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ФК Пелистер FK Pelister
Full name	Fudbalski Klub Pelister, Bitola
Founded	1945
Ground	Tumbe Kafe Stadium, Bitola, Macedonia (Capacity 8,000)
Chairman	Jovko Krstevski
Manager	Nexat Husein
League	Makedonska Prva Liga
2006-07
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FK Pelister (Macedonian: ФК Пелистер) is a football club from the city of Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia. Their greatest achievement up to date is winning the 2001 Macedonian Cup, after which they played in the UEFA and Intertoto Cups in Europe. The team was first formed in 1924 under the name Omladina followed by Pelister and then SK Bitola. After World War II in 1945 the team was renamed back to Pelister and has used that name ever since. The team played in the lower divisions of the former Yugoslavia and were champions of Macedonia in 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 along with winning the old Macedonian Cup in 1990. Since the formation of the Macedonian First division, Pelister has played there in every season up until 2003 when the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems. Former players Mitko Stojkovski and Toni Micevski were able to save the club from death two years ago after taking over the club and bringing stability with the team winning the Second Division tittle in 2005. The team made a successful comeback to First Division a year later where they finished 6th and even made it to the Macedonian Cup semifinal. There have been many great talents like: Kanatlarovski, Kitanovski, Husein, Savevski, Micevski, Stojkovski, Noveski and Hristov who have all come from the Pelister youth system. This is why the team is known for developing some of the best young talents to come from Macedonia.

• Macedonian Cup
  • Winner: 2001
  • Finalist: 1993, 1994

• Q = qualifier
• 1R = first round / 2R = second round / 3R = third round

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
2000/01	Intertoto Cup	1R		CS Hobscheid	3-1, 1-0
		2R		Västra Frölunda IF	3-1, 0-0
		3R		Celta de Vigo	1-2, 0-3
2001/02	UEFA Cup	Q		FC St. Gallen	0-2, 3-2

As of June 2007

No. Position Player GK Pece Korunovski GK Goran Pasovski GK Trajce Nikov DF Ilir Elmazovski DF Tomi Jovanov DF Metodija Stepanovski DF Mile Dimov DF Jovica Hristov DF Goran Stavrevski DF Mile Petkovski DF Toni Veljanovski DF Saso Zdravevski MF Dejan Blazhevski

No. Position Player MF Robert Endekovski MF Aleksandar Kostovski MF Gjorgji Mojsov MF Nikola Petkovski MF Bruno Presilski MF Nikolce Stisnioski MF Igor Talevski MF Mirko Ivanovski FW Igor Cvetkovski FW Zlatko Delovski FW Dragan Dimitrovski FW Igor Momirovski FW Blagojce Glavevski FW Junior Sousa

FK Pelister supporters are known as Čkembari

• Official Website (Macedonian)
• UEFA Profile
• Supporters Forum
• Macedonian Football (English)

Macedonian Prva Liga • 2007-08 v • d • e
Bashkimi Kumanovo •  Cementarnica 55 Skopje •  Makedonija Gjorche Petrov •  Milano Kumanovo •  FK Napredok •  FK Pelister •  FK Pobeda •  Rabotnički Kometal Skopje •  Renova Dzepchishte •  Shkendija '79 Tetovo •  FK Sileks Kratovo •  FK Vardar
Macedonian Prva Liga seasons
2007-08