FK Pobeda

FK Pobeda

Full name	Fudbalski klub Pobeda
Nickname(s)	Мајмуни (Monkeys)
Founded	1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Dissolved	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Ground	Stadion Goce Delčev
Capacity	15,000
2008–09	Macedonian First League, 8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FK Pobeda (Macedonian: ФК Победа) was a football club based in the city of Prilep, North Macedonia.

History

The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. FK Pobeda has been a winner of Macedonian First League for two times (eight times as Republic League in Yugoslavia), and Macedonian Football Cup for one time (eight times as Republic Cup in Yugoslavia). Their first great period was the 1950s, when they won the Republic Cup for the first time in 1951. One year later Pobeda won its first championship title in 1952 and in 1954 the second one. They waited for 4 years for their next trophy they won the Republic Cup for the second time in 1958. Next year 1959 they became champions of SR Macedonia again. They continued with their winning series in the 1960s. Pobeda won its 3rd cup in 1960, and again the cup masters won their 4th cup in 1961. Next year it was time for a new championship title in 1962, and then the duble crown in 1963. Last trophy in the 1960s was 1964 Republic Cup for the 6th time. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Pobeda had a stagnation period although it was on the top most of the time and they played pretty good in the cup too. Finally after 13 years Pobeda won again, and again it was the Macedonian Republic Cup in 1977 for the 7th time. Two years after Pobeda was back on track winning its 5th title after 16 years waiting. Two years after in 1981 Pobeda did it again 7th time champion of SR Macedonia. The 1980s was their last good period and they won their 8th championship title in 1986. Next year it was time to win the cup again and they did it for the 8th time in 1987 (and last time in the part of Yugoslavia).

The period of the 1990s, after an independence of Macedonia, didn't bring much excitement for the Pobeda's fans and they had to wait for better times. The beginning of the 2000s was a good sign and the long period of waiting was over. In 2002 it was time to win the Macedonian Football Cup for the first and only time. Two years later the club was won the champions title in 2004 for the first time since of the Macedonia's independence. They didn't wait for long to win their second, 3 years later in 2007 Pobeda was champion again and for the last time. Also, Pobeda has represented Macedonia for ten times in the European Football Cups. On March 27, 2009, UEFA, the governing body of football in Europe, charged FK Pobeda over match fixing allegations relating to a Champions League qualifying match against FC Pyunik of Armenia in 2004^[1] They were subsequently found guilty and banned from UEFA competitions for eight years.^[2] The next season in which they will be eligible to compete is 2017–18. In April 2017, their suspension was expired and Pobeda will be returning to the Macedonian leagues soon.^[3]

A successor club which claims rights to Pobeda's honours and records was established in 2010 under the name Viktorija, later renamed to Pobeda Junior and then to the name of the original club. However, they are not legally considered to be successors to the original Pobeda and the two clubs' track records and honours are kept separate by the Football Federation of Macedonia.

Rivalries

The club's biggest rivals are Pelister, and matches between the teams are called the Derby of Pelagonia (geographical region in Macedonia).

Supporters

FK Pobeda supporters were called Majmuni (Monkeys).

Honours

• Macedonian Republic League
  • Winners (8): 1952, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1979, 1981, 1986
• Macedonian First League
  • Winners (2): 2003–04, 2006–07
  • Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 1999–2000
• Macedonian Republic Cup
  • Winners (8): 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1977, 1987
• Macedonian Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2001–02
  • Runners-up (2): 1999–2000, 2006–07

Seasons

Pobeda in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR1	Odra Wodzisław	2–1	0–3	2–4
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R2	OD Trenčín	3–1	1–3 (aet)	4–4 (4–3 p.)
		R2	Perugia	0–0	0–1	0–1
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	1–1	2–1
		R1	Parma	0–2	0–4	0–6
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Zagreb	1–1	2–1	3–2
		R2	Çaykur Rizespor	2–1	2–0	4–1
		R3	Chmel Blšany	0–1	0–0	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	QR	Midtjylland	2–0	0–3 (aet)	2–3
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Spartak Trnava	2–1	5–1	7–2
		R2	Pasching	1–1	1–2	2–3
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	QR1	Pyunik	1–3	1–1	2–4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Smederevo	2–1	1–0	3–1
		R2	Hamburg	1–4	1–4	2–8
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Farul Constanța	2–2	0–2	2–4
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	QR1	Levadia Tallinn	0–1	0–0	0–1

Historical list of coaches

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2014)

• Ilija Dimoski (1993 – 1995)
• Dragi Kanatlarovski (1995 – 1996)
• Lazar Plačkov
• Dragi Kanatlarovski (1999)
• Krume Mitrikeski (2000)
• Nikola Ilievski (Jul 2000 – Dec 2000)
• Mirsad Jonuz (Jan 2001 – Jun 2002)
• Zoran Smileski (Jul 2002 – Dec 2002)
• Dragi Kanatlarovski (Jan 2003 – 2004)
• Nikola Ilievski (2004)
• Dragi Hristovski (Jun 2004– Sep  2004)^[4]
• Petar Kurćubić (3 Oct 2004 - Sep 2005)
• Nikolče Zdravevski (28 Sep 2005 – Feb 2009)
• Nebojša Petrović (1 Mar 2009 - Apr 2009)
• Goran Todoroski (29 Apr 2009 – Jun 2010)

See also

• 2009 European football betting scandal

References

External links

• FK Pobeda blog (in English) (archived)
• Supporters website (in Macedonian and English) (archived)
• info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)