FK Sileks ( mk, ФК Силекс) is a

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club based in Kratovo,

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who play in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in 1965. Sileks biggest accomplishment in 90s came in the

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where they reached the quarter-final. It was a remarkable achievement considering they defeated both Sarajevo teams,

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and

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in back to back rounds. Since the formation of the

First Macedonian Football League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

, they played at top level from the start until their relegation in 2013. Their biggest success happened during the 90s, when they won three league titles (including a record five time runners-up) and two national cups. *After 24 years finally Silkes managed to win the Macedonian cup. Beating Akademia Pandev on PK 3-2 after scoreless draw 0-0 in 120 mins extra time.

Home ground

Stadium Sileks (Macedonian: Градски стадион Силекс-Кратово) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kratovo, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Sileks. The stadium holds 1,800 seats. Kratovo Gradski stadion 1

Honours

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

: *Winners (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 *Runners-up (6): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2019–20

Macedonian Second 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 ...

: *Winners (2): 2013–14, 2021–22 Macedonian Republic Cup: *Winners (2): 1988–89, 1989–90

Macedonian Football Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

: *Winners (3): 1993–94, 1996–97,

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*Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2021–22

Recent seasons

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

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Sileks in Europe

UEFA club competition record

Results

Players

Current squad

Historical list of coaches

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(1995 –1998) *

Gjoko Hadžievski Gjoko Hadžievski or Ǵoko Hadžievski ( mk, Ѓоко Хаџиевски; born 31 March 1955) is a football coach from North Macedonia who was most recently the manager of Hatta Club, Hatta. He coached teams from Bulgaria (PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA ...

(1998 –1999) * Lazar Plackov (1999) * Zoran Mitevski (2000) * Momcilo Mitevski (2000 –2001) * Nenad Stavrić (2001 –2002) * Momcilo Mitevski (2002 –2003) *

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(2003 –Sep 2005) * Kire Trajcev (Sep 2005 –Jan 2006) *

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(10 Jan 2006 –Jun 2006) * Slavko Jović (Jul 2006 –Feb 2007) * Momcilo Mitevski (4 Mar 2007 –Jun 2007) *

Marjan Sekulovski Marjan Sekulovski ( mk, Марјан Секуловски; born 13 March 1973) is a football head coach from the Republic of Macedonia, who is currently head coach of FK Pelister in the Macedonian First Football League. Playing career Marjan Se ...

(Jul 2007 –Oct 2008) * Ane Andovski (19 Oct 2008 –Jun 2012) * Ljubodrag Milošević (Jul 2012 –Sep 2012) * Nebojša Petrović (4 Oct 2012 –Apr 2013) * Trajce Senev (20 Apr 2013 –Jun 2014) *

Gordan Zdravkov Gordan Zdravkov ( mk, Гордан Здравков; born 26 April 1959) is a Macedonian football coach and former player. He was a currently assistant coach of FK Ovce Pole. References External sources * 1959 births Living people People ...

(Jul 2014 –Dec 2014) * Zoran Shterjovski (Jan 2015 –Jun 2015) * Momchilo Mitevski (Jul 2015 –May 2016) * Gordan Zdravkov (Jun 2016 –Jul 2016) * Zikica Tasevski (25 Oct 2016 –30 Sep 2018) * Goran Simov (Apr 2019 –)

References

External links

Club info at MacedonianFootball

Football Federation of Macedonia

Sileks at Facebook

Sileks at Weltfussball.de
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