FK Belasica

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FK Belasica (Template:Langx) 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.

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Baldovaliev Belasica legendary Stricker 52 games 29 goals

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]

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Belasica's old logo

Honours

Stadium

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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. Stadium change the name in 2019 from "Mladost" to "Blagoj Istatov".

Supporters

The supporters of fk Belasica are called "Ajduci" and they were founded in 1988.

Recent seasons

Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
1992–93 1. MFL 34 12 10 12 41 44 34 9th Toni Eftimov 10
1993–94 1. MFL 30 7 12 11 35 48 26 12th R1 Derviš Hadžiosmanović 10
1994–95 1. MFL 30 11 4 15 48 62 37 10th Vasko Georgiev 15
1995–96 1. MFL 28 9 6 13 34 38 33 9th J. Vasilev
Branko Belichev
6
1996–97 1. MFL 26 9 6 11 32 41 33 10th GS Mario Petkov 12
1997–98 1. MFL 25 8 4 13 25 35 41 13th ↓ QF Vancho Atanasov 12
1998–99 2. MFL East 29 19 2 8 58 30 59 2nd Vasko Georgiev 15
1999–00 2. MFL East 30 27 0 3 116 19 72 1st ↑ R1 Vancho Atanasov 23
2000–01 1. MFL 26 17 4 5 56 22 55 4th QF Ljubiša Nikolić 16
2001–02 1. MFL 20 11 3 6 29 22 36 2nd R2 Ljubiša Nikolić 14
2002–03 1. MFL 33 20 9 4 50 32 69 2nd SF UEFA Cup QR Zoran Baldovaliev 21
2003–04 1. MFL 33 10 6 17 37 55 36 10th R2 UEFA Cup QR Zoran Baldovaliev 9
2004–05 1. MFL 33 14 6 13 53 47 48 8th R1 Aleksandar Stojanovski 26
2005–06 1. MFL 33 2 2 29 22 84 8 12th ↓ R2 Dušan Savić 7
2006–07 2. MFL 33 11 7 15 36 59 40 9th R1 Gjoksen Limanov 11
2007–08 2. MFL 32 16 7 9 49 37 55 4th Vasko Georgiev 10
2008–09 2. MFL 29 10 8 11 34 33 38 8th R2 Aleksandar Stojanovski 8
2009–10 2. MFL 26 10 3 13 28 39 33 8th R2 Gjorgji Markov 10
2010–11 2. MFL 26 13 4 9 39 26 43 5th R1 Gjorgji Markov 11
2011–12 2. MFL 30 4 6 20 27 56 18 16th ↓ Vasko Georgiev 7
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 Gjoksen Limanov 28
2014–15 3. MFL East 22 18 3 1 66 11 57 1st R1 Mile Kostovski 27
2015–16 3. MFL East 22 12 2 8 49 27 38 3rd R1 M. Atanasovski 14
2016–17 3. MFL East 27 24 1 2 126 14 73 1st ↑ R1 Boban Marikj 38
2017–18 2. MFL East 25 18 5 2 81 11 59 1st ↑ R1 Pepi Gorgiev 16
2018–19 1. MFL 36 9 11 16 37 49 38 9th ↓ SF Pepi Gorgiev 9
2019–201 2. MFL East 16 13 1 2 36 9 40 1st ↑ N/A Martin Mirchevski 14
2020–21 1. MFL 33 4 5 24 23 68 17 12th ↓ QF Antonio Kalanoski 8
2021–22 2. MFL East 27 18 5 4 56 14 59 2nd R2 Aleksandar Kocev 12
2022–23 2. MFL 30 10 5 15 36 47 35 10th R1 Aleksandar Milushev 8
2023–24 2. MFL 30 11 9 10 39 32 42 7th R1 Aleksandar Milushev 7
2024–25 2. MFL 30 10 11 9 35 30 41 8th R1 Dimche Jovov 8

1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Macedonia.[3]

Belasica in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
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Players

Current squad

As of 15 January 2025.

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK
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Spasko Ahtarov
3 DF
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Aleksandar Milushev
4 DF
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Borjan Poposki
5 DF
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Stefan Mladenovski
6 DF
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Mirche Stoilov
7 FW
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Dimche Jovov
8 MF
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Stefan Sulev
9 FW
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Aleksandar Bogdanoski
10 MF
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Aleksandar Kocev
11 FW
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Matej Gjurchinovski
12 GK
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Filip Mukanov
13 MF
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Ognen Zdravkovski
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14 FW
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Zhivko Krstev
15 MF
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Mario Debreshlioski
17 MF
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Andrej Kocevski
18 DF
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Simeon Zdravkovski
19 FW
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Kire Stojanov
20 MF
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Bojan Najdenov
21 FW
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Maksim Conikj
22 DF
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Ilija Madevski
23 DF
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Stefan Sekirski
24 DF
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Luka Atanasovski
30 GK
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Gjorgi Trajkov
FW
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Edi Mandak

Youth players

Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season.

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No. Pos. Nation Player
DF
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Vasko Mitev
MF
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Stefan Dimov
MF
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Nikolcho Mehandjiski
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Nazif Ahmedov
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Gligor Buchkov
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Dushan Pavlov
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Osman Tome
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Stefan Trajkov

Historical list of coaches

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References

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External links

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