FK Zeta

Football club infobox
clubname = FK Zeta Golubovci
fullname = Fudbalski klub Zeta Golubovci
nickname =
founded = 1927
ground = Stadion Trešnjica
Golubovci,
Montenegro
capacity = 7,000
chairman = Radojica Božović
manager = Mladen Vukičević
league = First League
season = 2007-08
position = 2nd
shirtsupplier = |Kappa shirtsponsors = |AtlasMont banka

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FK Zeta is a football club from Montenegro. It is based in Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica.

History

The club was formed in 1927 as FK Danica. In 1945 it was renamed to FK Napredak. In 1955 it was renamed to FK Zeta.

From the end of World War II until 1962 Zeta competed in the local Titograd municipal area league. That year they finally gained promotion to the provincial league of Montenegro where they played until 1996 when they qualified for competition at federal level in Second Federal League. Year 1996 was also significant because club was taken over by controversial businessman and former JSO paramilitary Radojica "Rajo" Božović who is still at Zeta's helm. In 2000, the club made its long-awaited final step forward, gaining promotion to the Yugoslav First Federal League.

Though still playing in the dilapidated Trešnjica Stadium, the club has made enormous strides from the days when it was basically a semi-professional side. Zeta finished the 2004/2005 season in third place in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, just behind Belgrade powerhouses Partizan and Red Star. That success allowed the club to compete in UEFA Cup where it put in a decent showing.

Additionally, Zeta started producing notable young talent like Miloš Marić who transferred to Greek giants Olympiakos in the Summer of 2004, as well as brothers Bojan and Nenad Brnović, and Branimir Petrović who were all signed by Partizan, and most recently Milanko Rašković and Nikola Trajković who transferred to Red Star Belgrade.

Following Montenegro's independence the club won the inaugrual Montenegrin First League in 2006-07 and were the country's first representatives in the UEFA Champions League for 2007-08. After beating FBK Kaunas in the First Qualifying Round they lost against Rangers in the Second Qualifying Round. During the home tie against Rangers, a minority of Zeta fans were heard racially abusing American DaMarcus Beasley and French teammate Jean-Claude Darcheville, prompting a UEFA investigation. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/08/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-UEFA-Beasley.php "UEFA to investigate alleged racist taunts from Montenegro fans against Beasley"] ]

Their fans are known as the 'Vukovi Zeta'.

Achievements

*Montenegrin First League
**2006-07

UEFA Champions League qualification

2007-08

First Round

FK ZETA 3-1 FC Kaunas

FC Kaunas 3-2 FK Zeta Second Round

Rangers F.C. 2-0 Fk Zeta

Fk Zeta 0-1 Rangers F.C.

UEFA Cup qualification

2008-09

First Round

Fk Zeta 1-1 Interblock Ljubljanja

Interblock Ljubljana 1-0 FK Zeta

Current squad

Squad changes for the 2007/08 season

"'In:'
*Flagicon|Montenegro Goran Burzanović - Transferred "From" "OFK Petrovac"
*Flagicon|Montenegro Dragan Radoman - Transferred "From" "FK Balkan Bukovica"
*Flagicon|Montenegro Danilo Ćulafić - Transferred "From" "FK Berane"
*Flagicon|Brazil Carlos Mendes - Transferred "From" "Porto Alegre Futebol Clube"
*Flagicon|Brazil Oliveira Do Valle Savio - Transferred "From" "Porto Alegre Futebol Clube"
*Flagicon|Brazil Albuquwrque Marcelo - Transferred "From" "Porto Alegre Futebol Clube"
*Flagicon|Montenegro Miloš Đalac - Transferred "From" "FK Grbalj"
*Flagicon|Montenegro Davor Maraš - Transferred "From" "Free Agent"

Out:
*flagicon|Montenegro Marko Ćetković - Transferred "To" "FK Partizan"
*flagicon|Montenegro Žarko Korać - Transferred "To" "FK Vojvodina"
*flagicon|Montenegro Slaven Stjepanović - Transferred "To" "FK Partizan"
*flagicon|Montenegro Janko Tumbasević - Transferred "To" "FK Vojvodina"
*flagicon|Montenegro Darko Vukašinović - Transferred "To" "Slavia Sofia"
*flagicon|Montenegro Nenad Đurović - Transferred "To" "FC Spartak Trnava"
*flagicon|Montenegro Darko Marković - Transferred "To" "FC Pakhtakor"

Players out on loan

*flagicon|Montenegro Mirko Marinković - Loaned "To" "FK Rudar Ugljevik"
*flagicon|Montenegro Dragan Radoman - Loaned "To" "FK Rudar Ugljevik"
*flagicon|Montenegro Gojko Vukčević - Loaned "To" "FK Rudar Ugljevik"
*flagicon|Montenegro Davor Brnović - Loaned "To" "FK Rudar Ugljevik"

References

External links

* [http://www.fkzeta.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.vukovi.com/ Fan Site]