FK Makedonija G.P.
Full nameFK Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
Nickname(s)Лавови (Lions)
Жолто-црвени (The Yellow-reds)
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundǴorče Petrov Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanLjupcho Kopcharovski
ManagerGoran Simov
LeagueMacedonian First League
2022–237th
WebsiteClub website

FK Makedonija Gjorche Petrov (Macedonian: ФК Македонија Ѓорче Петров), commonly referred to as FK Makedonija G.P. (Macedonian: ФК Македонија Ѓ.П.) is a football club based in the municipality of Gjorche Petrov, in Skopje, North Macedonia. They are currently playing in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in 1932 as HASK (Hanrievski amaterski sportski klub).[1] During its history, the club was also known as Lokomotiva, Rudar, Industrijalec, and Jugokokta. The club received its current name in the 1989/90 season in commemoration of Gyorche Petrov, a revolutionary considered an important figure of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.

Champions 1991 Makedonija had a great season, with 23 victories 9 losses and only 2 draws .Finishing on the top of the league table in front of traditionally great teams like: Rabotnichki, Belasica, SKOPJE, Tikvesh, Metalurg, KUMANOVO all previous Champions at the time and next season up-coming champion SASA . The title was won mainly because of the great games and victories at the home ground in Gjorche Petrov. That season Makedonija got up on the higher level and established the club as the league favorites.

Makedonija entered the Macedonian First League when Macedonian Republic League transformed into First League in 1992. They were relegated in 1993/94 season. After playing one season in the Macedonian Second League they were back in the top division. In the 1997/98 season they finished third and qualified to play in the Intertoto Cup, where they played against NK Olimpija Ljubljana from Sloveniain the first round, and SC Bastia from France in the second. In the 2001/02 season they were relegated again, and played three seasons in the second division. Makedonija GP returned to the First League in the 2005/06 season with their best performance, finishing second.

Macedonian First League Trophy 1991, 2009
National Football Cup 2006, 2022, 2023
Cup Winners 2006 In the season 2005-06 FK Makedonija won the National Cup for the first time.In the final first round they had to face FK Ohrid at their famous Bilyana's Springs stadium.FK Makedonija managed to pull out an easy away win 0–3. In the second round they've eliminated FK Napredok on aggregate 4-2, winning the home game 2-0 and drawing away 2-2. The Quarter-finals came and they faced FK Cementarnica winning both matches home and away 1-0 making it 2-0 n aggregate.In the semi-finals they've faced FK Sileks, drawing the first match at home 1-1, while winning the famous game away 2-1 and reaching their first final.

The final game was held at the City Park National Arena. In a thriller match they won their first final by 3-2 with a goal in 92 second minute of stoppage time.The goal scorer was legendary Filip Ivanovski.

They played in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup 2006-07, where they lost to Lokomotiv Sofia 3–1 on aggregate.

Champions 2009 Makedonija had another great season and this time with even more difficult opponents such as: Vardar, Sileks, Pobeda, Pelister, Rabotnichki all numerous times Champions in the decades before. This time Makedonija played great winning both Home and Away games. This season Makedonija managed to reach the European Champions League qualifying stage . They've finished their Marvelous season on the top of the league table by Winning 17 games, 10 draws and only 3 defeats, establishing the reputation of the big team in the domestic league championship.

After Makedonija GP quit the first league at the 2009–10 season, the club was unable to participate at any senior level; however, the club's board took over a third-tier club MFK Treska from the nearby village of Šiševo, moving the team to Makedonija's stadium, and became supported by the old Makedonija's fans. MFK Treska won the Macedonian Third League North promotion play-off in 2010–11, and had been playing in the Macedonian Second League in the 2011–12 season with ambitions to gain promotion to the top flight by sharing the top place on the table after the first round of the season. The name change request was expected for some time now, and the Football Federation of Macedonia, on January 10, 2012, finally accepted the request by MFK Treska to change its name and become officially registered as FK Makedonija Ǵorče Petrov, name under which they will compete for the rest of the season.[2]

Cup Winners 2022-The Shoot Out Champions In the season 2021-22 FK Makedonija won the National Cup.In the Final Round 1 they met FK Detonit and managed easy away Victory 0–3. In the second round they draw away with Akademija Pandev 1-1 and the penalty roulette decided the match, ending 3-5 for FK Makedonija. They had the home ground advantage in the quarter-finals eliminating the Champions.Regular time was a draw 0-0 and after the shoot out 4-1 for the hosts.In the semi-finals, they had to play away again . The match finished 0-0, and again they've beat the home side FK Struga after penalty roulette 2-4.
The final match was played at the City Park National Arena . It was a draw after the regular time again finishing 0-0 . FK Makedonija managed to beat FK Sileks in the final match after the shoot out this time 4-3 .

FK Makedonija didnt manage to climb high on the Championship table in the season 2022-23, and they ended up on 7th place. Only top three teams qualify for the European Competitions, so FK Makedonija had to focus on the national Cup. And they managed to defend the title from 2021-22 that brought them European summer again.

Cup Winners 2023-Again in a Shoot Out thriller In the season 2022-23 FK Makedonija won the National Cup again second time in a row.In the first round 1 they managed easy way through by bye as defending champions.In the second round they met Pobeda away, winning 0-2. They had the home ground advantage beating Akademija Pandev by 1-0 in the quarter-finals .In the semi-finals, they met with Tetovo team home drawing 1-1 in a tough equal match . They had to go in a penalty roulette for the hevy victory of 4-3.
The final match was played at the FFM Petar Milosevski ground . They had to face the National league Champions and the best team for this season FK Struga . After the regular time it was a draw again finishing 1-1 . FK Makedonija won the final match against Champions FK Struga in a penalty shoot out 2-0 .

Honours

Domestic League

Domestic Cup

Recent seasons

Logo of Treska
Season League Cup European competitions Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Player Goals
1992–93 1. MFL 34 10 12 12 31 51 32 14th
1993–94 1. MFL 30 2 6 22 17 55 10 16th ↓ R2
1994–95 2. MFL West 30 9 6 15 31 40 33 1st ↑
1995–96 1. MFL 28 10 7 11 35 37 37 7th QF
1996–97 1. MFL 26 10 4 12 38 30 34 7th SF Dragan Mučibabić 12
1997–98 1. MFL 25 12 5 8 34 25 42 3rd QF Vlado Trifunov 11
1998–99 1. MFL 29 10 7 9 44 40 37 6th QF Intertoto Cup R2
1999–00 1. MFL 26 10 6 10 29 28 36 7th QF Mario Petkov 11
2000–01 1. MFL 26 9 4 13 46 42 31 10th R1 Mario Petkov 19
2001–02 1. MFL 20 7 3 10 29 28 24 11th ↓ R2
2002–03 2. MFL 36 11 9 13 45 39 42 8th R2
2003–04 2. MFL 32 15 6 11 50 46 51 7th R2
2004–05 2. MFL 33 22 5 6 76 34 71 3rd ↑ R2
2005–06 1. MFL 33 21 6 6 55 23 69 2nd W Filip Ivanovski 22
2006–07 1. MFL 33 18 10 5 65 29 64 3rd R2 UEFA Cup QR1 Filip Ivanovski 10
2007–08 1. MFL 33 13 5 15 34 42 24 7th SF Intertoto Cup R2
2008–09 1. MFL 30 17 10 3 46 15 61 1st RU César de Brito 11
2009–10 1. MFL FFM expelled Makedonija GP from the league ↓ QF Champions League QR2 Ivica Gligorovski 14
2010–111 3. MFL North
Group A		 21 15 1 5 61 25 46 1st ↑ PR
2011–121 2. MFL 33 14 6 10 48 31 48 4th R1
2012–13 2. MFL 30 21 4 5 60 21 67 1st ↑ PR Vladimir Mojsovski 13
2013–14 1. MFL 33 9 5 19 40 56 32 10th ↓ R2 Ermedin Adem 11
2014–15 2. MFL 27 11 8 8 29 18 41 4th R1
2015–16 2. MFL 27 13 7 7 35 33 46 2nd ↑ QF Kristijan Stojkoski 14
2016–17 1. MFL 36 4 11 21 35 80 23 10th ↓ R1 Alen Jasharoski 12
2017–18 2. MFL West 27 17 5 5 49 23 56 1st ↑ R1 Bobi Bozhinovski 13
2018–19 1. MFL 36 12 11 13 45 50 47 5th RU Hristijan Kirovski 11
2019–202 1. MFL 23 7 8 8 24 28 29 6th N/A Europa League QR1 Padú 7
2020–21 1. MFL 33 16 7 10 53 43 55 4th SF Bobi Bozhinovski 8
2021–22 1. MFL 33 17 6 10 46 44 57 4th W Conference League QR2 Ermedin Adem 11
2022–23 1. MFL 30 10 9 11 37 33 39 7th W Conference League QR1 Filip Mishevski 6

1 In the 2010–11 and in the autumn part of 2011–12 season the club was competed under the name Treska.

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

Makedonija GP in Europe

  • Q = qualifier
  • R1 = first round / R2 = second round
Season Competition Round Club Score
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 4–2, 1–1
R2 France SC Bastia 1–0, 0–7
2006/07 UEFA Cup Q1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 0–2, 1–1
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup R1 Cyprus Ethnikos Achnas 0–1, 2–0
R2 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 0–4, 0–3
2009/10 UEFA Champions League Q2 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–2, 0–2
2019/20 UEFA Europa League Q1 Armenia Alashkert 1–3, 0–3
2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League Q2 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–0, 0−4
2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League Q1 Latvia RFS 0–1, 1–4

Players

Current squad

As of 12 January 2024.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Hristijan Stevkovski
3 DF North Macedonia MKD Kosta Manev
4 DF North Macedonia MKD Filip Mishevski (C)
5 DF North Macedonia MKD Bojan Ilievski
6 DF Brazil BRA Jhonatas Gilberto
7 FW Ghana GHA Basit Abdul Khalid
8 MF North Macedonia MKD Aleks Zlatkov
9 FW North Macedonia MKD Emir Skenderi
10 FW North Macedonia MKD Krste Velkoski
11 FW North Macedonia MKD Nikola Velichkovski
12 GK North Macedonia MKD Stefan Jakimovski
13 North Macedonia MKD Admir Latifi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF North Macedonia MKD Jovan Popzlatanov
18 FW North Macedonia MKD Samir Fazli
20 FW North Macedonia MKD Altin Aliji
22 MF North Macedonia MKD Darko Sekovski
24 MF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Samake
26 DF Spain ESP David Rodríguez
27 DF North Macedonia MKD Maksim Slavkov
33 DF North Macedonia MKD Hristijan Pecov
88 MF North Macedonia MKD Gjorgi Stoilov
89 FW Brazil BRA Jonathan Balotelli
— MF North Macedonia MKD Aleksej Slavkov

Historical list of coaches

  • North Macedonia Zoran Stratev (1991–1995)
  • North Macedonia Kiril Dojčinovski (1999)
  • North Macedonia Slobodan Goračinov (1999)
  • North Macedonia Vujadin Stanojković (2000)
  • North Macedonia Zoran Tanevski (2001)
  • North Macedonia Baze Lazarevski (2001)
  • North Macedonia Dobre Dimovski (2001)
  • North Macedonia Ane Andovski (2002)
  • North Macedonia Perica Gruevski (2005 – 9 Feb 2006)
  • Serbia Radmilo Ivančević (10 Feb 2006 – 25 Aug 2007)
  • North Macedonia Zoran Stratev (2007)
  • North Macedonia Robert Stojanovski (26 Aug 2007 – 10 Nov 2007)
  • North Macedonia Ilcho Gjorgioski (11 Nov 2007 – 2010)
  • North Macedonia Ljupcho Matevski (2012)
  • North Macedonia Vasko Bozhinovski (2012)
  • North Macedonia Bobi Stojkoski (2012 – 2013)
  • North Macedonia Borce Hristov (1 Jul 2013 – 5 Aug 2013)
  • North Macedonia Gjorgji Todorovski (8 Aug 2013 – 3 Mar 2014)
  • North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski (4 Mar 2014 – 5 May 2014)
  • Serbia Jovica Knežević (1 Jul 2015 – 30 Jun 2016)
  • North Macedonia Bobi Stojkoski (8 Apr 2016 – 20 Aug 2016)
  • Serbia Jovica Knežević (1 Jan 2016 – 15 Jun 2018)
  • North Macedonia Aleksandar Tanevski (1 Jul 2018 – 11 Nov 2019)
  • Turkey Naci Şensoy (20 Nov 2019 – 11 Mar 2020)
  • North Macedonia Zikica Tasevski (12 Mar 2020 – 25 Apr 2021)
  • North Macedonia Aleksandar Tanevski (26 Apr 2021 – 17 Oct 2021)
  • North Macedonia Muharem Bajrami (17 Oct 2021 – 9 Mar 2023)
  • Serbia Goran Simov (13 Mar 2023 – present)

References

  1. ↑ History Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine at official website (in Macedonian)
  2. ↑ Treska officially becomes Makedonija GjP at MacedonianFootball.com, 10-1-2012
  3. ↑ "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020.
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