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FK Belasica

FK Belasica

Football club

This article is about the football club in North Macedonia. For the football club from Bulgaria, see OFC Belasitsa Petrich.

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.

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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, 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 retired Macedonian international and all time leading goal scorer for the national team.[2]

Belasica's old logo

Honours

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.

Recent seasons

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

Belasica in Europe

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Players

Current squad

As of 18 February 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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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

  • North Macedonia Nikola Ilievski (1993 - 1994)
  • North Macedonia Blagoje Istatov
  • North Macedonia Dragi Kanatlarovski (1996)
  • North Macedonia Ilija Matenicarov (1999 - 2000)
  • North Macedonia Nikola Ilievski (2000)
  • North Macedonia Trajce Georgiev (2001)
  • North Macedonia Nikola Sekulov (2001)
  • North Macedonia Riste Ancev (16 Nov 2001 -)
  • North Macedonia Ilija Matenicarov
  • North Macedonia Pane Blazevski (9 Apr 2003 -) [4]
  • Serbia Miroslav Jakovljević (2004 - Sep 2005)
  • North Macedonia Šefki Arifovski (30 Sep 2005 - Dec 2005)
  • Bulgaria Zvonko Todorov (15 Dec 2005 - 2006)
  • North Macedonia Jugoslav Trencovski (15 Sep 2007 - 15 Jul 2009)
  • North Macedonia Milko Ǵurovski (15 Jul 2009 - 4 Jan 2010)
  • North Macedonia Gordan Zdravkov (2010 - 2011)
  • North Macedonia Rade Cicmilovikj (1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018)
  • Serbia Marjan Živković (31 Jul 2018 - 3 Dec 2018)[5]
  • North Macedonia Rade Cicmilovikj (4 Dec 2018 - 22 Mar 2019)
  • North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (23 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2019)
  • North Macedonia Aleksandar Stojanov (18 Apr 2019 -)
  • North Macedonia Blagoj Gucev (  -)

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "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.
  4. [4]
    Belasica turn to Blazevski - UEFA
  5. [5]
    Belasica hires Serbian manager Archived 2020-07-23 at the Wayback Machine - Macedonian Football
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