FK Jezero
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Jezero
| image = FK Jezero Plav.png
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| fullname = Fudbalski Klub Jezero
| nickname = Hajvani
| short name = JEZ
| current = 2023–24 Montenegrin First League
| founded = {{Start date and age|1934}}
| ground = Stadion Pod Racinom
| capacity = 3,000
| chairman = Husnija Šabović
| manager = Miodrag Džudović
| league = Montenegrin First League
| season = 2023–24
| position = Montenegrin First League, 5th of 10
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FK Jezero is a Montenegrin professional football club based in the town of Plav. Established at 1934, the club plays in the First League of Montenegro.
History
After World War II, the first football club in the town of Plav is founded. Officially, foundation year of FK Jezero (FC Lake) was in 1934.{{Cite web|url=http://sandzakpress.net/fudbalski-klubovi-sandzaka|title=Fudbalski savez Sandžaka|date=2012-05-28|website=Sandžak PRESS|language=bs-BA|access-date=2019-02-03}} Club is named after the Lake Plav, on whose shore is built the town of Plav.
First significant success, FK Jezero made in the 1968–69 season. They won the title of the Montenegrin Fourth League - North champion and gained promotion to the Montenegrin Republic League.Crnogorski klubovi u fudbalskim takmičenjima 1946-2016', Podgorica, 2016. After one season, they were relegated. During the seventies, the team from Plav played another three seasons in the Republic League. They had similar results during the next decade, which were spent in third and fourth tier of official competitions in SFR Yugoslavia.
An era of successes started in the second half of the nineties. FK Jezero became one of the strongest sides in the Montenegrin Fourth League, with almost-done promotion in the 1995–96 season. But, in the match for a title, they lost a home game against neighbouring FK Komovi. The game was followed by numerous incidents in which dozens of FK Jezero players and supporters were wounded.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bosnjaci.net/prilog.php?pid=24678|title=KAKO SU CRNOGORSKI SPECIJALCI PRETUKLI IGRAČE, NAVIJAČE I GRAĐANE PLAVA — Bosnjaci.Net|website=www.bosnjaci.net|access-date=2019-02-03}}
The team from Plav gained another promotion to the Republic League after the 1997–98 season. In the higher level, they met eternal-rival side FK Gusinje, which was a permanent member of the Montenegrin Republic League. Local derbies between FK Jezero and FK Gusinje played in front of thousands of spectators. The highest one was recorded on the game in Plav during 1999, which was attended by 7,000 spectators.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/elvis_durovic/FKJezero.html|title=FKJezero|website=www.oocities.org|access-date=2019-02-03}}
One of remarkable results, FK Jezero made in the 2001–02 season. After the hard struggle with FK Kom, the team from Plav finished as a runner-up of the Republic League{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg02.html|title=Yugoslavia 2001/02|website=RSSSF|access-date=2019-02-03}} and gained its first-ever promotion to the Yugoslav Second League.
On their debut in Second League, FK Jezero hosted FK Iskra (1–0), but the game of the season was against Montenegrin notable side 2002–03 FK Budućnost (0–2), attended by 5,000 spectators in Plav. At the end, FK Jezero didn't succeed to remain a member of the Second League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg03.html|title=Serbia and Montenegro 2002/03|website=RSSSF|access-date=2019-02-03}}
Following Montenegrin independence, FK Jezero became a member of the Montenegrin Second League, where they continued with good results. Notable season was in 2007-08 when they won the title of the Second League. With that result, the team from Plav was promoted to Montenegrin First League, which remains a biggest success in the clubs' history.
At that time, FK Jezero spent only one season in Prva CFL, and most of their home games were played in Berane City Stadium, because of lack of infrastructure in Stadion Pod Racinom. They played only few games at the end of season in their home town, including a game against FK Budućnost. During the season, FK Jezero made a few surprises like a win against FK Sutjeska (2–1) and two draws against Budućnost (1-1; 2-2). After the 33 weeks, FK Jezero finished in 10th position, but were defeated in the relegation playoffs against FK Mornar (0-0; 1–2).
Since then, FK Jezero played in the Montenegrin Second League, but without significant results until the season 2019-20, when they finished as a runners-up. With that success, FK Jezero participated in the promotion playoffs and their opponent was FK Kom. First game, played in Podgorica, finished with tight 1–0 victory for FK Kom. Second game, played in Plav, finished with sensation, as FK Jezero won 3-1 and gained promotion to Prva CFL, first after 11 years spent in second-tier.
=First League Record=
{{see also|Montenegrin First League#All time tables{{!}}Participants of Montenegrin First League}}
For the first time, FK Jezero played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2008–09 season. Below is a list of FK Jezero scores in the First League by every single season.
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! Season ! Pos ! G ! W ! D ! L ! GF ! GA |
2008–09
| 10 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 ! 30 ! 62 |
2020–21
| 5 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 ! 28 ! 34 |
2021–22
| 6 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 ! 42 ! 46 |
2022–23
| 7 | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 ! 35 ! 38 |
2023–24
|5 |36 |14 |9 |13 !41 !38 |
Honours and achievements
- Montenegrin Second League
- Champions (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (1): 2019–20
- Montenegrin Republic League
- Runners-up (1): 2001–02
Players
=Current squad=
{{updated|10 February 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=MNE|name=Stefan Kastratović|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=MNE|name=Abdel Osmanović|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=MNE|name=Meldin Kojić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=SRB|name=Mihailo Ilić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=MNE|name=Ermin Alić|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=MNE|name=Mitar Ćuković|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=MNE|name=Edis Redžepagić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=MNE|name=Petar Pavlicević|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=MNE|name=Sava Milić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=JPN|name=Iori Okamoto|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=MNE|name=Mario Gjolaj|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=MNE|name=Davor Kontić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=MNE|name=Imran Redžepagić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=MNE|name=Saša Radenović|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=MNE|name=Mihailo Perović|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=MNE|name=Balša Boričić|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=MNE|name=Srđan Bošković|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=MNE|name=Matija Bojović|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=MNE|name=Dželal Šabović|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=MNE|name=Amel Đeševic|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=SRB|name=Đorđe Maksimović|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=MNE|name=Milivoje Raičević|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=50|nat=MNE|name=Igor Asanović|pos=GK| other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=MNE|name=Nikola Jovićević|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=MNE|name=Alija Krnić|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=MNE|name=Anil Julević|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
=Notable players=
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Meldin Drešković
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Miodrag Džudović
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Ivan Ivanović
For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see :Category:FK Jezero players.
Stadium
{{main|Stadion Pod Racinom}}
FK Jezero plays their home games on Stadion Pod Racinom. There is one stand with overall capacity of 2,500 seats. Before the last renovation, the stadium had a much larger all-standing capacity.
See also
External links
- [http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=233 Profile by Weltfussballarchiv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214005239/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=233 |date=2012-02-14 }}
References
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{{Montenegrin First League}}
{{Football in Montenegro}}
{{Sport in Montenegro}}