FK Arsenal Tivat

1914–1940

Founded in 1914, Arsenal is the second oldest football club in Montenegro, after FK Lovćen which was founded a year before. The club was first established as NK Orjen. During 1930, the team was merged with another club from Tivat - NK Zrinjski. After the fusion, the team started to play under the new name NK Arsenal. The name was derived from the nearby naval repair facility "MRTZ Sava Kovačević", known colloquially as Arsenal. NK Arsenal made biggest successes in history in the period between 1925 and 1940. Team from Tivat at that time played in the Montenegrin Football Championship, with remarkable success at season 1937 – with winning the title of Montenegrin champion. Arsenal became the only club outside Podgorica and Cetinje who won the title on Montenegrin championship in the period between 1925 and 1940.

1945–2006

After World War II, NK Arsenal played in the first season of the Montenegrin Republic League (1946), together with Budućnost, Lovćen and Sutjeska. NK Arsenal gained promotion to the Yugoslav Second League (Zone B) with debut in the 1955–56 season. They played three years in the Second League, and got relegated to the Republic League after the 1957–58 season. Most seasons in the period between 1958 and 2006 Arsenal spent in the Montenegrin Republic League, with second place in the 1958–59 season as a major success. During the 1980s and 1990s, Arsenal produced many talented players. Its youth team which included the generation of…

Montenegrin Championship (1922–1940) – 1 winners (1): 1937 runners-up (3): 1929, Spring 1930, Autumn 1930 Montenegrin Third League (South Region) – 3 winners (3): 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18 Montenegrin Fourth League – 3 winners (3): 1979–80, 1983–84, 1987–88 Montenegrin Cup – 0 runners-up (2): 1971, 2023 Southern Region Cup – 7 winners (7): 1974, 1984, 1989, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018