# FK Osogovo

GFK Osogovo (Macedonian: ГФК Осогово) is a football club from Kočani, Republic of Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.

## History

The club was founded in 1924 and is one of the oldest Macedonian football clubs.
In 1973, during a football match between FK Osogovo and FK FAS 11 Oktomvri from Skopje, the 23-year-old Nikola Mantov – one of the best players of FK Osogovo at the time – collapsed on the field and died. In his honor, the home-ground of FK Osogovo is named Nikola Mantov Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of approximately 5,000 spectators.
FK Osogovo has also retired the number 7 shirt in honor of Nikola Mantov.
In the first season of the Macedonian First Football League in 1992–93 Osogovo finished at eighth place; next season they finished at position nine. The highest place in Osogovo history in Macedonian First Football League was in the 1994–95 season, when the team finished at sixth position. Next season (1995–96) they finished at 14th place and were relegated to the Macedonian Second Football League. In the next few years, the team was relegated to the lowest division in Macedonian football (Macedonian Third Football League). From the 2004–05 to 2010–2011 seasons, Osogovo won the Macedonian Third Football League (East) five times, but played only once in the Macedonian Second Football League, in the 2011–12 season. In this season they finished at 14th place and were relegated to Macedonian Third Football League (East). In the last five seasons Osogovo appeared in the Macedonian Third Football League (East) without any success. But in season 2016-17 FK Osogovo finished at 3rd place and promoted to Macedonian Second Football league(East).

## Supporters

Sejmeni are an Ultras group founded in 1991, who support FK Osogovo and traditionally occupy the West Stand at the stadium. Also Sejmeni consumes a lot of pyrotechnics.

## Honours

* Macedonian Third League
** Winners (2): 2018–19, 2022–23
* Macedonian Second League
** Winners (1): 1997–98
** Runners-up (1): 1996–97
* Macedonian Football Cup Youth
** Winners (1): 1996

## 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 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 34 | 8th | |
| 1993–94 | 1. MFL | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 27 | 9th | |
| 1994–95 | 1. MFL | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 34 | 42 | 6th | |
| 1995–96 | 1. MFL | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 26 | 14th ↓ | |
| 1996–97 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 78 | 17 | 74 | 2nd | R1 |
| 1997–98 | 2. MFL East | 29 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 90 | 26 | 68 | 1st ↑ | |
| 1998–99 | 1. MFL | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 25 | 12th | QF |
| 1999–00 | 1. MFL | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 53 | 26 | 12th | R1 |
| 2000–01 | 1. MFL | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 42 | 34 | 9th | R1 |
| 2001–02 | 1. MFL | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 19 | 12th ↓ | QF |
| 2002–03 | 2. MFL | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 13th | R1 |
| 2003–04 | 2. MFL | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 60 | 39 | 13th ↓ | R2 |
| 2004–05 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | PR |
| 2005–06 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | R1 |
| 2006–07 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | R1 |
| 2007–08 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | PR |
| 2008–09 | 3. MFL East | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 99 | 17 | 69$^{(−3)}$ | 1st | PR |
| 2009–10 | 3. MFL East | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | PR |
| 2010–11 | 3. MFL East | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 20 | 62 | 1st ↑ | R2 |
| 2011–12 | 2. MFL | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 63 | 22 | 14th ↓ | PR |
| 2012–13 | 3. MFL East | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 90 | 29 | 76 | 3rd | PR |
| 2013–14 | 3. MFL East | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 34 | 51 | 3rd | PR |
| 2014–15 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 30 | 6th | PR |
| 2015–16 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 7th | PR |
| 2016–17 | 3. MFL East | 27 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 25 | 60 | 3rd ↑ | PR |
| 2017–18 | 2. MFL East | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 53 | 19 | 8th ↓ | R1 |
| 2018–19 | 3. MFL East | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 25 | 55 | 1st ↑ | R1 |
| 2019–20$^1$ | 2. MFL East | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 9th | N/A |
| 2020–21 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 29 | 7th | PR |
| 2021–22 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 31 | 8th ↓ | PR |
| 2022–23 | 3. MFL East | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 18 | 51 | 1st ↑ | PR |
| 2023–24 | 2. MFL | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 54 | 30 | 12th | PR |
$^1$The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.

## Current squad

As of 15 February 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 |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Gjorgji Jovanoski |
| 2 | DF | MKD | Marko Sokolov |
| 3 | DF | MKD | Gregori Davkov |
| 4 | MF | MKD | Nikola Stoilovski |
| 5 | MF | MKD | Damjan Stojkovski |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Ivan Nikolovski |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Marko Eftimov |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Toshe Manov |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Kristijan Ristovski |
| 11 | MF | MKD | David Ristovski |
| 12 | GK | MKD | Bojan Sandev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player} |
| 15 | DF | MKD | Ljubomir Gjorgjiev |
| 17 | DF | MKD | Stojanche Trenchev |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Filip Jovanov |
| 21 | DF | MKD | Mihail Nikolov |
| 23 | FW | MKD | Vladimir Zhoglev |
| 24 | DF | ALB | Neshat Murati |
| 27 | FW | MKD | Dragan Paunov |
| 70 | MF | MKD | Mario Simoski |
| — | MF | MKD | Gorazd Popov |
| — | | MKD | Petar Postolovski |

## Club officials
### Technical staff

| Manager | Kircho Gjorgiev |
| Assistant managers | Angelcho Arsov and Eftim Aksentiev |
| Goalkeeping coach | Goran Gjorgiev |
| Youth coordinator | Zoran Todorov |
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### Board members

| Chairman | Goran Milosov |
| Technical Director | Venko Krstevski |
| Director | Oliver Dosevski |
| Sport Director | Goran Teodosievski |
| Secretary | Simeoncho Stoikov |
| Technical Operator | Vitomir Aleksov |
| Security Commissioner | Dragoslav Zdravkov |
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