FC Prishtina

FK Priština
Full name Fudbalski Klub Priština
Founded 1922 (1922)
as Kosova Prishtine
Ground Pristina City Stadium
Ground Capacity 16,200
Chairman Remzi Ejupi
Manager Ramiz Krasniqi
League Raiffeisen Superliga
2014–15 Raiffeisen Superliga, 3rd

FK Pristina (or Football Club Pristina, Albanian: Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina) is a football club based in Pristina, Kosovo.[a] The club plays in the Football Superleague of Kosovo.

History

The club was founded in 1922 under the name Gajret. Later on their name changed to Proleter, Kosova and finally FC Prishtina. During the period the club participated in the Yugoslav league system the club was known in its Serbo-Croatian form, FK Priština (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Приштина).

Yugoslav period

In the beginning the club competed in Yugoslav lower leagues all the way until the beginning of the World War II when the region was annexed to Albania. In 1942 Prishtina competed in the North group of the 1942 Albanian Championship finishing in fourth and bottom place of their group.[1] After the end of the war the club returned to the Yugoslav league system and played for most time in the Yugoslav Second League.

Its most successful period was from 1983 to 1988 when it was a member of the highest football division in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav First League. During those years they traded in mid table, boasting a good home record, including one of their most memorable victories against Red Star Belgrade in 1983. That was the "Golden Generation" of Priština with players such as Sukri Pacarada, Xhevdet Muriqi, Mensur Nexhipi, Skender Shengyli, Kujtim Shala, Fadil Vokrri, Fadil Muriqi, Zoran Batrović, Sahit Kelmendi, Faruk Domi, Fatih Domi, Agim Cana, Abdyl Bellopoja, Llapashtica, Kosta Lalić, Ramadan Cimilli, Favzi Rrama, Edmond Rugova, Mehana Ramadani, Danilo Mandić, Ljubiša P. Trajković, Petre Gruevski, Neshat Zhavelli, Rifat Mehinović, Zoran Martinović, coaches Maxhuni and Miroslav Blažević, that made the club become almost unbeatable when playing home.

This period started after FC Prishtina became champions of the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League, thus archiving promotion to Yugoslav highest level. In the following season, 1983–84, they finished 8th and they represented Yugoslavia in the 1983–84 Mitropa Cup. In a 4 team group tournament they managed to lose just one match out of six; however, they finished in second place, only one point behind the winners, Austrian team SC Eisenstadt.[2]

1983–84 Mitropa Cup

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FC Prishtina vs

During the following seasons Prishtina managed to stay in mid table in the Yugoslav top tier all the way until 1988 when they were relegated back to the Second League. They returned to the top flight 4 years later to play in the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia, which then consisted of clubs only from Serbia and Montenegro. However, the club finished 17th and was relegated. After that, FC Prishtina played in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia until 1997 when they returned to the top flight after winning the Group East, one of the two subdivisions of the 1996–97 Second League of FR Yugoslavia.[3] FC Prishtina played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the following 2 seasons, although the 1998–99 season was interrupted in late March by the NATO bombing and the Kosovo War.

Season League Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes Manager
1979–80 Yugoslav Second League 6 3011118 272533 2nd Round
1980–81 Yugoslav Second League 8 309129 272230 1st Round
1981–82 Yugoslav Second League 9 3010812 363228 1st Round
1982–83 Yugoslav Second League 1 342095 653049 1st Round Promoted
1983–84 Yugoslav First League 8 3415316 365533 1st Round
1984–85 Yugoslav First League 10 3413615 444932 1st Round
1985–86 Yugoslav First League 11 3413615 374732 1st Round
1986–87 Yugoslav First League 14 3413417 475230 1st Round
1987–88 Yugoslav First League 18 3410717 435927 Semi-finals Relegated
1988–89 Yugoslav Second League 10 3818 5 (2)15 4240321 1st Round[4] 2
1989–90 Yugoslav Second League 4 38214 (1)13 613943 ? 2
1990–91 Yugoslav Second League 8 36163 (1)17 484433 ? 2
1991–92 Yugoslav Second League 5 36178 (5)11 503539 ? Promoted 2
1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia 18 367920 326423 1st Round Relegated
1993–94 Second League of FR Yugoslavia 9 ???? ??31 1st Round
1994–95 Second League of FR Yugoslavia 14 ???? ??30 ?
1995–96 Second League of FR Yugoslavia 17 ???? ??35 2nd Round
1996–97 Second League of FR Yugoslavia 1 ???? ??66 ? Promoted
1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia 16 331797 572860 1st Round
1998–99 First League of FR Yugoslavia 17 245316 254918 1st Round 3

1Prishtina were docked 6 points due to match fixing in the last round of the previous season

22-points for winners. If the game finished as a draw, penalty kicks were taken and only the winner gained 1 point. In brackets are those penalty-kick points.

3 Championship abandoned officially on 14 May 1999 due to the NATO attacks on FR Yugoslavia. Due to UNMIK, FC Prishtina back to play in Kosovar league system only.

After 1999

After Kosovo became under United Nations Administration Mission, FC Prishtina left the Serbian football league system and became part of the Kosovar Superliga (Reiffeisen Superliga) which became the highest football division of Kosovo. As the club from Kosovo with most successful results in the past and the best infrastructure, FC Prishtina became dominant in the early years of the competition, and won the first two editions, in 1999–00 and 2000–01. Afterwards, it was champion in 2003–04 and twice again won two titles in a row in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2011–12, 2012–13.

Since 1999, FC Prishtina has been 6 times Kosovo champion until 2011 being the club with most league titles.[5] Between 1945 and 1999 the Kosovar league was a regional league of the Yugoslav league system, and FC Prishtina did not gather many titles in that league because it usually competed in higher national levels.

Supporters

The supporters of the club are called Plisat.

Honours

Kosovo Kosovar Superliga
Kosovo Kosovar Cup
Kosovo Kosovar Super Cup
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Second League
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovar League (pre-1991)

Players

No. Position Player
1 Kosovo GK Alban Muçiqi
2 Kosovo DF Armend Thaqi
3 Kosovo DF Veton Kabashi
4 Kosovo DF Leutrim Beqiri
5 Kosovo DF Akil Makolli
6 South Korea MF Park Dae-Sung
7 Kosovo MF Granit Begolli
8 Kosovo MF Bashkim Shala
9 Albania FW Shend Kelmendi
10 Kosovo MF Gentrit Begolli
11 Kosovo FW Labinot Osmani
12 Kosovo GK Visar Bekaj
14 Kosovo MF Endrit Krasniqi
No. Position Player
15 Kosovo MF Petrit Osmani
16 Kosovo MF Atdhe Grajqevci
17 Kosovo MF Lorik Boshnjaku
18 Kosovo MF Qendrim Jahaj
19 Montenegro DF Miloš Milović
20 Kosovo MF Driton Krasniqi
22 Kosovo DF Perparim Islami
25 Kosovo MF Ardi Basha
27 Kosovo MF Durim Gashi
30 Kosovo DF Ardian Ismajli
32 Kosovo FW Elhami Berisha
33 South Korea FW Cho Byung-Jun
34 Kosovo DF Agon Xhaka

Staff

Technincal Staff

Board of Directors

Administration

Notable players

This is a list of FC Prishtina players with senior national team appearances:[6][7]

Coaches

This is the list of coaches of FC Prishtina:[8]

  • Albania Ajet Shosholli (1990–91)
  • Albania Burim Hatipi (1994–95)
  • Albania Jusuf Tortoshi (1995–98)
  • Albania Ajet Shosholli (1999–00)
  • Albania Jusuf Tortoshi (2000–01)
  • Albania Medin Zhega (2001–02)
  • Kosovo Arbnor Morina (2002)
  • Kosovo Ramiz Krasniqi (2002)
  • Kosovo Ajet Shosholli (2002–05)
  • Kosovo Fadil Muriqi (2005–06)
  • Kosovo Ramiz Krasniqi (2006)
  • Croatia Kujtim Shala (2006–07)

Presidents

  • Borislav Božović (1971)
  • Gani Pula (1971–73)
  • Ramadan Vraniqi (1973–76)
  • Gani Pula (1976–77)
  • Blagoje Kostić (1977–81)
  • Nazmi Mustafa (1981–82)
  • Sadik Vllasaliu (1982–83)
  • Mehmet Maliqi (1983–84)

  • Muharrem Ismajli (1984–86)
  • Bajram Tmava (1986–88)
  • Živorad Ivić (1988–89)
  • Shefqet Keqekolla (1989)
  • Mile Savić (1989–90)
  • Beqir Aliu (1991–99)
  • Remzi Ejupi (2004–present)

See also

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, but 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 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. Copy of Besnik Dizdari Historia e Kampionatëve të Shqipërise. Vol. III: Vitet 1939–’42 Ombra GVG, Tiranë, 2004, p. 150 at sktirana.com (Albanian)
  2. Mitropa Cup 1983/84 at RSSSF
  3. League tables at fsgzrenjanin.com, retrieved 7-2-2012 (Serbian)
  4. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesj/joegcupdetail.html#89
  5. Kosovo – List of Champions at RSSSF
  6. FK Priština at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. KF Prishtinë at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. Historia e Klubit at FC Prishtina official website, retrieved 15-1-2014 (Albanian)
  9. p=3&id=8&lng=1 at FC Prishtina official website

External links

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