Montenegrin clubs in European football competitions
After the end of every competitive season, football clubs from Montenegro are playing in European competitions.
Teams from Montenegro have been playing on the international scene since they represented SFR Yugoslavia during the 1970s. Since 2006, Montenegrin teams are playing as representatives of independent Montenegro, and qualifying through the Montenegrin First League and Montenegrin Cup.
Currently, on every season of UEFA European Cups are playing four Montenegrin clubs. Champion of First Montenegrin League is playing in UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Second and third placed team from First League are playing in UEFA Europe League qualifiers. In same competition is playing winner of Montenegrin Cup.
UEFA Rankings
Current rankings (2016-17)
UEFA Country Ranking for league participation in 2016–17 European football season (Previous year rank in italics)
- 41
(41) 
League of Ireland Premier Division - 42
(40) 
Macedonian First Football League - 43
(44) 
Montenegrin First League - 44 (47)
Meistriliiga - 45 (48)
Armenian Premier League
History of rankings
Since independence (2006) and establishing of Montenegrin First League and other national competitions, Montenegro is a full-member of UEFA. Since then, Montenegrin League is present on UEFA Country Ranking system.
Below is a historical list of Montenegrin rankings and country coefficient.
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Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
UEFA competitions
Performances by season
Historically, Montenegrin football clubs played in three different UEFA competitions for clubs - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europe League (formerly UEFA Cup) and Intertoto Cup.
Champions of Montenegro never played in the group-phase of UEFA Champions League, and most successful in the qualifiers was FK Zeta Golubovci at season 2007-08.
Best performances in UEFA Europe League had FK Zeta who played in the playoffs, and FK Mladost Podgorica and FK Budućnost which played in Round 3. Most successful in Intertoto Cup was FK Budućnost Podgorica.
Below is a list of games of all Montenegrin clubs in UEFA competitions.
Performances by clubs
During the overall history, 11 different Montenegrin clubs played in the UEFA competitions. Before founding of Montenegrin First League and Montenegrin Cup, three clubs played in European Cups as a representatives of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro. Eight other clubs played their first seasons in UEFA competitions after Montenegrin independence.
Below is a table with Montenegrin clubs' scores in UEFA competitions.
| Team | Seasons | G | W | D | L | GD |
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As of the end of UEFA competitions 2016–17 season.
Performances by competition
During the history, football clubs from Montenegro played in three different UEFA competitions. Below is a list of performances in every single competition.
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As of the end of UEFA competitions 2016–17 season.
Scores by opponents' countries
Below is the list of performances of Montenegrin clubs against opponents in UEFA competitions by their countries (football federations).
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As of the end of UEFA competitions 2016–17 season.
Other international competitions
Balkans Cup
The Balkans Cup is a former regional football competition (1960-1994) in which Montenegrin clubs participated as a representatives of SFR Yugoslavia. Teams from Montenegro which played in the Balkans Cup were FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska Nikšić. Biggest success made FK Budućnost, who played in the final 1991, after eliminated Galatasaray SK.
Below is list of participation of Montenegrin clubs in Balkans Cup.
| Season | Round | Home | Guest | Result |
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| Elbasani |
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| FK Sutjeska Nikšić | ASA Târgu Mureș |
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| ASA Târgu Mureș |
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| Panathinaikos |
FK Budućnost Podgorica | |||
| Vllaznia |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Vllaznia |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Panathinaikos |
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| Tirana |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Tirana |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Galatasaray |
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| FK Budućnost Podgorica | Inter Sibiu |
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| Inter Sibiu |
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See also
- Football in Montenegro
- Montenegrin First League
- Montenegrin Second League
- Montenegrin Third League
- Montenegrin Cup
- Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)
References
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method3/crank2008.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2009.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2010.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2011.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2012.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2013.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2014.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2016.html
- ↑ https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2017.html
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