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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
1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.
Belasica in Europe
Players
= Current squad
=As of 1 September 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
= 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
= Other players
=Players still registered with the club but currently not active.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Historical list of coaches
References
External links
Official website (in Macedonian)
FK Belasica on Facebook (in Macedonian)
Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sašo Lazarevski
- Goran Popov
- FK Belasica
- FC AP Brera Strumica
- GFK Tikvesh
- Dragi Kanatlarovski
- Stadion Blagoj Istatov
- Goran Pandev
- Bojan Mihajlović (footballer, born 1973)
- Martin Mirchevski
- Gogo Jovčev
- Panče Ristevski
