GFK Osogovo ( mk, ГФК Осогово) is a football club from

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. They are currently competing in the

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(East Division).

History

The club was founded in 1924, one of the oldest Macedonian football clubs. In 1973, during a football match between FK Osogovo and FK FAS 11 Oktomvri from

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, 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

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in 1992–93 Osogovo finished at eighth place; next season they finished at position nine. The highest place in Osogovo history in

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 The Macedonian Second Football League ( mk, Втора македонска Фудбалска Лига, ''Vtora Makedonska Fudbalska Liga''; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional footbal ...

. In the next few years, the team was relegated to the lowest division in Macedonian football (

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). 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

: *Winners (1): 2018–19

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: *Winners (1): 1997–98 *Runners-up (1): 1996–97 Macedonian Football Cup Youth: *Winners (1): 1996

Recent seasons

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

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Current squad

As of 17 October 2022. }

Club officials

Technical staff

Board members

References

External links

Official Website
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FK Osogovo Blog

Club info at MacedonianFootball

Football Federation of Macedonia
Football clubs in North Macedonia Association football clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in Yugoslavia FK {{RMacedonia-footyclub-stub