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 1925–1940. 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 1925–1940.

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 1958–2006 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 players born in 1971–72 is regarded within the club as the most talented one. It was coached by Radovan Vukotić and Zlatko Vuksanović and produced players such as Ivica Kralj (played with Partizan, Porto and PSV), Željko Buzić (Hajduk Kula), Slaven Borović (Čukarički) or Zoran Vuksanović (Radnički Niš and Hajduk Kula).^[1]

2006–present

After Montenegrin independence, FK Arsenal became a member of the Montenegrin Second League in its inaugural season (2006–07). With often relegations to the Montenegrin Third League, Arsenal spent ten seasons in the Second League until now.

During this period, Arsenal won the Southern Region Cup three times (2009, 2010, 2011).^[2] In the 2021–22 season, Arsenal were placed in second place of the Montenegrin Second League, after which they defeated FK Podgorica in the playoffs and were promoted to the Montenegrin First League for the first time in its history.^[3]

First League Record

For the first time, Arsenal played in the Montenegrin First League in the 2022–23 season. Below is a list of FK Arsenal scores in the First League by every single season.

Current squad

As of 1 October 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  MNE Filip Femić 3 DF  MNE Nikola Čelebić 4 DF  MNE Petar Mališić 5 FW  MNE Andrej Golub 6 FW  MNE Vladimir Kašćelan 7 MF  MNE Đorđe Stešević 8 MF  MNE Irfan Šahman 9 FW  MNE Boban Đorđević 10 MF  MNE Jovan Mirković 11 FW  ARG Julián Montenegro 12 GK  MNE Dragan Ćetković 13 MF  MNE Luka Maraš 14 FW  MNE Damjan Mugoša 16 DF  MNE Ćetko Manojlović (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  MNE Stefan Mršulja 19 MF  MNE Stefan Papović 20 MF  MNE Aleksandar Macanović 21 MF  MNE Damir Kojašević 22 MF  MNE Jasmin Muhović 23 DF  SRB Mirko Todorović 25 FW  MNE Darko Nikač 26 FW  MNE Radule Živković 27 MF  MNE Marko Tabajica 28 MF  MNE Jovan Dašić (on loan from Budućnost) 29 DF  MNE Marko Čavor 31 GK  MNE Adis Kuč 55 GK  SRB Dusan Puletić 99 FW  NGA Pascal Chidi

Notable players

Below is the list of players who, during their career, played for Arsenal Tivat and represented their countries at the full international level.

• Ivica Kralj
• Branislav Janković
• Miloš Milović