KF Trepça

Early years (1932–1945)

Trepça was founded in 1932 by workers of the Trepça Mines in Mitrovica during the period of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From the founding year until 1938, the club did not have an own venue, so coached and played on a playing field in the neighboring town Zveçan. In 1938, a small field was built in "Lugu i Çesmës" where they played until the Second World War. Later they received its own stadium, the Trepça Stadium, which offered then about 30,000 spectators. Both Albanians and Serbs played for the club, Albanian players that marked the pre-WWII period were Mazllum Grushti, Hasko Bula, Gota Sezair, Ejup Kerveshi, Adnan Mustafa, Ahmed and Qamil Zajmi, Hysen Murati, Xhati Zhubi, Sali Pllana, Bedri Hamza, Shinasi Rizanolli, Ahmet Shukriu, Burhan Kurkuqi, Jakup Berisha, Qazim Pllana, Sami Konjusha, Agim Deva, Ekrem Neziri, Riza Gashi, etc. Another notable player was Riza Lushta, former Juventus and SSC Napoli player, who spent his youth career at Trepça in 1932–1934.

Regional successes (1945–1977)

During the Second World War, the Kosovo Albanian players of Trepça, played for the Albanian football club called KF Skënderbeu, which was active during the war and the fascist occupation. After the end of the war, Trepça was long in the shadow of numerous Yugoslav clubs, but achieved regional importance by winning the Kosovo Province League in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952 and 1955.

Successes in Yugoslavian Football (1977–1989)

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Kosovar Superliga Winners (2): 1992–1993, 2009–10 Kosovo Province League Winners (5): 1947, 1948–1949, 1949–1950, 1951–52, 1954–55 Kosovar Cup Winners (1): 1991–1992 Kosovar Supercup Winners (1): 2009–2010 Yugoslav Second League Champion: 1976–77 (promoted to Yugoslav First League) Yugoslav Cup (1): Runner-up: 1977–78