FK Dečić

FK Dečić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: ФК Дечић is a Montenegrin football club from Tuzi. Currently, the club is member of the Montenegrin First League. It is a part of Dečić sport society.

Dečić
Full nameFudbalski klub Dečić Tuzi
Nickname(s)Plavi (The Blues)
Short nameDEČ
Founded1926 (1926)
GroundStadion Tuško Polje
Tuzi, Montenegro
Capacity2,000
ChairmanPal Dreshaj
ManagerMilorad Peković
LeagueMontenegrin First League
2022–23Montenegrin First League, 4th of 10

History

Founded during 1926, it's named after Dečić hill. The team played only non-league matches in period before World War II. First official competition in which participated FK Dečić lowest-tier Fourth League - Central in which they participated until the beginning of the seventies. In that era, big local rivalry between FK Dečić and neighbouring FK Zeta was born.
First significant success during the SFR Yugoslavia era was title of Fourth League champion on season 1972–73, which meant promotion of FK Dečić to the third-tier competition Montenegrin Republic League.[1]
Most of their seasons until the end of century, FK Dečić spent in the Republic League, with few relegations to the Fourth League. Best successes at that time, Dečić made at seasons 1988–89, with third place in the Montenegrin Republic League and 1989–90, when they were runners-up.
Greatest result in that time, Dečić made at season 2003–04. After hard struggle with FK Lovćen, the team from Tuzi won the champions title in the Republic League and secured historical, first promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. FK Dečić debuted in the Second League in the 2004-05 season, and finished high, in third position.[2] Next year, Dečić finished in seventh place.[3]
After Montenegrin independence, FK Dečić became a member of the Montenegrin First League (season 2006-07), which was historical result of the team from Tuzi. Dečić played its first game in the First League on 12 August 2006, against FK Mogren in Budva (1-1). A week later, FK Dečić played its first top-division on renovated stadium in Tuzi against Montenegrin strongest side FK Budućnost (0-3) in front of 3,000 spectators.[3] That was a record attendance on FK Dečić home games.
Until 2012, FK Dečić spent six consecutive seasons in the First League. But after the 2011–12 season, the team was relegated to the Montenegrin Second League.
Next seasons, the club spent with often promotions and relegations between the First and Second League, with final return to top-division at the 2015-16 season, after great result in the First League playoff matches against FK Mogren (2-1; 5–0). During the next two seasons, with head-coaches Viktor Trenevski and Edis Mulalić, FK Dečić made significant results in the First League, finished at the upper half of table.
Era of good results finished after the 2017-18 season, as FK Dečić finished at the bottom and was relegated to the Second League.
Two years later, the team from Tuzi, as a champion of 2019-20 Montenegrin Second League, made another comeback to the top tier. They would start the 2020–21 Montenegrin First League with a promising 2–0 win at home against the former Montenegrin First League champions FK Budućnost. That season would become the most successful start to a season in the clubs history.

Talent producing

The best known player to come up through the club is Refik Šabanadžović who later went on to a notable career with Željezničar and Red Star Belgrade and won the UEFA Champions League. Other notable players are Ardian Đokaj and Sanibal Orahovac.

First League Record
See also: Participants of Montenegrin First League

For the first time, Dečić played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2006–07 season. Below is a list of FK Dečić scores in the First League by every single season.

Season Pos G W D L GF GA
2006–07 10 33 8 10 15 29 46
2007–08 7 33 10 8 15 26 37
2008–09 11 33 9 4 20 23 45
2009–10 9 33 8 11 14 27 35
2010–11 6 33 10 9 14 24 33
2011–12 10 33 10 4 19 34 51
2013–14 12 33 5 9 19 32 61
2015–16 6 33 11 6 16 38 49
2016–17 5 33 14 8 11 27 32
2017–18 12 36 3 12 21 25 64
2020–21 3 36 13 15 8 39 28
2021–22 3 36 15 11 10 54 44
2022–23 4 36 12 14 10 44 37

Honours and achievements

European record

As of match played 14 July 2022

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Kosovo Drita 0–1 1–2 1–3
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–2 1–1 2–3
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad
As of 31 July 2023[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Montenegro MNE Igor Nikić
3 DF Montenegro MNE Robert Gjelaj
4 DF Montenegro MNE Stefan Milić
5 MF Montenegro MNE Kristijan Vulaj
6 DF Montenegro MNE Romario Camaj
7 MF Montenegro MNE Draško Božović
8 MF Brazil BRA Caique Chagas
9 FW Montenegro MNE Ilir Camaj
10 MF Montenegro MNE Oliver Sarkic
11 FW Montenegro MNE Darko Zorić
13 GK Montenegro MNE Pavle Velimirović
14 MF Montenegro MNE Andrej Bajović
15 DF Montenegro MNE Pjetër Lulgjuraj
17 MF Montenegro MNE Leon Ujkaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Montenegro MNE Lazar Stanisic
19 DF Montenegro MNE Ognjen Obradović
22 DF Montenegro MNE Jonathan Drešaj (captain)
23 MF Montenegro MNE Mario Gjolaj
24 DF Montenegro MNE Bogdan Milić
28 DF Montenegro MNE Demir Krkanović
29 DF Montenegro MNE Nemanja Djurović
33 FW Montenegro MNE Ognjen Stijepović
47 MF Montenegro MNE Bogdan Obradović
77 MF Montenegro MNE Milan Vušurović
97 FW Brazil BRA Patrick Nonato
— GK Montenegro MNE Hamza Djoković
— FW Montenegro MNE Egzon Dinosha
— FW Switzerland SUI Adem Demiri

Notable players

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

Below is the list of FK Dečić players which have represented their countries at the full international level:

Historical list of coaches
  • Montenegro Vojo Pejović (Jul 2006 - Sep 2006)
  • Montenegro Mladen Vukičević (18 Sep 2006 – Jun 2007)
  • Montenegro Bozidar Vuković (Jul 2007 - Jun 2009)
  • Montenegro Ivan Čančarević (Jul 2009 – Dec 2009)
  • Montenegro Slaviša Bozičić (5 Jan 2010 – Jun 2010)
  • Montenegro Mladen Vukičević (Jul 2010 – Sep 2011)
  • Montenegro Bozidar Vuković (22 Sep 2011 - Jun 2012)
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (Jul 2012 – Jun 2013)
  • Czech Republic Radim Nečas (Jul 2013 – Mar 2014)
  • Czech Republic Pavel Malura (6 Mar 2014 – Apr 2014)
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (22 Apr 2014 – Jun 2015)[5]
  • North Macedonia Viktor Trenevski (Jul 2015 - Oct 2015)[6]
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (28 Oct 2015 – Jun 2016)
  • Montenegro Milija Savović (Jul 2016 – Sep 2016)[7]
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Edis Mulalić (Sep 2016 - Mar 2017)[8]
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (Mar 2017)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Edis Mulalić (Mar 2017 - May 2017)
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (May 2017 – Jun 2017)
  • Montenegro Mirko Marić (Jul 2017 – Dec 2017)[9]
  • North Macedonia Viktor Trenevski (Jan 2018 - May 2018)[10]
  • Montenegro Fuad Krkanović (May 2018 – Jul 2020)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Edis Mulalić (Jul 2020 – Sep 2021)[11]
  • Montenegro Miljan Radović (Sep 2021 – Apr 2022)
  • Serbia Vladimir Janković (Apr 2022 – Sep 2022)
  • Montenegro Derviš Hadžiosmanović (Sep 2022 – present)
  • Official sponsor: Castellana
  • Official kit supplier: Macron

Stadium
Main article: Stadion Tuško Polje

FK Dečić home ground is Stadion Tuško Polje, built during 2006. The stadium was renovated several times,[12][13] so today it has a capacity of 2,000 seats on two stands. Next phase of works will be expanding of the western stand[14] and after that, capacity of the stadium will be 3,000 seats. In addition to the main field is an auxiliary field with artificial grass that is used for competitions in the junior categories.

See also

References
  1. 'Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016.
  2. "Serbia and Montenegro 2004/05". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. "Serbia and Montenegro 2005/06". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. Roster - FCSG
  5. Fuad Krkanović ponovo na klupi Dečića - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  6. Viktor Trenevski preuzeo Dečić - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  7. Rastali se Savović i Dečić - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  8. Mulalić: Hvala igračima, ovo je njihova pobjeda - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  9. Mirko Marić trener Dečića - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  10. Trenevski ponovo vodi Dečić - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  11. Mulalić se vratio u Dečić - Vijesti (in Montenegrin)
  12. "eKapija - Login". www.ekapija.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  13. "Povećan kapacitet stadiona FK Dečić". www.srbijasport.net. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  14. "Ne računaju na dvoranu u Beglacima". dan.co.me. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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