FK Igalo 1929

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FK Igalo 1929
Full nameFudbalski klub Igalo 1929
Founded1929; 96 years ago (1929)
GroundStadion Solila, Igalo
Capacity1,600
PresidentZoran Krivokapić
Head CoachIgor Raičević
LeagueMontenegrin Second League
2024–25Montenegrin Second League, 4th of 9
Current season
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.

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 10 February 2025[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Montenegro MNE Maksim Milović
2 MF Montenegro MNE Nikola Kosać
3 DF Montenegro MNE Vuk Matejić (on loan from OFK Petrovac)
4 MF Montenegro MNE Boris Žujović
5 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Cmiljanović
6 MF Argentina ARG Nelson Cordoba (captain)
7 MF Montenegro MNE Jovan Mirković
8 MF Montenegro MNE Miloš Đurđević
9 FW Montenegro MNE Ognjen Rolović
10 MF Montenegro MNE Jovan Popović
11 MF Montenegro MNE Boško Dujović
12 GK Montenegro MNE Božidar Matejić (on loan from OFK Petrovac)
14 MF Montenegro MNE Vladimir Pavlović
16 FW Montenegro MNE Stefan Perović
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Montenegro MNE Nihad Balić
22 FW Montenegro MNE Jasmin Muhović
24 DF Montenegro MNE Matija Stijepović
25 MF Montenegro MNE Nikola Popović
30 FW Montenegro MNE Lazar Žižić
31 FW Algeria ALG Yanis Beghdadi
32 DF Montenegro MNE Miloš Mugoša
33 DF Montenegro MNE Aleksandar Đukanović
35 MF Montenegro MNE Aldin Adžović
44 GK Montenegro MNE Radoš Dubljević (on loan from Sutjeska)
77 FW Montenegro MNE Stefan Čađenović
91 GK Montenegro MNE Miloš Padrov
99 FW Colombia COL Faver Ramírez
FW Timor-Leste TLS Mouzinho

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