Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a
football club based in the southern part of
Mitrovica,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. The club was founded in 1932.
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KF Trepça is the first Kosovo Football club to gain promotion in to the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
) in 1977-78 after winning the
Yugoslav Second League
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* Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name:
** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
in 1976–77 as the first Club in Kosovo to do so. Trepça was one of only two Clubs in Kosovo with
KF Prishtina who competed in the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
. They also reached the Finals off the
1977–78 Yugoslav Cup in which they lost against
HNK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka.
HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...
with 0-1 being also the first and only Kosovo Football Club to achieve this success.
History
Trepça was founded in 1932 by workers of the
Trepça Mines Trepca ( sr, Трепча / ''Trepča'', sq, Trepça) may refer to:
* Trepča Mines, an industrial complex in Mitrovica, Kosovo
* KB Trepça, a basketball club in Mitrovica
* KF Trepça, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1932
* KF Trepça ...
in
Mitrovica during the period of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
. From the founding year until 1938, the club did not have an own venue, so coached and played on a playing field in the neighboring town
Zveçan. In 1938, a small field was built where they played until the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
. Later they received its own stadium, the
Trepça Stadium, which offered then about 30,000 spectators. Both Albanians and serbs played for the club, Albanian players that marked the pre-WWII period were Mazllum Grushti, Hasko Bula, Gota Sezair, Ejup Kerveshi, Adnan Mustafa, Ahmed and Qamil Zajmi, Hysen Murati, Xhati Zhubi, Sali Pllana, Bedri Hamza, Shinasi Rizanolli, Ahmet Shukriu, Burhan Kurkuqi, Jakup Berisha, Qazim Pllana, Sami Konjusha, Agim Deva, Ekrem Neziri, Riza Gashi, etc.
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at KF Trepca old website, retrieved 9-3-2017 Gota Cezair was a Prizren-born player who, after playing with Trepça, went to Italy to study Economy at the University of Firenze, and, while there, he played for
Carrarese Calcio. and later returned to Yugoslavia and played with
FK Vardar in
Yugoslav First and
Second Leagues.
[Asovi Yu-Fudbala, page 76 ]
During the Second World War, the Kosovo Albanian players of Trepça, played for the Albanian football club called ''KF Skënderbeu'', which was active during the war and the fascist occupation. After the end of the war, Trepça was long in the shadow of numerous Yugoslav clubs. However, in 1977 came the first major success for the club, when they achieved the promotion to the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
.
In the following
1977–78 season, the club relegated in the
Yugoslav Second League
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* Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name:
** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
, but managed to achieve the
1977–78 Yugoslav Cup final, where they lost against
NK Rijeka by 0–1 after extra time. During this period, the club's nickname Xehetarët (The Miners) was especially popular, and the Trepça players
Dragan Mutibarić,
Dragan Simeunović and
Vladan Radača became members of the
Yugoslav national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugosl ...
. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the players that emerged in the club were Sali Qubreli, Jakup Abrashi, Ajet Shosholli, Hysni Maxhuni, Luan Prekazi, Rexhep Xhaka, Erdogan Celina, Esat Mehmeti, Ramadan Cimili, Fisnik Ademi, Adnan Zeqiri, Ibrahim Prekazi, Faruk Domi, Aqif Shehu, Mensur Nexhipi, Rafet Prekazi, Genc Hoxha, Avni Juniku, Bakir Burri, Hasan Shasivari, Shemsedin Ajeti,
Vahedin Ajeti, Ahmet Turku, Gani Llapashtica,
Isa Sadriu, Bardhec Seferi, Sadik Rrahmani, among others.
The main supporters of KF Trepça are TORCIDA 1984 which were formed on 20 March 1984. Their biggest rival is
KF Prishtina.
Stadium
After the Kosovo war in 1999, the city was divided into a southern part with an almost exclusively Kosovo Albanian population and a northern part with a non-Albanian or predominantly Serb population.
[Radiosarajevo]
Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! (bosnian)
During the war, many Serbs and non-Albanians fled to the northern part of the city or were expelled. The
2004 unrest in Kosovo
The 2004 unrest in Kosovo is the worst ethnic violence case in Kosovo since the end of the 1998–99 conflict. The violence erupted in the partitioned town of Kosovo Mitrovica, leaving hundreds wounded and at least 14 people dead. The unrest w ...
reinforced the ethnic division of the city.
The home ground of the club is now the
Trepča Stadium, the same stadium where the Serbian club
FK Trepča
Fudbalski klub Trepča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Трепча), commonly known as Trepča, is a Serbian football club based in North Mitrovica, in North Kosovo. Kurirbr>PROVUKLI SE: Šćepović sprečio bruku protiv Trepče (serbia ...
played until 1999.
The stadium is located in the southern part of the city, but FK Trepča is based in
North Kosovska Mitrovica, in
North Kosovo
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; it is not currently possible for them to play their home matches in their former home stadium.
B92
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Founded in 1989 as radio station, it was a rare outlet for Western news and informati ...
br>Srbi s Kosova razočarani u FSS (Serbian)
/ref> Currently, only Albanian teams play in Trepča Stadium, including the KF Trepça. The Trepča Stadium is now called ''Olympik Stadiumi Adem Jashari'' by the Kosovo Albanian population, after Adem Jashari
Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yu ...
, a former leader of the Albanian paramilitary rebel organisation UÇK; the non-Albanian population still uses the name ''Stadion Trepča''. The stadium is the largest in Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
with a capacity of 18,200.
Honours
Kosovar Superliga
*Winners (2): 1993, 2010
Kosovo Province League
*Winners (5): 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955
Kosovar Cup
The Kosovar Cup ( sq, Digitalb Kupa e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons, is the major football national cup tournament in Kosovo. It was established in 1991, and is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo.
Llapi are the current holders, ...
*Winners (1): 1992
Yugoslav Second League
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** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
(1):
*Champion: 1976–77 (promoted to Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
)
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
(1):
*Runner-up: 1978
Players
Current squad
Notes
References
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Football clubs in Kosovo
Sport in Mitrovica, Kosovo
Association football clubs established in 1999
1999 establishments in Kosovo