FC Prishtina

Yugoslav period

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.^[2]

During the following seasons Prishtina managed to stay in mid table in the Yugoslav top tier all the way until 1988 when they were relegated back to the Second League. They returned to the top flight 4 years later to play in the 1992–93 First League of FR Yugoslavia, which then consisted of clubs only from Serbia and Montenegro. However, the club finished 17th and was relegated. After that, FC Prishtina played in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia until 1997 when they returned to the top flight after winning the Group East, one of the two subdivisions of the 1996–97 Second League of FR Yugoslavia.^[3] FC Prishtina played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the following 2 seasons, although the 1998–99 season was interrupted in late March by the NATO bombing and the Kosovo War.

Notes

¹ Prishtina were docked 6 points due to match fixing in the last round of the previous season
² 2-points for winners. If the game finished as a draw, penalty kicks were taken and only the winner gained 1 point. In brackets are those penalty-kick points.
³ Championship abandoned officially on 14 May 1999 due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. Due to UNMIK, FC Prishtina back to play in Kosovan league system only.

After 1999

After Kosovo became under United Nations Administration Mission, FC Prishtina left the Serbian football league system and became part of the Football Superleague of Kosovo, which became the highest football division of Kosovo. As the club from Kosovo with most successful results in the past and the best infrastructure, FC Prishtina became dominant in the early years of the competition, and won the first two editions, in 1999–00 and 2000–01. Afterwards, it was champion in 2003–04 and twice again won two titles in a row in 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2011–12, 2012–13.

Since 1999, FC Prishtina has been 6 times Kosovo champion until 2011 being the club with most league titles.^[5] Between 1945 and 1999 the Kosovar league was a regional league of the Yugoslav league system, and FC Prishtina did not gather many titles in that league because it usually competed in higher national levels.

Current squad

As of 8 August 2018

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Alban Muqiqi 2 DF Armend Thaqi 3 MF Jamal Arago 4 DF Armend Dallku (captain) 5 MF Diar Miftaraj 7 MF Lorik Boshnjaku 8 DF Ahmet Haliti 9 FW Basit Abdul Khalid 10 MF Meriton Korenica 12 GK Visar Bekaj (vice-captain) 13 DF Abdul Bashiru 14 FW Bleon Sekiraqa 15 FW Gauthier Mankenda

No. Position Player 16 MF Donat Hasanaj 17 MF Arbër Hoxha 19 FW Alen Jasharoski 20 MF Qëndrim Zyba 21 MF Argjend Mustafa 23 GK Laurit Behluli 27 FW Mario Morina 28 DF Leotrim Bekteshi 34 MF Agon Xhaka 66 MF Ergyn Ahmeti 77 MF Mërgim Pefqeli 88 DF Përparim Osmani 93 MF Kastriot Selmani

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 11 FW Liridon Fetahaj (at Liria) — GK Ardit Nika (at KEK) — MF Leonat Vitija (at KEK)

Notable former players

This is a list of FC Prishtina players with senior national team appearances:^[6][7]

List of the managers

This is the list of coaches of FC Prishtina:^[8]

List of the presidents

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 21 September 2018^[15]

Rank	Team	Points	Country Part
402	KÍ	1.250	0.800
402	Gandazasar Kapan	1.250	0.775
402	Prishtina	1.250	0.500
406	Bala Town	1.250	0.825
407	Sant Julià	1.250	0.366
408	Differdange 03	1.250	1.050