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==History==
==History==
The club was originally formed back in 1924 under the name Omladina, followed by [[Pelister]] and then SK Bitola. In 1945 the team was renamed back to [[Pelister]] and has used that name ever since. The team played in the lower divisions of the former [[Yugoslavia]] and were champions of [[SR Macedonia|Macedonia]] in 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 along with winning the old Macedonian Cup in 1990. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first in team history in 1974. Soon after they were relegated but made another comeback in 1982 with Mitko Butlevski as chairman and Ivan Čabrinović as manager. Their greatest achievement up to date was winning the 2001 [[Macedonian Cup 2000-01|Macedonian Cup]], after which they played in the [[UEFA Cup]]. Since the formation of the [[Macedonian First League]], they played there every season up until 2003 when the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems. A few years later former players [[Mitko Stojkovski]] and [[Toni Micevski]] were able to save the club from collapse, after taking over the club they brought instant success with the team winning the [[Macedonian Second League]] title in 2005. The following year they made a successful comeback to the [[Macedonian First League]] and got to the [[Macedonian Cup 2006-07|Macedonian Cup]] semi-final. Notable players to come from the Pelister youth system are: [[Gjorgji Hristov]], [[Dragan Kanatlarovski]], [[Toni Micevski]], [[Nikolče Noveski]], [[Toni Savevski]], [[Mitko Stojkovski]] and [[ Gorgi (Dole) Nikolovski]]. Overall the club is best known for developing some of the best young talents in the country.
The club was originally formed back in 1924 under the name Omladina, followed by [[Pelister]] and then SK Bitola. In 1945 the team was renamed back to [[Pelister]] and has used that name ever since. The team played in the lower divisions of the former [[Yugoslavia]] and were champions of [[SR Macedonia|Macedonia]] in 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 along with winning the old Macedonian Cup in 1990. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first in team history in 1974. Soon after they were relegated but made another comeback in 1982 with Mitko Butlevski as chairman and Ivan Čabrinović as manager. Their greatest achievement up to date was winning the 2001 [[Macedonian Cup 2000-01|Macedonian Cup]], after which they played in the [[UEFA Cup]]. Since the formation of the [[Macedonian First League]], they played there every season up until 2003 when the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems. A few years later former players [[Mitko Stojkovski]] and [[Toni Micevski]] were able to save the club from collapse, after taking over the club they brought instant success with the team winning the [[Macedonian Second League]] title in 2005. The following year they made a successful comeback to the [[Macedonian First League]] and got to the [[Macedonian Cup 2006-07|Macedonian Cup]] semi-final. Notable players to come from the Pelister youth system are: [[Gjorgji Hristov]], [[Dragan Kanatlarovski]], [[Toni Micevski]], [[Nikolče Noveski]], [[Toni Savevski]], [[Mitko Stojkovski]] and [[ Gorgi (Dole) Nikolovski]]. Overall the club is best known for developing some of the best young talents in the country namely Gorgi(Dole) Nikolovski who came from the village of Zabeni who then went on to a sucessful career with Vardar FK.


==Achievements==
==Achievements==

Revision as of 07:42, 13 May 2011

ФК Пелистер
FK Pelister
Logo
Full nameFudbalski Klub Pelister Bitola
Founded1945
GroundTumbe Kafe Stadium,
Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Capacity8,000
ChairmanNorth Macedonia Krume Volnarov
ManagerNorth Macedonia Nedzat Husein
LeagueMakedonska Prva Liga
2009-104th

FK Pelister (Macedonian: ФК Пелистер) is a football club based in the city of Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was originally formed back in 1924 under the name Omladina, followed by Pelister and then SK Bitola. In 1945 the team was renamed back to Pelister and has used that name ever since. The team played in the lower divisions of the former Yugoslavia and were champions of Macedonia in 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 along with winning the old Macedonian Cup in 1990. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League for the first in team history in 1974. Soon after they were relegated but made another comeback in 1982 with Mitko Butlevski as chairman and Ivan Čabrinović as manager. Their greatest achievement up to date was winning the 2001 Macedonian Cup, after which they played in the UEFA Cup. Since the formation of the Macedonian First League, they played there every season up until 2003 when the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems. A few years later former players Mitko Stojkovski and Toni Micevski were able to save the club from collapse, after taking over the club they brought instant success with the team winning the Macedonian Second League title in 2005. The following year they made a successful comeback to the Macedonian First League and got to the Macedonian Cup semi-final. Notable players to come from the Pelister youth system are: Gjorgji Hristov, Dragan Kanatlarovski, Toni Micevski, Nikolče Noveski, Toni Savevski, Mitko Stojkovski and Gorgi (Dole) Nikolovski. Overall the club is best known for developing some of the best young talents in the country namely Gorgi(Dole) Nikolovski who came from the village of Zabeni who then went on to a sucessful career with Vardar FK.

Achievements

Macedonian Cup: 1

  • 2001

Macedonian Republic League: 4

  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1975
  • 1982

Pelister in Europe

  • Q = qualifier
  • R1 = first round / R2 = second round /ǀ R3 = third round
Season Competition Round Club Score
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Luxembourg CS Hobscheid 3-1, 1-0
R2 Sweden Västra Frölunda IF 3-1, 0-0
R3 Spain Celta de Vigo 1-2, 0-3
2001/02 UEFA Cup QR Switzerland FC St. Gallen 0-2, 3-2
2008/09 UEFA Cup Q1 Cyprus APOEL FC 0-0, 0-1

Former players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK North Macedonia MKD Ilče Petrovski
DF North Macedonia MKD Vladica Brdarovski
DF North Macedonia MKD Aleksandar Veljanovski
GK North Macedonia MKD Dejan Apostolovski
DF North Macedonia MKD Mario Lazareski
DF North Macedonia MKD Ljupčo Micevski
MF North Macedonia MKD Filip Milenkovski
MF North Macedonia MKD Zoran Simonovski
MF North Macedonia MKD Nikola Petkovski
MF North Macedonia MKD Nikola Stojanovski
DF North Macedonia MKD Aleksandar Ristevski
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF North Macedonia MKD Veljan Cvetanovski
MF Serbia SRB Nemanja Bradonjic
MF North Macedonia MKD Rexhepi Mynce
MF North Macedonia MKD Igor Talevski
FW North Macedonia MKD Blagojče Ristevski
DF North Macedonia MKD Hristijan Dragarski
MF North Macedonia MKD Darko Stankovski
DF North Macedonia MKD Stefan Maglovski
FW North Macedonia MKD Ivica Kelesoski
MF North Macedonia MKD Petar Ljamčevski
DF North Macedonia MKD Aleksandar Panovski

Supporters

FK Pelister supporters are known as Čkembari (Macedonian: Чкембари).