FC Prishtina

The club was founded in 1922 under the name Kosova. Later on their name changed to Proleter, Jedinstvo, Kosova and finally FC Prishtina. During the period the club participated in the Yugoslav league system the club was known in its Serbian form, FK Priština. In the beginning the club competed in Yugoslav lower leagues all the way until the beginning of the 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.[1] After the end of the war the club returned to the Yugoslav league system and played for most time in the Yugoslav Second League. 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 traded 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 home. This period started after FC Prishtina became champions of the 1982–83 Yugoslav Second League, thus archiving promotion to Yugoslav highest level. 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...