FK Bregalnica Štip () is a professional

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club based in

Štip Štip ( ) is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of North Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2021 census, the city of Štip had ...

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. They are currently competing in the

Macedonian Second Football League The Macedonian Second Football League (; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional football (soccer), football competition in North Macedonia. The competition is contested by 16 clubs, playin ...

History

FK Bregalnica was formed in 1921 and currently play in the Macedonian First League. They are named

Bregalnica Bregalnica (, ) is the second largest river in North Macedonia. It starts as a spring near the mountain city of Pehchevo and it passes through Berovo, Delchevo, near the cities of Makedonska Kamenica, Kočani, Vinica and Štip, before join ...

after the 2nd largest river in North Macedonia and their nickname is ''The Blues'' because of the club colours being predominantly dark blue. They play their games at

Gradski Stadion Štip City Stadium Štip () is a multi-purpose stadium in Štip, North Macedonia. It is mostly used for football (soccer), football matches and is currently the home stadium of FK Bregalnica Štip. The stadium holds 8,000 people. It will hold maybe o ...

ground, a stadium capable of hosting 8,000 seated fans, plus an addition of space for standing fans of 2,000 fans. The club's most successful years were those between 1964 and 1984, when the club were champion of the Macedonian Republic League four times and won the Macedonian Cup in 1981 (these were regional Yugoslav competitions back then). The good times did not last however, the next few years saw the decline of FK Bregalnica, distinguished by the loss of their star players. With the arrival of the new sponsor Kit-Go Bregalnica plan to play European football in the next two seasons with predominantly homegrown players.

Stadium

Bregalnica stadium is under renovation. Upon completion it will have a capacity of 10,000 seats.

Supporters

The supporters of Bregalnica Štip are called " ''The Falanga''''",'' named after the infantry formation and army of

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Honours

* Macedonian Republic League **Winners (4):

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, 1967,

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

* Macedonian Republic Cup **Winners (1): 1981 * Macedonian Second League **Winners (3): 1995–96, 2003–04,

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Recent seasons

¹Bregalnica was withdrawn from the league after 18th round. Their matches from 14th round onwards were annulled. ²The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

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Current squad

Historical list of coaches

Vladimir Beara Vladimir Beara ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Беара; ; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. He played the vast majority of his professional club career for Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade in the ...

* Vlatko Kostov (1 Jul 2003 - Feb 2005) * Gordan Zdravkov (27 Feb 2005 - Jun 2005) *

Nikola Spasov Nikola Spasov (; 15 December 1958 – 23 November 2020) was a Bulgarian professional footballer and coach. Playing career Born in Sofia, Spasov played for PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, FC Dunav Ruse, PFC Cherno More Varna and PFC Spartak Varna in his co ...

(Jul 2005 - Dec 2005) *

Kiril Dojčinovski Kiril Dojčinovski (; 17 October 1943 – 10 August 2022) was a Macedonian football player and manager who played as a defender. Club career Dojčinovski started playing in the youth team of FK Vardar in 1958."50. godina fudbala vo Makedonija" ...

(15 Dec 2005 - Sep 2006) * Sase Stefanov (1 Oct 2006 - Dec 2006) * Dragan Hristovski (8 Dec 2006 - Jun 2010) * Nikola Kuzmanov (Jul 2010 – Feb 2011) * Dragan Hristovski (25 Feb 2011 - Jun 2011) * Ilija Mitrov (2011) * Nikola Spasov (30 Jul 2011 - 19 Oct 2011) * Vlatko Davitkov ''(caretaker)'' (19 Oct 2011 - 27 Oct 2011) * Trajče Senev (27 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012) * Nikola Spasov (1 Jul 2012 - Jan 2013) * Dobrinko Ilievski (3 Feb 2013 - 20 Dec 2013) * Ali Güneş (23 Dec 2013 – 30 Jun 2014) *

Gjore Jovanovski Gjorgji "Gjore" Jovanovski (; born 22 March 1956) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. Playing career As a player, he played for FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade in the Yugoslav First League and for Turkish club Samsunspor and A ...

(1 Jul 2014 - 4 Nov 2014) * Dragan Hristovski ''(interim)'' (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014) * Nikola Spasov (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014) * Vlatko Kostov (4 Jan 2015 - 29 Aug 2015) * Igor Stojanov (30 Aug 2015 - 14 Sep 2015) * Toni Jakimovski (15 Sep 2015 – 8 Mar 2016) * Igor Stojanov (9 Mar 2016 - 30 Aug 2016) * Yüksel Yeşilova (31 Aug 2016 - 3 Nov 2016) * Zdravko Cvetanoski (3 Nov 2016 – 14 Mar 2017) * Nikola Kuzmanov (14 Mar 2017 – Nov 2017) * Emil Grnev (Dec 2017 - 30 Sep 2018) * Zoran Sterjovski (Oct 2018 - 2019)Shkupi, Sileks, Pelister & Bregalnica announce new coaches
- Macedonian Football * Dobrinko Ilievski (Jul 2019–2020) *

Marjan Sekulovski Marjan Sekulovski (; born 13 March 1973) is a Macedonian football manager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Bangladesh Premier League. Playing career Marjan Sekulovski played for Pelis ...

(Nov 2020–2021) * Ilčo Gjorgioski (Jan 2022–2023)

References

External links

Official website
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Club info at MacedonianFootball

Football Federation of Macedonia
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