The Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM) board of directors held a meeting today where they informed the public of their choices for the 2011 awards.

As expected, Ivan Trickovski of APOEL was chosen as the footballer who represented Macedonian football abroad in the best manner for 2011. Trickovski dethroned Goran Pandev who has won that award for the past five years before Tricko snapped the streak this year.  Meanwhile, Shkendija’s Ferhan Hasani was given the nod as the best player in the domestic championship.  The past two winners of the award, Besart Ibraimi (2009) and Martin Bogatinov (2010), quickly made transfers abroad after winning the award.  Ibraimi moved to Schalke 04 while Bogatinov transferred to Karpaty Lviv.  Hasani continued that tradition by recently completing a transfer to German club Wolfsburg.  Some of the other awards included Darko Velkovski of Rabotnicki being chosen as the best youth player, while Shkendija was voted as the best club for the past year.

Here are all of the awards:

Best futsal player: Zarko Leveski

Best futsal club: Zelezarec

Best female footballer: Gentijana Roci

Best female club: Nase Taksi

Best youth player: Darko Velkovski

Best club in youth category: Renova

Special recognition for referee: Ljubomir Krstevski

Best football worker: Blagoj Istatov

Special recognition for football contribution: Miodrag Mickovikj for 50 years of sports journalism

Best referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

Best manager: Kjatip Osmani

Best goalscorer: Baze Ilijoski

Fair play club: Sileks

Best football club: Shkendija

Best domestic player: Ferhan Hasani

Footballer who best represented Macedonian football abroad: Ivan Trickovski

Meanwhile, in other news, FFM has set the dates for the two transfer periods in 2012.  The winter transfer window will open on 2 January and last until 31 January, while the summer transfer period will begin on 10 June and last until 31 August 2012.