KF Prishtina
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| Full name | Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina |
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| Founded | 1922 as Kosova Prishtinë |
| Ground |
Pristina City Stadium (under renovation) Agron Rama Stadium (interim stadium) |
| Capacity | 16,200 |
| Coordinates | 42°40′0″N 21°10′0″E / 42.66667°N 21.16667°E |
| President | Remzi Ejupi |
| Manager | Arsim Thaqi |
| League | Vala Superliga e Kosovës |
| 2016–17 | 3rd |
| Website | Club home page |
KF Prishtina (or FC Prishtina, Albanian: Klubi Futbollistik Prishtina) is a football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club plays in the Football Superleague of Kosovo.
The club was founded in 1922 under the name Gajret. Later on their name changed to Proleter, Kosova and finally FC Prishtina. During the period the club participated in the Yugoslav league system the club was known in its Serbo-Croatian form, FK Priština (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Приштина).
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. 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 Priština with players such as Sukri Pacarada, Xhevdet Muriqi, Mensur Nexhipi, Skender Shengyli, Kujtim Shala, Fadil Vokrri, Fadil Muriqi, Zoran Batrović, Sahit Kelmendi, Faruk Domi, Faton Domi, Agim Cana, Abdyl Bellopoja, Gani Llapashtica, Kosta Lalić, Ramadan Cimilli, Favzi Rrama, Edmond Rugova, Mehana Ramadani, Danilo Mandić, Ljubiša P. Trajković, Petre Gruevski, Neshat Zhavelli, Rifat Mehinović, Zoran Martinović, coaches Maxhuni and Miroslav Blažević, that made the club become almost unbeatable when playing home.
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