Edin Nuredinoski attemps to save a shot from a Neftçi player; photo: pfl.az

Macedonian internationals performances

Edin Nuredinoski attemps to save a shot from a Neftçi player; photo: pfl.azAgim Ibraimi added two more goals for Maribor, Dushan Savic and Lutfi Bilali netted game winners for their respective clubs, Stevica Ristic reached the back of the net for Suwon, while former Macedonian national team manager Mirsad Jonuz made his managerial debut for Nea Salamis in Cyprus.

England, Premier League, Sunderland – West Brom 2:4
Goran Popov was an unused substitute for West Brom.  This was the sixth consecutive match in which Goran has stayed on the bench for West Brom.

Germany, Bundesliga, Mainz – Borussia Dortmund 1:2
Nikolche Noveski played all 90 minutes for Mainz who took the initial lead early in the 5th minute but Borussia Dortmund responded by scoring the next two goals to record the come from behind victory.

Germany, Bundesliga, Wolfsburg – Werder Bremen 1:1
Ferhan Hasani was not among the 19 players called up by Wolfsburg.

Germany, 2. Bundesliga, St. Pauli – Duisburg 4:1
Dzelil Abdula was an unused substitute for Duisburg.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Club Brugge – Charleroi 1:0
Ivan Trichkovski remains out with an injury for Club Brugge.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Mechelen – Waasland-Beveren 0:1
Tome Pachovski played from the start for Mechelen and conceded one goal in the 32nd minute on a close range header by Christophe Lepoint.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Gent – Zulte Waregem 0:1
Aleksandar Trajkovski was an unused substitute for Zulte Waregem.

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Vorskla – Volyn 0:1
Vanche Shikov played the entire game for Volyn and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet, while his teammate Dushan Savic also played the full 90 minutes and scored the lone goal of the match in the 76th minute with a sliding effort from close range.  Shikov was also shown a yellow card in the 90th minute.

Video of the game winning goal by Savic:

Ukraine, Premyer-Liha, Illichivets – Karpaty 2:0
Martin Bogatinov played from the start for Karpaty and conceded two goals in the 19th and 90th minute.  After the second goal was scored, Martin was issues a yellow card for protesting to the referee.  Martin felt the scorer of the second goal used his hand and went up to protest to the referee who then gave him a yellow card.

Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Thun – Basel 3:2
Muhamed Demiri played all 90 minutes for Thun who snapped a run of poor results to defeat the defending league champions in Basel.  Thun celebrated a win thanks to a late game winner in the 88th minute by Anat Ngamukol.

Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, Zürich – Servette 0:2
Adis Jahovic played the entire game for Zürich who conceded both goals to last placed Servette in a three minute stretch from the 60th to the 62nd minute.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Astra – Pandurii 4:1
Mirko Ivanovski began on the bench for Astra before he entered the game in the 72nd minute replacing Kehinde Fatai.  The win moved Astra past Pandurii into sole position of second place, only trailing Steaua Bucureşti on the standings.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Dinamo Bucureşti – Oțelul Galați 2:1
Kristijan Naumovski stayed on the bench for Dinamo Bucureşti as the #2 keeper behind Cristian Bălgrădean.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Ceahlăul – Rapid Bucureşti 0:0
Bazhe Ilijoski was not included in the Rapid Bucureşti squad due to an injury.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Concordia – Gloria Bistrița 2:1
Egzon Belica was an unused substitute for Concordia.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Maribor – Koper 3:0
Agim Ibraimi played all 90 minutes for Maribor and scored a brace for the second consecutive league game.  In the 9th minute, Agim nicely controlled a pass before slotting a shot past the Koper keeper and then in stoppage time of the 90th minute, Ibraimi scored on a nice shot from outside of the box over the outstretched arms of the keeper.  For Koper, veteran striker Dragan Chadikovski was an unused substitute.

Video of the first (at 0:31) and second (at 2:41) goals for Ibraimi:

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Domžale – Celje 1:2
Zeni Husmani played the entire game for Domžale and also received a yellow card in the 39th minute, while Lutfi Bilali began the game on the bench for Celje before he came on in the 77th minute to replace Gregor Bajde.  Bilali then went on to score the game winning goal in the 87th minute with a header to hand Celje all three points.

The game winner by Bilali (at 2:43):

Italy, Serie B, Bari – Modena 2:0
Stefan Ristovski got the start at right-back for Bari and played all 90 minutes while also being part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.  Bari scored twice in the 2nd half, both goals coming on converted penalty kicks by Francesco Caputo.

Austria, Tipp 3 Bundesliga, Austria Wien – Mattersburg 3:1
Ilcho Naumoski started for Mattersburg and played until the 74th minute when he was substituted by Florin Lovin.  Mattersburg has now gone eleven consecutive league games without a win (8 losses and 3 draws), and moved just three points ahead of the last placed team on the standings.

Austria, Erste Liga, Altach – Kapfenburg 2:1
Filip Gachevski stayed on the bench for Kapfenburg as the #2 keeper behind Christoph Nicht.

Bulgaria, Kupa Na Bulgaria, Botev Plovdiv – Eurocollege Plovdiv 6:1
Boban Grncharov was rested by Botev Plovdiv who easily reached the next round of the Bulgarian Cup by winning 9:1 on aggregate over the two games against Eurocollege Plovdiv.

Bulgaria, Kupa Na Bulgaria, Montana – Pirin 0:0
Dragi Kocev played all 90 minutes for Pirin who hung on to their slim lead from the first leg to advance to the next round of the competition by winning 3:2 on aggregate over Montana.

Cyprus, Laiki Bank League, Nea Salamis – Alki 1:1
Nikola Gligorov started for Alki in midfield and played until the 76th minute when he was replaced by Cristian Hidalgo.  This game also marked the managerial debut of Mirsad Jonuz, the former manager of the Macedonian national team, with Nea Salamis.  Jonuz was named manager earlier in the week and signed a contract until the end of the 2012/13 season.

Cyprus, Laiki Bank League, Olympiakos Nicosia – Apollon 1:1
Bojan Markoski played the entire game for Apollon whose winning streak of five consecutive league matches was snapped with the draw away to Olympiakos Nicosia.  Apollon took the early lead but the home side equalized in the 69th minute to ensure a point for each side.  Markoski also received a yellow card during the game.

Israel, Ligat Winner, Bnei Yehuda – Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0:2
Darko Tasevski got the start for Ironi Kiryat Shmona and played until the 81st minute when he was substituted by Dan Einbinder.  The visitors scored a goal in each half to defeat Bnei Yehuda.

South Korea, K-League (Championship Group), Suwon – Busan 2:1
Stevica Ristic played from the start for Suwon and scored the opening goal of the game in the 30th minute when he extended his right leg in front of his marker before slotting a shot past the Busan keeper following a corner kick from the left.  Ristic was also shown a yellow card in the 3rd minute.

The goal by Ristic (at start of video):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_MqIibrlHvk

Poland, T-Mobile Ekstraklasa, Polonia Warszawa – Zagłębie Lubin 0:1
Aleksandar Todorovski played all 90 minutes for Polonia Warszawa who suffered a disappointing home loss against Zagłębie Lubin by conceding the lone goal of the match in the 62nd minute courtesy of striker Michal Papadopoulos.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Partizan – Smederevo 4:0
Aleksandar Lazevski was not among the 18 players called up by Partizan while his teammate Stefan Ashkovski was an unused substitute.  As for Smederevo, Vlade Lazarevski played the entire game at right-back in the heavy road loss away to the current table leaders in Serbia.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Jagodina – Borča 2:0
Dragan Stojkov played from the start for Jagodina who played for the first game at their stadium under floodlights.  Meanwhile, for Borča, Perica Stancheski was an unused substitute.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Javor – Radnički Niš 2:0
Nikola Jakimovski did not play for Javor while Aleksandar Bajevski started in attack for Radnički Niš and played all 90 minutes.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, OFK Beograd – Spartak Zlatibor Voda 1:0
Fahrudin Gjurgjevic was an unused substitute for Spartak Zlatibor Voda.

Netherlands, Eredevisie, VVV-Venlo – Heerenveen 1:1
Samir Fazli was not called up by Heerenveen.

Netherlands, Eerste Divisie, MVV Maastricht – Go Ahead Eagles 3:3
Antonio Stankov played all 90 minutes for MVV Maastricht and scored the second goal for his team just before halftime with a header following a corner kick.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Bakı – Neftçi 1:2
Igor Mitreski started for Neftçi at CB when an injury forced him to be substituted in the 20th minute by Mirhuseyn Seyidov, while Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Bakı and conceded two goals in the 62nd and 90th minute.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Simurq – Inter Bakı 1:0
Slavcho Georgievski played the entire game for Inter Bakı in a matchup between the top two teams on the standings.  Simurq managed to snatch all three points by scoring the lone goal in the 53rd minute.

Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Qarabağ – Turan 1:1
Muarem Muarem started in midfield for Qarabağ and played the full match while also picking up a yellow card in stoppage time of the 90th minute.

Slovakia, Corgoň Liga, Košice – Nitra 4:0
Darko Tofiloski played from the start for Košice and kept a clean sheet in the comfortable home victory over Nitra.

Czech Republic, Gambrinus liga, Příbram – Sparta Praha 0:0
Zoran Danoski played all 90 minutes for Příbram and had a good chance late in the game but his effort was saved by the visiting keeper.  Danoski also picked up a yellow card in the 59th minute.

Greece, Superleague Greece, Atromitos – Skoda Xanthi 1:0
Marjan Altiparmakovski was not called up by Skoda Xanthi.

Greece, Football League, Kavala – Pierikos 0:1
Filip Despotovski returned from his one game suspension for Pierikos by getting the start at midfield and playing the entire game in the narrow road victory over Kavala.

Armenia, Premier League, Pyunik – Impuls 3:2
Filip Timov played from the start for Impuls who held a 1:2 halftime lead but Pyunik scored two goals after the break to collect all three points.

Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Egri – Haladás 1:2
Jasmin Mecinovic played all 90 minutes for Egri while his teammate Simeon Hristov was an unused substitute.

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