FK Sloga Jugomagnat
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| Full name | Fudbalski Klub Sloga Jugomagnat |
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| Nickname(s) | Pëllumbat (Гулаби, Pigeons) |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Dissolved | 2009 |
| Ground | Čair Stadium |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Final season 2008–09 |
2nd (Promoted to First League) |
FK Sloga Jugomagnat (Macedonian: ФК Слога Југомагнат) was a football club that played in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
The club was established in 1927 under the name FK Zafer by the football enthusiasts coming from Skopje’s neighborhood Čair. Like other clubs from Skopje at that time, Zafer also played friendly matches with other clubs from the city.
Shortly after, Zafer begun competing in the Skopje League (city league), and then in the regional league of the Skoplje Football Subassociation, a league made of the best clubs coming from the Southern part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, SCS. The club from its beginning was the place where players from different ethnicities could gather, mostly Albanian and Turkish players, but not limited to. There were also numerous Bosnian, Roma and Macedonian players which played in the club.
At the end of WWII, the newly established Yugoslav communist regime, against the will of the local citizens and fans, with a decree changed the name of the club to Sloga (which in Macedonian language means Unity). In that time the club was financed by local citizens and people (fans) gathered money to pay for players and staff salaries. Club in that time played in regional Macedonian First League, ranked as a 4th league in the Yugoslav league system. The policy of the ex-state didn’t allow the club to make a promotion in higher rank, because there were other clubs in that time that were privileged by the government. All the good players that were raised in the club in that time were taken by the regime’s “bigger” clubs. The team always had a big army of fans who followed it, no matter if they played home or away.
In 1989, major improvement in all levels occurred with the arrival of Rafet Muminović and his company, “Jugomagnat” as sponsors of the club. At that time Sloga played in the Macedonian Second League (ranked as a 5th league in Yugoslavia). That year club changed its name to Sloga Jugomagnat and was promoted to higher level with plan to further promote to the Third Federal League in the following season. However, that year SFR Yugoslavia broke-up and Macedonia became an independent country. Sloga Jugomagnat along with 17 other best teams from Macedonia was directly promoted to the Macedonian First League, finishing in 6th place in its inaugural season. In second season they achieved 8th place and the following season the club made it to 3rd place.
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