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FK Kom

Full name	Fudbalski klub Kom
Founded	1935; 83 years ago (1935)
Ground	Stadion Zlatica Podgorica, Montenegro
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Vesko Miličković
Manager	Veselin Stešević
League	Montenegrin Second League
2017–18	Montenegrin First League, 8th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Kom is a Montenegrin football club based in Zlatica, a suburb of Podgorica. Founded in 1958, they currently compete in Montenegrin First League.

The team is known as a first youth club of famous Montenegrin player Predrag Mijatović.

History

Period 1958-2000

FK Kom is founded at 1935 in Podgorica suburb Zlatica, named after Kom Kučki, the top of Komovi mountain.

During their first seasons, Kom played at the lowest-tier rank in SFR Yugoslavia - Fourth League - Central region. First success came at season 1969-70, when the team won the title of fourth league champion and gained first promotion to Montenegrin Republic League.^[1] After two seasons in Republic league (third-tier competition), Kom was relegated to lower rank. After 17 consecutive seasons in Fourth League, FK Kom became a member of Republic league again at season 1989-90. Only two years later, FK Kom won the title of Montenegrin Republic League champion (1991–92), but didn't succeed to gain a promotion to Yugoslav Second League, after the playoffs defeat against Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.^[2]

At that time, FK Kom played few successful seasons in Montenegrin Republic Cup, which gained them participation in national Yugoslav Cup competition. Best result FK Kom made in Yugoslav Cup 1992-93, with eliminating Borac Čačak (2-1) in First round, but defeated against Zemun (0-1; 0-5) in Round of 16. On Yugoslav Cup 1996-97, FK Kom hosted famous Belgrade-side and former European champion Crvena Zvezda (0-4), in front of 3,000 spectators at Stadion Zlatica.

Period 2000-

Era of significant successes in team's history started with beginning of the 21st century. In season 2001-02, FK Kom won the title in Montenegrin Republic League with 106 goals scored in 34 games.^[3] During the season, Kom defeated Županica 17-1, which was a record-high win, not only in the team history, but in the history of Montenegrin Republic League too. With that success, Kom gained first-ever promotion to Yugoslav Second League.

In season 2002-03, as a member of Second League, FK Kom became the greatest surprise of Serb-Montenegrin football. On their debut in second-tier competition, Kom won the champion title, in the same league with the most-known Montenegrin team Budućnost and strongest rivals like Lovćen, Bokelj or Mladost. Most surprisingly were invincible games against league main favorite - FK Budućnost (1-0; 0-0; 0-0).^[4] So, with 76 points earned, FK Kom unexpectedly gained historical promotion to First League of Serbia and Montenegro 2003-04.

Once suburban bottom-league member on season 2003-04 became the sixth club from Montenegro which played in Yugoslav First League since 1946. On their historical debut in top-tier, at 9 August 2003, FK Kom was defeated against Obilić in Belgrade (1-3).^[5] Next week, FK Kom played first home game - a big local derby against Zeta (1-2). Because their Stadion Zlatica didn't met the criteria, game was played at Podgorica City Stadium in front of 6,000 spectators, which is the biggest home attendance in team's history. At 13 September, Kom hosted former European champion and national title winner Crvena Zvezda (0:2).^[6] Biggest sensation during the season, Kom made at 6 March 2004, with the draw against favorited side Partizan (0:0). But, with the score of only 4 wins and 2 draws at 30 games, Kom was relegated to Second League at the end of season.

Kom made a comeback to the top tier after the independence of Montenegro. At 2006–07 Montenegrin First League, the team made few significant results including games against Budućnost (1-1) and Zeta (0-0) and finished in the middle of the table. During that season, member of FK Kom first-team was former RCD Espanyol star Branko Brnović.

Next year, opened with four invincible games and wins against Budućnost (1-0) and Zeta (2-1), FK Kom finished at position nine. The team made similar result on season 2008-09.

On season 2009-10, FK Kom finished as a last-placed team, with poor performance od 5 wins and 3 draws in 33 games. Except that, on 29 May 2010, they lost against OFK Grbalj with result 0-11, which is biggest defeat in the history of Montenegrin First League until today. So, after four consecutive seasons in top-tier, FK Kom was relegated to Montenegrin Second League.

Next period, FK Kom spent mostly in Second League, with one season (2012–13) in Montenegrin Third League. New success, FK Kom made on season 2016-17. After hard struggle with FK ibar, they won the title of Second League champion. With that result, FK Kom made come-back to Montenegrin First League.

First League Record

For the first time, FK Kom played in Yugoslav First League on season 2003–04. Below is a list of FK Kom scores in First League by every single season.

Honours and achievements

• 
  Montenegrin Second League – 1
  
  • 
    winners (1): 2016–17
    


• 
  Second Yugoslav League – 1
  
  • 
    winners (1): 2002–03
    
  
  
  • 
    runners-up (1): 2004–05
    
  
  


• 
  Montenegrin Republic League – 2
  
  • 
    winners (2): 1991-92, 2001–02
  
  
  • 
    runners-up (1): 1992-93
  
  


• 
  Montenegrin Republic Cup – 1
  
  • 
    winners (1): 1991-92

Current squad

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

No. Position Player -- GK Novica Gačević 19 GK Dragiša Prelević 2 DF Danilo Čelebić 2 DF Miloš Rašović 3 DF Nemanja Perović 4 DF Milić Popović 5 DF Nemanja Kljajević 6 DF Vladan Peličić -- DF Nenad Djukanović 7 FW Aleksandar Milić 8 MF Aleksandar Nenadović

No. Position Player 10 FW Dejan Radević 11 MF Nemanja Vlahović 12 FW Denis Tuzović -- MF Nemanja Bulatović 13 DF Petar Jovović 14 DF Predrag Matić 15 MF Bogdan Novaković 16 MF Leon Ujkaj 9 FW Gavrilo Petrović - Njegoš 18 FW Pavle Kusovac

Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Kom players.

Below is the list of players which, during their career, played for FK Kom and represented their countries at national teams and U-21 teams or foreign players which made an international career.

• 
  Predrag Mijatović
  


• 
  Branko Brnović
  


• 
  Goran Perišić
  


• 
  Rade Petrović
  


• 
  Ikechukwu Ezeh
  

Stadium

Since 2016, FK Kom plays its home games at new Stadion Zlatica, whose capacity is 1,200 seats. New stadium
^[7] is built near the old field, on which FK Kom played from 1958 to 2015.

See also

• Stadion Zlatica


• Montenegrin Second League


• Football in Montenegro


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


• Podgorica

References