FC Prishtina


Football Club Prishtina, commonly known as Prishtina, is a professional football club based in Pristina, Kosovo. The club play in the Football Superleague of Kosovo, and is the most successful club in Kosovo

History

The club was founded in 1922 under the name Kosova. Later on their name changed to Proleter, Jedinstvo, Kosova and finally Prishtina.

Yugoslav period

In the beginning the club competed in Yugoslav lower leagues all the way until the beginning of 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. After the end of the war the club returned to the Yugoslav league system and played for mostly in the Yugoslav Second League. Fc Prishtina won in 1945 and 1946 they won the Kosovo Province Titel and are the first Kosovar to do so but the success did not end their. In the Season 1947 Fc Prishtina wrote History for being one of the Founder Clubs in the new SFR Yugoslavia Cup in this Season. In their first ever Cup match they played against Goce Delcev from Prilep. Fc Prishtina won this match with 1-0 and qualify for the next Round. In the second Round Fc Prishtina have had an harder tie against Rabotnicki Skopje from the second League, but FC Prishtina didnt gave up and won this Match away in Skopje with 1-2 and reaching as the First Albanian Club ever the Round of 16 in a Regional competition in their first ever Cup Season on that time. In the Round of 16 Fc Prishtina had to play away against Partizan Belgrad despite an good performance they lost this match with 2-0 but it was still an success for Prishtina at that time!
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 finished 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 Prishtina with players such as Abdyl Bellopoja, Agim Cana, Danilo Mandić, Edmond Rugova, Fadil Muriqi, Fadil Vokrri, Faruk Domi, Faton Domi, Favzi Rrama, Gani Llapashtica, Kosta Lalić, Kujtim Shala, Ljubiša P. Trajković, Mehana Ramadani, Mensur Nexhipi, Neshat Zhavelli, Petre Gruevski, Ramadan Cimilli, Rifat Mehinović, Sahit Kelmendi, Shukri Paçarada, Skender Shengyli, Xhevdet Muriqi, Zoran Batrović, Zoran Martinović and coaches Maxhuni and Miroslav Blažević, that made the club become almost unbeatable when playing at home. This period started after FC Prishtina became champions of the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League. 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 Eisenstadt.
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. 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.
SeasonLeagueNotes
1979–80Yugoslav Second League630111182725332nd Round
1980–81Yugoslav Second League83091292722301st Round
1981–82Yugoslav Second League930108123632281st Round
1982–83Yugoslav Second League13420956530491st Round
1983–84Yugoslav First League834153163655331st Round
1984–85Yugoslav First League1034136154449321st Round
1985–86Yugoslav First League1134136153747321st Round
1986–87Yugoslav First League1434134174752301st Round
1987–88Yugoslav First League183410717435927Semi-finals
1988–89Yugoslav Second League1038185 15424032 11st Round 2
1989–90Yugoslav Second League438214 13613943?2
1990–91Yugoslav Second League836163 17484433?2
1991–92Yugoslav Second League536178 11503539? 2
1992–93First League of FR Yugoslavia183679203264231st Round
1993–94Second League of FR Yugoslavia9??????311st Round
1994–95Second League of FR Yugoslavia14??????30?
1995–96Second League of FR Yugoslavia17??????352nd Round
1996–97Second League of FR Yugoslavia1??????66?
1997–98First League of FR Yugoslavia163317975728601st Round
1998–99First League of FR Yugoslavia172453162549181st Round3

;Notes
1 Prishtina were docked 6 points due to match fixing in the last round of the previous season.
2 2-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 bombing of Yugoslavia. Due to UNMIK, FC Prishtina were able to play in the Kosovan 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 Football Superleague of Kosovo, 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. 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

Plisat are the clubs ultras group. The fanatics stand in the South part of the stadium.

Honours

Players

Current squad

Other players under contract

Returned from loan

Notable former players

This is a list of FC Prishtina players with senior national team appearances:
;Kosovo and Albania
  1. Agim Zeka
  2. Ardin Dallku
  3. Bledar Hajdini
  4. Edon Zhegrova
  5. Enis Gavazaj
  6. Eros Grezda
  1. Ahmed Januzi
  2. Anel Rashkaj
  3. Ardian Ismajli
  4. Armend Dallku
  5. Armend Thaqi
  6. Besnik Hasi
  7. Debatik Curri
  8. Kushtrim Mushica
  9. Liridon Latifi
  10. Mehmet Dragusha
  11. Mentor Zhdrella
  12. Visar Bekaj
  13. Ylber Ramadani
  14. Yll Hoxha
;Other countries
  1. Ardian Kozniku
  2. Kujtim Shala
  3. Draško Božović
  4. Goran Đorović
  5. Fadil Vokrri
  6. Ismet Hadžić
  7. Vladan Radača
  8. Vladislav Đukić
  9. Zoran Batrović

    Personnel

List of the managers

This is the list of coaches of FC Prishtina:
  1. Petar Purić
  2. Slavko Stanić
  3. Ilija Dimovski
  4. Bela Palfi
  5. Fuad Muzurović
  6. Vukašin Višnjevac
  7. Ajet Shosholli
  8. Fuad Muzurović
  9. Miroslav Blažević
  10. Milovan Đorić
  11. Josip Duvančić
  12. Milan Živadinović
  13. Hysni Maxhunaj
  14. Ajet Shosholli
  15. Burim Hatipi
  16. Jusuf Tortoshi
  17. Ajet Shosholli
  18. Jusuf Tortoshi
  19. Medin Zhega
  20. Arbnor Morina
  21. Ramiz Krasniqi
  22. Ajet Shosholli
  23. Fadil Muriqi
  24. Ramiz Krasniqi
  25. Kujtim Shala
  26. Ramadan Cimili
  27. Afrim Tovërlani
  28. Besnik Kollari
  29. Skender Shengyli
  30. Ramiz Krasniqi
  31. Wolfgang Jerat
  32. Jusuf Tortoshi
  33. Ejup Mehmeti
  34. Afrim Tovërlani
  35. Suad Keçi
  36. Bylbyl Sokoli
  37. Ramiz Krasniqi
  38. Sami Sermaxhaj
  39. Fadil Berisha
  40. Kushtrim Munishi
  41. Lutz Lindemann
  42. Arsim Thaqi
  43. Mirel Josa
  44. Bylbyl Sokoli
  45. Armend Dallku

    List of the presidents

  46. Borislav Božović
  47. Gani Pula
  48. Ramadan Vraniqi
  49. Gani Pula
  50. Blagoje Kostić
  51. Nazmi Mustafa
  52. Sadik Vllasaliu
  53. Mehmet Maliqi
  54. Muharrem Ismajli
  55. Bajram Tmava
  56. Živorad Ivić
  57. Shefqet Keqekolla
  58. Mile Savić
  59. Beqir Aliu
  60. Remzi Ejupi

    Prishtina in Europe

Prishtina competed in the UEFA Europa League for the first time in the 2017–18 season, entering at the first qualifying round. On 19 June 2017, in Nyon, the draw was held and Prishtina were drawn against Swedish side Norrköping. On 5 July 2018, Prishtina beat the Gibraltarian side Europa at Adem Jashari Olympic Stadium in Mitrovica and became the first Kosovan side to win a UEFA Europa League match.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

RankTeamPointsCountry Part
402 KÍ1.2500.800
402 Gandazasar Kapan1.2500.775
402 Prishtina1.2500.500
406 Bala Town1.2500.825
407 Sant Julià1.2500.366
408 Differdange 031.2501.050