FK Otrant-Olympic

FK Otrant-Olympic (Montenegrin: Fudbalski klub Otrant-Olympic, Albanian: Klubi Futbollistik Otrant-Olympic) is a Montenegrin football club based in the coastal town of Ulcinj. They compete in the Montenegrin Second League.

Full name	Fudbalski klub Otrant-Olympic Klubi Futbollistik Otrant-Olympic
Founded	1921; 102 years ago (1921)
Ground	Stadion Olympic Ulcinj, Montenegro
Capacity	1500
Manager	Milija Savović
League	Second League
2021–22	1st, Third League South (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

History

FK Otrant-Olympic is the first football club in Ulcinj, it was founded in 1921, under the name Olcinium.^[1][2] From 1921–1941, the team played only non-official games.
After World War II, i.e. during SFR Yugoslavia era, the club played under the name Bjelogorac.^[1] From the 1970s, they played in the Fourth League - South (lowest rank). In 1977–78, under the name Ulcinj, the club achieved its highest success to date, finishing as runner-up in the Fourth League. That meant promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League.^[3][4]
In 1983, the club was named Otrant,^[5] and after a few successful seasons, at the beginning of the 1990s, the club dissolved for one season. A new beginning came in the middle of the decade, and, until 2006, FK Otrant played in the Republic League, with frequent relegation.

Otrant achieved their greatest results in club history after Montenegrin independence. Within two seasons, they had won the Champions' title in Montenegrin Third League and since 2007, they played five seasons in the Montenegrin Second League. FK Otrant maintains the record of the highest win in the history of the Second League, winning 12–2 against Ribnica, on 20 May 2009.
In 2013, Otrant was dismantled because of worsening finances. Ulcinj was represented in 2013–14 season of the Montenegrin Third League as Federal, a youth football club founded in 2010.^[6] On 22 July 2015, the club was renamed to Otrant-Olympic.^[7] The team soon made a comeback to the Montenegrin Second League, with notable results in 2016-17. FK Otrant finished in third place and the team participated in the First League playoffs, but lost against FK Rudar (1-0; 0-3).
Next two seasons, FK Otrant finished at the upper part of Second League’s table, but without another battle for promotion in the playoffs. Bad days came on season 2019-20, as FK Otrant finished at the bottom of the table. With that result, team from Ulcinj was relegated, after four consecutive seasons spent in second-tier.

Seasons

Season	League	Position	Notes
FR Yugoslavia
2001–02	Montenegrin Regional League – Southern Region (IV level)	1
2002–03	Montenegrin Republic League (III)	12
Serbia and Montenegro
2003–04	Montenegrin Regional League – Southern Region (IV level)	?
2004–05	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (IV)	?
2005–06	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (IV)	1	^[8]
Montenegro
2006–07	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (III)	1	^[9]
2007–08	Montenegrin Second League (II)	10	^[10]
2008–09	Montenegrin Second League (II)	4	^[11]
2009–10	Montenegrin Second League (II)	10	^[12]
2010–11	Montenegrin Second League (II)	11	^[13]
2011–12	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (III)	?
2012–13	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (III)	?
2013–14	Did not participate
2014–15	Did not participate
2015–16	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (III)	1	^[14]
2016–17	Montenegrin Second League (II)	3
2017–18	Montenegrin Second League (II)	5
2018–19	Montenegrin Second League (II)	4
2019–20	Montenegrin Second League (II)	10
2020–21	Montenegrin Third League – Southern Region (III)	1

Honours and achievements

• Montenegrin Third League
  • Champions (2): 2006–07, 2015–16, 2021–22
• Montenegrin Fourth League
  • Champions (5): 1989–90, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2005–06
• Southern Region Cup
  • winners (1): 2006

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   MNE Arben Mećikukaj 2 DF   MNE Rahman Behari — DF   MNE Senad Duraku — DF   MNE Andi Hoxha — DF   MNE Getuard Ceka — DF   MNE Albion Sefaj — FW   MNE Hysejn Berjashi — DF   MNE Herodit Sinani 10 MF   MNE Adnan Alibegu — MF   MNE Adi Aliaj 9 FW   MNE Zenel Radaj

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   MNE Semir Gurzaku — MF   MNE Adnan Hoxha — MF   MNE Xhemal Kaplanbegu — MF   BIH Meho Teletaj 7 MF   MNE Halil Truma — FW   PER Mario Kaçinari — FW   MNE Radivoje Maraj 11 FW   MNE Osman Mustafaj — FW   MNE Lulzim Pali 6 MF   MNE Selim Gorana — FW   MNE Valmir Perezaj

Stadium

Main article: Stadion Olympic

FK Otrant plays its home games at Stadion Olympic, with a capacity of 1,500 seats. The stadium was built by the Adriatic Sea, on the longest sandy beach in Montenegro - Velika Plaža.

See also

• Ulcinj
• Montenegrin Second League
• Montenegrin clubs in Yugoslav football competitions (1946–2006)

External links

• Profile by Football Association of Montenegro
• Profile by Weltfussballarchiv

References

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