KF Renova ( mk, ФК Ренова) is a football club based in the village of Džepčište,

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. They recently competed in the

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History

FK Renova was founded in 2003 but was derived from the football school established in 2000. As a result of successful work in 2003, the people from Džepčište began to invest in this school of football. Since then, the football school was named Renova, after the Džepčište based manufacturing company, which invested the most to the club. Renova then merged with the

Tetovo Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...

club FK Shkumbini and was initiated into the Macedonian Third League. In the club's first season, they came first in the league. To achieve promotion into the second league, Renova had to beat Vardar from

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. Renova won the game via penalty shootout. In the 2004–2005 season, Renova achieved second position, allowing the club to move up to the

. In the 2009-10 season, Renova won the Macedonian First League title, being the youngest Macedonian football club to do so. Two years later they won their first

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was estab ...

title by defeating Rabotnički 3–1 in the final. In July 2022, Renova withdrew from the

First Macedonian Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

due to financial reasons. From the 2022–23 season, they will restart from the Macedonian Regional Football Leagues.

Rivalry

FK Renova was created by Albanians from Džepčište. However, the club is multi ethnic and appeals to both Albanians and Macedonians. The club's main rivalry are

KF Shkëndija Klubi i Futbollit Shkëndija () commonly known as Shkëndija, is a football club based in Tetovo, North Macedonia. Their home stadium is Ecolog Arena and they currently play in the Macedonian First League. In the 2010–11 season of the Mac ...

, a club supported by Albanians, and

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, whose fans are Macedonian.

Honours

**Winners (1): 2009–10 *

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

**Winners (1):

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Recent seasons

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

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Renova in Europe

* Q = qualifier * R1 = first round / R2 = second round

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Renova. * Patrick Mevoungou * Xhelil Abdulla *

Muharem Bajrami Muharem Bajrami ( mk, Мухарем Бајрами; born 29 November 1985) is an Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanian retired association football, footballer from the present-day North Macedonia. Club career He started his playing career in F ...

Argjend Beqiri Argjend Beqiri ( mk, Арѓенд Беќири, ''Arǵend Beḱiri'', sq, Argjend Beqiri; born 3 April 1974) is a Macedonian football manager and former player who most recently managed Ferizaj. A striker, he was capped 17 times for the Maced ...

* Vulnet Emini * Besart Ibraimi * Agron Memedi * Visar Musliu * Igor Savevski * Goran Siljanovski * Metodija Stepanovski * Vlatko Stojanovski *

Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye (born 13 September 1991) is a Mauritanian Association football, footballer playing with FK Liepāja. Career He was playing with ASAC Concorde before joining FK Renova in the Macedonian First Football League in the season 20 ...

Historical list of coaches

Gani Sejdiu Gani is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Gani Bobi (1943–1995), Albanian philosopher and sociologist *Gani Fawehinmi (1938–2009), Nigerian writer *Gani Lawal (born 1988), Nigerian-American baske ...

(Jun 2005 – Dec 2005) * Toni Jakimovski (7 Dec 2005 – Jun 2006) *

Zoran Smileski Zoran Smileski (; born 9 January 1950) is a Macedonian football coach and former player. His brothers Andreja and Branko also played for Partizan. who is current head coach of United States soccer club Tyler in the sixth level soccer in the U ...

(Jul 2006 – Nov 2006) *

Vlatko Kostov Vlatko Kostov ( mk, Влатко Костов; born 1 September 1965 in Štip, Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian football midfielder. He used to manage FK Renova, who became champions in Macedonia for the 2009–10 season. Aft ...

(1 Dec 2006 – Nov 2007) * Bylbyl Sokoli (15 Nov 2007 – Jun 2008) * Vlatko Kostov (Jul 2008 – 14 Jun 2010) * Nexhat Shabani (1 Jul 2010 – 5 Nov 2010) * Bylbyl Sokoli (10 Nov 2010 – 29 Jul 2011) * Bujar Islami (30 Jul 2011 – 22 Aug 2011) * Vlatko Kostov (23 Aug 2011 – 12 Aug 2012) * Qatip Osmani (22 Aug 2012 – 1 Jun 2017) * Vlatko Kostov (14 Jun 2017 – 9 Apr 2018) * Agron Memedi & Kushtrim Abdulahu (10 Apr 2018 – 20 Jun 2018) * Jeton Beqiri (21 Jun 2018 – 25 Sep 2018)KF RENOVA: JETON BEQIRI TRAJNER I RI I EKIPIT
– Klan Macedonia *

Nikola Ilievski Nikola Ilievski - Djidji (Macedonian: Никола Илиевски - Џиџи, born 16 December 1954) is a football coach and former player from North Macedonia. Playing career Club Born in Skopje, during his playing career he played with F ...

(9 Oct 2018 – 30 Jun 2019) * Bujar Islami (1 Jul 2019 –)

References

External links

Official Website

Club info at MacedonianFootball

Football Federation of Macedonia
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