Montenegrin handball clubs in European competitions explained

Montenegrin men's handball clubs are participating in the EHF competitions since the season 1995/96.

First team which ever competed at the European cups was Mornar Bar and most successful Montenegrin represent in the European competitions is Lovćen Cetinje. The other Montenegrin clubs which competed at the EHF competitions are Berane, Rudar Pljevlja, Budućnost Podgorica, Sutjeska Nikšić, Mojkovac, Partizan Tivat and Budvanska rivijera Budva.

The greatest result in the European cups made RK Lovćen during the season 2000/01. As a champion of FR Yugoslavia, Lovćen won fifth place in the EHF Champions League.

Results by season

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubOpponentScore
1995/96EHF Cities Cup1/32 Mornar Bar Belassitza Petritch26:15, 16:17
1/16 Mornar Bar Svitlotekhnik Brovary29:20, 14:20
1/8 Mornar Bar Sisak28:27, 20:28
1996/97EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Mornar Bar Mladost Bogdanci41:28, 16:29
1997/98EHF Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje Minaur Baia Mare25:20, 17:25
1998/99EHF Cities Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje HRK Izviđač Ljubuški41:20, 38:30
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje Virum-Sorgenfri HK29:20, 20:26
1/4 Lovćen Cetinje Drammen HK29:23, 24:32
1999/00EHF Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje SKP Frýdek-Místek34:23, 23:29
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje Diyarbakir PolisGücü32:24
1/4 Lovćen Cetinje ABC Braga25:24, 21:26
2000/01EHF Champions LeagueQual Lovćen Cetinje Remus Bärnbach-Köflach30:23, 30:16
Group Lovćen Cetinje IL Runar25:22, 28:23
Group Lovćen Cetinje Portland San Antonio25:24, 22:25
Group Lovćen Cetinje Baník Karviná31:27, 29:29
1/4 Lovćen Cetinje THW Kiel29:24, 22:35
2001/02EHF Champions LeagueGroup Lovćen Cetinje Kolding IF23:28, 18:20
Group Lovćen Cetinje Sporting Lisbon CP26:22, 0:10
Group Lovćen Cetinje Portland San Antonio24:28, 19:39
2002/03EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje HPC Arkatron Minsk31:25, 24:18
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje Energiya Voronezh30:29, 20:29
2003/04EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje RK Sloga Doboj29:27, 33:34
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje Cankaya Bel. Ankara18:21, 20:20
2005/06EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje RK Sloga Doboj27:24, 22:27
2006/07EHF Challenge Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje RK Berane26:19, 20:23
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje RK Borac Banja Luka27:17, 23:30
1/4 Lovćen Cetinje Drammen HK29:26, 27:37
EHF Challenge CupQual Berane INFIS-Ols Chisinau36:21
Qual Berane London GD37:23
Qual Berane GAC Kilkis29:28
1/16 Berane Lovćen Cetinje23:20, 19:26
2007/08EHF Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje HB Dudelange30:30, 34:35
EHF Cup1/16 Sutjeska Nikšić Bosna Visoko21:21, 27:38
EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/32 Berane Berchem28:27, 28:23
1/16 Berane KIF Kolding23:37, 28:47
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Mojkovac SL Benfica Lisbon22:46, 26:44
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Mornar Bar HPC Arkatron Minsk28:27, 18:26
2008/09EHF Cup1/32 Lovćen Cetinje Neistin Tórshavn35:21, 32:33
1/16 Lovćen Cetinje SL Benfica Lisbon28:26, 23:24
1/8 Lovćen Cetinje RK Gorenje Velenje28:33, 16:35
EHF Cup1/32 Berane Os Belenenses36:32, 22:31
EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/32 Sutjeska Nikšić United Tongeren22:20, 22:23
1/16 Sutjeska Nikšić Budivelnyk Brovary20:21, 17:30
EHF Challenge CupQual Budućnost Podgorica Manchester39:11
Qual Budućnost Podgorica LIF Lindesberg34:30
Qual Budućnost Podgorica Karlovac28:28
1/16 Budućnost Podgorica Sloga Doboj37:19, 32:22
1/16 Budućnost Podgorica Maritimo da Madeira30:26, 31:28
1/8 Budućnost Podgorica Beşiktaş Istanbul27:25, 23:26
EHF Challenge Cup1/16 Mornar Bar Maritimo da Madeira27:29, 19:37
2009/10EHF Champions LeagueQual Budućnost Podgorica Dinamo Minsk27:35
Qual Budućnost Podgorica Vardar Skopje28:35
Qual Budućnost Podgorica Beşiktaş Istanbul31:28
EHF Cup1/32 Budućnost Podgorica Borac Banja Luka36:30, 29:33
1/16 Budućnost Podgorica TBV Lemgo28:28, 23:46
EHF Cup1/32 Sutjeska Nikšić Handball Esch23:23, 26:32
EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje Tremblay-en-France Handball27:24, 20:33
EHF Challenge CupQual Berane Tineks Prolet29:22
Qual Berane Olympia London44:30
Qual Berane Xico Andebol22:26
1/32 Berane AO Dimou30:27, 25:33
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Budvanska Rivijera Budva Stord Handball20:24, 22:29
2010/11EHF Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje Xico Andebol25:26, 32:33
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Rudar Pljevlja Budvanska rivijera Budva26:19, 34:24
1/16 Rudar Pljevlja Știința Bacău22:31, 15:40
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Budvanska rivijera Budva Rudar Pljevlja24:34, 19:26
2011/12EHF Cup Winners' Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje SL Benfica Lisbon21:25, 14:26
EHF Cup1/32 Sutjeska Nikšić Kastrioti30:27, 35:25
1/16 Sutjeska Nikšić Nexe Našice21:29, 25:30
EHF Cup1/32 Mojkovac Crvena zvezda Beograd24:23, 21:23
2012/13EHF Champions LeagueQual Lovćen Cetinje RK Sloga Doboj23:25
Qual Lovćen Cetinje FC Porto25:31
EHF Cup1/32 Lovćen Cetinje Kolding IF31:32, 17:34
EHF Cup1/32 Mojkovac Haukar Hafnarfjördur19:25, 12:32
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Sutjeska Nikšić Initia Hasselt18:30, 16:23
2013/14EHF Cup1/32 Lovćen Cetinje Maccabi Tel Aviv35:37, 29:30
2014/15EHF Cup1/32 Lovćen Cetinje HC Kriens - Luzern22:30, 25:37
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Partizan Tivat HB Dudelange28:38, 26:37
2015/16EHF Cup1/32 Lovćen Cetinje KRAS/Volendam23:34, 18:30
2016/17EHF Cup1/32 Budvanska rivijera Budva Filippos Verias26:28, 24:30
EHF Challenge Cup1/32 Partizan Tivat SPE Strovolos27:21, 22:22
1/16 Partizan Tivat Valur24:24, 21:21
2017/18EHF Cup1/32 Partizan Tivat HC Achilles Bocholt19:38, 20:32
EHF Challenge CupQual Mojkovac Amasya10:0, 10:0
1/16 Mojkovac ZNTU-ZAB Zaporizhzhia26:35, 20:36
EHF Challenge Cup1/16 Lovćen Cetinje MŠK Považská Bystrica24:24, 26:34
2018/19EHF Challenge CupQual Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje Kauno Azuolas22:37, 24:36
2019/20EHF CupQual Lovćen Cetinje Vojvodina Novi Sad29:41, 23:38

Scores by teams

ClubSGWDLGDPts
Lovćen Cetinje2073274421860:198456
Berane4161006459:45320
Budućnost Podgorica216925483:45020
Sutjeska Nikšić514329323:37211
Mornar Bar410406282:2808
Mojkovac410307200:2746
Partizan Tivat38134187:2315
Rudar Pljevlja1420297:1144
Budvanska rivijera Budva36006135:1710
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje1200246:730
10 TEAMS1595911894072:4402129

S - seasons; G - games; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GD - goal difference; Pts - points (win = 2pts; draw = 1)

Opponents by countries

In the European competitions, Montenegrin clubs played against clubs from various 30 countries.

CountryGWDL
Austria2200
Belgium6105
Belarus5302
Bosnia and Herzegovina15717
Bulgaria2101
Croatia5113
Cyprus2110
Czech Republic4211
Denmark8107
England3300
Faroe Islands2101
France2101
Germany4112
Greece5203
Iceland4022
Israel2002
Kosovo2200
Lithuania2002
Luxembourg8224
Moldova1100
Netherlands2002
North Macedonia4202
Norway8404
Portugal185013
Romania4103
Russia2101
Serbia4103
Slovakia2011
Slovenia2002
Spain4103
Sweden1100
Switzerland2002
Turkey8512
Ukraine6105

Table not including four mutual games between Montenegrin clubs.

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