This was a very successful weekend for the Macedonian diaspora players. Stênio Júnior scored a brace, James Nikolovski, Damien Božinovski, Jonas Markovski, Alexander Cepiviroski, Sebastian Despotovski, Arion Sulemani and Dejan Spaseski netted one goal apiece, Vasilije Kostov and Jay Romanovski assisted while Dejan Stojanović kept a clean sheet third game in a row.
photo: Stênio Júnior celebrating after his first goal
Australia, NPL Australian Capital Teritory, Gungahlin United – Cannbera Croatia 2:6
Nikola Trajkovski was part of Gungahlin’s starting line-up as well as Tony Spaseski for Croatia.
Australia, NPL Australian Capital Teritory, O’Connor Knights – Queanbeyan City 0:0
Miško Naumoski played till the 74th minute for Queanbeyan when he made way for John Hajdu.
Australia, NPL Australian Capital Teritory, Tigers – Tuggeranong United 4:1
Nikola Taneski played until the 56th minute for Tigers when Nikolas Popovich took his place. Taneski was also booked in the 50th minute of the game.
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Mount Druitt Town Rangers – Sydney United 58 0:2
Alexander Trajanoski played till the 62nd minute for Rangers when he was substituted by William Rankin. Trajanoski was also shown a yellow card in the 61st minute of the match.
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Sydney Olympic -Rockdale Ilinden 2:2
Alec Uroševski played the whole game for Ilinden while James Nikolovski replaced Hunter Elliott in the 89th minute and scored the game equaliser in the third minute of stoppage time.
Nikolovski’s goal (at 6:23):
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Sydney II – St George Saints 1:1
Jordan Graoroski came of Sydney’s bench in the 62nd minute replacing Zachary De Jesus.
Australia, NPL Queensland, Brisbane Roar II – St George Willawong 0:0
Sazdo Gjorgiev played the entire match for St George.
Australia, NPL Victoria, Altona Magic – Port Melbourne Sharks 4:0
John Stojčevski played the full game for Altona, Dejan Bakrdanikoski made an late substitute appearance in the 87th minute replacing Sallu Kamara while Gavin Tasevski was an unused substitute. Mitchell Trajčevski and Oliver Jankulovski spent all minutes on the field for Port Melbourne.
Australia, NPL Victoria, St. Albans Saints Dinamo – Dandenong Thunder 1:5
Joshua Gulevski played the full game for Dinamo while Alexander Cepiviroski replaced Oliver Dragičević in the 74th minute.Mersim Memeti played until the 80th minute for Thunder when Lirim Elmazi took his place while Ali Sulemani and Jay Romanovski came instead Wade Dekker and Ben Djiba in the 62nd and 70th minute. Cepiviroski scored Dinamo’s only goal in the 75th minute while Romanovski assisted to Michael Domfeh in the first minute of additional time for the game closer. Ali Sulemani received a yellow card in the 89th minute of the game.
Cepiviroski’s goal (at 1:50:14), Romanovski’s assist (at 2:06:14)
Australia, NPL Victoria, Dandenong City Hajduk – Melbourne Knights 7:1
Darcy Anastovski played the whole match for the Knights while Filip Jovčevski got substituted by Nayaan Nair in the 70th minute.
Australia, NPL Victoria, Hume City – Melbourne Victory II 1:2
Daniel Graškoski and Damien Božinovski played the entire game for Victory, Charlie Gorevski made way for Kayne Razmovski in the 62nd minute while Daniel Lazarevski replaced Lucas Alessi in the 72nd minute. Božinovski scored his team’s first goal in the 23rd minute of the game.
Božinovski’s goal (at 37:17):
Australia, NPL Victoria, Green Gully – Preston Lions 0:1
Jake Trajkovski played the full match for Preston, Jonas Markovski made way for Jason Romero in the 63rd minute while Lucas Trenkovski was reserve goalie. Markovski scored the match winner in the 60th minute while Trajkovski received a yellow card in the 64th minute.
Markovski’s goal (at 1:36:29):
Australia, NPL Western Australia, Perth Glory II – Balcatta Etna 4:1
Sebastian Despotovski, Daniel Jankuloski and Zach Lisolajski were part of Glory’s starting eleven while Arion Sulemani entered the pitch in the second half. Stefan Sotirovski was Balcatta’s starting goalkeeper while Filip Atanasov began the game on the bench. Despotovski opened the score in the 19th minute from the penalty kick while Sulemani scored his team’s second goal in the 54th minute of the game.
Australia, NPL Western Australia, Stirling Macedonia – Armadale 6:0
Dejan Spaseski played till the 75th minute for Macedonia when he was substituted by Alexander Tanevski while Joshua Bilaloski replaced Leigh Griffiths in the 59th minute. Spaseski scored Macedonia’s third goal in the 26th minute of the match.
Spaseski’s goal (at 0:40):
Dejan Stojanović was Altach’s starting goalkeeper and he kept his net intact third game in a row.Austria, 2.Liga, Stripfing – Austria Klagenfurt 0:1
Almir Oda played till the fourth minute of injury time for Austria when he made way for the Japanese international Rei Okada.Austria, 2.Liga, Bregenz – Schwarz-WeißFloridsdorfer 1:1
Šenol Hasanoski made an late substitute appearance for Floridsdorfer in the second minute of stoppage time replacing Marco Untergrabner.
Rayan Berberi played until the 71st minute for Olympic when Thierno Diallo came instead him.Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga Bosne i Hercegovine, Sloga – Borac 0:1
Sebastián Herrera Cardona* played the entire match for Borac.Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga Bosne i Hercegovine, Rudar – Radnik 1:0
Luka Misimović wasn’t summoned by Rudar.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Beroe – Botev Plovdiv 1:2
Hristiyan Slavkov was Botev’s reserve goallie at this game.
Czechia, Fotbalová Národní Liga, Sellier&Bellot Vlašim – Sparta B 1:2
Enes Osmani played the whole match for Sparta.
Denmark, 1.Division, Hvidovre – Aarhus Fremad 2:0
Zamir Aliji substituted the Norwegian international Fredrik Krogstad for Hvidovre during the halftime and he was also shown a yellow card in the 65th minute of the game.
Japan, J1 League, Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Gamba Osaka 1:0
Deniz Hümmet was brought on in the 80th minute for Gamba when he replaced the Tunisian international Issam Jebali.
Vedran Kjosevski wasn’t part of Struga’s matchday squad.Netherlands, Eredivisie, NAC Breda – Fortuna Sittard 2:1
Raul Paula remained all minutes on Breda’s bench.Romania, Liga 1, Cluj – Botoşani 3:3
Damjan Đoković was out of action for Cluj.
Vasilije Kostov played the whole game for Zvezda and also provided an assist to Vladimir Lučić in the third minute of additional time in the first half for the game opener.
Stefan Trajkovski watched the match from Zemun’s bench.Thailand, Thai League 1, Bangkok United – Rayong 3:2
Stênio Júnior* spent all minutes on the pitch for Rayong and he scored a brace in the 77th and 90th minute of the game.
Arda Kurtulan played until the 89th minute for Göztepe when he was replaced by Taha Altikardeş. Kurtulan received a yellow card in the 43rd minute of the match.Türkiye, 1.Lig, Ankara Keçiörengücü – İstanbulspor 0:0
Süleyman Luş was an unused substitute for Ankara.Türkiye, 1.Lig, Vanspor – Erokspor 1:0
Berat Luş got introduced for Erokspor in the 72nd minute when he replaced Alper Karaman.
USA, MLS, Austin – Dallas 1:1
Besard Šabović substituted the Chilean international Diego Rubio for Austin in the 64th minute of the game.
USA, MLS, New York Red Bulls – Philadelphia Union 1:0
Milan Iloski played the full match for Philadelphia.
USA, MLS, Minnesota United – Seattle Sounders 1:0
Daniel Musovski came of Seattle’s bench in the 69th minute replacing the Gayanese international Osaze De Rosario.
*Eligible by FIFA rules due to a continuous residence in Macedonia of at least 5 years.