FK Mornar

History

FK Mornar (FC Sailor) was founded in December 1923, as JSK Crnojević. In period until 1941, since the 1924–25 season, the club played for a few seasons in the Montenegrin football championship (former Zeta Banovina), but without any significant success.

From 1945, the club participated under several names - Jadran, Obnova and Tempo. The first significant successes the club made was in the 1950 season were they got promoted to the Montenegrin Republic League. From 1950 to 2006, Mornar played numerous seasons in the Republic League and won three titles (1989, 1995, 2001). In the 1994–95 season, FK Mornar made "double" on Republic level, by winning both titles - in the Montenegrin Republic League, and the Montenegrin Republic Cup.

For the first time, Mornar played in Yugoslav leagues in the 1989–90 season, as a member of the Yugoslav Third Inter-Republic League - West. In the 1995-96 season, Mornar debuted in the Yugoslav Second League, where they spent six seasons until 2006.

Historical success Mornar made in summer 2009, with their first promotion to the Montenegrin First League. Until now, the club from Bar played seven seasons in the highest league competition in Montenegro, but without any significant result. On 2018-19 Montenegrin First League, Mornar made an Prva CFL all-time negative record, as they earned only 12 points on 36 games, but with only one single victory during the whole campaign. That year, team from Bar suffered 12 defeats in a row, which is the longest losing streak in the history of Montenegrin top-tier.

First League record

For the first time, Mornar played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2009–10 season. Below is a list of FK Mornar scores in the First League by every single season.

European record

As of 13 August 2024

;Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Honours and achievements

• ** Montenegrin First League**
  • Runners–up (1): 2023–24
• ** Montenegrin Second League – 2**
  • Winners (2): 2017–18, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (1): 2011–12
• ** Montenegrin Republic League – 3**
  • Winners (3): 1988–89, 1994–95, 2000–01
• ** Montenegrin Republic Cup – 1**
  • Winners (1): 1994–95

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Below is the list of former Mornar players who represented their countries at the full international level.

• YUG Slobodan Marović
• SCG Zoran Banović
• SCGSRB Nikola Žigić
• MNE Ivan Ivanović
• MNE Ivan Kecojević
• MNE Mitar Novaković
• MNE Srđan Radonjić
• GHA Francis Bossman
• SLE Rodney Michael

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see :Category:FK Mornar players.

Managerial history

• MNE Ratko Stevović (June 2006 - June 2007)
• MNE Mladen Vukićević (June 2008 - January 2010)
• MNE Brajan Nenezić (5 January 2010 - June 2010)
• SRB Dušan Jevrić (July 2010 - September 2010)
• MNE Boris Ljutica (29 September 2010 - August 2011)
• MNE Obren Sarić (22 August 2011 - September 2012)
• SRB Zoran Pešić (September 2012)
• MNE Saša Petrović (30 September 2012 - April 2013)
• MNE Obren Sarić (24 April 2013 - June 2014)
• MNE Mladen Vukićević (July 2014 - June 2015)
• MNE Rudolf Marčić (July 2015 - Mar 2016)
• MNE Zoran Mijović (25 March 2016 - June 2017)
• MNE Rade Vešović (15 September 2017 - June 2018)
• MNE Aleksandar Madžar (9 July 2018 - September 2018)
• SRB Goran Milojević (4 September 2018 - February 2019)
• MNE Derviš Hadžiosmanović (13 February 2019 - 16 February 2019)
• MNE Igor Raičević (16 February 2019 - 2019)
• MNE Obren Šarić (8 July 2019 - 27 October 2020)
• MNE Slavoljub Bubanja (3 November 2020 - 31 October 2021)
• MNE Andrija Delibašić (31 October 2021 - 30 April 2023)
• MNE Zoran Đurašković (2 May 2023 - present)

Stadium

Main article: Stadion Topolica

FK Mornar plays its home games at Stadion Topolica, whose capacity is 2,500 seats. The stadium is built at the coast of Adriatic Sea, near the city beach and the Port of Bar. The stadium has floodlights, and except football, it's the main athletic field in Montenegro.

References

References

1. "Naši klubovi drugačijeg imena".
2. "1924-1925".
3. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
4. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
5. https://fscg.me/takmicenja/meridianbet-1-cfl/ Football Association of Montenegro
6. "Roster".