FK Pelister

FK Pelister was originally formed in 1924. First under the name "Omladina", which was later changed to "Pelister" and then to "SK Bitola". SK Bitola became champion in 1926. The club reappeared under the old name "Pelister" after World War II liberation in 1945. Already in 1946 it became champion of the Bitola physical education district, which was part of the 1945-46 Macedonian Republic League. They finished 3rd in the playoffs. That same year, the club merged with "FK Rabotnik", but kept the name Pelister. The club from Bitola won the title once again in 1949–50 and 1950–51. During that time the most influential players were: Georgievski, Dimitrovski, Petrovski, Naumovski, Lazarevski, Sekerdžievski, Avramovski, Nestorov and Eftimovski. The team played primarily in the lower divisions of the former Yugoslavia and were champions of the Macedonian Republic League on four occasions, along with winning the Macedonian Republic Cup four times in: 1959, 1962, 1985 and 1991. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Second League group east (that included clubs from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia) for the first time in 1974, which was a big success for that generation. Some of the most famous players at the time were: Grbevski, Dukovski, Cvetkovski, Taškov, Bogoevski, Gočevski, Ristevski, Tristovski, Mickovski, Dimovski, Markovski, Upalevski and the manager Stavre Eftimovski. Soon after, they were relegated but made another comeback in 1982 with Mitko Butlevski as chairman and Ivan…

Macedonian Republic League Winners (8): 1926, 1950, 1951,1957, 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 Macedonian Second League Winners (2): 2005–06 and 2011–12 Macedonian Republic Cup Winners (4): 1958–59, 1961–62, 1984–85 and 1990–91 Macedonian Football Cup Winners (2): 2000–01 and 2016–17 Runners-up (3): 1992–93, 1993–94 and 2017–18