FK Shkupi

This article is about the football club established in 2012. For the dissolved club, see FK Sloga Jugomagnat.

KF Shkupi

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Full name	Klubi Futbollistik Shkupi
Nickname(s)	Shvercerat Shkup
Founded	2012
Ground	Čair Stadium, Čair, Skopje
Ground Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Ejup Ademi
Manager	Visar Ganiu
League	Macedonian First League
2014–15	Macedonian Second League, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

KF Shkupi (Macedonian: ФК Шкупи, Albanian: KF Shkupi) is a football club, playing in Čair in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The club will be playing in the Macedonian First League after a promotion from the Macedonian Second League in previous season.

History

Main article: FK Sloga Jugomagnat

The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of FK Albarsa and FK Sloga Jugomagnat. The club is the successor and phoenix club of FK Sloga Jugomagnat. On the initiative of fans in 2006 and in cooperation with sports workers, former players, local populations, NGOs, and with the help of the Mayor in 2013 the club eventually honors its name to FC Shkupi.

Honours

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (1): 2014–15

Players

Current squad

As of 30 August 2015

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 Suat Zendeli (captain) 12 GK Jasir Bajrami 30 GK Marjan Madzaroski 6 DF Ersen Asani 16 DF Mevlan Murati (on loan from Shkëndija) 21 DF Mevlan Adili 22 DF Flakron Ajdari 23 DF Dimitrija Lazarevski TBA DF Sedat Berisha DF Leonard Kallaba 4 MF Bujamin Asani 5 MF Muharem Bajrami

No. Position Player 7 MF Ermedin Adem 8 MF Fisnik Zuka 10 MF Besar Iseni 11 MF Ardijan Nuhiji 14 MF Filip Janevski 18 MF Florent Osmani 20 MF Edis Maliqi 25 MF Fatmir Arif TBA MF Emir Shabani 9 FW Husein Demiri 17 FW Miran Maksuti

Supporters

The team's supporters are the Shvercerat which were officially established in 1989 in Čair in Skopje. Shvercerat is Albanian for "Smugglers". Shvercerat were also the same supporters of the predecessor club FK Sloga Jugomagnat before the merger to the current club FK Shkupi. Similarly to FK Shkëndija, FK Shkupi is an Albanian oriented club, with the supporters being Albanian and also part of the TKZ ultras group that supports Albania in international football.

On February 13, 2011, a large gathering of FK Vardar supporters, Komiti, congregated at the Skopje Fortress to protect a construction site on the grounds of the fortress. A large group of the Shvercerat, who were against the government building on the area of the old fortress, broke through the police line and forced the Komiti out of the Skopje Fortress. The construction site was seized by the Shvercerat until police successfully took control and arrested Omer Bunjaku, a leading figure of the Schvecerat.

The Shvercerat are known for taking rival team supporter's banner. They have succeeded in taking the "Кратово" banner of FK Sileks, the "Вojвoди" banner of FK Teteks and the "Комити Запад" banner of FK Vardar.

Managers

• Zekirija Ramadan (2014–2016)
• Visar Ganiu (2016-Present)

External links

• Official Website (Albanian)
• Club info at Macedonian Football (English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian)