Montenegrin Regional Cups

Montenegrin Regional Cups

Founded	2006
Region	Montenegro
Number of teams	24
Most successful club(s)	North: Pljevlja (4); Central: Ribnica (2), Iskra (2), Zora (2); South: Arsenal (3), Sloga Radovići (3)
Website	http://www.sjevernaregija.me http://www.juznaregija.me http://www.srednjaregija.me

The Montenegrin Regional Cups (Montenegrin: Crnogorski regionalni kupovi) are the lower football competitions in which are participying members of Montenegrin Third League. There are three regional cups - Northern, Central and Southern (Montenegrin: Kup Sjeverne regije; Kup Srednje regije; Kup Južne regije) .^[1][2][3]
Finalists of every regional cup are qualifying for Montenegrin Cup.

History

After the independence of Montenegro, Football Association of Montenegro founded Montenegrin Cup as a national cup competition. All the members of Montenegrin First League and Montenegrin Second League are directly qualifying for playing in Montenegrin Cup. Members of Montenegrin Third League are playing in Regional Cups, and six best clubs are qualifying for Montenegrin Cup's round one.
Since its establishing, Regional Cup is divided on three divisions - Northern, Southern and Central. Finalists of every division are playing in Montnegrin Cup.
Regional Cups are playing during the summer (august/September), just before the start of Montenegrin Cup season.

Winners and finalists

Only teams from Third League (lower-rank in Montenegro) are playing in Regional Cups. Below is the list of winners and finalists by every single division.

Northern Region Cup

Since 2006, in the Northern Region Cup (Kup Sjeverne regije) are participying clubs from Third Montenegrin League - North. Every season, winner and runner-up of Regional Cup are qualified for Montenegrin Cup.

Central Region Cup

Since 2006, in the Central Region Cup (Kup Srednje regije) are participying clubs from Third Montenegrin League - Central. Every season, winner and runner-up of Regional Cup are qualified for Montenegrin Cup.

Southern Region Cup

Since 2006, in the Southern Region Cup (Kup Južne regije) are participying clubs from Third Montenegrin League - South. Every season, winner and runner-up of Regional Cup are qualified for Montenegrin Cup.

Sources:^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

See also

• Montenegrin Cup
• Montenegrin Third League
• Football in Montenegro
• Montenegrin Republic Cup (1947-2006)

External links

• Football Association of Montenegro - Official Site
• Football Association of the Central Region of Montenegro - Official Site
• Football Association of the Southern Region of Montenegro - Official Site
• Football Association of the Northern Region of Montenegro - Official Site

References