KF Trepça

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Not to be confused with FK Trepča or KF Trepça '89.
Trepça
File:FC Trepça.svg
Full nameKlubi Futbollistik Trepça
Nickname(s)Xehetarët (The Miners)
Founded1932; 91 years ago (1932)
GroundAdem Jashari Olympic Stadium
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]

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 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 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.[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.[citation needed]

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, Shemsedin Ajeti, Vahedin Ajeti, Ahmet Turku, Gani Llapashtica, Isa Sadriu, Bardhec Seferi, Sadik Rrahmani, among others.[2]

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.[6] 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.[6] 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.[7][6] Currently, only Albanian teams play in Trepča Stadium, including the KF Trepça.[6] 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

Kosovo Province League

  • Winners (5): 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955

Kosovar Cup

  • Winners (1): 1992

Yugoslav Second League (1):

Yugoslav Cup (1):

  • Runner-up: 1978

Players

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

Current squad

As of 1 September 2021

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 KOS Arben Beqiri
2 DF Kosovo KOS Fetah Ibrahimi
3 DF Kosovo KOS Urim Veliu
4 MF Kosovo KOS Arlind Syla
5 DF Kosovo KOS Dren Idrizi
6 FW Kosovo KOS Fatjon Bunjaku
7 FW Argentina ARG Rodrigo Nahuel Zalazar
8 MF Kosovo KOS Diar Mustafa
9 FW Kosovo KOS Edis Ahmeti
10 MF Kosovo KOS Ardian Neziri
11 MF Kosovo KOS Endrit Emini
12 GK Ghana GHA Silas Opuku
13 DF Kosovo KOS Sinan Gegollaj
14 FW Kosovo KOS Florent Hyseni
15 DF Ghana GHA Theophilus Kojo Ogoe
16 MF Kosovo KOS Lekë Babaj
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Kosovo KOS Gentian Ibishi
18 DF Kosovo KOS Kushtrim Haxha
19 MF Kosovo KOS Edvin Çeshko
20 MF Kosovo KOS Edmond Turku
21 DF Kosovo KOS Liridon Voca
22 FW Kosovo KOS Halil Gucati
23 DF Kosovo KOS Amir Prishtina
24 GK Kosovo KOS Çlirim Zeneli
25 FW Kosovo KOS Bleond Rexhepi
26 MF Kosovo KOS Kadri Hoti
27 FW Kosovo KOS Deniz Sadiku
28 DF Kosovo KOS Qazim Baliu
29 DF Kosovo KOS Valon Voca
30 FW Kosovo KOS Enis Zabërgja
33 DF Kosovo KOS Alban Kelmendi
99 FW Kosovo KOS Sead Isufi

Notes

a. ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 100 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 93 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References

  1. ^ a b Alo!: "Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! - Sport - Fudbal - ALO!". Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2016-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ 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. ^ a b c d Radiosarajevo!:Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! (bosnian) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ B92:Srbi s Kosova razočarani u FSS (Serbian)
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