Unlike all other football leagues, the Macedonian Super Cup was played during the 6th round of the Macedonian First League. The president of the Macedonian Football Federation used the league match between last year's champion and cup winner to give the champions trophy to Pobeda.
Macedonia ranked 38th on UEFA ranking
With 5.831 points, Macedonia is on the 38th position of the new association's coefficient ranking list by UEFA. The ranking list is based on performance over the five previous seasons – between 2002/03 and 2006/07 – and will be used to determine entry into the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
Another big disappointment
The bad form of the Macedonian national team continues. After the defeats from Russia, Israel and Croatia, an easy win was expected against the 125th ranked national team of Estonia but with another bad performance, the Macedonian national team got only a point. After those results a resignation from the head coach is expected in
Squad changes for the Estonia match
Srecko Katanec, the coach of the national team of Macedonia was forced to make changes in the squad before the qualifying match against Estonia after the suspensions of Goran Pandev and Igor Mitreski because of the yellow cards they received on the match against Russia.
Russia 3-0 Macedonia
Late strikes from Andrei Arshavin and Aleksandr Kerzhakov eased ten-man Russia to a convincing victory over Macedonia in EURO 2008 qualifying. Russians took an early lead through V. Berezutski and dominated proceedings before having goalkeeper Gabulov sent off for a foul in the area which led to Mitreski missing a penalty. Two goals in the
Hosting Bolton = year’s budget
The calculations are already made. Hosting an English Premiership club like Bolton in an UEFA Cup match will bring Rabotnicki Kometal amount of money that’s almost equal with their budget for whole year. The final outcome with Bolton may not be well for the Macedonian side, but the income will definitely be more than satisfying.
Ristic out, Toleski in the National team
After calling only 18 players for the 2 important EURO 2008 qualifying matches against Russia and Estonia, the problems started to occur for the coach Srecko Katanec, so he is forced to make changes. Goce Toleski the striker from Czech FK Most is back in the team, after Stevica Ristic got injured on his last
Rabotnicki to host Bolton
Macedonian football club Rabotnicki Kometal will meet English side Bolton Wanderers in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Rabotnicki will host Bolton in the first leg scheduled for Thursday September 20.
Rabotnicki saves Macedonian pride
Rabotnicki Kometal, the only Macedonian club left in the European competitions, saved the Macedonian pride with qualifying for the third round of the UEFA Cup by winning 1:2 away to the Bosnian club Zrinjski in Mostar.
Katanec names squad for Russia match
Despite only calling up 18 players for the trip to Moscow on 8 September and the Skopje encounter with Estonia four days later, Srecko Katanec has decided to dispense with Nikoloski and Naumoski, who have both been ever-present in the qualification campaign to date.Â