KF Trepça

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Trepça
FC Trepça.svg
Full nameKlubi Futbollistik Trepça
Nickname(s)Xehetarët (The Miners)
Founded1932; 89 years ago (1932)
GroundOlympic Stadium Adem Jashari
Capacity18,500
Coordinates42°53′0″N 20°52′0″E / 42.88333°N 20.86667°E / 42.88333; 20.86667
PresidentNexhmedin Haxhiu
ManagerSheremt Isufi
LeagueFirst Football League of Kosovo
2020–21First Football League of Kosovo – Group A, 6th of 10

Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a football club based in the southern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo.[a] The club was founded in 1932.[1] The club is not to be confused with FK Trepča, which plays in Serbian football league system

KF Trepça is the first Kosovo Football club to gain promotion in to the Yugoslav First League) in 1977-78 after winning the Yugoslav Second League 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. They also reached the Finals off the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup in which they lost against HNK Rijeka with 0-1 being also the first and only Kosovo Football Club to achieve this success.

History[]

Trepça/Trepča was founded in 1932 by workers of the Trepça Mines in Mitrovica during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 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. Later they received its own stadium, the , 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.[2] 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.[3][4] and later returned to Yugoslavia and played with FK Vardar in Yugoslav First and Second Leagues.[5]

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.[6]

In the following 1977–78 season, the club relegated in the Yugoslav Second League, 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. 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, Vahedin Ajeti, Ahmet Turku, Gani Llapashtica, Isa Sadriu, Bardhec Seferi, Sadik Rrahmani, among others.[2]

In 1999 after the Kosovo war, many of the Kosovar Albanian players left the nor "Serbian" club and decided to found their own club under the name KF Trepça.[1] Thus, there were two clubs in the city with almost the same name and using the same black and green colours. However, the Football Federation of Kosovo was not recognized by FIFA and UEFA until 2016. The main supporters of KF Trepça are TORCIDA 1984 which were formed on 20 March 1984. Biggest rival is KF Prishtina.

The generations from the 1970s Trepça that made Mitrovica an important point in the Yugoslav football map are part of the heritage of FK Trepça who reached the Yugoslavian Cup Final in 1977-78 were they lost 1-0 against Rijeka.[7] However KF Trepca claims that heritage for themselves.[8]

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.[9] During the war, many Serbs and non-Albanians fled to the northern part of the city or were expelled. The 2004 unrest in Kosovo 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 played until 1999.[9] The stadium is located in the southern part of the city, but FK Trepča is based in North Kosovska Mitrovica, in North Kosovo; it is not currently possible for them to play their home matches in their former home stadium.[10][9] Currently, only Albanian teams play in Trepča Stadium, including the KF Trepça.[9] The Trepča Stadium is now called Olympik Stadiumi Adem Jashari by the Kosovo Albanian population, after Adem Jashari, a former leader of the Albanian paramilitary rebel organisation UÇK; the non-Albanian population still uses the name Stadion Trepča.[1] The stadium is the largest in Kosovo with a capacity of 18,200.

Honours[]

Kosovar Superliga

  • Winners (2): 1993, 2010

Kosovar Cup

  • Winners (1): 1992
Yugoslav Second League (1)
Yugoslav Cup (1)
  • Runner-up: 1978

Players[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Kosovo KVX Arben Beqiri
2 DF Kosovo KVX Fljakron Iberdemaj
3 DF Kosovo KVX Amir Prishtina
4 MF Kosovo KVX Liridon Voca
4 DF Kosovo KVX Hekuran Rama
5 DF Kosovo KVX Kujtim Kutllovci
6 DF Kosovo KVX Arbnor Istrefi
7 FW Kosovo KVX Florent Sejdiu
8 FW Kosovo KVX Veton Shabani
10 MF South Korea KOR Hyunsso Lee
11 MF Kosovo KVX Valmir Aliu
12 GK Kosovo KVX Mehmet Ibrahimi
13 MF Kosovo KVX Agron Shabani
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Kosovo KVX Hekuran Rama
15 DF Kosovo KVX Kujtim Kutllovci
16 FW Kosovo KVX Argjend Mustafa
17 MF Kosovo KVX Endrit Hajdini
19 FW Kosovo KVX Kremtim Pllana
20 MF South Korea KOR Won Yeong
22 DF South Korea KOR Hojun Cho
23 FW Kosovo KVX Florent Avdili
24 DF South Korea KOR Min Kyong
25 MF Kosovo KVX Lorik Arifi
26 MF Kosovo KVX Enis Veliaj
30 DF Albania ALB Sindrit Guri

Youth squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Kosovo KVX Valent Beqiri
2 MF Kosovo KVX Menduar Hajredini
3 DF Kosovo KVX Enis Beqiri
4 DF Kosovo KVX Hekuran Rama
5 DF Kosovo KVX Mergim Smajli
6 MF Kosovo KVX Arbnor Istrefi (Vice Captain)
7 FW Kosovo KVX Alban Tahiri
9 FW Kosovo KVX Berat Vinarci
10 FW Kosovo KVX Kremtim Pllana (Captain)
11 MF Kosovo KVX Arlind Rashica
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Kosovo KVX Flamur Vinarci
13 DF Kosovo KVX Elton Hasani
14 MF Kosovo KVX Dijogjen Beqiri
15 MF Kosovo KVX Visar Zeneli
16 DF Kosovo KVX Valon Shkupoli
17 FW Kosovo KVX Milot Sahiti
18 DF Kosovo KVX Faton Durmishi
21 MF Kosovo KVX Visar Ahmeti
25 MF Kosovo KVX Valmir Aliu
27 MF Peru PER Joseph Guevara

For the list of all current and former players with Wikipedia article, please see: Category:KF Trepça players.

Notes[]

a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states are said to have recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Alo!: Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b HISTORIKU I KLUBIT at KF Trepca old website, retrieved 9-3-2017 (in Albanian)
  3. ^ Fascicoli degli Studenti: Gota Sezair at archiviostorico.unibo.it
  4. ^ Hungarian Players and Coaches in Italy at RSSSF, retrieved 9-3-2017 (added wrongly in the list as "Hungarian")
  5. ^ Asovi Yu-Fudbala, page 76 (in Kashmiri)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference KS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Trepca, une histoire du Kosovo at footballski.fr, by Pierre Vuillermot, 20-1-2015, retrieved 29-5-2015 (in French)
  8. ^ KF Trepca, "KF Trepca," Historiku
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Radiosarajevo!:Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! (bosnian) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ B92:Srbi s Kosova razočarani u FSS (Serbian)
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