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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andon Dončevski
| image =
| fullname = Andon Dončevski
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|11|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kavadarci]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]
| death_date =
| position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1= 1952–1957
| youthclubs1= [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
| years1= 1957–1965
| clubs1= [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
| caps1= 335
| goals1 = 217
| nationalyears1 = 1961
| nationalteam1 = [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia B]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1981–1982
| manageryears2 = 1986–1988
| manageryears3 = 1988–1989
| manageryears4 = 1991–1992
| manageryears5 = 1993–1995
| manageryears6 = 1995–1996
| manageryears7 = 1998
| managerclubs1 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis]]
| managerclubs2 = [[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Preston Lions FC|Preston Makedonia]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Espérance de Tunis|Espérance]]
| managerclubs5 = [[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
| managerclubs6 = [[GFK Tikvesh|Tikvesh]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Preston Lions FC|Preston Lions]]
}}

'''Andon Dončevski''' ({{Langx|mk|Андон Дончевски}}; born 19 November 1935) is a former [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] [[Association football|football]] coach and former player.

==Club career==
Born in [[Kavadarci]],<ref name="50godina">"50. godina fudbala vo Makedonija", page 66 {{in lang|mk}}</ref> [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], he played with [[FK Vardar]] youth team in 1952.<ref name="50godina"/> He was incorporated into the first team of Vardar, becoming their main goal scorer<ref name="50godina"/> in the [[Yugoslav First League]] and [[Yugoslav Second League|Second League]] amassing a record 217 goals. Among the awards for his efficiency and scoring was an invitation from [[Red Star Belgrade]] to play on their team during their tour in South America.<ref name="50godina"/> He later coached Vardar from 1985 to 1988.<ref name="50godina"/> In the 1986–1987 season he won the title with [[FK Vardar|Vardar]] but after legal proceedings the title was given to Partizan. Dončevski took a new challenge to pass on his experience abroad to [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lesoir.be/les-balkans-entrent-dans-la-danse-pancev-sera-a-mes-cot_t-19941110-Z08R1A.html |title= Recherche|website=archives.lesoir.be |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081106/http://archives.lesoir.be/les-balkans-entrent-dans-la-danse-pancev-sera-a-mes-cot_t-19941110-Z08R1A.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>[[Espérance de Tunis]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.lesoir.be/les-balkans-entrent-dans-la-danse-pancev-sera-a-mes-cot_t-19941110-Z08R1A.html|title = Recherche}}</ref>[[Preston Makedonia]]/[[Preston Lions FC]],<ref>[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1988/1988NSLResults.html#Round18 1988 National Soccer League Results]</ref><ref>[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1998PLR.html 1998 Victorian Premier League – 1998 Season Results<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the Victorian Premier League team, in Australia.

==International career==
Dončevski played for [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslav national B team]] in a game against Poland played in Lodz on 4 June 1961.<ref name="50godina"/> Afterwards he was called for the main national team on several occasions, but failed to make a debut.<ref name="50godina"/>

==Achievements==
'''Vardar'''
*[[Yugoslav Cup]]: 1
**Winner: [[1960–61 Yugoslav Cup|1961]]
*[[Yugoslav Second League]]: 3
**Winner: [[1959–60 Yugoslav Second League|1960]], [[1962–63 Yugoslav Second League|1963]] and 1971
*[[Macedonian Cup|Macedonian Republic Cup]]: 7
**Winner: 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971
*[[Mitropa Cup]]:
**Semi-finalists (1): [[1967–68 Mitropa Cup|1968]]
**Round of 16 (2): 1969, 1970

==Statistics==

===Manager===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="6"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
| align=left|[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]
| {{flagicon|Cyprus}}
| align=left|1981
| align=left|1982
{{WDL|26|8|6|12}}
|-
| align=left|[[FK Vardar|Vardar]]
| {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}}
| align=left|1986
| align=left|1988
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
| align=left|[[Preston Lions FC|Preston Makedonia]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}}
| align=left|1988
| align=left|1989
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
| align=left|[[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]]
| {{flagicon|Tunisia}}
| align=left|1991
| align=left|1992
{{WDL|26|11|8|7}}
|-
| align=left|[[North Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]]
| {{flagicon|NMK|1992}}
| align=left|1993
| align=left|1995
{{WDL|17|5|5|7}}
|-
| align=left|[[GFK Tikvesh|Tikvesh]]
| {{flagicon|NMK}}
| align=left|1995
| align=left|1996
{{WDL|28|8|8|12}}
|-
| align=left|[[Preston Lions FC|Preston Lions]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}}
| align=left|1998
| align=left|1998
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|303|124|56|123}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=59205/newsid=212778.html Dončevski keeps optimistic]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (Interview at UEFA.com)

==External links==
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| title = Managerial positions
| list1 =
{{Anorthosis FC managers}}
{{FK Vardar managers}}
{{Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers}}
{{North Macedonia national football team managers}}
}}

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[[Category:Expatriate soccer managers in Australia]]
[[Category:Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Australia]]


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