FK Renova
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FK Renova is a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Džepčište
Džepcište
Džepčište is a village in Macedonia. It is a located in Tetovo Municipality....

, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. They currently play in the Macedonian First League
Macedonian First League
The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...

.

History

FK Renova was founded in 2003 but was derived from the football school established in 2000. As a result of successful work in 2003, the people from Dzepciste
Džepcište
Džepčište is a village in Macedonia. It is a located in Tetovo Municipality....

 began to invest in this shool of football. Since then, the football school was named Renova, after the Dzepciste based manufacturing company, which invested the most to the club. Renova then merged with the Tetovo
Tetovo
Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality. Tetovo is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...

 club FK Shkumbini and was initiated into the Macedonian Third League.

In the clubs first season, they came first in the league. To achieve promotion into the second league, Renova had to beat Vardar from Negotino
Negotino
Negotino is a town in the Republic of Macedonia. Its population is about 15,000. It is the seat of Negotino Municipality.-Geography:Negotino is situated on the right bank of the river Vardar. It is about above sea level. Negotino is in a vineyard region and the gates of the Tikves basin, known...

. Renova won the game via penalty shootout. In the 2004/2005 season, Renova achieved second position, allowing the club to move up to the Macedonian First League
Macedonian First League
The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...

.

In the 2009/2010 season, Renova won the Macedonian First League title, being the youngest Macedonian football club to do so.

Rivalry

FK Renova was created by Albanians from Džepčište
Džepcište
Džepčište is a village in Macedonia. It is a located in Tetovo Municipality....

. However, the club is multi ethnic and appeals to both Albanians
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 and Macedonians
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

. The clubs main rivalry are KF Shkëndija, a club supported by Albanians, and FK Teteks
FK Teteks
FK Teteks is a football club from the city of Tetovo in the Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.-History:...

, whose fans are Macedonian.

Achievements

First Macedonian Football League: 1
  • 2009-10

Renova in Europe

  • Q = qualifier
  • R1 = first round / R2 = second round
    Season Competition Round Club Score
    2008
    UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
    The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw...

    UEFA Intertoto Cup
    UEFA Intertoto Cup
    The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

    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
    UEFA Champions League
    The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

    Q2   AC Omonia
    AC Omonia
    Athletic Club Omonoia Nicosia is a professional football club that plays in the Cyprus capital city Nicosia. The club was established in 1948 and became a member of the Cyprus Football Association in 1953...

    0–3, 0–2
    2011/12 UEFA Europa League Q1   Glentoran F.C.
    Glentoran F.C.
    Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...

    2–1, 1–2 (p)

Current squad

As of 28 June 2011

Former players

Nermin Fatić Adin Mulaosmanovic
Adin Mulaosmanovic
Adin Mulaosmanović is a Bosnian football defender who plays for NK Bratstvo Gračanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Career:...

 Genc Iseni
Genc Iseni
Genc Iseni or Hyseni is a Kosovar Albanian football striker who plays for FK Bregalnica Štip.Iseni grew up as a player at his fatherland club in the Kosovar league KF Ferizaj, where he used to play starting from his childhood.He played 4 years for Macedonian club FK Renova from Džepčište, in the...

 Argjend Bekjiri
Argjend Bekjiri
Argjend Bekjiri is an Macedonian international football striker of Albanian ethnicity. Bekjiri has been capped 16 times for the Republic of Macedonia national football team.-Club:Sloga Jugomagnat*Macedonian First League: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002...

 Besart Ibraimi
Besart Ibraimi
Besart Ibraimi is a Macedonian professional football player who currently plays for Ukrainian club Sevastopol.-Early life:...

 Dimitrija Lazarevski
Dimitrija Lazarevski
Dimitrija Lazarevski is a footballer from the Republic of Macedonia that plays as a defender for KS Besa Kavaje in the Albanian Superliga.He previously played with Serbian FK Zemun, Croatian NK Kamen Ingrad, Belgian FCV Dender EH, beside other Macedonian clubs such as FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov,...

 Igor Savevski Ivan Stanković

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