Budućnost–Crvena Zvezda basketball rivalry

The Budućnost–Crvena Zvezda basketball rivalry is an Adriatic League (ABA League) rivalry between Budućnost and Crvena zvezda. While the two teams have played each other since Budućnost joined the Yugoslav League in 1980, their rivalry began to develop in the 1990s through the Serbian-Montenegrin League and reached its peak in the Adriatic League during the late 2010s and early 2020s with 3-in-a-row League Finals (2018, 2019, and 2021).[lower-alpha 1]

Budućnost–Crvena zvezda rivalry
SportBasketball
LocationWestern Balkans
Teams
First meeting7 December 1980
Crvena zvezda 105, Budućnost 91
Latest meeting16 April 2022
Budućnost 76, Crvena zvezda 80
StadiumsAleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Statistics
Meetings total108 meetings
Most winsCrvena zvezda (.579)
All-time recordCrvena zvezda, 62–45
Regular season seriesCrvena zvezda, 46–36 (.561)
Postseason resultsCrvena zvezda, 13–9 (.591)
Current win streakCrvena zvezda, 3
Finals history
Crvena zvezda
Budućnost
Locations of the headquarters of the two clubs
Budućnost
Crvena zvezda

History

1980s: Yugoslavia

The first time these two teams actually met was in 1980 when Budućnost qualified for the Yugoslav League for the first time in history. The first derby finished 105–91 in Zvezda's favour. Generally, the rivalry wasn’t prominent in the Yugoslav era since both teams had fluctuations in their results in the 80’s, thus they didn’t have the status as constant contenders for the title.

Head-to-head ranking
# 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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4 4 4 4 4 4
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Finals summaries

2018 ABA League Finals
Main article: 2018 ABA League Playoffs § Finals

This was the first ABA League Finals series between Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda, and the first Finals of any competition to occur between Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda since their first meeting in 1980. Budućnost hadn't made an appearance in the ABA Finals prior to 2018. Budućnost won the championship, 3–1. Nemanja Gordić of Budućnost was named the Finals MVP.[2]

9 April 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 76–80 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 16–12, 19–26, 19–17
Pts: Omić 14
Rebs: Lessort 5
Asts: Rochestie 10
PIR: Rochestie 20		 Report Pts: Ivanović 20
Rebs: Doellman 8
Asts: Gordić, Doellman 4
PIR: Gordić, Ivanović 23		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 7,001
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Sreten Radović, Tomislav Hordov
10 April 2018 Crvena zvezda mts 69–59 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–18, 16–17, 22–11
Pts: Omić 15
Rebs: Omić 10
Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5
PIR: Omić 27		 Report Pts: Gordić 22
Rebs: Doellman 6
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Gordić 12		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,398
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Saša Pukl, Miloš Koljenšić
13 April 2018 Budućnost VOLI 78–77 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 18–24, 26–17, 10–13
Pts: Gordić 17
Rebs: Ivanović 4
Asts: Gordić 5
PIR: Gordić 21		 Report Pts: Feldeine 19
Rebs: Lessort 6
Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5
PIR: Feldeine 20		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Damir Javor, Tomislav Hordov, Mario Majkić
14 April 2018 Budućnost VOLI 77–73 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 14–23, 24–19, 17–16
Pts: Gordić 18
Rebs: Šehović 6
Asts: Gordić 5
PIR: Barović 23		 Report Pts: Rochestie 14
Rebs: Omić 10
Asts: Rochestie 6
PIR: Omić 21		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Sreten Radović, Saša Pukl, Sašo Petek

2018 ABA SuperCup Final
Main article: 2018 ABA League Supercup § Final

The Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda would meet the six months after the 2018 ABA League Finals in Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crvena Zvezda would defeat Budućnost and win their first ABA SuperCup title.[3] The Zvezda had an 89–75 victory,[4] while Budućnost lost its second Supercup Final.

The Zvezda led 48–23 in the middle of the second quarter and sustained to 57–32 to lead by 25 at halftime. As the first half ended, so did the second half. Buducnost took advantage of the relaxation of the Belgraders in the last quarter and mitigated the defeat to a more acceptable 14 points difference.[5][6][7]

The Zvezda's Mouhammad Faye had 14 points and four rebounds, and Maik Zirbes added 13 points and five rebounds. Joe Ragland recorded 10 points and the game-high 7 assists, while Stratos Perperoglou and Ognjen Dobrić both had 12 points off the bench. Budućnost was led by Filip Barović with 19 points and five rebounds of the bench, and Earl Clark added 11 points.[8] Faye was named the MVP Award.[9]

23 September 2018 Budućnost VOLI 75–89 Crvena zvezda mts Laktaši
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 16–29, 23–21, 20–11
Arena Sport Pts: Barović 19
Rebs: Clarke 6
Asts: Jackson 5
PIR: Barović 23		 Boxscore Pts: Faye 14
Rebs: Zirbes, Lazić 5
Asts: Ragland 7
PIR: Zirbes 16		 Arena: Laktaši Sports Hall
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Saša Pukl, Tomislav Hordov, Mario Majkić

2019 ABA League Finals
Main article: 2019 ABA League First Division Playoffs § Finals

The 2019 ABA League Finals saw Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda meet for the second straight season. Crvena Zvezda won Games 1 and 2 in Belgrade before the series moved to Podgorica. While Budućnost won Game 3 and 4 at home, the Zvezda took Game 5 at home, earning their fourth championship and their fourth in five seasons.

Game 2 was a more one-sided affair, with the Zvezda winning 107–69. Game 5 was a blowout victory for the Zvezda, 97–54, led by K. C. Rivers with the game-high 21 points. The Zvezda's Billy Baron was named the Finals MVP.[10]

12 April 2019 Crvena zvezda mts 91–72 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 27–22, 20–10, 26–20
Arena Sport Pts: Baron 19
Rebs: Zirbes, Ojo 6
Asts: Čović 6
PIR: Baron 27		 Boxscore Pts: Cole 18
Rebs: Bitadze, Clarke 6
Asts: Cole, Gordić 4
PIR: Cole 16		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,374
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Saša Pukl, Tomislav Hordov
14 April 2019 Crvena zvezda mts 107–69 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 28–19, 22–16, 31–15
Arena Sport Pts: Perperoglou 17
Rebs: Faye 6
Asts: Čović 7
PIR: Rivers 20		 Boxscore Pts: Gordić 11
Rebs: Jackson 7
Asts: Gordić 6
PIR: Gordić 18		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,397
Referees: Sreten Radović, Damir Javor, Miloš Koljenšić
17 April 2019 Budućnost VOLI 80–72 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 27–25, 21–8, 14–14
Arena Sport Pts: Cole 20
Rebs: Cole 7
Asts: Gordić 4
PIR: Cole 20		 Boxscore Pts: Rivers 19
Rebs: Faye, Ojo 10
Asts: Čović 4
PIR: Faye 15		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 5,860
Referees: Tomislav Hordov, Mario Majkić, Marko Juras
19 April 2019 Budućnost VOLI 84–80 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 15–13, 22–20, 27–22
Arena Sport Pts: Cole 31
Rebs: Cole, Clark 6
Asts: Cole 6
PIR: Cole 36		 Boxscore Pts: Baron 24
Rebs: Ojo 10
Asts: Faye 4
PIR: Baron 23		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 5,360
Referees: Damir Javor, Sašo Petek, Uroš Nikolić
22 April 2019 Crvena zvezda mts 97–54 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 29–8, 27–16, 23–17
Arena Sport Pts: Rivers 21
Rebs: Ojo, Rivers 6
Asts: Čović 9
PIR: Rivers, Simanić 21		 Boxscore Pts: Cole 9
Rebs: Clark 7
Asts: Cole 3
PIR: Cole, Gordić 10		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Saša Pukl, Tomislav Hordov, Mario Majkić

2021 ABA League Finals
Main article: 2021 ABA League First Division Playoffs § Finals

The 2019 ABA League Finals saw Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda meet for the third straight season. Crvena Zvezda won Games 1 and 2 in Belgrade before the series moved to Podgorica. While Budućnost won Game 3 and 4 at home, the Zvezda took Game 5 at home, earning their fifth championship and their fifth in seven seasons.

16 May 2021 Crvena zvezda mts 82–78 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 24–18, 19–17, 19–23
Pts: Dobrić, Loyd 23
Rebs: Kuzmić 11
Asts: Hall 7
PIR: Loyd 23		 Boxscore Pts: Reed 26
Rebs: Reed 10
Asts: Ivanović 10
PIR: Reed 35		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 987
Referees: Saša Pukl, Tomislav Hordov, Josip Radojković
18 May 2021 Crvena zvezda mts 85–79 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 25–24, 8–29, 22–9
Pts: Dobrić 27
Rebs: Nnoko 7
Asts: Loyd 6
PIR: Dobrić 27		 Boxscore Pts: D. Nikolić 26
Rebs: Reed 11
Asts: Ivanović 5
PIR: D. Nikolić 30		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 1,375
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Miloš Koljenšić, Milan Nedović
22 May 2021 Budućnost VOLI 75–71 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–13, 16–15, 24–24
Pts: Della Valle 19
Rebs: D. Nikolić 8
Asts: Ivanović 6
PIR: Ivanović 19		 Boxscore Pts: Loyd 19
Rebs: Nnoko 11
Asts: Loyd 7
PIR: Nnoko 20		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 0
Referees: Sreten Radović, Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor
24 May 2021 Budućnost VOLI 81–80 Crvena zvezda mts Podgorica
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–19, 19–21, 23 –17
Pts: Cobbs 22
Rebs: D. Nikolić 9
Asts: Cobbs 7
PIR: Cobbs 29		 Boxscore Pts: Loyd 23
Rebs: Loyd 7
Asts: Dobrić 6
PIR: Dobrić 17		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 0
Referees: Saša Pukl, Uroš Nikolić, Sašo Petek
28 May 2021 Crvena zvezda mts 67–60 Budućnost VOLI Belgrade
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 18–14, 20–21, 14–11
Pts: Nnoko 17
Rebs: Nnoko 12
Asts: Dobrić, Loyd 4
PIR: Nnoko 28		 Boxscore Pts: Cobbs 21
Rebs: Mitrović 9
Asts: Ivanović 8
PIR: Cobbs 26		 Arena: Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Attendance: 4,235
Referees: Tomislav Hordov, Josip Radojković, Milan Nedović

Head-to-head

Matches

The following are the matches between Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League:

Season At Belgrade
(Crvena Zvezda – Budućnost)		 At Podgorica
(Budućnost – Crvena Zvezda)		 SuperCup
(Budućnost – Crvena Zvezda)		 Total Notes
Season Playoffs Season Playoffs
2001–02Crvena Zvezda did not participateNot held——
2002–03Budućnost did not participate—Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Semifinals
2003–0477–75—84–88—Crvena Zvezda 2–0Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Semifinals
2004–0591–72—81–76—Tie 1–1—
2005–06Budućnost did not participate—Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Semifinals
2006–0795–81—89–88—Tie 1–1—
2007–08115–114—79–74—Tie 1–1—
2008–0970–63—64–62—Tie 1–1Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Semifinals
2009–1077–88—71–63—Budućnost 2–0—
2010–1163–55—89–75—Tie 1–1Budućnost lose ABA League Semifinals
2011–1263–57—79–64—Tie 1–1Budućnost lose ABA League Semifinals
2012–1379–63—72–63—Tie 1–1Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Finals
2013–1474–64—62–60—Tie 1–1Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Semifinals
2014–1583–69—76–77—Crvena Zvezda 2–0Crvena Zvezda win ABA League
Budućnost lose ABA League Semifinals
2015–1683–62—68–54—Tie 1–1Crvena Zvezda win ABA League
Budućnost lose ABA League Semifinals
2016–1782–6682–67, 82–5954–7763–57Crvena Zvezda 4–1Crvena Zvezda win ABA League
Budućnost lose ABA League Semifinals
2017–1875–7976–80, 69–5992–8678–77, 77–73Crvena Zvezda
did not participate[lower-alpha 2]		Budućnost 5–1Budućnost win ABA League
Crvena Zvezda lose ABA League Finals
Budućnost lose ABA SuperCup Final
2018–1986–7291–72, 107–69, 97–5471–8780–72, 84–8075–89Crvena Zvezda 6–2Crvena Zvezda win ABA League
Crvena Zvezda win ABA SuperCup
Budućnost lose ABA League Finals
Budućnost lose ABA SuperCup Final
2019–2081–89Canceled[lower-alpha 1]20–0[lower-alpha 3]Canceled[lower-alpha 1]—Budućnost 2–0Season canceled
2020–2165–6782–78, 85–79, 67–6083–6375–71, 81–80CanceledBudućnost 4–3Crvena Zvezda win ABA League
Budućnost lose ABA League Finals
2021–2271–63TBD76–80TBDNot heldCrvena Zvezda 2–0TBD

1980–1992: Yugoslavia

The following were the matches between Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda in the Yugoslav competitions:[lower-alpha 4]

1992–2006: Serbia and Montenegro

The following were the matches between Budućnost and Crvena Zvezda in Yugoslav/Serb–Montenegrin[lower-alpha 5] competitions:

Statistics

Note: Last updated on April 17, 2022

Competitions Games played Budućnost wins Crvena zvezda wins
Defunct competitions[12]
Domestic Leagues4619 (.413)27 (.587)
Domestic Playoffs51 (.200)4 (.800)
Domestic Playouts20 (.000)2 (1.000)
Yugoslav Cup11 (1.000)0 (.000)
Current competitions
Adriatic League3617 (.472)19 (.528)
Adriatic Playoffs178 (.471)9 (.529)
Adriatic SuperCup10 (.000)1 (1.000)
Total10845 (.421)62 (.579)

Common individuals

Players

The following players have played for both Budućnost and Crvena zvezda in their careers:

  • Nenad Mišanović – Crvena zvezda (2005–2008); Budućnost (2008–2009)
  • Luka Mitrović – Crvena zvezda (2012–2017; 2021–present); Budućnost (2020–2021)
  • Aleksej Nešović – Crvena zvezda (2002–2004); Budućnost (2010–2011)
  • Saša Obradović – Crvena zvezda (1987–1993, 1993–1994, 1999–2000); Budućnost (2000–2001)
  • Alen Omić – Crvena zvezda (2018); Budućnost (2018)
  • Luka Pavićević – Budućnost (1984–1985), Crvena zvezda (1995–1996, 1998–1999, 2002–2003)
  • Stevan Peković – Budućnost (1990–1992, 1997–1998), Crvena zvezda (1998–1999, 2001–2002)
  • Igor Perović – Crvena zvezda (1996–1998); Budućnost (2001–2002)
  • Ivo Petović – Budućnost (1981–1983); Crvena zvezda (1983–1990)
  • Igor Rakočević – Crvena zvezda (1994–2000, 2003–2004, 2012–2013); Budućnost (2000–2002)
  • Boris Savović – Budućnost (2009–2010, 2015, 2016–2017); Crvena zvezda (2012–2013)
  • Marko Simonović – Budućnost (2008–2011); Crvena zvezda (2012–2014, 2015–2017, 2020–present)
  • Bojan Subotić – Crvena zvezda (2011–2013); Budućnost (2013–2017)
  • Vujadin Subotić – Budućnost (1999–2000); Crvena zvezda (2004–2006, 2008, 2010–2011)
  • Vladimir Tica – Crvena zvezda (1998–2003, 2007); Budućnost (2011–2012)
  • Dejan Tomašević – Crvena zvezda (1990–1995); Budućnost (1999–2001)
  • Željko Topalović – Crvena zvezda (1997–1998, 1999–2000); Budućnost (1998–1999)
  • Milenko Topić – Crvena zvezda (1997–1999); Budućnost (1999–2001)
  • Čedomir Vitkovac – Crvena zvezda (2003–2006); Budućnost (2009–2010, 2011–2015)
  • Slavko Vraneš – Budućnost (2001–2003, 2004–2007); Crvena zvezda (2004)
  • Marcus Williams – Crvena zvezda (2014–2015); Budućnost (2016–2017)

The following players have played for one club in youth career and for rival club in senior career:

Coaches

The following head coaches have coached both Budućnost and Crvena zvezda in their careers:

Others

The following individuals have also played and/or coached both Budućnost and Crvena zvezda in their careers:

  • Momir Milatović – Budućnost (N/A player, N/A coach); Crvena zvezda (1999 coach)
  • Saša Obradović – Crvena zvezda (1987–1993, 1993–1994, 1999–2000 player; 2020 coach); Budućnost (2000–2001 player)
  • Luka Pavićević – Budućnost (1984–1985 player; 2015–2016 coach), Crvena zvezda (1995–1996, 1998–1999, 2002–2003 player)
  • Mihailo Pavićević – Budućnost (1979–1981, 1988–1989 player), Crvena zvezda (1997, 1998 coach)
  • Dejan Radonjić – Budućnost (1991–1993, 1998–2002 player; 2005–2013 coach); Crvena zvezda (2013–2017, 2020–present coach)
  • Zoran Sretenović – Crvena zvezda (1985–1986, 1995–1996 player), Budućnost (2001–2002 coach)
  • Milenko Topić – Crvena zvezda (1997–1999 player; 2018 coach); Budućnost (1999–2001 player)

Honours

The rivalry reflected in derby matches comes about as Budućnost is the most successful basketball club in Montenegro, while Crvena zvezda is the second most successful basketball club in Serbia.

Crvena zvezda Competition Budućnost
Domestic Leagues
12Yugoslavia (defunct)—
3Serbia–Montenegro (defunct)3
6Serbia / Montenegro12
21Aggregate15
Domestic Cups
3Yugoslav Cup (defunct)3
8Serbia / Montenegro15
11Aggregate18
Adriatic
5League1
1SuperCup—
6Aggregate1
European
1FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)—
1Aggregate0
39Total Aggregate34

See also

Notes
  1. The 2019–20 ABA League First Division was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
  2. Top seeded Crvena Zvezda withdrew participation due to the previously scheduled EuroLeague tournament, which was held on the same time.
  3. Crvena Zvezda was forfeited 0–20 due to unjustified non-appearance in the Podgorica game.[11]
  4. The competitions in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (after 1991) are not included.
  5. The country was named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 and Serbia and Montenegro after that.

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  8. "Crvena zvezda mts is the winner of 2018 ABA Super Cup". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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