Bazhe Ilijoski scored his first competitive goal for Rapid București, Agim Ibraimi netted a goal for Maribor but also suffered an injury, while other Macedonian internationals, with their respective teams, learned whether they advanced or were eliminated from Champions League and Europa League qualifying.
Metalurg conceded another three goals against Ruch Chorzów to lose 1:6 on aggregate, while Renova defeated Gomel 0:1 on the road but was still eliminated from the Europa League qualifications after losing the first leg 2:0. These results meant that all four Macedonian clubs competing in European competitions this season have now been eliminated.
Both Metalurg and Renova play the return legs of their respective matchups today with each club trailing by two goals on aggregate after the first legs.
Vardar played an uneventful goalless draw against BATE Borisov and was officially eliminated from the UEFA Champions League by losing 2:3 on aggregate.
Vardar will attempt to reach the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League when they square off against BATE Borisov tomorrow, trailing 2:3 on aggregate from the first leg.
Muhamed Demiri scored a goal for Thun, Ilcho Naumoski and Veliche Shumulikoski provided an assist for their respective teams, while Mirko Ivanovski and Zeni Husmani debuted for their new teams.
Vardar, Metalurg and Renova learned their possible opponents for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League competitions.
The teams of Agim Ibraimi, Igor Mitreski, Aleksandar Lazevski and Stefan Ashkovski moved one step closer to advancing to the third qualifying round of the Champions League, while Darko Tasevski and Bazhe Ilijoski made their debuts for their new clubs.
Metalurg squandered a 0:1 lead and eventually lost 3:1 in the first leg of the second qualification round matchup against Ruch Chorzów.
Renova lost 0:2 in the first leg of the second qualification round of the UEFA Europa League against Gomel.