[5] FK Trepča and KF Trepça both claim the heritage of the successful club in Yugoslavia.

[1] However, KF Trepça is recognized as the successor by the Football Federation of Kosovo and FK Trepča is considered to be operating illegally.

[citation needed] The club was named after the former Trepča Mines, which are located north-east of Kosovska Mitrovica.

[12] In the season 2004–05 FK Trepča was playing in the Serbian fourth level, Šumadijska zona, and finished 15th.

A year later, they also played a friendly match with same character against the other Serbian top club Red Star Belgrade, which they lost by 0–3.

[18] Since 2023, Trepča does not play anymore in North Kosovo but in Raška or Novi Pazar which was accepted by Zoran Gajić, the Serbian minister of sports.