FK Ovče Pole ( mk, ФК Овче Поле) is a

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club from

Sveti Nikole Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas''; rup, San Nicole) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep ...

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. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League (East Division).

History

The club was founded in 1925 and has established itself as one of the oldest clubs in the

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. The club formed him for cared local merchants and craftsmen that the guild town.

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as a game was accepted with great pleasure the local population in the

Sveti Nikole Municipality Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ) is a municipality in eastern Macedonia. ''Sveti Nikole'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Sveti Nikole Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region. Geography ...

, which as a game for a specific urban environment, through the football game and expressed the culture of living of the population. At the very beginning it plays naturally created meadows in Suvo pole and others, but as football evolved and became increasingly more organized as the need arose to construct a modern stadium which will provide all conditions for playing football. The City Stadium was built in 1965 from Sveti Nikole Municipality assisted by local companies, and its construction began a real renaissance of Ovče Pole Sveti Nikole which in the coming years and achieved its greatest successes, and that is playing Macedonian Republic League in the 1970–71 season winning first place in the first part of the championship. The greater names from that generation are: Panche Kocev, Ratko Milanov, Vane Stoilev, Blagoj Mishev, Lazo Andronikov and others. Ovče Pole also has players who was emerged of it achieved a lot in their careers some of them:

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 ...

played in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

with

FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

, participant in the

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and the international player,

Robert Petrov Robert Petrov ( mk, Роберт Петров; born 2 June 1978) is a Macedonian footballer who last played as a defender for Germanea Sapareva Banya. Club career Robert Petrov began his career in the Macedonian club FK Ovče Pole. In 1999, he ...

the player of the

North Macedonia national football team The North Macedonia national football team ( mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in men's international footbal ...

, Angel Efremov the goalkeeper of

Andreja Efremov Andreja Efremov (Macedonian: Андреја Ефремов, born 2 September 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Borec Veles. He has also represented Macedonia in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Internationa ...

the goalkeeper of

FK Metalurg Skopje FK Metalurg ( mk, ФК Металург) is a football club from Skopje, North Macedonia. They are currently not playing in any of the four highest tiers of Macedonian football. History The club was founded in 1964. Metalurg has entered the Mace ...

and

FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnichki ( mk, ФК Работнички) or more commonly Rabotnički (old transliteration) and Rabotnicki is a football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First ...

and the player of the

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and the others. In the club into the past he worked a youth team that took care of future of the football in his city, but one of the most important benefits that any and Sveti Nikole experienced constant promotion through the football club Ovče Pole.

Supporters

The Ovče Pole supporters are called ''Ovčari''.

Current squad

References

External links

Official website

Ovče Pole Facebook

Club info at MacedonianFootball

Football Federation of Macedonia
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