FK Belasica

FK Belasica
Full name Fudbalski klub Belasica Strumica
Nickname(s) Кенгури (Kangaroos)
Founded 22 April 1922 (1922-04-22)
Ground Mladost Stadium
Capacity 9,200
Chairman Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda
Manager Marjan Živković
League Macedonian First League
2017–18 Second League (East), 1st (promoted)

FK Belasica (Macedonian: ФК Беласица) is a football club based in the city of Strumica, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

Belasica's old logo

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.

For the most part the team played in the Federal Eastern Yugoslav Second League containing only the teams from 3 Republics: Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, winning the Macedonian Republic league on two occasions. In Macedonia, the club had its biggest success in the early 2000s when they were runners-up of the Macedonian First League twice. This year they came back to the First League and Belasica plays an important role in Macedonian football providing countless source of football talent. The Macedonia national football team had many players that came from the Belasica youth school. Among them are: Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, Dragan Stojkov, Igor Gjuzelov, Robert Popov, Goran Popov, Zoran Baldovaliev, Dancho 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 current Macedonian international and Genoa player.[2]

Belasica's stadium

Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the stadium's capacity is 6,500 spectators.

Honours

Socialist Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Republic League:

  • Winners (4): 1956, 1958, 1983, 1988

Socialist Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Republic Cup:

  • Winners (2): 1984, 1986

Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Second League:

Republic of Macedonia Macedonian First League:

Recent seasons

Season League Cup European competitions
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

Belasica in Europe

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Portugal Leixões 2–2 1–2 3–4
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Slovenia NK Celje 2–7 0–5 2–12

Current squad

As of 8 August 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Serbia GK Nikola Vujanac
2 Republic of Macedonia MF Marjan Tashev
3 Republic of Macedonia DF Aleksandar Milushev
4 Republic of Macedonia DF Stojan Jankov
5 Republic of Macedonia DF Gjorgje Djonov
6 Republic of Macedonia MF Viktor Serafimovski
7 Serbia MF Irfan Vusljanin
8 Republic of Macedonia MF Stefan Sulev
9 Republic of Macedonia FW Pepi Gorgiev
10 Republic of Macedonia MF Krste Todorov
11 Germany MF Stephan Vujčić
12 Republic of Macedonia GK Goran Pashovski
No. Position Player
13 Republic of Macedonia DF Tome Janev
14 Republic of Macedonia DF Zoran Mitevski
15 Republic of Macedonia FW Kristijan Apostolovski
16 Republic of Macedonia MF David Kalpachki
17 Republic of Macedonia MF Dragan Stojkov
18 Republic of Macedonia DF Vlatko Drobarov
19 Serbia MF Nemanja Petrov
21 Republic of Macedonia DF Jordan Serafimovski
22 Republic of Macedonia FW Filip Ivanovski
28 Republic of Macedonia FW Zoran Baldovaliev
Republic of Macedonia MF Nikola Bozhinov

Notable former managers

References

  1. ↑ "Кикбоксер го купи струмичкиот ФК ,,Беласица,," (in Macedonian). Jugoinfo.mk. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Goran Pandev profile: 10 things you need to know about the Tottenham target – News". MirrorFootball.co.uk. 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
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