FK Belasica
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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Belasica Strumica / Фудбалски клуб Беласица Струмица | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Кенгури (Kangaroos) | ||
| Short name | Belasica, BEL | ||
| Founded | 22 April 1922 | ||
| Ground | Blagoj Istatov Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 9,200 | ||
| Chairman | Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda | ||
| Manager | Shefki Arifovski | ||
| League | Macedonian Second League | ||
| 2023–24 | Second League, 7th | ||
| Website | https://fkbelasica.com.mk/ | ||
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FK Belasica (Macedonian: ФК Беласица) is a professional football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.
History
The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov, where fifty initiators gathered at the founding meeting for the football club Belasica Strumica. According to documents, the first meeting was held on 13 August 1922 with Gjorgi Moskov elected president, Tomi Kujundziev as secretary and Rosto Perov as treasurer. The first match played in club history was against Pobeda from Skopje, where Belasica lost by the score of 1–0.
Their popular nickname is Kangaroos and their best period was the golden 80s when they won the Macedonian Republic championship twice. At the time, the club mostly played in the Federal Second league with teams from the six federal republics. Everybody in Macedonia remembers old legends from the club such as Blagoj Istatov and Vasil Ringov. Belasica was also known as Belasica GC, as Geras Cunev was the main sponsor. In the Macedonian top league, they had their biggest success under the leadership of Vančo Takovski in the early 2000s when they were runners-up of the Macedonian First League twice. Over the years, Belasica has played an important role by providing countless source of football talent. The North Macedonia national football team had many players that came from the Belasica youth system. Among them are: Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, Dragan Stojkov, Igor Gjuzelov, Robert Popov, Goran Popov, Zoran Baldovaliev, Dančo Masev and Goran Maznov. In 2015, the club was bought by the Macedonian kickboxer Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda.[1] The most notable player to come out of Belasica is Goran Pandev a retired Macedonian international and all-time leading goal scorer for the national team.[2]
Honours
- File:Flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.svg Macedonian Republic League
- Winners (4): 1955–56, 1957–58, 1982–83 and 1987–88
- File:Flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.svg Macedonian Republic Cup
- Winners (2): 1983–84, 1985–86
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonian First League
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonian Second League
Stadium
Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, Republic of North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the stadium's capacity is 6,500 spectators. With the last reconstruction in 2017 the stadium has a capacity of 9,200 seats, and it is a third-class field in accordance with UEFA standards. It meets the conditions for a high-ranking competition and is the second such stadium in the country.
Supporters
The supporters of fk belasica are called ajduci and they were founded in 1988
Recent seasons
| Season | League | Cup | European competitions | |||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||
| 1992–93 | 1. MFL | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 9th | |||
| 1993–94 | 1. MFL | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 48 | 26 | 12th | R1 | ||
| 1994–95 | 1. MFL | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 37 | 10th | |||
| 1995–96 | 1. MFL | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 9th | |||
| 1996–97 | 1. MFL | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 10th | GS | ||
| 1997–98 | 1. MFL | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 41 | 13th ↓ | QF | ||
| 1998–99 | 2. MFL East | 29 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 30 | 59 | 2nd | |||
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 19 | 72 | 1st ↑ | R1 | ||
| 2000–01 | 1. MFL | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 55 | 4th | QF | ||
| 2001–02 | 1. MFL | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 36 | 2nd | R2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 1. MFL | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 69 | 2nd | SF | UEFA Cup | QR |
| 2003–04 | 1. MFL | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 55 | 36 | 10th | R2 | UEFA Cup | QR |
| 2004–05 | 1. MFL | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 8th | R1 | ||
| 2005–06 | 1. MFL | 33 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 84 | 8 | 12th ↓ | R2 | ||
| 2006–07 | 2. MFL | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 59 | 40 | 9th | R1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 2. MFL | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 55 | 4th | |||
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 8th | R2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 8th | R2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 2. MFL | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 26 | 43 | 5th | R1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 2. MFL | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 18 | 16th ↓ | |||
| 2012–13 | 3. MFL East | 33 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 23 | 72 | 4th | R1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 3. MFL East | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 16 | 70 | 1st | R1 | ||
| 2014–15 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 11 | 57 | 1st | R1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 38 | 3rd | R1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 3. MFL East | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 14 | 73 | 1st ↑ | R1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 2. MFL East | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 11 | 59 | 1st ↑ | R1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1. MFL | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 49 | 38 | 9th ↓ | SF | ||
| 2019–201 | 2. MFL East | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 1st ↑ | N/A | ||
| 2020–21 | 1. MFL | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 68 | 17 | 12th ↓ | QF | ||
| 2021–22 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 59 | 2nd | R2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 2. MFL | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 35 | 10th | R1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. MFL | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 42 | 7th | R1 | ||
1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.[3]
Belasica in Europe
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Leixões | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg NK Celje | 2–7 | 0–5 | 2–12 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
Players
Current squad
As of 1 September 2024. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth players
Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players
Players still registered with the club but currently not active. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Historical list of coaches
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nikola Ilievski (1993 - 1994)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Blagoje Istatov
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Dragi Kanatlarovski (1996)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Ilija Matenicarov (1999 - 2000)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nikola Ilievski (2000)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Trajce Georgiev (2001)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nikola Sekulov (2001)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Riste Ancev (16 Nov 2001 -)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Ilija Matenicarov
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Pane Blazevski (9 Apr 2003 -) [4]
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Miroslav Jakovljević (2004 - Sep 2005)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Šefki Arifovski (30 Sep 2005 - Dec 2005)
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zvonko Todorov (15 Dec 2005 - 2006)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Jugoslav Trencovski (15 Sep 2007 - 15 Jul 2009)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Milko Ǵurovski (15 Jul 2009 - 4 Jan 2010)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Gordan Zdravkov (2010 - 2011)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Rade Cicmilovikj (1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018)
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Marjan Živković (31 Jul 2018 - 3 Dec 2018)[5]
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Rade Cicmilovikj (4 Dec 2018 - 22 Mar 2019)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Gjoko Hadžievski (23 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2019)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aleksandar Stojanov (18 Apr 2019 -)
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Blagoj Gucev ( -)
References
- ↑ "Кикбоксер го купи струмичкиот ФК "Беласица" (in Macedonian). Jugoinfo.mk. 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Goran Pandev profile: 10 things you need to know about the Tottenham target – News". MirrorFootball.co.uk. 2009-05-19. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ↑ "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ Belasica turn to Blazevski - UEFA
- ↑ Belasica hires Serbian manager Archived 2020-07-23 at the Wayback Machine - Macedonian Football
External links
- Official website (in Macedonian)
- FK Belasica on Facebook (in Macedonian)
- Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
- Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)