History
The club was founded in 1941 as Goce Delčev and renamed in 1950 to FK Pobeda. The club plays at the Goce Delčev Stadium (capacity 15,000).
FK Pobeda has been 2 times champion of the Macedonian First League, one time Macedonian Cup winner and has represented Macedonia in 10 terms in the European Cups.
On March 27, 2009, UEFA, the governing body of football in Europe, charged FK Pobeda over match fixing allegations relating to a Champions League qualifying match against FC Pyunik of Armenia in 2004 They were subsequently found guilty and banned from UEFA competitions for eight years. The next season in which they will be eligible to compete is 2017–18.
New formed club FK Viktorija began its history straight from the Macedonian Third League south region in the season 2010/11, resembling the club Pobeda that had been given an 8-year ban by FIFA. FK Viktorija was founded after the two time champion Pobeda was banned by FIFA. The new club resembles very much the old Pobeda who was formed back in 1941. The name Viktorija is a Macedonian transcription of the Latin word "Victoria" which means "Victory", same as the Macedonian word "Pobeda" which means "Victory" as well. They won promotion to the Macedonian Second League and were renamed into FK Pobeda Junior.
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