The first round of the Macedonian Cup 25/26 is divided into two parts played in august and September each.
photo by Kamenica.mk: view at Shkëndija 77 – Sasa match
On Tuesday was played the first September match and was decided on penalties. Shkëndija 77 hosted Sasa in Kumanovo instead of Skopje and celebrated after the penalty shoot-out after finding a late equalizer three minutes from time.
On Wednesday two more matches got underway. Second league side Novaci came back victorious after visiting cup debutante Pchinja, a team from the third league. Unfortunately, Pchinja had to host this match on a different field as their own doesn’t fulfill the minimal standards for a cup match.
Teteks gave top flight club Pelister a hard time. The hosts took the lead with Pelister equalizing shortly after the break and scoring a winner five minutes from time.
The opening round will be concluded next week with the remaining four matches.
Played on Tuesday:
Bashkimi stadium in Kumanovo
Shkëndija 77 – Sasa 1:1 (0:0), 4:3 p.s.o.
Goals: 88′ Burhan Aliji – 59′ Milosh Spasovski
Red cards: 64′ Hristijan Kocev (Sh)
Referee: Benjamin Kjerimi (Skopje)
| Shkëndija 77 | 4 | 3 | Sasa |
| Burhan Aliji | O | X | Mahir Ajruli |
| Aleksandar Gjorgjieski | O | X | Toni Michkovski |
| Hristijan Dimov | O | O | Muhamed Bekir |
| Ljupcho Trpeski | X | O | Gligorche Efremov |
| Dario Desnikj | O | Filip Radevski |
Highlights:
Played on Wednesday:
Petrovec stadium in Petrovec
Pchinja – Novaci 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: 45’+2 Antonio Marcevski, 67′, 85′ Stefan Karevski
Referee: Ile Nikodinoski (Skopje)
Jegunovce stadium in Jegunovce
Teteks – Pelister 1:2 (1:0)
Goals: 35′ Daniel Nikolovski – 52′ Hristijan Stojanovski, 85′ Stefan Spirovski
Missed penalty: 60′ Petar Ristić (P)
Referee: Nenad Todorovski (Skopje)
Scheduled for next week:
09.09.2025 at 15.30 CET
Pobeda – Bashkimi 1947
10.09.2025 at 15.30 CET
Jeni Maale – Shkëndija
Skopje – Tikvesh
Kozhuf – Shkupi