During their history, RK Lovćen Cetinje played almost 25 seasons in the First Handball League of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Montenegro. Five times, club from Cetinje won the champions' title - in the seasons 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2011–12 and 2012–13.
First season of Lovćen in the First League was 1988–89. First match in First league of SFR Yugoslavia, Lovćen played in October 1988 against RK Jugović away and won with result 23:20.
Summary
Below is the list of placements of RK Lovćen during the seasons in the First League of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Montenegro.
1988–89 - 6th place 1989–90 - 11th place 1990–91 - 15th place 1994–95 - 7th place 1995–96 - 12th place 1996–97 - 2nd place 1997–98 - 3rd place 1998–99 - 2nd place 1999–00 - CHAMPIONS 2000–01 - CHAMPIONS 2001–02 - 2nd place 2002–03 - 2nd place 2003–04 - 5th place 2004–05 - 3rd place 2005–06 - 6th place 2006–07 - CHAMPIONS 2007–08 - 2nd place 2008–09 - 2nd place 2009–10 - 3rd place 2010–11 - 2nd place 2011–12 - CHAMPIONS 2012–13 - CHAMPIONS 2013–14 - CHAMPIONS
1988–89 season
On their debut, club from Cetinje made good result, with 16 wins, a draw and 13 defeats, placed at the sixth place on the final table. Lovćen started at 29 October 1988 with the guest win against Jugović in Kać (23:20) and one week after, they made first home win in the First League against Zamet (22:14). That was the largest victory of Lovćen in the 1988–89 season. Largest defeat, Lovćen suffered at 23 February 1989 against Proleter in Zrenjanin (15:26).
During their debut season in the First Yugoslav League, RK Lovćen played their home matches in the Morača Sports Center at Podgorica because SRC 'Lovćen' Hall at Cetinje didn't meet the standards of the highest level.
During the 1988–89 season, Lovćen made good result in the Yugoslav Cup, too. For the first time in the history, Lovćen played at the Final Tournament. During the first stage of Cup, Lovćen made 3 wins at the Group 'A' in Ivangrad, against Pelister Bitola (24:19), Borac Banja Luka (23:21) and Vlaznimi Đakovica (31:21). At the Final Tournament, which held in Novi Sad, Lovćen was eliminated in the Cup semifinals by Medveščak Zagreb (23:30).
RK Lovćen results - First League 1988–89Opponent Home AwayBorac Banja Luka29:2626:25Borac Uroševac31:2531:28Crvena zvezda Belgrade23:2022:23Crvenka29:2819:23Dubočica Leskovac34:2925:20Jugović Kać28:2423:20Medveščak Zagreb24:2520:22Metaloplastika Šabac18:1716:20Pelister Bitola24:2219:20Proleter Zrenjanin19:2115:26Sloga Doboj28:2816:20Kolinska Slovan Ljubljana21:1826:22Zagreb Hromos24:2519:22Zamet Rijeka22:1417:18Železničar Niš18:1622:26
First League 1988–89 - tableClub1Zagreb Hromos423021097056612Proleter Zrenjanin413020197346633Metaloplastika Šabac3830190117186514Medveščak Zagreb3830182107377015Crvenka3730181117366986Lovćen Cetinje3330161137016647Crvena zvezda Belgrade3330153127116978Zamet Rijeka3230152136566509Borac Banja Luka30301501571067610Železničar Niš30301421469868011Jugović Kać30301501569969212Pelister Bitola27301311673773813Kolinska Slovan Ljubljana26301221669670214Sloga Doboj26301221669173715Dubočica Leskovac2430702364977416Borac Uroševac3301128555721
1989–90 season
During the 1989–90 season, Lovćen's performance was weaker than the year before. Club from Cetinje won 13 games, with one draw and 16 defeats. At the end of competition, Lovćen won 11th place. The only Montenegrin First League member made several good results against top-of-the-table teams, like wins against Crvena zvezda (19:18) and Proleter (17:16), or a draw with Zagreb Hromos (20:20).
The biggest win, Lovćen made during the sixth week, at 4 November 1989, against Kristal (31:22). Hardest defeat Lovćen suffered at 30 May 1990 against Metaloplastika in Šabac (15:30). At 2 December 1989, at the match against Zagreb Hromos away, Lovćen scored only 12 goals (12:19).
After the adaptation of SRC 'Lovćen' Hall, during this season, Lovćen started to play home matches at their town Cetinje, at the large crowd, in front of numerous spectators, with average attendance od 2,000.
RK Lovćen results - First League 1989–90Opponent Home AwayBorac Banja Luka22:2615:21Crvena zvezda Belgrade19:1818:30Crvenka17:1625:32Jugović Kać25:2219:29Kristal Zaječar31:2218:21Medveščak Zagreb20:1921:26Metaloplastika Šabac19:1715:30Pelister Bitola21:2020:26Proleter Zrenjanin17:1616:21Sloga Doboj20:1716:21Kolinska Slovan Ljubljana22:1616:15Vrbas23:1819:21Zagreb Hromos20:2012:19Zamet Rijeka18:2016:25Železničar Niš29:2416:17
First League 1989–90 - tableClub 1Borac Banja Luka 45 30 21 3 7 750 687 2Zagreb Hromos 43 30 20 3 7 738 681 3Proleter Zrenjanin 42 30 21 0 9 729 669 4Crvena zvezda Belgrade 41 30 20 1 9 710 630 5Metaloplastika Šabac 34 29 17 0 12 692 654 6Jugović Kać 34 30 16 2 12 771 736 7Pelister Bitola 34 30 17 0 13 727 600 8Medveščak Zagreb 29 30 14 1 15 780 648 9Zamet Rijeka 29 30 14 1 15 630 642 10Vrbas 27 30 13 1 16 729 753 11Lovćen Cetinje 27 30 13 1 16 592 642 12Crvenka 26 30 13 0 17 765 784 13Železničar Niš 22 30 11 0 19 680 728 14Sloga Doboj 22 29 10 0 19 648 783 15Kristal Zaječar 17 30 8 1 21 684 799 16Kolinska Slovan Ljubljana 9 30 4 1 25 653 742
1990–91 season
1990–91 Season. was the last participation of Lovćen in the SFR Yugoslavia First League. After 30 weeks of championship, club from Cetinje have poor score - 8 wins and 21 defeats. With that result, and 15th place on the final table, Lovćen was relegated to the Second League. The biggest win, Lovćen made against Budućnost (24:21) and Železničar (23:20). During the 20th week, Lovćen suffered the hardest defeat in the season, against Crvena zvezda away (19:31).
Matches between Lovćen and Budućnost (24:21, 16:19) were first two games between two Montenegrin clubs in the First Yugoslav Handball League.
RK Lovćen results - First League 1990–91Opponent Home AwayBorac Banja Luka21:1925:28Budućnost Titograd24:2116:19Crvena zvezda Belgrade19:2019:31Crvenka20:1827:25Istraturist Umag21:1919:27Jugović Kać18:1722:25Medveščak Zagreb28:2519:23Metaloplastika Šabac21:2316:23Pelister Bitola19:2127:32Proleter Zrenjanin14:1624:28Sloga Doboj20:1719:21Vrbas19:2522:26Zagreb Hromos17:2125:27Zamet Rijeka22:2114:25Železničar Niš23:2018:28
First League 1990–91 - tableClub 1Zagreb Hromos 46 30 22 2 6 777 660 2Proleter Zrenjanin 44 30 22 0 8 685 607 3Crvena zvezda Belgrade 44 30 22 0 8 735 673 4Metaloplastika Šabac 44 30 21 2 7 722 641 5Borac Banja Luka 35 30 17 1 12 666 639 6Jugović Kać 34 30 17 0 13 720 679 7Crvenka 34 30 16 0 14 697 710 8Pelister Bitola 32 30 14 2 14 662 670 9Medveščak Zagreb 32 30 14 2 14 717 724 10Sloga Doboj 32 30 14 2 14 652 670 11Železničar Niš 23 30 11 1 18 686 722 12Zamet Rijeka 23 30 11 1 18 640 690 13Istraturist Umag 20 30 10 0 20 606 649 14Vrbas 20 30 8 4 18 672 720 15Lovćen Cetinje 16 30 8 0 22 610 705 16Budućnost Titograd 12 30 5 2 23 660 748
1994–95 season
For the first time in FR Yugoslavia, Lovćen competed in the First League during the 1994–95 season. Season started with first part, in which 24 clubs were divided into four groups. From the every group of six teams, placement to the final Super League competition was provided for 3 first-placed clubs. Lovćen participated in the Group 'G' alongside Mornar, Vrbas, Vujić, Vojvodina and Stari grad. Lovćen provided placement to the Super League in the last match, with the win against Vujić (26:18).
First League 1994–95 – Part I (Group G)Club 1Vrbas 17 10 8 1 1 2Mornar Bar 14 10 6 2 1 3 Lovćen Cetinje 9 10 3 3 4 4Vujić Valjevo 8 10 3 2 5 5Vojvodina Novi Sad 7 10 2 3 5 6Stari Grad Belgrade 1 10 0 1 9
During the Super League, Lovćen won 9 matches, with one draw and 12 defeats. During the first part of the season, Lovćen was at the bottom of the table, but after few wins in a row during the March and April 1995, club from Cetinje finished championship at seventh place. Biggest wins, Lovćen made against Železničar (31:25) and Dubočica (26:20). Hardest defeat for Lovćen came at the first match in 1995, against RK Kikinda away (20:26).
RK Lovćen results - First League 1994–95Opponent Home AwayCrvena zvezda Belgrade18:1316:15Crvenka24:2221:24Dubočica Leskovac26:2022:23Jugović Kać20:1721:22Kikinda20:1620:26Mornar Bar18:1818:20Partizan Belgrade13:1723:26Proleter Zrenjanin25:2021:25Sintelon Bačka Palanka25:2014:17Vrbas19:2021:26Železničar Niš31:2519:21
First League 1994–95 - Super LeagueClub 1Partizan Belgrade 34 22 16 2 4 433 401 2RK Vrbas 34 22 17 0 5 534 474 3Mornar Bar 25 22 10 5 7 464 463 4Železničar Niš 24 22 11 2 9 451 446 5Dubočica Leskovac 21 22 10 1 11 468 461 6Jugović Kać 21 22 9 3 10 391 402 7Lovćen Cetinje 19 22 9 1 12 453 453 8Proleter Zrenjanin 19 22 8 3 11 460 466 9Kikinda 19 22 9 1 12 467 476 10Sintelon Bačka Palanka 17 30 8 1 13 391 416 11Crvena zvezda Belgrade 16 22 7 2 13 420 427 12Crvenka 15 22 7 1 14 484 527
1995–96 season
1995–96 Season also had two parts. During the first, Lovćen played in one of seven groups with four teams. After four weeks of group competition, team from Cetinje succeed to qualify for the final Super League in the group with Dubočica, Stari Grad and Marek.
First League 1995–96 – Part I (Group C)Club 1Dubočica Leskovac 10 6 5 0 1 2 Lovćen Cetinje 6 6 3 0 3 3Stari Grad Belgrade 4 6 2 0 4 4Marek Kruševac 4 6 2 0 4
During the Super League, Lovćen won 10 matches, with 15 defeats. At the whole season, Lovćen struggled for the survival in the First League with Dubočica and Sintelon, and succeeded at the end. Lovćen finished season at the 12th place on the table. Biggest wins, Lovćen made against Vojvodina (21:17) and Dubočica (19:15), with hardest defeat against Dubočica away (16:27). At the match against Proleter away, Lovćen scored only 12 goals (12:16). That was Lovćen's game with the fewest scored goals in their First League history, together with match against Zagreb Hromos at December 1989 (12:19).
RK Lovćen results - First League 1995–96Opponent Home AwayCrvena zvezda Belgradednp24:29Crvenka23:2728:31Dubočica Leskovac19:1516:27Jugović Kać24:2118:22Metaloplastika Šabac20:1814:21Mornar Bar24:2316:20Partizan Belgrade23:2724:27Proleter Zrenjanin19:1612:18Sever Subotica16:1421:23Sintelon Bačka Palanka20:1814:17Vojvodina Novi Sad21:1717:22Vrbas24:2219:27Železničar Niš25:2415:17
First League 1995–96 - Super LeagueClub 1Crvena zvezda Belgrade 39 25 17 5 3 587 526 2Partizan Belgrade 37 26 16 5 5 682 597 3Vrbas 31 26 12 7 7 553 536 4Metaloplastika Šabac 29 26 13 3 11 553 526 5Proleter Zrenjanin 28 26 12 4 10 630 612 6Železničar Niš 27 26 12 3 11 556 527 7Jugović Kać 24 26 10 4 12 494 541 8Crvenka 23 26 10 3 13 569 567 9Mornar Bar 23 26 11 1 14 596 585 10Sever Subotica 22 26 9 4 13 542 603 11Vojvodina Novi Sad 21 26 10 1 15 539 589 12Lovćen Cetinje 20 25 10 0 15 498 553 13Dubočica Leskovac 20 25 9 2 15 511 570 14Sintelon Bačka Palanka 19 25 8 3 15 504 551
1996–97 season
At the 1996–97 season, for the first time in the history, Lovćen won the second place in the First League and made their first promotion to the European competitions. Lovćen had a surprising performance, and finished the season with 16 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
During the season, Lovćen made great successes. Lovćen also played 15 matches in a row without a defeat, with 12 wins and 3 draws. In their home town, Lovćen won all of the matches, including those against biggest rivals - Crvena zvezda (24:20), Partizan (21:18), Železničar (26:22) or Proleter (17:16). Biggest win Lovćen made at 25th leg against Jugović - 30:17. In the 19th leg, at the finish of the match against Metaloplastika in Šabac, Lovćen players were attacked by home team and supporters, and game is registered with 10:0 result for guest side.
Success from the 1996–97 season. was the greatest result of Lovćen until then.