KF Trepça

Football club infobox
clubname = Trepça


fullname = Klubi Futbollistik Trepça Mitrovicë
nickname = Xehetarët
founded = 1932
ground = Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari,,
Mitrovica, Kosovo,
capacity = 28,500
chairman = Bekim Haxhiu
manager = Nexhmedin Haxhiu
league = Kosovar Superliga
season = 2006-07
position = Superliga, 12
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Trepça Mitrovicë Football Club (Albanian: "Klubi Futbollistik Trepça Mitrovicë"; Serbian: ФК Трепча Косовска Митровица, "FK Trepča Kosovska Mitrovica") is a football club based in Kosovska Mitrovica in Kosovo, The club was founded in 1932 and currently plays in the top division of football in Kosovo, the Kosovar Superliga. KF Trepça Mitrovicë won their promotion to the top division of football from the second division, Liga e Parë, during the 2005-06 season due to expansion of the Kosovar Superliga from 12 to 16 clubs.

The club colours are black and green.

History

KF Trepça Mitrovicë are six times Kosovar champions and one time winners of the Kosovar Cup (Kupa e Kosovës).

The most successful period of KF Trepça's history was the 1976-77 season when they won promotion to top division of football in Yugoslavia. KF Trepça played in the Yugoslav Prva Liga and reached the Cup final during the 1977-78 season, when they lost 0:1 to NK Rijeka in the final. KF Trepça got relegated to the second division of football the same year.

From the 1987-88 season KF Trepça has played in the Kosovar divisions only, which at the time were at regional level, not national. However, moving back to the Kosovar League wasn't as successful as hoped, although the club won the league and the cup once. Following the 1994-95 season, KF Trepça were relegated to the second division of football in Kosovo. The 2002-03 season was one of the worst in the club's history when they avoided relegation to the third division by one point and suffered the club's worst ever defeat, a 0:10 thrashing by KF KEK.

The 2006-07 season saw KF Trepça's return to the top division of football when they were promoted to the Kosovar Superliga as a result of the expansion of the division from 12 to 16 teams. KF Trepça finished third in the second division, Liga e Parë, and would have otherwise missed the promotion. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kosovo06.html Final tables for Kosovar football divisions by RSSSF] ] .

International matches

KF Trepça has played three international matches in 1977:
*KF Trepça 1:3 Real Zaragoza (Spain) (August 22 1978)
*KF Trepça 1:3 Sliven (Bulgaria)
*KF Trepça 1:1 SK Tirana (Albania)

Supporters

The supporters of KF Trepça are known as Torcidas and have been supporting the club since 1984.

Stadium

The stadium of KF Trepça Mitrovicë is the largest and the only Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari in Kosovo with a capacity of 28,500. The stadium is named after the Kosovar national hero Adem Jashari.

Current squad

Famous players

*flagicon|Gambia Ismaila Jagne
*flagicon|Yugoslavia Ljubomir Bakmaz
*flagicon|Yugoslavia Nikola Lazetić
*flagicon|Yugoslavia Dragan Simeunović
*flagicon|Kosovo Afrim Mziu

*flagicon|KosovoXhevat Prekazi

References and notes

See also

*KF Trepça'89 Mitrovicë