FK Pelister is a football club from the city of Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia. Their greatest achievement up to date is winning the 2001 Macedonian Cup, after which they played in the UEFA and Intertoto Cups in Europe. The team was first formed in 1924 under the name Omladina followed by Pelister and then SK Bitola. After World War II in 1945 the team was renamed back to Pelister and has used that name ever since. The team played in the lower divisions of the former Yugoslavia and were champions of Macedonia in 1960, 1961, 1975 and 1982 along with winning the old Macedonian Cup in 1990. Since the formation of the Macedonian First division, Pelister has played there in every season up until 2003 when the team fell on hard times caused by financial problems. Former players Mitko Stojkovski and Toni Micevski were able to save the club from death two years ago after taking over the club and bringing stability with the team winning the Second Division tittle in 2005. The team made a successful comeback to First Division a year later where they finished 6th and even made it to the Macedonian Cup semifinal. There have been many great talents like: Kanatlarovski, Kitanovski, Husein, Savevski, Micevski, Stojkovski, Noveski and Hristov who have all come from the Pelister youth system. This is why the team is known for developing some of the best young talents to come from Macedonia.