KK BuduÃÂnost (; ), currently known as BuduÃÂnost VOLI () for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club competes in Montenegrin Basketball League and Adriatic League. It is a part of the BuduÃÂnost Sports Society. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association.
The club was founded in 1949 when BuduÃÂnost sports society decided to form the men's basketball club. BuduÃÂnost participated in its first competition during the first part of June 1949, at the third Montenegrin Championship. The Championships took place in Cetinje, and in addition to BuduÃÂnost, three other teams from Montenegro participated. The first success came two years later â in 1951, when BuduÃÂnost took the first place in the First Championships of the Cities, which was held in Herceg-Novi.
In 1957, a new outdoor basketball court was constructed in the City Park, on the MoraÃÂa river left bank.
BuduÃÂnost became champion of Montenegro for the first time in 1958. The championship was played in three zones, and many more teams took part this time. All credit for this achievement goes to: MartinoviÃÂ, PavloviÃÂ, VujoviÃÂ, ÃÂukiÃÂ, GoluboviÃÂ, LekiÃÂ, Belada, ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ, Tamindà ¾iàand VukÃÂeviÃÂ. Because of this result, Buducnost got the chance to play in the qualifications for the First League. The qualifications did not take place, because of the decision of Yugoslav Basketball Federation that the team of Zastava from Kragujevac should play in the First League, without any matches being played.
In the 1959âÂÂ60 season, BuduÃÂnost became the Montenegrin basketball champion for the second time. The Qualifications for the First League were played in Podgorica, and the teams of Dinamo PanÃÂevo and RabotniÃÂki Skoplje took part. Dinamo PanÃÂevo eventually qualified for the First League.
BuduÃÂnost 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.
BuduÃÂnost had to wait until 1969 for the new success. That year the team managed to win two trophies. In the Republic League, BuduÃÂnost won the first place and again became the Montenegrin basketball champion. BuduÃÂnost 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. BuduÃÂnost 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, BuduÃÂnost managed to play for only one year in the Second League (1971âÂÂ72).
In the 1973 Montenegrin champion was determined in a tie-breaker between BuduÃÂnost and Jedinstvo from Bijelo Polje, because both teams had the same number of points at the end of the season. The Game was played on the neutral court, and BuduÃÂnost proved that it still was the best. Both clubs took part in the qualifications for the Second League, but neither managed to qualify. The tournament was played in Skopje. Next year BuduÃÂnost had only one loss in the Montenegrin League and became the Montenegrin basketball champion once again. In the same year, the tournament of the Republics took place. The BuduÃÂnost players who played for Montenegro national basketball team were: Blaà ¾eviÃÂ, BegoviÃÂ, PaviÃÂeviÃÂ, and PopoviÃÂ. The team managed to qualify for the Second League group South this year.
Because there was no suitable basketball arena in Titograd, BuduÃÂnost was forced to play its games in the Second League (season 1974âÂÂ75) outside its hometown. BuduÃÂnost was by far the best team in group South â it had 11 wins and only 3 losses. That year the fusion of the clubs Akademik and BuduÃÂnost took place, so the team now had the best players from Akademik. The team roster for this year was: BegoviÃÂ, BrajoviÃÂ, Blaà ¾eviÃÂ, à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, LatkoviÃÂ, ÃÂuraà ¡koviÃÂ, I. PopoviÃÂ, M. PopoviÃÂ, VukiÃÂeviÃÂ, LekoviÃÂ, à  arkiÃÂ, PaviÃÂeviÃÂ, Kaziàand MartinoviÃÂ, and the head coach was Petar Blaà ¾eviÃÂ. The team achieved its first bigger success in Yugoslav Cup, qualifying for the Last 16 stage.
In the 1975âÂÂ76 season, the Second League was once again dominated by BuduÃÂnost. At the end of the regular season BuduÃÂnost was tied with the team of BuduÃÂnost PeÃÂ, 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 Gariàand BegoviÃÂ.
Next year the team was tied for the first place with the team of Kumanovo, but this BuduÃÂnost lost in the deciding tie-breaker. In the season of 1977âÂÂ78 BuduÃÂnost qualified for the quarter-finals of the Yugoslav Cup, where it was beaten by Bosna. In the same year the team won the Montenegrin Cup.
The 1979âÂÂ80 season is very significant in club's history. BuduÃÂnost took the first place in the Second League and automatically qualified for the Yugoslav First Federal League. The players were: Nikola AntiÃÂ, Dragan IvanoviÃÂ, Duà ¡ko IvanoviÃÂ, VukiÃÂeviÃÂ, SutuloviÃÂ, VukosavljeviÃÂ, PetroviÃÂ, Borislav ÃÂuroviÃÂ, BojaniÃÂ, GariÃÂ, Slavenko RakoÃÂeviÃÂ, Neseviàand DragoviÃÂ. The team was coached by Rusmir HaliloviÃÂ. As hosts, the team had to play its games in Danilovgrad.
BuduÃÂnost'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, MoraÃÂa 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 9âÂÂ13 record. Team roster for this year was: Dragan and Duà ¡ko IvanoviÃÂ, Nikola AntiÃÂ, à ½arko Kneà ¾eviÃÂ, KovaÃÂeviÃÂ, Slavenko RakoÃÂeviÃÂ, Goran and Milorad BojaniÃÂ, Borislav ÃÂuroviÃÂ, PetroviÃÂ, MilatoviÃÂ. The coaches were ÃÂedomir ÃÂuraà ¡koviÃÂ, with assistants VukiÃÂeviÃÂ, GariÃÂ.
In the 1984âÂÂ85 season, the team managed to qualify for the play-off quarter-finals after beating Jugoplastika Split in three games. In the quarter-finals the team met with Crvena zvezda, who won twice in Belgrade, while BuduÃÂnost triumphed in Titograd.
Over its five top-tier seasons BuduÃÂnost 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 1985-86 season, its sixth in the top flight, although in the summer 1985 off-season it looked like Buducnost was in for another season of desperate struggle to stay up. Head coach Vlade ÃÂuroviàleft, taking an offer from KK Zadar and the player situation wasn't much better â club mainstays 26-year-old Goran BojaniÃÂ, 24-year-old à ½arko ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ, and veteran Goran RakoÃÂeviàleft while even talented youth players joined the exodus as 18-year-old Zdravko Raduloviàtransferred to KK Bosna, 21-year-old Saà ¡a Radunoviàtook an offer from Wichita State University, and 17-year-old Luka PaviÃÂeviàdid the same with University of Utah.
Still despite all hardship, the incoming young head coach Milutin Petroviàwith a roster consisting of the Ivanoviàbrothers, Nikola AntiÃÂ, supreme young talent à ½arko Paspalj, MilatoviÃÂ, Jadran VujaÃÂiàand Veselin à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, managed to lead the team to a 13âÂÂ9 record and 3rd place in the league thus qualifying for the next season's KoraàCup, the club's first ever participation in the European competition.
In its European debut BuduÃÂnost had three wins and five losses, overall. It began the competition in the first round, played over two legs, against Karà Âñyaka S.K., winning both games and qualifying for the round robin group where it got drawn with JuveCaserta, Estudiantes, and Challans. Out of six round robin games, BuduÃÂnost managed only a single win, which meant elimination from the KoraàCup.
Following a few years of historic success for the club, BuduÃÂnost got relegated at the end of the 1987âÂÂ88 season finishing dead last with a 6âÂÂ16 record. However, the very next year BuduÃÂnost was promoted and never lost its place in the First League again.
In the 1995âÂÂ96 season, BuduÃÂnost won the Yugoslav Cup for the first time. In the final tournament, held in Nikà ¡iÃÂ, BuduÃÂnost defeated BFC BeoÃÂin and Partizan. Roster: à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, PajoviÃÂ, TomoviÃÂ, ÃÂaletiÃÂ, Mudreà ¡a, P. PopoviÃÂ, A. IvanoviÃÂ, ÃÂikanoviÃÂ, Darko IvanoviÃÂ, SimoviÃÂ, VukÃÂeviàand Mugoà ¡a. Head coach was à ½ivko BrajoviÃÂ.
The Yugoslav Cup was won for the second time in the 1997âÂÂ98 season, also in Nikà ¡iÃÂ. In the final tournament BuduÃÂnost was better than Partizan and Beobanka. Roster: à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, PajoviÃÂ, KrivokapiÃÂ, VukÃÂeviÃÂ, OstojiÃÂ, A. IvanoviÃÂ, M. IvanoviÃÂ, ÃÂeraniÃÂ, S. PekoviÃÂ, Radunoviàand DragutinoviÃÂ. The team was coached by Goran BojaniÃÂ.
After wins in the Yugoslav Cup, BuduÃÂnost won three successive YUBA League championship titles. The first came in the 1998âÂÂ99 season, in which the club had significant success in European competition. BuduÃÂnost qualified for the Saporta Cup semifinals, though lost to Benetton Treviso. Roster: Vlado à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, Gavrilo PajoviÃÂ, Goran Boà ¡koviÃÂ, Dejan RadonjiÃÂ, ÃÂuro OstojiÃÂ, Blagota SekuliÃÂ, Dragan VukÃÂeviÃÂ, Saà ¡a RadunoviÃÂ, Dragan ÃÂeraniÃÂ, Nikola BulatoviÃÂ, Balà ¡a Radunoviàand à ½eljko TopaloviÃÂ. The team was coached by Miroslav NikoliÃÂ.
BuduÃÂnost won its second straight title without a loss (both in the regular season and in the play-offs) â a total of 27 wins. In the 1999âÂÂ2000 season, BuduÃÂnost participated in the Euroleague for the first time. Due to the UN sanctions on FR Yugoslavia, BuduÃÂnost had to play its home game away from Podgorica (in Sarajevo and Budapest), but still managed to qualify for the Last 16 stage, where they lost to future champion Panathinaikos 2âÂÂ1 after taking a great fight to the champion. Roster: à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, PajoviÃÂ, Haris BrkiÃÂ, RadonjiÃÂ, SekuliÃÂ, VukÃÂeviÃÂ, RadunoviÃÂ, Vladimir KuzmanoviÃÂ, BulatoviÃÂ, Dejan Tomaà ¡eviàand Milenko TopiÃÂ. The head coach was Miroslav NikoliÃÂ.
BuduÃÂnost won its first "double" in the 2000âÂÂ01 season. The Final 8 tournament of the Yugoslav Cup was held in Vrà ¡ac. In the quarterfinals BuduÃÂnost defeated Hemofarm, in the semifinals it defeated LovÃÂen, and in the finals, BuduÃÂnost outplayed Partizan, whom BuduÃÂnost also played and beaten in the play-off finals. In the modern Euroleague the team qualified for the Top 16 stage, losing to Real Madrid 0:2. Roster: Bojan BakiÃÂ, Brkià(went to Partizan at the half of the season), Saà ¡a ObradoviÃÂ, RadonjiÃÂ, Igor RakoÃÂeviÃÂ, SekuliÃÂ, VukÃÂeviÃÂ, RadunoviÃÂ, KuzmanoviÃÂ, Dejan MilojeviÃÂ, Tomaà ¡eviÃÂ, Topiàand Jerome James. Head coach of the team was Bogdan Tanjevià(the team was coached by Nikoliàfor three months in the first half of the season).
Over the next two seasons, 2001âÂÂ2002 and 2002âÂÂ2003, BuduÃÂnost lost many of its star players. In 2001âÂÂ2002, BuduÃÂnost lost its positions to Partizan, who defeated BuduÃÂnost in both the Cup finals and the Yugoslavian League finals. After the season, RakoÃÂeviÃÂ, the last player of the BuduÃÂnost golden age, departed for the NBA. In 2002âÂÂ2003, BuduÃÂnost was led by talented young prospects à ½arko ÃÂabarkapa, Milojeviàand Aleksandar PavloviÃÂ. Despite their play, BuduÃÂnost plummeted to the last place in the standings in the EuroLeague and did not reach the finals of Serbian and Montenegrin League.
A quieter period followed during which BuduÃÂnost took part in the ULEB Cup, though it missed the elimination rounds in 2004 and 2005. BuduÃÂnost reached the Serbia and Montenegro League semifinals in its last appearance in that competition.
Following the Montenegrin independence from Serbia and Montenegro in 2006, BuduÃÂnost naturally became the new team to beat in the reborn Montenegrin Basketball League and has won five consecutive titles since 2007 with a combined 89âÂÂ1 record â which says plenty about its dominance. It still participated in the Adriatic (ABA) League, with solid successes. BuduÃÂnost was close to making the ABA League Final Four in 2009âÂÂ10 and missed out on the Eurocup after falling to Brose Baskets by a single point at the end of a home-and-away Qualifying Round series.
In the 2010âÂÂ11 season, BuduÃÂnost came up short in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round and the Eurocup Regular Season, but once again won the Montenegrin League and the Montenegrin Basketball Cup titles. It also reached the Adriatic League Final Four, where it lost 62âÂÂ58 against Partizan in the semifinals.
Since 2011, a Montenegrin retail company VOLI has been the general sponsor of the club, with company's CEO Dragan Bokan becoming the club's president. In domestic competitions, BuduÃÂnost continued its dominance by capturing its 11th consecutive Montenegrin Basketball League championship in 2016âÂÂ17 season. Except being the runner-up to KK Sutjeska in 2013 Montenegrin Cup, it clinched all trophies from 2011 to 2017. Also, it became a standard EuroCup 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, Aleksandar Dà ¾ikiàwas named as the head coach of BuduÃÂnost. In February 2018, BuduÃÂnost won its 5th consecutive and 11th in total Montenegrin Cup, after beating KK Mornar Bar with 87âÂÂ83 in the final game. In the ABA League, it secured second place of the regular season with 17âÂÂ5 score. In the semifinal series of ABA League, it eliminated the Croatian team Cedevita with 2âÂÂ1 score. In April 2018, BuduÃÂnost with 3âÂÂ1 score won in the final series of the ABA League against the reigning champions Crvena zvezda. Thus, they were crowned champions of the ABA League for the first time in history and also secured a spot in 2018âÂÂ19 EuroLeague, that would become its first appearance in the elite European competition after 16 seasons. BuduÃÂnost actually lost the Prva A Liga finals for the first time since the establishment of the league in 2007.
In the middle of 2018âÂÂ19 season, after series of bad results BuduÃÂnost sacked Dà ¾ikiàand named Jasmin Repeà ¡a 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, BuduÃÂnost failed to fulfill any goals that were set at the beginning of the season. In 2018âÂÂ19 EuroLeague, BuduÃÂnost finished in 15th place having the second-worst record of 6 wins and 24 losses. In the 2018âÂÂ19 ABA League First Division, it failed to defend the title in repeated final series match-up of previous season, losing to Crvena zvezda with 3âÂÂ2 in series. In the A Liga, BuduÃÂnost won back the championship.
BuduÃÂnost plays its home games at MoraÃÂa Sports Center (Montenegrin: Sportski centar MoraÃÂa, áÿþÃÂÃÂÃÂúø ÃÂõýÃÂðàÃÂþÃÂðÃÂð), a sport venue located in Podgorica, Montenegro. The venue is located in the new part of Podgorica, on the right bank of MoraÃÂa 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
Buducnost fans are known as Varvari (Barbarians), a group founded in 1987. The group's traditional colours are blue and white, which are also the colours of all the BuduÃÂnost sports clubs. For FK BuduÃÂnost Podgorica home games, Varvari occupy the northern stand (Sjever) of the Podgorica city stadium. They also have a reserved stand at the MoraÃÂa Sports Center, as supporters of KK Buducnost basketball club. 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 BuduÃÂnost - 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 BuduÃÂnost - Crvena Zvezda Belgrade was suspended for two hours after home supporters (Varvari) threw tear gas on the pitch and, after that, attacked visitors' ultras. On the spring 2006, there was a crowd violence on the local rivals game BuduÃÂnost - Zeta. In the Montenegrin First League, numerous matches of FK BuduÃÂnost 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.
The following table contains information from season 2006âÂÂ07 onward:
<small>Source: Eurobasket.com</small>
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By far the best known player to come through KK BuduÃÂnost ranks is à ½arko Paspalj, Yugoslav national basketball team stalwart who had a basketball career that included successful stops all over Europe as well as a brief NBA stint in the late 1980s.