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HistóriaFK Pobeda Prilep’s road back: from UEFA fallout to top‑flight returns in 2016 and 2022
Born as Goce Delčev in 1941 and renamed Pobeda in 1950, the Prilep club wrote itself into Macedonian football with a Cup win in 2001–02 and league titles in 2003–04 and 2006–07, packing out nights at Stadion Goce Delčev, the old ground tied to its biggest memories [1].In 2009 the original club was hit with a Europe‑wide ban over a fixed Champions League qualifier, a verdict later upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The historic entity folded soon after, and a new club launched in 2010—treated by the federation as a separate legal successor—picked up the badge and carried on [1][2].The reformed side climbed from the Second League to win promotion in 2015–16 and again in 2021–22, restoring top‑division football to the city and giving Prilep fresh derby fuel [2]. Around the terraces, the Majmuni—the club’s hard‑core—kept the songs going through the lean years and the rise back [1].