# FK Dečić

FK Dečić (Montenegrin: ФК Дечић; Albanian: FK Deçiq), known as Dečić Admiral Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a Montenegrin professional football club from Tuzi. Currently, the club is a member of the Montenegrin First League. It is a part of the Dečić sporting club.

## History

Founded in 1926, the club is named after the Dečić hill. The team played only non-league matches in the period before World War II. The first official competition in which FK Dečić participated was the lowest-tier Fourth League – Central, in which they participated until the beginning of the seventies. In that era, a big local rivalry between FK Dečić and neighbouring FK Zeta was born. The first significant success during the SFR Yugoslavia era was the Fourth League championship title in 1972–73, which meant promotion to the third-tier competition Montenegrin Republic League.
For most of their seasons until the end of the 20th century, FK Dečić was in the Republic League, with few relegations to the Fourth League. Dečić's best successes were in the 1988=89 season, when they finished in third place in the Montenegrin Republic League and 1989–90, when they were runners-up. Dečić had their best result to date in 2003–04. After a struggle against FK Lovćen, the team from Tuzi won the championship title in the Republic League and secured a historical first promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. FK Dečić debuted in the Second League in the 2004-05 season, and finished high, in third position. The next year, Dečić finished in seventh place.
After Montenegrin independence, FK Dečić became a member of the Montenegrin First League (season 2006-07), which was a historical result of the team from Tuzi. Dečić played its first game in the First League on 12 August 2006, a 1-1 draw against FK Mogren in Budva. A week later, FK Dečić played its first top-division match at the renovated stadium in Tuzi against Montenegro's strongest side, FK Budućnost, a 0–3 result in front of 3,000 spectators. That was a record attendance on FK Dečić home games. Up to 2012, FK Dečić spent six consecutive seasons in the First League. After the 2011–12 season, the team was relegated to the Montenegrin Second League.
In the following seasons, the club often went back and forth with promotions and relegations between the First and Second League, with a final return to the top division in the 2015-16 season, after a great result in the First League playoff matches against FK Mogren (2–1; 5–0). During the next two seasons, with head coaches Viktor Trenevski and Edis Mulalić, FK Dečić made significant results in the First League, finishing in the upper half of the table. An era of good results came to an end after the 2017-18 season, as FK Dečić finished at the bottom and was relegated to the Second League.
Two years later, the team from Tuzi, as champion of the 2019-20 Montenegrin Second League, made another comeback to the top tier. They would start the 2020–21 Montenegrin First League with a promising 2–0 win at home against the former Montenegrin First League champions FK Budućnost. That season was the most successful start to a season in the club's history.

### Talent production

The best-known player to come up through the club is Refik Šabanadžović, who later went on to a notable career with Željezničar and Red Star Belgrade, and won the UEFA Champions League. Other notable players are Ardian Đokaj and Sanibal Orahovac.

### First League record

For the first time, Dečić played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2006–07 season. Below is a list of FK Dečić scores in the First League by every single season.
| Season | Pos | G | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2006–07 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 46 |
| 2007–08 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 37 |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 45 |
| 2009–10 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 35 |
| 2010–11 | 6 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 33 |
| 2011–12 | 10 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 51 |
| 2013–14 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 61 |
| 2015–16 | 6 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 49 |
| 2016–17 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 32 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 28 |
| 2021–22 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 44 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 37 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 27 |

## Honours and achievements

* Montenegrin First League
** Winners (1): 2023–24
* Montenegrin Cup
** Runners-up (2): 2020–21, 2021–22
* Montenegrin Second League
** Winners (2): 2012–13, 2019–20
** Runners-up (1): 2014–15
* Montenegrin Republic League
** Winners (1): 2003–04
* Montenegrin Fourth League
** Winners (6): 1971–72, 1975–76, 1982–83, 1986–87, 2001–02, 2002–03

## European record

As of match played 15 August 2024
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Drita | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | The New Saints | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Dinamo Batumi | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2−0 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 3QR | HJK | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 | 2–2 (3–4 p) |

### Notes

* QR: Qualifying round

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 23 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MNE | Igor Nikić |
| 3 | DF | MNE | Robert Gjelaj |
| 4 | DF | MNE | Stefan Milić |
| 5 | DF | MNE | Žarko Tomašević |
| 6 | MF | MNE | Luka Malešević |
| 7 | MF | MNE | Draško Božović |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Caique Chagas |
| 9 | FW | MNE | Ilir Camaj |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Asmir Kajević |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ian Puleio |
| 12 | MF | SRB | Alen Mašović |
| 13 | GK | MNE | Pavle Velimirović |
| 14 | MF | MNE | Andrej Bajović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Pjeter Ljuljđuraj |
| 16 | MF | MNE | Matija Božanović |
| 17 | MF | MNE | Leon Ujkaj |
| 18 | DF | MNE | Lazar Maraš |
| 20 | MF | MNE | Petar Sekulović |
| 22 | DF | MNE | Jonathan Drešaj (captain) |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Bogdan Milić |
| 28 | DF | MNE | Demir Krkanović |
| 33 | FW | MNE | Ognjen Stijepović |
| 50 | FW | SRB | Bojan Matić |
| 55 | MF | MNE | Anel Asović |
| 74 | DF | MNE | Saša Balić |
| 77 | FW | MNE | Vuk Striković |

## Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | MNE | Kristijan Vulaj (at Mladost DG until 10 June 2024) |

### Notable players

For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please see Category:FK Dečić players.
Below is the list of FK Dečić players which have represented their countries at the full international level:
* Refik Šabanadžović
* Fatos Bećiraj
* Driton Camaj
* Modjieb Jamali
* Stanislav Namașco

## Historical list of coaches

* Vojo Pejović (Jul 2006 - Sep 2006)
* Mladen Vukičević (18 Sep 2006 – Jun 2007)
* Bozidar Vuković (Jul 2007 - Jun 2009)
* Ivan Čančarević (Jul 2009 – Dec 2009)
* Slaviša Božičić (5 Jan 2010 – Jun 2010)
* Mladen Vukičević (Jul 2010 – Sep 2011)
* Bozidar Vuković (22 Sep 2011 - Jun 2012)
* Fuad Krkanović (Jul 2012 – Jun 2013)
* Radim Nečas (Jul 2013 – Mar 2014)
* Pavel Malura (6 Mar 2014 – Apr 2014)
* Fuad Krkanović (22 Apr 2014 – Jun 2015)
* Viktor Trenevski (Jul 2015 - Oct 2015)
* Fuad Krkanović (28 Oct 2015 – Jun 2016)
* Milija Savović (Jul 2016 – Sep 2016)
* Edis Mulalić (Sep 2016 - Mar 2017)
* Fuad Krkanović (Mar 2017)
* Edis Mulalić (Mar 2017 - May 2017)
* Fuad Krkanović (May 2017 – Jun 2017)
* Mirko Marić (Jul 2017 – Dec 2017)
* Viktor Trenevski (Jan 2018 - May 2018)
* Fuad Krkanović (May 2018 – Jul 2020)
* Edis Mulalić (Jul 2020 – Sep 2021)
* Miljan Radović (Sep 2021 – Apr 2022)
* Vladimir Janković (Apr 2022 – Sep 2022)
* Derviš Hadžiosmanović (Sep 2022 – present)
* Official sponsor: Castellana
* Official kit supplier: Macron

## Stadium

FK Dečić's home ground is Stadion Tuzi, built in 2006. The stadium was renovated several times; today it has a capacity of 2,000 seats between two stands. The next phase of works will be the expansion of the western stand, and after that, capacity of the stadium will be 3,000 seats. In addition to the main field, there is an auxiliary field with artificial grass that is used for competitions in the junior categories.