 After claiming the third division title in the 1980–1981 season, Shkëndija was then again promoted into the Second division.However, as the popularity of the club began to increase among the Albanian population of Yugoslavia, the ruling socialist government members disbanded the club, worried that the club would stoke ethnic tensions during a fragile period in Yugoslavia.After Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia, KF Shkëndija was re-established into the Macedonian Football League.