KF Feronikeli

KF Feronikeli

Full name	Klubi Futbollistik Feronikeli
Nickname(s)	Xehëtarët (The Miners) Tigrat e Zi (Black Tigers) Bardhë & Gjelbërit (White & Greens)
Founded	April 8, 1974 (1974-04-08)
Ground	Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium
Ground Capacity	6,000
Head coach	Afrim Tovërlani
League	Raiffeisen Superliga
2015–16	Raiffeisen Superliga, 1st
Home colours Away colours

Klubi Futbollistik Ferronikeli is a professional football club based in the city of Glogovac, Kosovo. The club's home ground is the Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium and they compete in the Raiffeisen Superleague, the highest tier of football in Kosovo.

The club has historically closely been associated with NewCo Ferronikeli, the nearby ore mining and metallurgical complex, since the plant was built in 1984.

Stadium

The club play their homes games at the Rexhep Rexhepi Stadium in Drenas, which has a seated capacity of 6,000 spectators. The stadium is named after the club's former player and captain Rexhep Rexhepi, who fought for the Kosovo Liberation Army and was killed on 12 February 1999 by Serb forces. In December 2012 work began on the ground in order to renovate the single stand, the playing field as well as the clubhouse, with funding coming from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. In January 2014 the local municipality began to seek investment form the central government and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to complete a full renovation of the stadium in order to convert into a 2,000 all seater stadium, and this was granted on 23 May 2014, when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports along with the Gllogoc municipality signed the agreement to invest €100,000 into a three-stage renovation process. The entire project cost a total of €200,000, and stage two was completed during the 2014–15 season, while the third stage was completed after the end of the season in the summer of 2015.

Honours

League

Kosovo Superleague

• Winners (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

Kosovo First League

• Winners (1): 2011–12

Cup

Kosovar Cup

• Winners (2): 2013–14, 2014–15

Supercup of Kosovo

• Winners (1): 2014–15

Independence Cup

• Winners (1): 2014

Current squad

As of 17 May 2016

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 Flamur Neziri 2 DF Vloresim Istogu 3 DF Ismet Caka 4 DF Fidan Gërbeshi (Captain) 5 DF Ardian Limani 6 MF Astrit Thaçi 7 MF Mentor Zhdrella 8 MF Mark Milicaj 9 FW Mevlan Zeka 10 MF Isa Eminhaziri 11 FW Perparim Livoreka

No. Position Player 14 MF Mirlind Demaku 17 MF Mendurim Hoti 18 DF Haxhi Shala 19 DF Lulzim Doshlaku 20 MF Behar Maliqi 25 MF Bujar Shabani 26 GK Burim Sadiku 27 MF Arxhend Bardhi 77 MF Burim Qorri MF Qendrim Krasniqi

Club officials

Officials

Name	Role
Ekrem Elshani	President
Artan Berisha	General manager
Bekim Isufi	Sporting director
Ilir Demaku	School coordinator
Isak Smajli	Secretary
Shaban Mehmeti	Spokesperson

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Afrim Tovërlani	Manager
Ramiz Dervishi	Assistant manager
Avni Hasani	Goalkeeper coach
Besim Bytyçi	Club doctor
Adem Hykolli	Physiotherapist

Board members

Name
Lavdim Gashi
Fadil Demaku
Haki Xhemaili
Tahir Tahiri
Agim Kastrati
Adem Bucolli

Notes

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^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.