FK Pelister

FK Pelister
Full name Fudbalski klub Pelister Bitola
Nickname(s) Зелено-Бели (The Green & Whites)
Founded 1945 (1945)
Ground Stadion Tumbe Kafe
Ground Capacity 8,000
Owner Zoran Ristevski
Chairman Jovan Lalevski
Manager Naum Ljamčevski
League Macedonian Second League
2014–15 Macedonian First League, 9th (relegated)

FK Pelister (Macedonian: ФК Пeлистер) is a football club based in the city of Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian Second League. The club is named after a mountain peak Pelister and despite bad position in the Macedonian football and the lack of trophies (only trophy is a Macedonian Football Cup in the 2000–01 season) is a one of the most popular club in the Republic of Macedonia. Their club colors are green and white and the club plays at the Stadion Tumbe Kafe which has a capacity of 8,000 seats.

History

FK Pelister, was formed in 1945. In 1946 they won the Bitola regional title and that same year they merged with Rabotnik. They won the Bitola title in 1950 and 1951 again. During that time the most influential players were: Georgievski, Dimitrovski, Petrovski, Naumovski, Lazarevski, Sekerdžievski, Avramovski, Nestorov and Eftimovski.

The team played primarily in the lower divisions of the former SFR Yugoslavia and were champions of the Macedonian Republic League four times, along with winning the Macedonian Republic Cup four times in 1959, 1962, 1985 and 1991. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League Group East, which included clubs from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, for the first time in 1974, which was a big success for that generation. Some of the most famous players at the time were: Grbevski, Dukovski, Cvetkovski, Taškov, Bogoevski, Gočevski, Ristevski, Tristovski, Mickovski, Dimovski, Markovski, Upalevski and the manager Stavre Eftimovski. Soon after, they were relegated but made another comeback in 1982 with Mitko Butlevski as chairman and Ivan Čabrinović as manager. The biggest success came in the 1990–91 Yugoslav Cup when they reached the 1/8 final, getting eliminated on away goals by the eventual champions Hajduk Split. Pelister played their final season in the Yugoslav league system in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League finishing in 15th place.

Following the formation of the First Macedonian Football League, Pelister had early success consistently finishing in the Top 5.[1] They also made it to the Macedonian Cup final the first two seasons coming up short both times. The club became rivals with Vardar Skopje which created the Eternal derby of Macedonia and continued the Pelagonia regional derby with Pobeda Prilep. In 2000, Pelister became the first team in independent Macedonia to reach the third phase of a European competition. They made it to round three of the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup, losing 1–5 on aggregate to one of the winners Celta de Vigo. Finally, the club earned its first major trophy in 2001 by winning the 2000–01 Macedonian Cup, after which they played in the UEFA Cup.[2] In 2003, the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems and was relegated. A few years later, former players Mitko Stojkovski and Toni Micevski were able to save the club from collapse. After taking over the club they brought instant success with the team winning the 2005–06 Macedonian Second League title. The following year they made a successful comeback to the Macedonian First League and got to the 2006–07 Macedonian Cup semifinal. In the 2007–08 season, the club had its best season to date finishing in 3rd place.[3] Once again, they played in the UEFA Cup where they lost 0–1 on aggregate to APOEL. Another case of financial difficulties and poor results, once again relegated them back to second division for the 2011–12 season. This time, however, relying mostly on young players from Bitola and led by captain Dragan Dimitrovski, Pelister made an immediate return to the top division, but after three years, after the 2014–15 season, the club was again relegated to the Second League after another awful result of the team and a trouble with the club new owner, the enterprise Cermat represented by Zoran Ristevski.

The club focuses heavily on youth players from the Bitola region with a strong talent development. Gjorgji Hristov, Dragi Kanatlarovski, Toni Micevski, Nikolče Noveski, Toni Savevski and Mitko Stojkovski are some of the famous Bitola natives to start their careers with the club. Therefore, Pelister is known as the nursery of young and talented players who have left and gone to have success on various clubs in Macedonia and abroad.[4]

Colours and Crest

Pelister's crest evolution

The club colours have traditionally been green and white. The crest is formed in a shape of a shield, at the top left corner it has always had the number 1945 inscribed, which is the year of the club's foundation. In the latest version it includes the Cyrillic letters FK, on the right side. Shape of a mountain forms in the backdrop (to honor the mountain peak Pelister) with the name of the club in the center and a classic leather football underneath it. Early versions of the crest included the colour black, but now the entire badge uses only two colours, green and white.

Honours

Socialist Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Republic League:

Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Second League:

Socialist Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Republic Cup:

Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Football Cup:

Recent seasons

Season League Cup Other Competitions
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1992–93 1. MFL 34 14 8 12 47 36 36 4th RU
1993–94 1. MFL 30 14 8 8 49 31 36 4th RU
1994–95 1. MFL 30 15 6 9 57 40 51 5th
1995–96 1. MFL 28 13 4 11 51 40 43 5th SF
1996–97 1. MFL 26 9 6 11 36 35 33 9th
1997–98 1. MFL 25 10 7 8 31 24 37 6th
1998–99 1. MFL 26 7 8 11 30 50 29 10th
1999–00 1. MFL 26 14 5 7 48 30 47 4th SF
2000–01 1. MFL 26 10 4 12 41 38 34 8th W Intertoto Cup R3
2001–02 1. MFL 20 8 3 9 37 35 27 10th R2 UEFA Cup QR
2002–03 1. MFL 33 7 7 19 30 60 28 11th ↓ R2
2003–04 2. MFL 32 16 4 12 47 41 52 5th R2
2004–05 2. MFL 33 12 7 14 40 43 43 6th
2005–06 2. MFL 33 19 4 7 52 22 61 1st ↑
2006–07 1. MFL 33 14 3 16 37 32 45 6th SF
2007–08 1. MFL 32 17 7 9 42 27 58 3rd R2
2008–09 1. MFL 30 7 7 16 25 42 28 10th QF UEFA Cup QR1
2009–10 1. MFL 26 11 6 9 28 27 39 4th SF
2010–11 1. MFL 33 5 3 25 25 82 18 12th ↓ R2
2011–12 2. MFL 30 19 4 7 42 23 61 1st ↑ R2
2012–13 1. MFL 33 9 10 14 27 36 37 10th QF
2013–14 1. MFL 33 14 10 9 40 40 52 6th QF
2014–15 1. MFL 33 7 9 17 21 35 30 9th ↓ R2

Key

1st 2nd
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

  • GS = Group Stage
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Pelister in Europe

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Results

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Luxembourg Hobscheid 3–1 1–0 4–1
Second round Sweden Västra Frölunda 3–1 0–0 3–1
Third round Spain Celta de Vigo 1–2 0–3 1–5
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Switzerland St. Gallen 0–2 3–2 3–4
2008–09 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Cyprus APOEL 0–0 0–1 0–1

UEFA club competition record

Competition GP W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League000000
UEFA Europa League000000
UEFA Cup411235
UEFA Intertoto Cup631287
Total 10 4 2 4 11 12

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 4 June 2013, Source: http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html

Rank Team Points
428Iceland Valur1.083
429Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn1.066
430Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta1.066
431Republic of Macedonia FK Pelister1.050
432Liechtenstein USV Eschen/Mauren0.950
433Estonia JK Sillamäe Kalev0.941
434Luxembourg CS Fola Esch0.925

Club records in UEFA competitions

Current squad

As of 6 July 2015.

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

No. Position Player
1 Republic of Macedonia GK Goran Pashovski (captain)
12 Republic of Macedonia GK Darko Atanasovski
Republic of Macedonia GK Darko Ristevski

2 Republic of Macedonia DF Aleksandar Krsteski
3 Republic of Macedonia DF Vladimir Mitrevski
5 Republic of Macedonia DF Bojan Ilievski
6 Republic of Macedonia DF Michael Cvetkovski
14 Republic of Macedonia DF Metodija Stepanovski
24 Republic of Macedonia DF Toni Maglovski
Republic of Macedonia DF Darko Jocikj

4 Republic of Macedonia MF Goce Todorovski
8 Republic of Macedonia MF Burhan Mustafov
9 Republic of Macedonia MF Filip Milenkovski
No. Position Player
10 Republic of Macedonia MF Blagojche Konjarski
13 Republic of Macedonia MF Jovancho Trajkoski
19 Republic of Macedonia MF Martin Mirchevski
21 Republic of Macedonia MF Riste Markoski
Republic of Macedonia MF Nove Aceski
Republic of Macedonia MF Andrej Angelovski
TBA Republic of Macedonia MF Hristijan Atanasovski

7 Republic of Macedonia FW Blagojche Glavevski
11 Republic of Macedonia FW Igor Klechkaroski
15 Republic of Macedonia FW Martin Kuzmanov
16 Republic of Macedonia FW Aleksandar Nedanoski
17 Republic of Macedonia FW Dejan Cvetanoski
18 Republic of Macedonia FW Blagojche Markovski
22 Republic of Macedonia FW Ive Trifunovski

Former managers

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  • Republic of Macedonia Mile Dimov (interim) (May 2, 2012 – June 30, 2012)
  • Republic of Macedonia Gorazd Mihajlov (July 1, 2012 – Nov 5, 2012)
  • Republic of Macedonia Mile Dimov (interim) (Nov 6, 2012 – Jan 11, 2013)
  • Republic of Macedonia Gordan Zdravkov (Jan 11, 2013 – May 13, 2013)
  • Republic of Macedonia Dragan Bočeski (June 28, 2013 – July 23, 2014)
  • Republic of Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski (July 23, 2014 – Nov 24, 2014)
  • Republic of Macedonia Dimitar Kapinkovski (interim) (Nov 24, 2014 – Dec 4, 2014)
  • Republic of Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (Dec 4, 2014 – May 18, 2015)
  • Republic of Macedonia Zoran Šterjovski (June 2015 – Dec 3, 2015)
  • Republic of Macedonia Mile Dimov (Dec 4, 2015 – Mar 21, 2016)
  • Republic of Macedonia Naum Ljamčevski (Mar 22, 2016– )

Supporters

Main article: Čkembari

Čkembari (Macedonian: Чкембари) are an Ultras group, established in 1985, who support the Macedonian sports clubs from Bitola that compete under the Pelister banner, mainly FK Pelister in football and RK Pelister in handball. The group was originally founded in 1985 when a caravan of 15 buses traveled to support RK Pelister who was playing against Partizan Bjelovar in a handball relegation play-off match. At that time they used the name BMČM – Bitolčani, Motorcyclists, Čkembari, Macedonians (Macedonian: БМЧМ – Битолчани, Мотокари, Чкембари, Македонци) later shortened to just Čkembari. Soon after, the first green and white banners were created that read: „Hell Boys“ (Macedonian: Пеколни момци) and „Green Conquerors“ (Macedonian: Зелени освојувачи) which started organized support for Pelister at every match.

Rivalries

The club's main rival is FK Vardar from Skopje, their matches are called the Eternal derby of Macedonia. Other significant rivals are FK Pobeda (Pelagonia derby), FK Rabotnički (one of the Skopje-Bitola rivalries); and other clubs with an Albanian background (mainly FK Shkëndija, FK Shkupi and FK Renova).

References

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