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KF Renova

KF Renova

Full name	Klubi Futbollit Renova Xhepçisht
Nickname(s)	Гипсари (Plaster Makers)
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Ground	Renova Stadium
Chairman	Qenan Idrizi
Manager	None
League	OFS Tetovo
2023–24	OFS Tetovo, 4th[1]
Home colours Away colours

KF Renova (Macedonian: ФК Ренова) is a football club based in the village of Džepčište, Tetovo Municipality, North Macedonia. They currently competing in the OFS Tetovo league.

History[edit]

FK Renova was founded in 2003 but was derived from the football school established in 2000.^[2] As a result of successful work in 2003, the people from Džepčište began to invest in this school of football. Since then, the football school was named Renova, after the Džepčište based manufacturing company, which invested the most to the club. Renova then merged with the Tetovo club FK Shkumbini and was initiated into the Macedonian Third League.^[3]

In the club's first season, they came first in the league. To achieve promotion into the second league, Renova had to beat Vardar from Negotino. Renova won the game via penalty shootout.^[4] In the 2004–2005 season, Renova achieved second position, allowing the club to move up to the Macedonian First League.^[5]

In the 2009-10 season, Renova won the Macedonian First League title, being the youngest Macedonian football club to do so. Two years later they won their first Macedonian Cup title by defeating Rabotnički 3–1 in the final.^[6][7]

In July 2022, Renova withdrew from the First Macedonian Football League due to financial reasons.^{[citation needed]} From the 2022–23 season, they will restart from the Macedonian Regional Football Leagues.^{[citation needed]}

Honours[edit]

• Macedonian First League
  • Winners (1): 2009–10

• Macedonian Second League
  • Runners-up (1): 2004–05

• Macedonian Third League
  • Winners (1): 2003–04

• Macedonian Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012

Recent seasons[edit]

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[8]

Renova in Europe[edit]

• Q = qualifier
• R1 = first round / R2 = second round

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1		HNK Rijeka	0–0, 2–0
		R2		Bnei Sakhnin	1–2, 0–1
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Q1		FC Dinamo Minsk	1–2, 1–1
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	Q2		AC Omonia	0–3, 0–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q1		Glentoran FC	2–1, 1–2 (p)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Q1		AC Libertas	4–0, 4–0
		Q2		FC Gomel	0–2, 1–0
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	Q1		Dacia Chisinau	0–1, 1–4
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	Q1		Alashkert	1–0
		Q2		Hajduk Split	0−1

Notable players[edit]

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FK Renova.

Xhelil Abdulla

Muharem Bajrami

Argjend Beqiri

Vulnet Emini

Besart Ibraimi

Agron Memedi

Visar Musliu

Igor Savevski

Goran Siljanovski

Metodija Stepanovski

Vlatko Stojanovski

Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye

Historical list of coaches[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2016)

Toni Jakimovski (7 Dec 2005 – Jun 2006)

Zoran Smileski (Jul 2006 – Nov 2006)

Vlatko Kostov (1 Dec 2006 – Nov 2007)

Bylbyl Sokoli (15 Nov 2007 – Jun 2008)

Vlatko Kostov (Jul 2008 – 14 Jun 2010)^[9]

Nexhat Shabani (1 Jul 2010 – 5 Nov 2010)

Bylbyl Sokoli (10 Nov 2010 – 29 Jul 2011)^[10]

Bujar Islami (30 Jul 2011 – 22 Aug 2011)

Vlatko Kostov (23 Aug 2011 – 12 Aug 2012)^[11]

Qatip Osmani (22 Aug 2012 – 1 Jun 2017)

Vlatko Kostov (14 Jun 2017 – 9 Apr 2018)

Agron Memedi & Kushtrim Abdulahu (10 Apr 2018 – 20 Jun 2018)

Jeton Beqiri (21 Jun 2018 – 25 Sep 2018)^[12]

Nikola Ilievski (9 Oct 2018 – 30 Jun 2019)

Bujar Islami (1 Jul 2019 – present)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website ^{[dead link]} (in Albanian, Macedonian, and English)
• Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)