# FK Belasica

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.

## 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, Dančo Masev and Goran Maznov.
In 2015, the club was bought by the Macedonian kickboxer Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda.
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.

## Honours

* Macedonian Republic League
** Winners (4): 1955–56, 1957–58, 1982–83 and 1987–88
* Macedonian Republic Cup
** Winners (2): 1983–84, 1985–86
* Macedonian First League
** Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
* Macedonian Second League
** Winners (2): 2017–18, 2019–20

## 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.

## Supporters

The supporters of fk belasica are called ajduci and they were founded in 1988

## Recent seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | European competitions | European competitions | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Cup | European competitions | European competitions | Player | Goals |
| 1992–93 | 1. MFL | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 9th | | | | Toni Eftimov | 10 |
| 1993–94 | 1. MFL | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 48 | 26 | 12th | R1 | | | Derviš Hadžiosmanović | 10 |
| 1994–95 | 1. MFL | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 37 | 10th | | | | Vasko Georgiev | 15 |
| 1995–96 | 1. MFL | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 9th | | | | J. Vasilev Branko Belichev | 6 |
| 1996–97 | 1. MFL | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 10th | GS | | | Mario Petkov | 12 |
| 1997–98 | 1. MFL | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 41 | 13th ↓ | QF | | | Vancho Atanasov | 12 |
| 1998–99 | 2. MFL East | 29 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 30 | 59 | 2nd | | | | Vasko Georgiev | 15 |
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 19 | 72 | 1st ↑ | R1 | | | Vancho Atanasov | 23 |
| 2000–01 | 1. MFL | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 55 | 4th | QF | | | Ljubiša Nikolić | 16 |
| 2001–02 | 1. MFL | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 36 | 2nd | R2 | | | Ljubiša Nikolić | 14 |
| 2002–03 | 1. MFL | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 69 | 2nd | SF | UEFA Cup | QR | Zoran Baldovaliev | 21 |
| 2003–04 | 1. MFL | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 55 | 36 | 10th | R2 | UEFA Cup | QR | Zoran Baldovaliev | 9 |
| 2004–05 | 1. MFL | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 8th | R1 | | | Aleksandar Stojanovski | 26 |
| 2005–06 | 1. MFL | 33 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 84 | 8 | 12th ↓ | R2 | | | Dušan Savić | 7 |
| 2006–07 | 2. MFL | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 59 | 40 | 9th | R1 | | | Gjoksen Limanov | 11 |
| 2007–08 | 2. MFL | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 55 | 4th | | | | Vasko Georgiev | 10 |
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 8th | R2 | | | Aleksandar Stojanovski | 8 |
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 8th | R2 | | | Gjorgji Markov | 10 |
| 2010–11 | 2. MFL | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 26 | 43 | 5th | R1 | | | Gjorgji Markov | 11 |
| 2011–12 | 2. MFL | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 18 | 16th ↓ | | | | Vasko Georgiev | 7 |
| 2012–13 | 3. MFL East | 33 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 23 | 72 | 4th | R1 | | | | |
| 2013–14 | 3. MFL East | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 16 | 70 | 1st | R1 | | | Gjoksen Limanov | 28 |
| 2014–15 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 11 | 57 | 1st | R1 | | | Mile Kostovski | 27 |
| 2015–16 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 38 | 3rd | R1 | | | M. Atanasovski | 14 |
| 2016–17 | 3. MFL East | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 14 | 73 | 1st ↑ | R1 | | | Boban Marikj | 38 |
| 2017–18 | 2. MFL East | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 11 | 59 | 1st ↑ | R1 | | | Pepi Gorgiev | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 1. MFL | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 49 | 38 | 9th ↓ | SF | | | Pepi Gorgiev | 9 |
| 2019–20$^1$ | 2. MFL East | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 1st ↑ | N/A | | | Martin Mirchevski | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 1. MFL | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 68 | 17 | 12th ↓ | QF | | | Antonio Kalanoski | 8 |
| 2021–22 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 59 | 2nd | R2 | | | Aleksandar Kocev | 12 |
| 2022–23 | 2. MFL | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 35 | 10th | R1 | | | Aleksandar Milushev | 8 |
| 2023–24 | 2. MFL | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 42 | 7th | R1 | | | Aleksandar Milushev | 7 |
$^1$The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Macedonia.

## Belasica in Europe

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | Leixões | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | NK Celje | 2–7 | 0–5 | 2–12 |

## Players
### Current squad

As of 15 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 |
| 1 | GK | MKD | Spasko Ahtarov |
| 3 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Milushev |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Borjan Poposki |
| 5 | DF | MKD | Stefan Mladenovski |
| 6 | DF | MKD | Mirche Stoilov |
| 7 | FW | MKD | Dimche Jovov |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Stefan Sulev |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Aleksandar Bogdanoski |
| 10 | MF | MKD | Aleksandar Kocev |
| 11 | FW | MKD | Matej Gjurchinovski |
| 12 | GK | MKD | Filip Mukanov |
| 13 | MF | MKD | Ognen Zdravkovski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | MKD | Zhivko Krstev |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Mario Debreshlioski |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Kire Stojanov |
| 20 | MF | MKD | Bojan Najdenov |
| 21 | FW | MKD | Maksim Conikj |
| 22 | | MKD | Ilija Madevski |
| 23 | DF | MKD | Stefan Sekirski |
| 24 | DF | MKD | Luka Atanasovski |
| 25 | | MKD | Stefan Dimov |
| 30 | GK | MKD | Gjorgi Trajkov |
| — | FW | MKD | Edi Mandak |
| — | | MKD | Andrej Kocevski |

### Youth players

Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season.
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 |
| — | DF | MKD | Vasko Mitev |
| — | DF | MKD | Simeon Zdravkovski |
| — | MF | MKD | Nikolcho Mehandjiski |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | MKD | Nazif Ahmedov |
| — | MKD | Gligor Buchkov |
| — | MKD | Stefan Trajkov |

## Historical list of coaches

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