First A Women's Basketball League of Montenegro

First А Women's Basketball League of Montenegro
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2006
First season	2006-07
No. of teams	6
Country	Montenegro
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Budućnost
Most titles	Budućnost (13 titles in independent Montenegro; 15 overall)
TV partner(s)	RTCG
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Montenegrin Women's Basketball Cup
Official website	http://www.kscg.me

The First А Women's Basketball League of Montenegro is the highest women's professional club basketball competition in Montenegro. It was founded in 2006 after the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro.

History

Before independence

Before 2006, Montenegrin women's basketball clubs played in the league system of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
While ŽKK Budućnost played in top flight during the SFR Yugoslavia era, Herceg Novi, Lovćen, Sutjeska ŽKK Roling and ŽKK Jedinstvo played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro.
For the first time, Montenegrin side played in First Yugoslav League on season 1983-84. ŽKK Budućnost was the mist successful Montenegrin team in period until 2006, with two champion titles and 10 seasons spent in top-level.
From season 2004-05, ŽKK Budućnost left Serbia and Montnegro competitions and until independence played only in WABA League.
ŽKK Budućnost is the only Montenegrin side which ever played in Euroleague Women, on season 2002-03.
Below is the list of all-time participants of Montenegrin clubs in the First Yugoslav League.^[1]

Club	84	85	87	88	90	92	93	94	95	96	97	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06
Budućnost	8	11	9	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	1	1	4	-	-
Herceg Novi	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	11	-	-	-	-
Lovćen	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	13	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sutjeska	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Roling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jedinstvo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	4

First time, Budućnost won the championship on season 2001–02, after defeated ŽKK Hemofarm in playoff final series (3:2 - 91:92, 89:99, 80:77, 71:69, 85:78). Next year, Budućnost defended the trophy in final series against ŽKK Crvena zvezda (3:0 - 75:66, 20:0, 58:56).
Below is the list of Montenegrin clubs' champion titles in the First League of Yugoslavia.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica	2	-	2000-01, 2001-02

After independence

Soon after the Montenegrin independence referendum, Basketball Federation of Montenegro founded its own competitions, with the First A League as a top-tier women's league.
ŽKK Budućnost won first two seasons, but after that dominated ŽKK Jedinstvo with three consecutive trophies won. In period 2012-2023, all champion titles won ŽKK Budućnost.
Montenegrin clubs are playing in regional WABA league since its founding. Most successes had ŽKK Budućnost, who won the competition on seasons 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2019-20.^[2]

Champions

From the inaugural season (2006/07), two clubs won the champion titles in Montenegrin Basketball League. ŽKK Budućnost had 10 titles, and ŽKK Jedinstvo three.^[3]

Titles by season

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Champion's Coach	Player of the season
2006–07	Budućnost	3-1	Jedinstvo	Momir Milatović	Snežana Aleksić (Budućnost)
2007–08	Budućnost	3-1	Jedinstvo	Aleksandar Čurović	Iva Perovanović (Budućnost)
2008–09	Jedinstvo	3-0	Budućnost	Aleksandar Čurović	Snežana Aleksić (Budućnost)
2009–10	Jedinstvo	3-0	Roling	Stojna Vangelovska	Sanja Knežević (Jedinstvo)
2010–11	Jedinstvo	3-0	Budućnost	Aleksandar Čurović	Sanja Knežević (Jedinstvo)
2011–12	Budućnost	2-0	Roling	Željko Vukićević	Biljana Turčinović (Roling)
2012–13	Budućnost	2-1	Primorje	Zdenko Grbavčević	Ana Baletić (Budućnost)
2013–14	Budućnost	2-0	Primorje	Miloš Kovač	Haleigh Lankster (Budućnost)
2014–15	Budućnost	2-0	Lovćen	Goran Bošković	Jovana Popović (Budućnost)
2015–16	Budućnost	2-0	Lovćen	Goran Bošković	Jovana Popović (Budućnost)
2016–17	Budućnost	2-0	Lovćen	Goran Bošković	Božica Mujović (Budućnost)
2017–18	Budućnost	2-0	Lovćen	Goran Bošković	Dragana Živković (Lovćen)
2018–19	Budućnost	2-0	Lovćen	Goran Bošković	Dragana Živković (Budućnost)
2019–20	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic^[4]
2020–21	Budućnost	2-0	Podgorica	Vladan Radović	Marija Leković (Budućnost)
2021–22	Budućnost	2-0	Podgorica	Vladan Radović	Maja Bigović (Budućnost)
2022–23	Budućnost	2-0	Podgorica	Vladan Radović	Marija Leković (Budućnost)

Titles by Club

Montenegrin League

Below is a list of clubs with titles won in Montenegrin Basketball League.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years Won
Budućnost Podgorica	13	2	2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	3	2	2009, 2010, 2011
Roling Nikšić	-	2
Primorje	-	2
Lovćen Cetinje	-	5
Podgorica	-	3

Overall

Below is an overall list, with titles won in both leagues - Montenegrin Basketball League and FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Championship.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years Won
Budućnost Podgorica	15	2	2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje	3	2	2009, 2010, 2011
Roling Nikšić	-	2
Primorje	-	2
Lovćen Cetinje	-	5
Podgorica	-	3

Placements by season

Since establishing, in Montenegrin basketball league participated 13 different teams. Only ŽKK Budućnost played all the seasons in the highest tier competition.

Club	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23
Antivari	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BKM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Budućnost	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Castel Nuovo	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dećić	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Herceg Novi	3	6	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3
Jedinstvo	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kotor	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lovćen	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-
Nikšić	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	5
Podgorica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2
Primorje	-	-	-	-	6	3	2	2	-	4	3	4	4	3	3	6
Roling	-	3	4	2	5	2	3	5	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-
Rožaje	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudar	-	8	6	5	3	4	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Studentski Centar	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

07 = season 2006/07

Montenegrin women's basketball clubs in Regional League

WABA League

Women Adriatic Basketball League, or WABA League is founded at 2001, and Montenegrin clubs are part of it since 2004. Most successful Montenegrin representatives in WABA League were ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica and ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. While ŽKK Budućnost won three champion titles (2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20), ŽKK Jedinstvo finished one season as a finalist in playoffs.
Below is list of participation of Montenegrin clubs by every season of WABA League.

Club	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Budućnost	8	8	6	2	7	-	-	8	8	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	2	2
Herceg Novi	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jedinstvo	-	-	7	6	2	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikšić	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

Montenegrin women's basketball clubs in European competitions

Women's basketball clubs from Montenegro participated in FIBA competitions since the start of century. Clubs which played in European Cups until today are ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica and ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.
ŽKK Budućnost played in EuroLeague Women during the one season, but finished it after the group phase.