportski centar Morača, Спортски центар Морача), a sport venue located in Podgorica, Montenegro. The venue is located in the new part of Podgorica, on the right bank of Morača River, after which it got its name. Construction of this sports complex began in 1978, and various sport facilities are scattered across a five-hectare area. Today, its main sports hall has a capacity of 5,500 seats^[9]

Supporters

Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians), a group founded in 1987.

The focal point for the group during the late 1990s was the basketball club, which started investing heavily while the football club toiled in the lower half of the table.

Since its foundation years, Varvari has gained a reputation as a violent group, and in the recent history they made a few biggest accidents on the football matches. At First League 2004-05 game Budućnost - Partizan Belgrade, flares, blocks, construction materials and similar objects were thrown from the North stand to the pitch and match was abandoned for 15 minutes. Year later, game Budućnost - Crvena Zvezda Belgrade was suspended for two hours after home supporters (Varvari) threw tear gas on the pitch and, after that, attacked visitors' ultras.^[12][13] On the spring 2006, there was a crowd violence on the local rivals game Budućnost - Zeta.^[14] In the Montenegrin First League, numerous matches of FK Budućnost were suspended due to crowd violence or crowd-invasion to the pitch. During the last seasons, there was an escalation of violence on Montenegrin Derby games.

They are the best organised and largest fan group in Montenegro. According to many fan magazines from the Balkan they are the only fans in Montenegro who are on the level of the largest fan groups from ex-Yugoslavia.^[15]

Season by season

The following table contains information from season 2006–07 onward:

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Montenegrin Cup	ABA League	European competitions		Head coach
2006–07	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fifth position	—	—	Dejan Radonjić
2007–08	1	First League	1st	Champion	Sixth position	2 ULEB Cup	R32	Dejan Radonjić
2008–09	1	First League	1st	Champion	Sixth position	2 Eurocup	RS	Dejan Radonjić
2009–10	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fifth position	3 EuroChallenge[a]	L16	Dejan Radonjić
2010–11	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fourth position	2 Eurocup[b]	RS	Dejan Radonjić
2011–12	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fourth position	2 Eurocup[b]	QF	Dejan Radonjić
2012–13	1	First League	1st	Runner-up	Fifth position	2 Eurocup	QF	Dejan Radonjić
2013–14	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fifth position	2 Eurocup	RS	Igor Jovović
2014–15	1	First League	1st	Champion	Third position	2 Eurocup	L32	Igor Jovović
2015–16	1	First League	1st	Champion	Third position	2 Eurocup	RS	Luka Pavićević
2016–17	1	First League	1st	Champion	Fourth position	2 EuroCup	RS	Ilias Zouros
2017–18	1	First League	2nd	Champion	Champion	2 EuroCup	QF	Aleksandar Džikić
2018–19	1	First League	1st	Champion	Runner-up	1 EuroLeague	RS	Jasmin Repeša
2019–20	1	First League	1st	Champion	Runner-up	1 EuroCup	RS	Petar Mijović
2020–21	1	First League	1st	Champion	Runner-up	1 EuroCup	QF	Petar Mijović
2021–22	1	First League	1st	Champion	Third position	1 EuroCup	EF	Aleksandar Džikić
2022–23	1	First League	1st	Champion	Third position	1 EuroCup	EF	Petar Mijović

Source: Eurobasket.com

^A Failed to qualify to EuroCup (2 tier) ^b Failed to qualify to Euroleague (1 tier)

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Montenegrin League

• • * Winners (15): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Runners-up (1): 2018

• Serbia and Montenegro League

• • * Winners (3): 1999, 2000, 2001

• • *Runners-up (1): 2002

Cups

• Montenegrin Cup

• • * Winners (16): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Runners-up (1): 2013

• Serbia and Montenegro Cup

• • * Winners (3): 1996, 1998, 2001

• • *Runners-up (1): 2002

International success

• EuroLeague:
  • Top 16 (2):
    1999–00, 2000–01
• EuroCup
  • 1/4 Finals (4):
    2017-18, 2020-21

Regional competitions

• Adriatic League

• • Winners (1): 2018

• • Runners-up (2): 2019, 2021

Final Four (6):

2017

Other competitions

• Igalo, Montenegro Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2008

Players

Current roster

KK Budućnost Podgorica roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Mihailović, Vladimir 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 33 – (1990-08-10)10 August 1990 PF 2 Ilić, Aleksa 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996 SG 3 Magee, Fletcher 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 SG 5 Freeman, Allerik 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994 SF 7 Slavković, Andrija 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 PF 10 Makoundou, Yoan 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 PG 11 Ferrell, Yogi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 30 – (1993-05-09)9 May 1993 PF 14 Grbović, Andrija 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 20 – (2003-09-16)16 September 2003 C 17 Jones, Marvin 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1993-12-29)29 December 1993 PF 21 Jagodić-Kuridža, Marko 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 36 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 PF 24 Tanasković, Nikola 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – (1997-10-21)21 October 1997 PG 25 Wright IV, McKinley 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1998-10-25)25 October 1998 G 30 Popović, Petar (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996 SG 33 Paul, Brandon 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 C 34 Kamenjaš, Kenan 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 24 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000	Head coach Andrej Žakelj Assistant coach(es) Vladimir Todorović Luka Sjekloća Strength & conditioning coach(es) Nikola Musić Team manager Gavrilo Pajović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 12, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Marvin Jones	Kenan Kamenjaš	Aleksa Ilić
PF	Nikola Tanasković	Yoan Makoundou	Marko Jagodić-Kuridža
SF	Andrija Slavković	Brandon Paul	Andrija Grbović
SG	Vladimir Mihailović	Petar Popović	Allerik Freeman
PG	Yogi Ferrell	McKinley Wright IV

Head coaches

Notable players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

By far the best known player to come through KK Budućnost ranks is

stint in the late 1980s.

Notable players

Players at the NBA draft

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
PF	Žarko Čabarkapa	2003	1st round	17th	Phoenix Suns
SG/SF	Aleksandar Pavlović	2003	1st round	19th	Utah Jazz
C	Slavko Vraneš	2003	2nd round	39th	New York Knicks

Players who played in the NBA

• Žarko Paspalj
• Žarko Čabarkapa
• Aleksandar Pavlović
• Slavko Vraneš
• Nikola Vučević
• Omar Cook
• Igor Rakočević
• Andre Brown
• Acie Earl
• Jerome James
• Doron Lamb
• Marcus Williams
• Earl Clark
• Coty Clarke
• Norris Cole
• Sean Kilpatrick
• Rashad Vaughn
• Willie Reed
• Goga Bitadze

Sponsorships

Official Shirt Sponsor	VOLI
Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer	Spalding
Official Broadcaster	RTCG

See also

• SD Budućnost Podgorica
• FK Budućnost Podgorica
• ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
• Montenegrin Derby
• Montenegrin basketball clubs in European competitions

References

External links

• Official website (in Serbian)
• Official supporters' website
• Eurobasket.com KK Buducnost Page