Montenegrin handball clubs in European competitions

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 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.

Participants

Below is the list of Montenegrin clubs' participation in the European cups during the seasons.

RK Berane

Berane played four seasons in the EHF European competitions:

2006/07 - EHF Challenge Cup
2007/08 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2008/09 - EHF Cup
2009/10 - EHF Challenge Cup

RK Budućnost Podgorica in European cups

Budućnost played two seasons in the EHF European competitions:

2008/09 - EHF Challenge Cup
2009/10 - EHF Champions League / EHF Cup

RK Budvanska rivijera Budva in European cups

Budvanska rivijera played two seasons in the EHF European competitions:

2009/10 - EHF Challenge Cup
2010/11 - EHF Challenge Cup

RK Lovćen Cetinje in European cups

Lovćen played 17 seasons in the EHF European competitions:

1997/98 - EHF Cup
1998/99 - EHF Cities Cup
1999/00 - EHF Cup
2000/01 - EHF Champions League
2001/02 - EHF Champions League
2002/03 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2003/04 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2005/06 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2006/07 - EHF Challenge Cup
2007/08 - EHF Cup
2008/09 - EHF Cup
2009/10 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2010/11 - EHF Cup
2011/12 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2012/13 - EHF Champions League / EHF Cup
2013/14 - EHF Cup
2014/15 - EHF Cup

RK Mojkovac in European cups

Mojkovac played three seasons in the EHF European competitions:

2007/08 - EHF Challenge Cup
2011/12 - EHF Cup
2012/13 - EHF Cup

RK Mornar Bar in European cups

Mornar played four seasons in the EHF European competitions:

1995/96 - EHF Cities Cup
1996/97 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2007/08 - EHF Challenge Cup
2008/09 - EHF Challenge Cup

RK Rudar Pljevlja in European cups

Rudar played one season in the EHF European competitions:

2010/11 - EHF Challenge Cup

RK Sutjeska Nikšić in European cups

Sutjeska played five seasons in the EHF European competitions:

2007/08 - EHF Cup
2008/09 - EHF Cup Winners' Cup
2009/10 - EHF Cup
2011/12 - EHF Cup
2012/13 - EHF Challenge Cup

Scores by teams

Club	S	G	W	D	L	GD	Pts
Berane	4	16	10	0	6	459:453	20
Budućnost Podgorica	2	16	9	2	5	483:450	20
Budvanska rivijera Budva	2	4	0	0	4	85:113	0
Lovćen Cetinje	17	67	27	3	37	1717:1783	55
Mojkovac	3	6	1	0	5	134:203	2
Mornar Bar	4	10	4	0	6	282:280	8
Rudar Pljevlja	1	4	2	0	2	97:114	4
Sutjeska Nikšić	5	14	3	2	9	323:372	11
8 TEAMS		127	56	7	74	3580:3768	117

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

Results by season

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Opponent	Score
1995/96	EHF Cities Cup	1/32	Mornar Bar	Belassitza Petritch	26:15, 16:17
		1/16	Mornar Bar	Swetotechnik Brovary	29:20, 14:20
		1/8	Mornar Bar	Sisak	28:27, 20:28
1996/97	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Mornar Bar	Mladost Bogdanci	41:28, 16:29
1997/98	EHF Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	Minaur Baia Mare	25:20, 17:25
1998/99	EHF Cities Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	HRK Izviđač Ljubuški	41:20, 38:30
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	Virum-Sorgenfri HK	29:20, 20:26
		1/4	Lovćen Cetinje	Drammen HK	29:23, 24:32
1999/00	EHF Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	SKP Frýdek-Místek	34:23, 23:29
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	Diyarbakir PolisGücü	32:24
		1/4	Lovćen Cetinje	ABC Braga	25:24, 21:26
2000/01	EHF Champions League	Qual	Lovćen Cetinje	Remus Bärnbach-Köflach	30:23, 30:16
		Group	Lovćen Cetinje	IL Runar	25:22, 28:23
		Group	Lovćen Cetinje	Portland San Antonio	25:24, 22:25
		Group	Lovćen Cetinje	Baník Karviná	31:27, 29:29
		1/4	Lovćen Cetinje	THW Kiel	29:24, 22:35
2001/02	EHF Champions League	Group	Lovćen Cetinje	Kolding IF	23:28, 18:20
		Group	Lovćen Cetinje	Sporting Lisbon CP	26:22, 0:10
		Group	Lovćen Cetinje	Portland San Antonio	24:28, 19:39
2002/03	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	HPC Arkatron Minsk	31:25, 24:18
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	Energiya Voronezh	30:29, 20:29
2003/04	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Sloga Doboj	29:27, 33:34
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	Cankaya Bel. Ankara	18:21, 20:20
2005/06	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Sloga Doboj	27:24, 22:27
2006/07	EHF Challenge Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Berane	26:19, 20:23
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Borac Banja Luka	27:17, 23:30
		1/4	Lovćen Cetinje	Drammen HK	29:26, 27:37
	EHF Challenge Cup	Qual	Berane	INFIS-Ols Chisinau	36:21
		Qual	Berane	London GD	37:23
		Qual	Berane	GAC Kilkis	29:28
		1/16	Berane	Lovćen Cetinje	23:20, 19:26
2007/08	EHF Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	HB Dudelange	30:30, 34:35
	EHF Cup	1/16	Sutjeska Nikšić	Bosna Visoko	21:21, 27:38
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/32	Berane	Berchem	28:27, 28:23
		1/16	Berane	KIF Kolding	23:37, 28:47
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Mojkovac	SL Benfica Lisbon	22:46, 26:44
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Mornar Bar	HPC Arkatron Minsk	28:27, 18:26
2008/09	EHF Cup	1/32	Lovćen Cetinje	Neistin Tórshavn	35:21, 32:33
		1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	SL Benfica Lisbon	28:26, 23:24
		1/8	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Gorenje Velenje	28:33, 16:35
	EHF Cup	1/32	Berane	Os Belenenses	36:32, 22:31
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/32	Sutjeska Nikšić	United Tongeren	22:20, 22:23
		1/16	Sutjeska Nikšić	Budivelnyk Kiev	20:21, 17:30
	EHF Challenge Cup	Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	Manchester	39:11
		Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	LIF Lindesberg	34:30
		Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	Karlovac	28:28
		1/16	Budućnost Podgorica	Sloga Doboj	37:19, 32:22
		1/16	Budućnost Podgorica	Maritimo da Madeira	30:26, 31:28
		1/8	Budućnost Podgorica	Beşiktaş Istanbul	27:25, 23:26
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/16	Mornar Bar	Maritimo da Madeira	27:29, 19:37
2009/10	EHF Champions League	Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	Dinamo Minsk	27:35
		Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	Vardar Skopje	28:35
		Qual	Budućnost Podgorica	Beşiktaş Istanbul	31:28
	EHF Cup	1/32	Budućnost Podgorica	Borac Banja Luka	36:30, 29:33
		1/16	Budućnost Podgorica	TBV Lemgo	28:28, 23:46
	EHF Cup	1/32	Sutjeska Nikšić	Handball Esch	23:23, 26:32
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	Tremblay-en-France Handball	27:24, 20:33
	EHF Challenge Cup	Qual	Berane	Tineks Prolet	29:22
		Qual	Berane	Olympia London	44:30
		Qual	Berane	Xico Andebol	22:26
		1/32	Berane	AO Dimou	30:27, 25:33
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Budvanska Rivijera Budva	Stord Handball	20:24, 22:29
2010/11	EHF Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	Xico Andebol	25:26, 32:33
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Rudar Pljevlja	Budvanska rivijera Budva	26:19, 34:24
		1/16	Rudar Pljevlja	CS Ştiinţa Bacău	22:31, 15:40
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Budvanska rivijera Budva	Rudar Pljevlja	24:34, 19:26
2011/12	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1/16	Lovćen Cetinje	SL Benfica Lisbon	21:25, 14:26
	EHF Cup	1/32	Sutjeska Nikšić	Kastrioti	30:27, 35:25
		1/16	Sutjeska Nikšić	Nexe Našice	21:29, 25:30
	EHF Cup	1/32	Mojkovac	Crvena zvezda Beograd	24:23, 21:23
2012/13	EHF Champions League	Qual	Lovćen Cetinje	RK Sloga Doboj	23:25
		Qual	Lovćen Cetinje	FC Porto	25:31
	EHF Cup	1/32	Lovćen Cetinje	Kolding IF	31:32, 17:34
	EHF Cup	1/32	Mojkovac	Haukar Hafnarfjördur	19:25, 12:32
	EHF Challenge Cup	1/32	Sutjeska Nikšić	Initia Hasselt	18:30, 16:23
2013/14	EHF Cup	1/32	Lovćen Cetinje	Maccabi Tel Aviv	35:37, 29:30
2014/15	EHF Cup	1/32	Lovćen Cetinje	HC Kriens - Luzern	22:30, 25:37

Opponents by countries

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

Country	G	W	D	L	GD
Austria	2	2	0	0	60:39
Belgium	4	1	0	3	78:96
Belarus	5	3	0	2	128:131
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	7	1	7	434:392
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	42:32
Croatia	5	1	1	3	122:142
Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	117:108
Denmark	8	1	0	7	189:244
England	3	3	0	0	120:64
Faroe Islands	2	1	0	1	67:54
France	2	1	0	1	47:57
Germany	4	1	1	2	102:133
Greece	3	2	0	1	84:88
Iceland	2	0	0	2	31:57
Israel	2	0	0	2	64:65
Kosovo	2	2	0	0	65:52
Luxembourg	4	2	1	2	169:172
Macedonia	4	2	0	2	114:112
Moldova	1	1	0	0	36:21
Norway	8	4	0	4	204:216
Portugal	18	5	0	13	417:499
Romania	4	1	0	3	79:116
Russia	2	1	0	1	50:58
Serbia	2	1	0	1	55:56
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	44:68
Spain	4	1	0	3	90:116
Sweden	1	1	0	0	34:30
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	47:67
Turkey	6	3	1	2	151:144
Ukraine	4	1	0	3	80:91

Table not including four mutual games between Montenegrin clubs.

See also

• Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball
• Montenegrin Handball League Records
• Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball
• Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup
• Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball

External links

• European Handball Federation
• Handball Federation of Montenegro