# FK Bregalnica Štip

FK Bregalnica Štip (Macedonian: ФK Брегалница Штип) is a professional football club based in Štip, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second Football League.

## History

FK Bregalnica was formed in 1921 and currently play in the Macedonian First League. They are named Bregalnica after the 2nd largest river in North Macedonia and their nickname is The Blues because of the club colours being predominantly dark blue. They play their games at Gradski Stadion Štip ground, a stadium capable of hosting 8,000 seated fans, plus an addition of space for standing fans of 2,000 fans. The club's most successful years were those between 1964 and 1984, when the club were champion of the Macedonian Republic League four times and won the Macedonian Cup in 1981 (these were regional Yugoslav competitions back then). The good times did not last however, the next few years saw the decline of FK Bregalnica, distinguished by the loss of their star players. With the arrival of the new sponsor Kit-Go Bregalnica plan to play European football in the next two seasons with predominantly homegrown players.

## Stadium

Bregalnica stadium is under renovation. Upon completion it will have a capacity of 10,000 seats.

## Supporters

The supporters of Bregalnica Štip are called "The Falanga", named after the infantry formation and army of Alexander the Great.

## Honours

* Macedonian Republic League
** Winners (4): 1964, 1967, 1976, 1984
* Macedonian Republic Cup
** Winners (1): 1981
* Macedonian Second League
** Winners (3): 1995–96, 2003–04, 2020–21

## Recent seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Cup |
| 1992–93 | 1. MFL | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 45 | 30 | 16th ↓ | |
| 1993–94 | 2. MFL East | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 17 | 33$^{(−3)}$ | 2nd | |
| 1994–95 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 32 | 49 | 3rd | |
| 1995–96 | 2. MFL East | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 1st ↑ | QF |
| 1996–97 | 1. MFL | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 35 | 6th | R2 |
| 1997–98$^1$ | 1. MFL | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 14th ↓ | |
| 1998–99 | 2. MFL East | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 38$^{(−9)}$ | 8th | |
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 34 | 45 | 9th ↓ | R2 |
| 2000–01 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | R2 |
| 2001–02 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st ↑ | PR |
| 2002–03 | 2. MFL | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 43 | 62 | 6th | PR |
| 2003–04 | 2. MFL | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 38 | 73 | 1st ↑ | R1 |
| 2004–05 | 1. MFL | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 60 | 48 | 7th | QF |
| 2005–06 | 1. MFL | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 55 | 36 | 10th | SF |
| 2006–07 | 1. MFL | 33 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 97 | 13 | 11th ↓ | R2 |
| 2007–08 | 2. MFL | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 37 | 15th | R2 |
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 21 | 51 | 4th | R1 |
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 52 | 4th ↑ | R1 |
| 2010–11 | 1. MFL | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 41 | 8th | QF |
| 2011–12 | 1. MFL | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 46 | 45 | 5th | QF |
| 2012–13 | 1. MFL | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 35 | 43 | 6th | R2 |
| 2013–14 | 1. MFL | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 44 | 7th | SF |
| 2014–15 | 1. MFL | 32 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 29 | 48 | 7th | R2 |
| 2015–16 | 1. MFL | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 49 | 38 | 6th | SF |
| 2016–17 | 1. MFL | 36 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 69 | 24 | 9th ↓ | SF |
| 2017–18 | 2. MFL East | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 20 | 53 | 3rd | R2 |
| 2018–19 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 52 | 3rd | R2 |
| 2019–20$^2$ | 2. MFL East | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 37 | 2nd | N/A |
| 2020–21 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 18 | 73 | 1st ↑ | R2 |
| 2021–22 | 1. MFL | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 7th | QF |
| 2022–23 | 1. MFL | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 41 | 5th | QF |
| 2023–24 | 1. MFL | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 28 | 12th ↓ | QF |
$^1$Bregalnica was withdrawn from the league after 18th round. Their matches from 14th round onwards were annulled.
$^2$The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.

## Current squad

    As of 11 January 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | MKD | Stefan Babunski |
| 3 | DF | MKD | Emre Kadri |
| 5 | DF | MKD | David Stojkov |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Blagoj Hadji-Kimov |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Ivan Gligorov |
| 8 | FW | CAN | Rejjan Abazi |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Ivan Galevski |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Zoran Danoski |
| 11 | DF | MKD | Dimitrij Poposki |
| 14 | MF | MKD | Stojan Poposki |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Luka Georgiev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | MKD | Dimitrij Dimitrievski |
| 18 | MF | MKD | Xhihan Adili |
| 19 | DF | MKD | Iljaz Chilafi |
| 21 | MF | MKD | Viktor Naumovski |
| 22 | MF | MKD | Goran Tomovski |
| 23 | MF | MKD | David Kalpachki |
| 24 | GK | MKD | Martin Milenkovski |
| 25 | MF | MKD | Amir Fejzulai |
| 26 | MF | MKD | Darijan Tasev |
| 35 | FW | MKD | Branimir Ivanov |
| 98 | GK | MKD | Damjan Serafimov |

## Historical list of coaches

* Vladimir Beara
* Vlatko Kostov (1 Jul 2003 - Feb 2005)
* Gordan Zdravkov (27 Feb 2005 - Jun 2005)
* Nikola Spasov (Jul 2005 - Dec 2005)
* Kiril Dojčinovski (15 Dec 2005 - Sep 2006)
* Sase Stefanov (1 Oct 2006 - Dec 2006)
* Dragan Hristovski (8 Dec 2006 - Jun 2010)
* Nikola Kuzmanov (Jul 2010 – Feb 2011)
* Dragan Hristovski (25 Feb 2011 - Jun 2011)
* Ilija Mitrov (2011)
* Nikola Spasov (30 Jul 2011 - 19 Oct 2011)
* Vlatko Davitkov (caretaker) (19 Oct 2011 - 27 Oct 2011)
* Trajče Senev (27 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012)
* Nikola Spasov (1 Jul 2012 - Jan 2013)
* Dobrinko Ilievski (3 Feb 2013 - 20 Dec 2013)
* Ali Güneş (23 Dec 2013 – 30 Jun 2014)
* Gjore Jovanovski (1 Jul 2014 - 4 Nov 2014)
* Dragan Hristovski (interim) (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
* Nikola Spasov (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
* Vlatko Kostov (4 Jan 2015 - 29 Aug 2015)
* Igor Stojanov (30 Aug 2015 - 14 Sep 2015)
* Toni Jakimovski (15 Sep 2015 – 8 Mar 2016)
* Igor Stojanov (9 Mar 2016 - 30 Aug 2016)
* Yüksel Yeşilova (31 Aug 2016 - 3 Nov 2016)
* Zdravko Cvetanoski (3 Nov 2016 – 14 Mar 2017)
* Nikola Kuzmanov (14 Mar 2017 – Nov 2017)
* Emil Grnev (Dec 2017 - 30 Sep 2018)
* Zoran Sterjovski (Oct 2018 - 2019)
* Dobrinko Ilievski (Jul 2019–2020)
* Marjan Sekulovski (Nov 2020–2021)
* Ilčo Gjorgioski (Jan 2022–2023)