# FK Skopje

FK Skopje (Macedonian: ФК Скопје) is a football club from Skopje, the capital of the North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.

## History

Fudball club SSK an acronym for Skopski sportski klub(Sports Club Skopje), later Metalec Skopje, was a Macedonian football club based in the city of Skopje. Between 1921 and 1941 it was known as SSK.The club was founded as Skopski sportski klub in 1921 and was incorporated into Skopje parish, one of the districts into which the subfederation was divided. In December 1927 the club joined the newly formed
Subfederation.

### The Glory Days

The best period for the club were the 1930s.It started in 1930 when they've won their first title, all though the autumn part of the season was canceled.In 1931 they've managed to compete in the qualifiers for the Jugoslav championship. SSK lost in the play off against Soko Belgrade (2–3 and 1–4). In the following 3 seasons they've won the championship each time, but never managed to qualify for the Jugoslav championship. In 1932 they've finished fifth, ahead of Gragjanski. In 1933 they've tried again, but they've lost in the 2nd qualifying round against Jedinstvo Parachin (0–4 and 2–0), while in 1934 they've finished fifth in the 2nd qualifying group. They became champions twice more in 1939 and 1940, but still failed to reach the Jugoslav championship. In 1939 they were defeated in the play-off final by FK Vojvodina (2–2 and 1–4), only to be eliminated in the repechage by Balshich (0–1 and 1–2). In 1940, after eliminating Zheleznichar Nish and Jedinstvo Chachak,they've lost the final against Jugoslavija Jabuka (2–4 and 2–4), and later in the play-off by BASK Belgrade (3–2 and 0–3). In 1941 SSK made fusion with Gragjanski and formed FK Makedonija.
    New Beginning
In 1946 SSK was re-established as FK Dinamo Skopje, and entered the Macedonian Republic League championships. In 1948 they've won the championship and played qualification for second federal division. Later on the Metal Industry Cooperation became main sponsor of the team and the name Dinamo was changed with Metalec Skopje.They've won the championship in 1955 and got promoted to the second federal division at the time divided into 5 zones, where it remained for two seasons. In 1960 it merged with FK Industrijalec(known as former JUG Skopje) to form MIK Skopje, acronym for "Metalska Industrija Kale". They won the Macedonian Republic League,the last time in 1970. As FK MIK, the club competed for two seasons in the Yugoslav Second League East where they played with teams from federal Republics of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.FK MIK (Metalska Industrija Kale) later changed their name to FK Skopje during the 1973–74 season.
All-Time Table, Federal 2nd League 1947–1992 (Macedonian teams only) :
| | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| 1 | FK Pobeda Prilep | 662 | 245 | 160 | 257 | 893 | 930 | −37 | 650 |
| 2 | FK Teteks Tetovo | 560 | 209 | 140 | 211 | 629 | 680 | −51 | 558 |
| 3 | FK Rabotnichki Skopje | 414 | 146 | 83 | 185 | 577 | 687 | −110 | 375 |
| 4 | FK Vardar Skopje | 286 | 156 | 57 | 73 | 485 | 281 | +204 | 369 |
| 5 | FK Pelister Bitola | 350 | 143 | 69 | 138 | 456 | 408 | +48 | 355 |
| 6 | FK Bregalnica Shtip | 358 | 100 | 96 | 162 | 351 | 554 | −203 | 296 |
| 7 | FK Belasica Strumica | 174 | 54 | 46 | 74 | 186 | 246 | −60 | 154 |
| 8 | FK 11 Oktomvri Kumanovo | 156 | 47 | 36 | 73 | 144 | 259 | −115 | 130 |
| 9 | GFK Tikvesh | 124 | 23 | 35 | 66 | 119 | 221 | −102 | 81 |
| 10 | FK Skopje | 64 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 78 | 114 | −36 | 50 |
| 11 | FK Metalurg Skopje | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 30 |
| 12 | FK Balkan Skopje | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 57 | −34 | 26 |
    Recent period
Since season 1992/93 of the Macedonian First League FK Skope mainly competed in the Second division.They had two great sesons in the Macedonian Second League winning two times in the season 1996–97,and in 2020–21 when they've qualified for the First league.Also they have qualified 4 times as runner ups. They have managed to qualify and play in the First Division for 6 seasons: 1997/98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2021–22 and 2022–23.In the top division they didn't manage to have good results and they were dropping back to the Second league for several times .

### Home Ground

The home ground of FK Skopje is Zelezarnica Stadium ( Iron-Steel Stadium ) is a stadium located in Avtokomanda Skopje, mainly used for football matches. The capacity of the stadium is 4,000 spectators.

## Colours

The club's colours have traditionally been blue and white. In the early years Skopje played in blue and white striped shirts just like today, but for much of its history they played in blue shirts with white collar or white V-neck. In the mid-90s Skopje played a many seasons in red and white hooped shirts as well.
| Skopjes kit | Casual kit | Mid-90s |

## 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 |
| 5 | MF | MKD | Petar Aleksovski |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Matej Mitrevski |
| 7 | FW | MKD | Erion Shuku |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Petre Tasevski |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Stefan Bogdanovski |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Kostantino Alex Gorgiovski |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Hristijan Kirovski |
| 12 | GK | MKD | Luka Stojanovski |
| 13 | MF | MKD | Slavko Ristoski |
| 14 | MF | MKD | Ivo Janakievski |
| 16 | MF | MKD | Armend Ademi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | MKD | Hristijan Kocev |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Ivan Pasharikovski |
| 22 | MF | MKD | Tino Spasikj |
| 29 | MF | MKD | Hristijan Denkovski |
| 30 | MF | MKD | Merdian Ramadani |
| 34 | DF | MKD | Dino Najdoski |
| 44 | GK | MKD | Aleksandar Igeski |
| 47 | DF | MKD | Vlatko Kulukovski |
| 99 | FW | MKD | Borjan Nakov |
| — | MF | MKD | Leon Selimi |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Dimitri Kochoski |
| 77 | GK | MKD | Naum Angelov |
| — | MF | MKD | Anid Abazi |
| — | MF | MKD | Marko Andonovski |
| — | MF | MKD | Maksim Bundaleski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MKD | Leonid Stojanovski |
| — | FW | MKD | Izet Ajrulahu |
| — | FW | MKD | Dino Miholov |
| — | | MKD | David Pandilovski |
| — | | MKD | Tomislav Petkoski |

## Honours

* Domestic League
** Winners : 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1940,1947-48, 1954-55,1969–70
* Macedonian Second League
** Winners: 1996–97, 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 | 2. MFL | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 73 | 32 | 51 | 3rd | |
| 1993–94 | 2. MFL West | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 42 | 26 | 5th | |
| 1994–95 | 2. MFL West | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 63 | 40 | 12th | |
| 1995–96 | 2. MFL West | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 48 | 44 | 6th | |
| 1996–97 | 2. MFL West | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 67 | 1st ↑ | R2 |
| 1997–98 | 1. MFL | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 30 | 10th | SF |
| 1998–99 | 1. MFL | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 59 | 17 | 13th ↓ | |
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL West | 30 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 59 | 44 | 12th ↓ | R1 |
| 2000–01 | 3. MFL North | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | PR |
| 2001–02 | 3. MFL North | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | R1 |
| 2002–03 | 3. MFL North | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st ↑ | PR |
| 2003–04 | 2. MFL | 32 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 53 | 3rd | PR |
| 2004–05 | 2. MFL | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 49 | 41 | 7th | R1 |
| 2005–06 | 2. MFL | 33 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 40 | 6th | R1 |
| 2006–07 | 2. MFL | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 49 | 4th | PR |
| 2007–08 | 2. MFL | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 44 | 54 | 5th | QF |
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 8th | PR |
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 57 | 2nd ↑ | SF |
| 2010–11 | 1. MFL | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 9th ↓ | R1 |
| 2011–12 | 2. MFL | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 26 | 56 | 3rd | R2 |
| 2012–13 | 2. MFL | 33 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 18 | 63 | 3rd | PR |
| 2013–14 | 2. MFL | 33 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 32 | 53 | 3rd | PR |
| 2014–15 | 2. MFL | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 39 | 5th | PR |
| 2015–16 | 2. MFL | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 6th | R2 |
| 2016–17 | 2. MFL | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 54 | 2nd ↑ | R1 |
| 2017–18 | 1. MFL | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 35 | 9th ↓ | QF |
| 2018–19 | 2. MFL West | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 24 | 37 | 6th | R2 |
| 2019–20$^1$ | 2. MFL West | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 2nd | PR |
| 2020–21 | 2. MFL West | 27 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 20 | 60 | 1st ↑ | R1 |
| 2021–22 | 1. MFL | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 45 | 35 | 9th | R2 |
| 2022–23 | 1. MFL | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 22 | 10th ↓ | R2 |
| 2023–24 | 2. MFL | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 9th | R1 |
$^1$The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.

## Supporters

FK Skopje supporters are known as Pirati (Pirates), mostly coming from the Skopje settlement Avtokomanda.