During their history, RK Lovćen Cetinje played almost 25 seasons in the First Handball League of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Montenegro. Five times, club from Cetinje won the champions' title - in the seasons 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2011–12 and 2012–13.
First season of Lovćen in the First League was 1988–89. First match in First league of SFR Yugoslavia, Lovćen played in October 1988 against RK Jugović away and won with result 23:20.
Summary
Below is the list of placements of RK Lovćen during the seasons in the First League of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Montenegro.
1988–89 - 6th place
1989–90 - 11th place
1990–91 - 15th place
1994–95 - 7th place
1995–96 - 12th place
1996–97 - 2nd place
1997–98 - 3rd place
1998–99 - 2nd place
1999–00 - CHAMPIONS
2000–01 - CHAMPIONS
2001–02 - 2nd place
2002–03 - 2nd place
2003–04 - 5th place
2004–05 - 3rd place
2005–06 - 6th place
2006–07 - CHAMPIONS
2007–08 - 2nd place
2008–09 - 2nd place
2009–10 - 3rd place
2010–11 - 2nd place
2011–12 - CHAMPIONS
2012–13 - CHAMPIONS
2013–14 - CHAMPIONS
1988–89 season
On their debut, club from Cetinje made good result, with 16 wins, a draw and 13 defeats, placed at the sixth place on the final table. Lovćen started at 29 October 1988 with the guest win against Jugović in Kać (23:20) and one week after, they made first home win in the First League against Zamet (22:14). That was the largest victory of Lovćen in the 1988–89 season. Largest defeat, Lovćen suffered at 23 February 1989 against Proleter in Zrenjanin (15:26).
During their debut season in the First Yugoslav League, RK Lovćen played their home matches in the Morača Sports Center at Podgorica because SRC 'Lovćen' Hall at Cetinje didn't meet the standards of the highest level.
During the 1988–89 season, Lovćen made good result in the Yugoslav Cup, too. For the first time in the history, Lovćen played at the Final Tournament. During the first stage of Cup, Lovćen made 3 wins at the Group 'A' in Ivangrad, against Pelister Bitola (24:19), Borac Banja Luka (23:21) and Vlaznimi Đakovica (31:21). At the Final Tournament, which held in Novi Sad, Lovćen was eliminated in the Cup semifinals by Medveščak Zagreb (23:30).
1989–90 season
During the 1989–90 season, Lovćen's performance was weaker than the year before. Club from Cetinje won 13 games, with one draw and 16 defeats. At the end of competition, Lovćen won 11th place. The only Montenegrin First League member made several good results against top-of-the-table teams, like wins against Crvena zvezda (19:18) and Proleter (17:16), or a draw with Zagreb Hromos (20:20).
The biggest win, Lovćen made during the sixth week, at 4 November 1989, against Kristal (31:22). Hardest defeat Lovćen suffered at 30 May 1990 against Metaloplastika in Šabac (15:30). At 2 December 1989, at the match against Zagreb Hromos away, Lovćen scored only 12 goals (12:19).
After the adaptation of SRC 'Lovćen' Hall, during this season, Lovćen started to play home matches at their town Cetinje, at the large crowd, in front of numerous spectators, with average attendance od 2,000.
1990–91 season
1990–91 Season. was the last participation of Lovćen in the SFR Yugoslavia First League. After 30 weeks of championship, club from Cetinje have poor score - 8 wins and 21 defeats. With that result, and 15th place on the final table, Lovćen was relegated to the Second League. The biggest win, Lovćen made against Budućnost (24:21) and Železničar (23:20). During the 20th week, Lovćen suffered the hardest defeat in the season, against Crvena zvezda away (19:31).
Matches between Lovćen and Budućnost (24:21, 16:19) were first two games between two Montenegrin clubs in the First Yugoslav Handball League.
1994–95 season
For the first time in FR Yugoslavia, Lovćen competed in the First League during the 1994–95 season. Season started with first part, in which 24 clubs were divided into four groups. From the every group of six teams, placement to the final Super League competition was provided for 3 first-placed clubs. Lovćen participated in the Group 'G' alongside Mornar, Vrbas, Vujić, Vojvodina and Stari grad. Lovćen provided placement to the Super League in the last match, with the win against Vujić (26:18).