KSF Prespa Birlik

The Turks who came to Sweden in the 1960s came as a labor force. In the autumn of 1973, the association was founded. Through many attempts at a start-up, they eventually succeeded in forming a non-political and non-religious association. It became an open association for everyone. The association had many committed members, parents, leaders and young people.[2]

In 1984, with a larger organization and number of members, the association was renamed KSF Prespa Birlik. KSF stands for "Kultur och Sportföreningen Prespa Birlik" in Turkish, which translates to Culture and Sports Association Prespa Unity. This restructuring led to rapid growth and brought the number of members up to 600.[2]

The business flourished rapidly, not least in sports. In addition to the senior team, they formed a B-team and many other youth teams in football, table tennis, billiards, chess and more. Also in the cultural activities, they created folklore groups of different ages, circle courses under the auspices of ABF and discussion forums for integration. The association began to take place in Malmö both in sports and culture, they played football in the then Division 4, they took social responsibility for association members and young people.[2]

Swedish Turks and Macedonian Turkish who came to Sweden had dreams of working hard, saving money and returning to their homeland. For some, the dream of moving back did not come true. The association believes its community has a much better life in Sweden.[2]

Prespa Birlik has a basic value that says that young Malmö residents should have the chance to pursue their passion regardless of conditions. The club offers young people in low-resource areas a meaningful leisure time. Many young people have a difficult journey from adolescence to studies into adulthood and into the labor market. The costs for those who do not succeed are extremely high humanly, socially and financially. Thus, the value of preventing this is very significant for us. The club's goal is to promote at least 2-3 players to the senior team each year. In the younger age groups, the individual development and joy of football is at the center with the goal of educating new potential senior team players.[3]

For many young people, football can be a way into society and the association continues to play an active role.[2]

Prespa Birlik currently has four youth teams (U21, U19, U17, and U14) with a total of around 150 young players. [2]

Prespa Birlik sees diversity as a strength and has always played an important role in including people from different cultures, or with different backgrounds, and creating common values that the sports movement stands for. The association believes that role will become even more important in the future. The association want severyone who wants to be given the opportunity to play football and participate in the association as much and for as long as possible. In addition to the organized football activities, Prespa Birlik has focused on creating new meeting places and a safe environment that means creating a community where ethnicity, background, religion and gender do not matter. It will thus be a job that includes working with issues of values, breaking norms and increasing acceptance and understanding.[3]

KSF Prespa Birlik is thus not just a football club. The association also works to be a positive force in society. The goal is to spread and maintain positive values, counteract violence, racism and exclusion. Community involvement is the association's way of contributing to sustainable development and, through football, uniting people in Malmö.[3]

KSF Prespa Birlik is part of Swedish society and the Swedish sports movement and shares the values that form the basis for sports in Sweden and for society at large. This means that the association:

• Is are a democratic and open association where everyone is welcome.
• Protect the laws and rules of society and sports and the goals of the sports movement.
• Wants to awaken and spread the joy of football and sports.
• Cherishes a magnificent setting around the matches with a good atmosphere and a warm and inviting atmosphere for everyone.
• Treats officials, opponents and visiting audiences with kindness and respect.
• Celebrate honest and fair competition and face both defeat and victory in a sporting way.
• Is an integral part of society and a positive social force that works to bring pride and joy to the people of Malmö.
• Cares about young people's social education with a focus on team spirit, community, ability to work together and respect for others.
• Distances ourselves from racism, violence, threats and other forms of verbal, physical, degrading and other attacks on people.
• Pay tribute to the principle of equal value for all and distance ourselves from discrimination.
• Cares about the integration of people with other cultural backgrounds in society.

As of 6 August 2019[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  MAS Sanusi Naesae 3 DF  SWE Shemsedin Zabeli 4 DF  SRB Dušan Mladenović 5 DF  SWE Gani Bunjaku 6 MF  SWE Remil Grimbe 7 FW  SWE Omar Khattab 8 MF  SWE Onur Körhan 9 FW  CRO Filip Gavran 10 FW  SWE Muamet Asanovski 11 FW  SWE Emin Karaman 12 GK  SWE Zakaria Abdulrazek 29 FW  SWE Jamal Masiko 14 MF  SWE Yonis Roble

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  SWE Nabil Hadrous 16 DF  SRB Ibrahim Arifović 17 MF  SWE Primus Swenson 18 MF  SWE Emil Sandström 19 DF  MNE Nikola Tmusić 20 FW  SRB Dragoljub Anđelković 21 MF  MNE Nemanja Tmusić 22 DF  SWE Habib Issa 23 MF  SWE Max Nordlinder 99 GK  BIH Mladen Kukrika — GK  SWE Valjon Bajraktaraj — FW  SWE Hampus Ferhm