{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{About|the men's team|the women's team|ŽFK Ljuboten}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FK Ljuboten | image = FK Ljuboten.png | image_size = 120px | fullname = Fudbalski Klub Ljuboten<br />Фудбалски Клуб Љуботен | nickname = Plavi / Плави<br>("The Blues") | founded = {{Start date and age|1919|03|28|df=yes}} | ground = AMS Sportski Centar Tetovo | capacity = 2,000 | chairman = Pero Jovanovski | manager = Dejan Saveski | league = Macedonian Third League (West) | season = 2025–26 | position = 11th | website = {{URL|facebook.com/100063760447966|facebook.com}} | pattern_la1=_white_hoops | pattern_b1=_vneckwhite | pattern_ra1=_white_hoops | pattern_sh1 = _white stripes | pattern_so1 = _color_3_stripes_white | leftarm1=0077FF | body1=0077FF | rightarm1=0077FF | shorts1=0077FF | socks1=0077FF | pattern_la2=_blue_hoops | pattern_b2=_vneckwhite | pattern_ra2=_blue_hoops | pattern_sh2 = _red stripes | pattern_so2 = _color_3_stripes_red | leftarm2=E60026 | body2=E60026 | rightarm2=E60026 | shorts2=0077FF | socks2=0077FF }}
'''Fudbalski Klub Ljuboten''' ({{Langx|mk|Фудбалски Клуб Љуботен}}; {{Langx|sq|Klubi Futbollit Luboteni}}) is a football club based in Tetovo, North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://old.tetova.gov.mk/getartm.aspx?aid=118&men=3&lan=1&sub=28|title= Klubet e futbollit|work=old.tetova.gov.mk|language=sq}}</ref> They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League (West Division).
== History == Founded in 1919, FK Ljuboten is the oldest club in North Macedonia.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://macedonianfootball.com/team/ljuboten/ | title=Ljuboten | date=31 August 2009 }}</ref> FK Ljuboten was based in northern Tetovo, built and supported by the locals. The name was derived from the mountain peak of the Šar Mountains, Ljuboten. Through most of the football period under both the Kingdom and Socialist Yugoslavia, the club relied on local talent and were funded by the locals and the city of Tetovo. For the 100th birthday of the club, they joined the Club of Pioneers.
== Rivalry == FK Ljuboten's rival is FK Teteks. The rivalry reflected the social and class differences of the respective club's supporters. Ljuboten's supporters are only the citizens of Tetovo, predominantly of Macedonians.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://macedonianfootball.com/the-collapse-of-the-oldest-macedonian-football-club/ | title=The Collapse of the Oldest Macedonian Football Club | date=11 April 2011 }}</ref> Teteks supporters were the working class, as the club was founded by the Teteks company and had supporters from Macedonians in Tetovo and all around North Macedonia.
== Honours == * '''{{Flagicon|Macedonia}} Macedonian Second League''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1992–93
== Current squad == {{Empty section|date=July 2017}}
== Recent seasons == thumbnail|180px|Ljuboten's 100 years centenary logo {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%" |- !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=9|League !rowspan=2 width="30"|Cup |- !Division !width="30"|P !width="30"|W !width="30"|D !width="30"|L !width="30"|F !width="30"|A !width="30"|Pts !width="40"|Pos |- |1992–93 |2. MFL |38 |22 |9 |7 |72 |32 |53 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1993–94 |1. MFL |30 |11 |11 |8 |46 |35 |30<sup>(−3)</sup> |5th |QF |- |1994–95 |1. MFL |30 |10 |4 |16 |37 |54 |34 |13th |R1 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1995–96 |1. MFL |28 |6 |1 |21 |27 |87 |19 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|15th ↓ |QF |- |1996–97 |2. MFL West |29 |3 |0 |26 |28 |84 |6<sup>(−3)</sup> |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|16th ↓ |R1 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1997–98 |3. MFL North-Polog |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |- |1998–99 |3. MFL North-Polog |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1999–00 |3. MFL North-Polog |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |- |2000–01 |3. MFL North |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2001–02 |3. MFL North |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |- |2002–03 |3. MFL North |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2003–04 ||4. OFL Tetovo |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |- |2004–05 ||4. OFL Tetovo |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2005–06 ||4. OFL Tetovo |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |- |2006–07 |4. OFL Tetovo |? |? |? |? |? |? |? |? | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2007–08 |3. MFL West |18 |? |? |? |? |? |? |1st | |- |2008–09 |3. MFL West |26 |13 |6 |7 |61 |39 |45 |4th | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2009–10 |3. MFL West |28 |? |? |? |? |? |59 |2nd | |- |2010–11 |3. MFL West |23 |14 |5 |4 |53 |17 |44 |2nd | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2011–12 |3. MFL West |28 |19 |2 |7 |64 |24 |59 |3rd |R1 |- |2012–13 |3. MFL West |28 |13 |1 |14 |58 |62 |40 |8th |R1 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2013–14 |3. MFL West |colspan=7 |''FFM expelled Ljuboten from the league''<ref>{{cite news |first=Filip |last=Zdraveski |title=Ljuboten expelled from 3rd League (Wild) West |url=http://macedonianfootball.com/ljuboten-expelled-from-3rd-league-wild-west/ |publisher=MacedonianFootball.com |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=12 March 2017 }}</ref> |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"| ↓ |R1 |- |2014–15 |4. OFL Tetovo |14 |4 |1 |9 |23 |37 |13 |5th | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2015–16 |4. OFL Tetovo |18 |7 |2 |9 |31 |40 |23 |5th |R1 |- |2016–17 |4. OFL Tetovo |14 |9 |1 |4 |42 |23 |28 |3rd |R1 |- |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2017–18 |4. OFL Tetovo |15 |13 |1 |1 |43 |12 |40 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ | |- |2018–19 |3. MFL West |24 |9 |4 |11 |42 |49 |31 |6th | |- |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2019–20<sup>1</sup> |3. MFL West |11 |3 |1 |7 |14 |20 |10 |10th |N/A |- |2020–21<sup>1</sup> |3. MFL West |13 |5 |0 |8 |20 |36 |15 |7th |R1 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2021–22 |3. MFL West |21 |7 |3 |11 |33 |46 |24 |9th |R1 |- |2022–23 |3. MFL West |12 |4 |0 |8 |15 |21 |12 |4th |R2 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2023–24 |3. MFL West |20 |7 |2 |11 |37 |43 |23 |4th | |- |2024–25 |3. MFL West |24 |9 |3 |12 |39 |52 |30 |8th | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2025–26 |3. MFL West |20 |2 |4 |24 |22 |66 |10 |11th |R1 |}
<small><sup>1</sup>The 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ffm.mk/vonredna-sednica-na-upraven-odbor-na-fudbalska-federacija-na-makedonija-prekin-na-natprevaruvachkata-sezona-20192020|title=Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020|publisher=Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија|date=4 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Фудбалските лиги повторно пред прекин? |url=https://kajgana.com/fudbalskite-ligi-povtorno-pred-prekin |accessdate=24 October 2022 |publisher=Kajgana.com |author=Filip Zdravevski |date=22 April 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513100319/https://kajgana.com/fudbalskite-ligi-povtorno-pred-prekin }}</ref></small>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Facebook|1482983278662087}} {{In lang|mk}} * {{Official website}} {{In lang|mk}} * [https://macedonianfootball.com/team/ljuboten FK Ljuboten] at Macedonian Football
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* Category:Football clubs in North Macedonia Category:Association football clubs established in 1919 Category:1919 establishments in Yugoslavia Category:Sport in Tetovo