Klubi Futbollistik Trepça '89, commonly known as Trepça '89, is a professional

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club based in

Mitrovica, Kosovo Mitrovica ( Albanian indefinite form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митровица, Kosovska Mitrovica; Albanian: ''Mitrovica e Kosovës'') an ...

. The club plays in the

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, which is the second tier of football in the country.

History

Rudari (1940–1992)

The club was founded as KF Rudari Stari Trg in 1940. Rudari won the Kosovo Province League in 1956, 1958 and 1960.

Minatori 89 (1992–2000)

In 1992, The club was refounded as ''Minatori '89'' and relocated from Stari Trg to

Mitrovicë 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� ...

. The number 89, symbolizes the year of the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike.

Trepça’89 (2000–present)

In the 2016–17 season they were crowned champions for the first time in the club's history. KF Trepça '89 was the first Kosovan club to participate in the

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qualification in

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Honours

Players

Current squad

Retired numbers

Notable former players

This is a list of KF Trepça '89/Minatori 89 players with senior national team appearances: ;Albania and Kosovo # Arbnor Muja # Leotrim Bekteshi # Rron Broja # Bledar Hajdini # Florent Hasani # Muharrem Jashari # Lapidar Lladrovci # Arb Manaj # Ron Raçi #

Emir Sahiti Emir Sahiti (born 29 November 1998) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Hamburger SV and the Kosovo national team. Club career Early career and Trepça '89 Sahiti is a product of youth team systems of Kos ...

;Other countries # Kabba Sambou # Sedat Berisha # Martin Mirchevski # Darko Tofiloski # Mohamed Darwish

Personnel

Historical list of coaches

Gani Sejdiu Gani Sejdiu (born 21 August 1961) is a Kosovan coach and former Association football, footballer. Honours Manager ;Trepça *Football Superleague of Kosovo, Kosovo Superleague: 2009–10 Football Superleague of Kosovo, 2009–10 *Kosovar Superc ...

(Aug 2012 - Sep 2013) *

Arsim Abazi Arsim Abazi (born 28 November 1972) is a Kosovan professional Association football, football coach and former player who is the current Manager (association football), manager of the Kosovo national under-17 football team, Kosovo national under-1 ...

(22 Sep 2013 - Oct 2013) * Fahredin Duraku (29 Sep 2014 - 22 Mar 2015) * Afrim Tovërlani (23 Mar 2015 - Jun 2015) * Arsim Thaqi (24 Jun 2015 - Dec 2015) * Gani Sejdiu (13 Jan 2016 - May 2016) * Bekim Shotani (17 Jun 2016 - 15 Sep 2016) * Veton Çitaku (16 Sep 2016 - 11 Jan 2017) * Zekirija Ramadani (17 Jan 2017 - 13 Sep 2017) * Sabit Osmani (14 Sep 2017 - 18 Oct 2017) (caretaker) * Gani Sejdiu (18 Oct 2017 - 3 Dec 2017) *

Gugash Magani Gugash Magani (born 14 March 1965) is an Albanian Association football, football coach and a former player. Club career Magani played the majority of his 22-year professional career with Shkumbini Peqin, while also having stints at other Albania ...

(29 Dec 2017 - 1 Nov 2018) * Shpëtim Idrizi (4 Aug 2019 - )

Trepça'89 in Europe

Trepça'89 competed in the

for the first time in the 2017–18 season, entering at the first qualifying round. On 19 June 2017, in

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, the draw was held and Trepça'89 were drawn against Faroese side

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UEFA club coefficient ranking

References

External links

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