FK Gostivar
Wikipedia - KF Gostivari
KF Gostivar (Macedonian: ФК Гостивар; English: FC Gostivar) is a football club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian First League.
History
The club was founded in 1998 as Rinia Gostivar. They merged with FK Gostivar in 2010 and were renamed KF Gostivari with the original FK Gostivar getting dissolved.
In the 2012–13 season, Gostivar finished second and was promoted to the Macedonian First League for the first time in club history.
Its first win in 2013/14 season was on 18/08/2013 against FK Rabotnički. Gostivar's defender Ekrem Hodžić scored two goals contributing in the 2–0 win.
They finished as runners-up in the 2022–23 Macedonian Second Football League and were once again promoted to the Macedonian First League for the 2023/24 season.
FK Gostivars hjemmebane er Gostivar City Stadium, som har en kapasitet på 6 000 tilskuere. Klubbens farger er blå og hvit.
FK Gostivar har vunnet den makedonske cupen en gang, i 2018. Klubben har også deltatt i europacupen ved flere anledninger, men har aldri kommet seg videre fra den første kvalifiseringsrunden.
Noen av FK Gostivars mest kjente spillere inkluderer Goran Pandev, Artim Šakiri og Boban Nikolov.
FK Gostivar er en av de mest populære fotballklubbene i Makedonia og har en stor fanskare.