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Fudbalski klub Trepča ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Трепча), commonly known as Trepča, is a
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club based in
North Mitrovica North Mitrovica; or ''Mitrovicë Veriore'' or North Kosovska Mitrovica, is a town and municipality located in Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has a population of 29,460 inhabitants. It covers an area of . North Mitrovica is a par ...
, in
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.
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Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! (bosnian)
Despite being located in
Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
, the club plays in the
Serbian football league system The Serbian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in Serbia. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between leagues at different levels. Format The number of teams ...
, currently in the fourth tier
Morava Zone League Morava Zone League ( Serbian: Зонска лига Морава / Zonska liga Morava) was one of the Serbian Zone League divisions, the fourth tier of the Serbian football league system. It was run by the Football Association of West Serbia. F ...
. FK Trepča and
KF Trepça Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a professional football club based in the southern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club currently plays in the First Football League of Kosovo in Group A. KF Trepça was founded in 19 ...
both claim the heritage of the successful club in Yugoslavia. However, KF Trepça is recognized as the successor by the
Football Federation of Kosovo The Football Federation of Kosovo (; FFK) is the governing body of football in Kosovo, with headquarters in Pristina. The Football Federation of Kosovo was established in 1946 as a branch of the Football Association of Yugoslavia, it has since be ...
and FK Trepča is considered to be operating illegally. In 2010, the Serbian FK Trepča merged with the local Serbian club FK Partizan Kosovska Mitrovica and integrated with it.


Name

The club was named after the former
Trepča Mines Trepca ( / ''Trepča'', ) may refer to: * Trepça Mines, an industrial complex in Mitrovica, Kosovo * KB Trepça, a basketball club in Mitrovica founded in 1947 * KF Trepça, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1932 * KH Trepça, a handball ...
, which are located north-east of
Kosovska Mitrovica Mitrovica (Albanian language, Albanian Definiteness, indefinite Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митр� ...
. It was first known as FK Rudar Kosovska Mitrovica until 1962 when it was named FK Trepča.


History

On the 25 May 1989, the multiethnic club Trepca converted into two clubs, which both claimed heritage of the successes in the Yugoslavian era, because Albanian players were forced to leave after the start of the cultural oppression of the ethnic Albanian population. The Albanian
KF Trepça Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a professional football club based in the southern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club currently plays in the First Football League of Kosovo in Group A. KF Trepça was founded in 19 ...
started competing in the Independent League of Kosovo and FK Trepča stayed in the Serbian League system with other phantom clubs like
FK Priština FK Priština () was a Association football, football club based in Pristina. They competed in the First League of FR Yugoslavia for three seasons between 1992 and 1999, before withdrawing due to the Kosovo War. History In 1991, the Albanian FC P ...
, FK Kosovo Polje and Budućnost Peć. Thus there were two clubs in the city with virtually the same name. In the season 2001–02 they finished bottom of the
Serbian League The Serbian League () is the third level football league in Serbia. It consists of four groups, namely Belgrade, East, Vojvodina, and West. The winner of each group earns promotion to the Serbian First League. History 1992–1995 In the summer o ...
Morava and were relegated. In the season 2003–04 they played in the 1/16 finals of the Serbia and Montenegro Cup. In the season 2004–05 FK Trepča was playing in the Serbian fourth level, Šumadijska zona, and finished 15th. They played their matches in Zubin Potok. In the season 2006–07 they played again in the Šumadija zone finishing 10th. FK Trepča reached the pre-eliminary round of the 2011–12 Serbian Cup. They played it after winning the Kosovo and Metohija qualifying group. In April 2013, Trepča attended a friendly match against the Serbian top-level club Partizan in
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, which symbolized the solidarity with Serbs from Kosovo, which Trepča narrowly lost with 2–3. Both goals for Trepča were scored by Perica Ilić. A year later, they also played a friendly match with same character against the other Serbian top club
Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...
, which they lost by 0–3.


Stadium

From 1990 to this date, the club do not have its own venue. After the war in 1999, the city was divided into a southern part with almost exclusively Kosovo Albanian and a northern part with non-Albanian or predominantly Serb population. The Trepča Stadium is located in the southern part of the city, thus the FK Trepča is not possible to play its home matches in the stadium. Currently, only Albanian teams play in Trepča Stadium. The Trepča Stadium is officially known now as ''Stadiumi Olimpik Adem Jashari'', after
Adem Jashari Adem Shaban Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republi ...
, a former leader of the Albanian military organisation UÇK, but the Serbian population still calls it ''Stadion Trepča''. Because of these current difficult political situation, Trepča plays its home games near Zvečan, in 3.500 seater Zvečan Stadium.Alo
Pod zastavu Kosova ni za milion evra! (serbian)
Since 2023, Trepča does not play anymore in
North Kosovo North Kosovo (, ); also known as the Ibar Kolašin (, or ''Kollashini i Ibrit''); earlier Old Kolašin, (, or ''Kollashini i Vjetër'') and colloquially known as the North (, ) is a region in the northern part of Kosovo, generally understood ...
but in Raška or
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...
which was accepted by Zoran Gajić, the Serbian minister of sports.


Club colors

The club colors are green and black, which are also included in the coat of arms of the city, and were also the colors prior to the merger and the integration of ''Partizan Kosovska Mitrovica''. To the club color of Partizan Belgrade belonged also red and blue. Thus, the away kit of ''Partizan Kosovska Mitrovica'' wore these colors were symbolic the main colors of the Serbian flag. It was similar at Partizan Belgrade.


Honours

* First League of North Kosovo **Champions (3): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09Trepča
at Srbijasport
*Kosovo and Metohija Cup **Champions (5): 1992, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2014


References


External links


FK Trepča on Srbijasport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trepca Football clubs in Serbia Football clubs in Kosovo Sport in Mitrovica, Kosovo Association football clubs established in 1989