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| Full name | FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje | ||
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| Short name | JED | ||
| Founded | 1922; 103 years ago (1922) | ||
| Ground | Gradski stadion | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Manager | Vuko Bogavac | ||
| League | Montenegrin First League | ||
| 2024–25 | Montenegrin First League, 7th of 10 | ||
 Current season | |||
Fudbalski klub Jedinstvo (Montenegrin: Фудбалски клуб Јединство), known asJedinstvo Franca for sponsorship reasons, isfootball club fromBijelo Polje,Montenegro, currently competing in theMontenegrin First League. The club was established in 1922.
FK Jedinstvo (FC United) was founded in 1922, as a first football team inBijelo Polje. During the first two decades (1922–1941), the team played mostly exhibition matches, without participation inMontenegrin Football Championship.
First significant success afterWorld War II, the team made on season 1949–50, with promotion to theMontenegrin Republic League.[1] At that time, the club played under the nameBratstvo. Soon after that, in the 1955–56 season, FK Jedinstvo played their first-ever season in theYugoslav Second League, but were relegated after three consecutive seasons.
Most of the sixties, FK Jedinstvo spent in Republic League, until the 1967–68 season. On that year, the team finished third place and gained promotion to theYugoslav Second League – South Group. After two seasons, they were relegated, but new promotion to second-tier came in 1971, when FK Jedinstvo won the title of the Montenegrin Republic League champion. New season in the Second League, FK Jedinstvo finished as a last-placed team inSouth group. In the period between 1975 and 1980, FK Jedinstvo won two titles in the Republic League.
Difficult times came at the beginning of the 1980s. On Republic League 1980–81 season, FK Jedinstvo finished 12th place, so, for the first time in their history, the team were relegated to the lowest-rank of domestic football system (Fourth League – North.[2]). They made comeback in the 1982–83 season. In that season, FK Jedinstvo played in theYugoslav Cup. In the First Round, they hosted one of the most successful teams in the history of Yugoslav football –Dinamo Zagreb in front of 6,000 spectators (0–2). Two years later, FK Jedinstvo were faced with another relegation to the Fourth League. At that time, in Bijelo Polje, they were in the shadow of local-rivalFK Tekstilac.
In the 1988–89 season, FK Jedinstvo played in newly establishedYugoslav Inter-Republic League (third division), where they made significant success in the 1990–91 season. As a second-placed team, the team gained promotion to the1991–92 Yugoslav Second League. On their comeback to second-tier, FK Jedinstvo finished 14th place.[3]
After the breakup ofSFR Yugoslavia, FK Jedinstvo spent most of the nineties in the second-tier competitions ofFR Yugoslavia. In the beginning of the new century, the team from Bijelo Polje were among the best teams in theSecond League of Serbia and Montenegro.
Historical success came in the 2004–05 season. FK Jedinstvo won the champion title inSecond League – group Montenegro and gained its first-ever promotion to theFirst League of Serbia and Montenegro.[4]
They started the2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga season with the game againstFK Partizan away (0–2), and first-ever elite division game in Bijelo Polje was held on 27 August 2005 (FK Jedinstvo –FK Voždovac 2–2).[5] FK Jedinstvo finished at the bottom of table, but their home games were among the best attended in the First League.After theMontenegrin independence (2006), FK Jedinstvo became a member of theMontenegrin First League, but relegated to theSecond League after the inaugural season.[6] In the period between 2008 and 2018, FK Jedinstvo spent three another years in the First League, but were always relegated at the end of the season as a last-placed team.
For the first time, FK Jedinstvo played in the Yugoslav First League on season2005–06. Below is a list of FK Jedinstvo scores in the First League by every single season.
| Season | Pos | G | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 2005–06 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 72 |
| 2006–07 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 51 |
| 2008–09 | 12 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 56 |
| 2012–13 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 45 |
| 2016–17 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 69 |
| 2022–23 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 54 |
| 2023–24 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 56 |
| 2024–25 | 7 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 58 |
Season with green background was played in the first league ofSerbia and Montenegro, together withSerbian clubs.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Below is the list of players who, during their career, played for Jedinstvo and were capped by their respective national teams.
For the list of former and current players with Wikipedia article, please seeCategory:FK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje players.
Sava Kovačević (2005 – Feb 2006)Fikret Kurgaš (18 Feb 2006 – Mar 2006)Dragan Karišik (21 Mar 2006 – Apr 2006)Rade Vešović (9 Apr 2006 – Oct 2006)
Siniša Jelić (29 Oct 2006 – Jun 2007) Sava Kovačević (Jul 2007 – Jun 2008)
Slobodan Halilović (Jul 2008 – Jan 2009)Aleksandar Jovanovski (10 Jan 2009 –)Slavoljub Bubanja (Jul 2011 – Aug 2011)
Jovica Nikolić (29 Aug 2011 – Jun 2012)Sreten Avramović (Jul 2012 – Jun 2013)Dušan Jevrić (Jan 2013 – Sep 2013)Ljubiša Dmitrović (Jan 2015 – Jun 2015)Sead Babača (Jul 2015 – Jan 2016)Radislav Dragićević (16 Jan 2016 – Jun 2016) Slavoljub Bubanja (Sep 2016 – Nov 2016)[7]Goran Jovanović (Jan 2017 – Jun 2017) Slobodan Halilović (Mar 2018 –Dec 2020)FK Jedinstvo plays their home games onGradski stadion. There are two stands with overall capacity of 4,000 seats. At the north side of stadium is situated indoor sports hall 'Nikoljac'.
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