Eternal Derby (North Macedonia)
Eternal derby ( mk, Вечно дерби), also known as the Macedonia derby ( mk, Македонско дерби), is the name given to matches between the two most popular clubs from North Macedonia, the Skopje-based FK Vardar and Bitola-based FK Pelister, supported by Komiti Skopje, Komiti and Čkembari respectively, with fans at times infamously engaging in hooliganism during the derby. The rivalry can be traced back to the 1989–90 Yugoslav First League, 1989–90 season and a match in Skopje, between FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. A conflict occurred between the "Skopje fans" and a few Bitola fans who went to cheer for Vardar, who at that time was the most popular Macedonian football club in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. On 5 August 1990 in Bitola, Pelister and Vardar met in the 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League, Yugoslav second league and the first incident occurred. From that day forward, started the big rivalry between Komiti and C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. It is a landlocked country bordering Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Romani, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Mac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1929) ** Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFR Yugoslavia, a federal republic which succeeded the monarchy and existed 1945–1992 ** Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or FR Yugoslavia, a new federal state formed by two successor republics of SFR Yugoslavia established in 1992 and renamed "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2003 before its dissolution in 2006 * Yugoslav government-in-exile, an official government of Yugoslavia, headed by King Peter II * Yugoslav Counter-Intelligence Service * Yugoslav Inter-Republic League * Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party, a political party in Slovenia and Istria during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia * Serbo-Croatian language, proposed in 1861 and rejected as the legal name of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darko Velkovski
Darko Velkovski ( mk, Дарко Велковски; born 21 June 1995) is a Macedonian footballer. He was born in Skopje, and he currently plays for Saudi club Al-Ettifaq as a centre-back or as a central midfielder. International career He made his senior debut for North Macedonia in a June 2014 friendly match against China and as of then, he has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 3 goals. International goals :''As of match played 11 October 2021. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Velkovski goal.'' Honours Club Rabotnički *Macedonian First League **Winner: 2013–14 *Macedonian Football Cup **Winner: 2013–14, 2014–15 Vardar *Macedonian First League **Winner: 2015–16, 2016–17 Rijeka *Croatian Football Cup The Hrvatski nogometni kup ( eng, Croatian football cup), also colloquially known as Rabuzinovo sunce (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important comp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Artak Dashyan
Artak Dashyan ( hy, Արտակ Դաշյան, born on 20 November 1989 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Club career Artak Dashyan is a graduate of the football school Shengavit. In 2006, he received an invitation from Banants Yerevan, for which he began performing for in the Armenian Premier League in 2007. Dashyan's potential began to show at an early age. His game drew the attention of the head coach of the club, and then the football team. In the 2009 Armenian Premier League, during a 24-round game between Banants and Shirak Gyumri, he insulted the referee and was immediately sent off. The Football Federation of Armenia Disciplinary Committee decided to disqualify the player for the next four matches of the Armenian Premier League and his club was fined $150 000 AMD. After meeting in Metalurh Donetsk, coached by former Banants head coach Nikolay Kostov, Dashyan had signed a con ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adriano Miranda De Carvalho
Adriano Miranda de Carvalho (born 22 June 1989), known as Adriano Miranda, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Tapajós. Career In 2006, he participated in the Copa da Juventude, a tournament arranged by a radio and television network in his home town Belém. Miranda, being the star of the competition, was contracted by the local team Clube do Remo. He won the Campeonato Paraense 2007 with this team. At the beginning of 2008, he signed with the Bulgarian side Litex Lovech but left immediately on loan to FK Pelister playing in the Macedonian First League. On April 26, 2008, he scored a hat-trick against Pelister's greatest rivals FK Vardar bringing the first victory for his team in Skopje after 8 years, gaining great popularity in Bitola. Miranda was one of the best players for Pelister in the 2007–08 season when they finished third on the table. In August 2008, Mirsad Jonuz, the head coach of the Macedonian's national under ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Borche Manevski
Borche Manevski (, born 5 July 1985) is a Macedonian football player who currently plays for FK Pelister. Club career Born in Bitola, his career started in local FK Pelister in 2004. In January 2006, he moved to Poland to play in the Ekstraklasa club Górnik Łęczna, where he stayed one and a half seasons. In 2007 returned to FK Pobeda but, after six months, went to another Macedonian club FK Milano Kumanovo. In January 2009 he signed with the Serbian Superliga club FK Banat Zrenjanin. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Banat got relegated. Manevski played in the 2009–10 Serbian First League and at the end of the season he returned to his native Macedonia to play for Macedonian First League runners-up FK Rabotnički. Immediately in his first season he caused sensation by being voted as the Best player of the first half of the 2010–11 season by the internet portal MacedonianFootball.com becoming the first player to receive the award. After a sensational season in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bobi Bozhinovski
Bobi Bozhinovski (Macedonian: Боби Божиновски; born 24 February 1981) is a Macedonian footballer currently playing for FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov ( mk, ФК Македонија Ѓорче Петров), commonly referred to as FK Makedonija G.P. ( mk, ФК Македонија Ѓ.П.) is a football club based in the municipality of Ǵorče Petrov, in Skopje, N ... as a midfielder. References External links * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Men's association football midfielders Macedonian men's footballers North Macedonia men's international footballers FK Vardar players FK Belasica players FK Makedonija G.P. players FK Cementarnica 55 players FK Vėtra players FK Sūduva players FK Rabotnički players FC Astana players FK Teteks players FK Pelister players Macedonian First Football League players A Lyga players Kazakhstan Premier League players Macedonian expatriate men's footballers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandar Vasoski
Aleksandar Vasoski ( mk, Александар Васоски; born 21 November 1979) is a Macedonian professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Macedonian First Football League club Sileks. Club career Born in Skopje, Vasoski played for local clubs, most notably Vardar and Cementarnica. He played for Bundesliga outfit Eintracht Frankfurt from 2005 to 2011. After parting with Frankfurt, Vasoski decided to retire from playing due to numerous knee injuries. International career Vasoski made his senior debut for the Macedonia national team in a July 2000 friendly match against Azerbaijan and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring 2 goals. His final international was a November 2008 friendly against Montenegro. Managerial career Early career Vasoski previously worked as the youth team manager and coordinator of Metalurg Skopje and Vardar. On 16 July 2018, he became the new manager of Vardar, winning the Macedonian First League in the 2019–20 s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Goran Stanić
Goran Stanić ( mk, Горан Станиќ; born 8 September 1972) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Stanić scored his first goal in Scottish League Football for St Johnstone with a 35-yard strike against Hamilton in October 2005. His form improved as the season progressed, resulting in a couple of supporters' awards at the end of the campaign. In April 2007, Stanić was one of three St Johnstone players named in the SPFA's Scottish Division One "Team of the Year", voted for by the managers. Stanic spent three seasons with St Johnstone but in April 2008, it was announced that he had joined Third Division champions East Fife on a two-year contract. During his time in Perth, Stanic made 127 appearances for St Johnstone in all competitions, scoring once. He appeared in two Scottish Cup semi-finals and one League Cup semi-final, and was part of the side that won the Challenge Cup in November 2007. He officially signed for Eas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Žarko Serafimovski
Žarko Serafimovski ( mk, Жарко Серафимовски; born 13 February 1971, in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired football midfielder from the present-day North Macedonia. International career Serafimovski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in a March 1994 friendly match against Slovenia, in which he immediately scored a goal, Macedonia's 5th goal ever in their second ever official match. He earned 34 caps and scored 3 goals in total. His final international was a September 2001 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th .... References External links * Profile at MacedonianFootball.com Career historyat Weltfussball.de 1971 births Living people Footballers from Skopje Association football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jovica Trajčev
Jovica Trajčev ( mk, Јовица Трајчев, ; born 9 January 1981) is a Macedonian retired football player, who last played as a central midfielder for Bregalnica Delčevo. Club career In his career he played for Sileks Kratovo, Vardar Skopje and Milano Kumanovo. In May 2005, he signed up with Belgian top-tier side AA Gent. In February 2008, he returned from Belgium to join Bashkimi. International career He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a December 2001 friendly match against Oman and has earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a January 2002 Bahrain Tournament match against Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... References External links * Profile on JadranSport.org(English) Bio at Gent 1981 births ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Igor Nikolovski
Igor-Saša Nikolovski ( mk, Игор Николовски; born 16 July 1973) is a retired football defender from North Macedonia. International career Born in Suren, France, Nikolovski made his debut for the Macedonian national team in 1995, and got 42 caps and 2 goals. His final international was a September 2002 European Championship qualification match against Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy .... References External links * * Profile- Royal Antwerp FC MuseumCareer historyat Weltfussball.de 1973 births Living people French people of Macedonian descent Association football central defenders French footballers Macedonian footballers North Macedonia international footballers FK Rabotnički players FK Vardar players Royal Antwerp F.C. p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |