Sasa managed to get past a top flight side as they eliminated Bores on penalties, Rabotnichki, Makedonija GjP and Vardar also needed penalties to book a place into the next round of the Macedonian Cup, while other favorites had no problems. Other second league sides that managed to qualify for the next round are Gostivar, Kozhuf and Kit-Go.
photo by Nimet Sherifi: a brawl in Vardar’s box
First league participants Renova, Sileks, Pelister and Belasica had no problems getting past their opponents. Actually Belasica even recorded their first seasonal win as they are yet to win a point in the league. Shkupi also won, but tight at Sloga 1934.
The biggest surprise happened in Makedonska Kamenica where second league side Sasa managed to eliminate top flight team Borec. The Veles visitors twice was taking a lead, but the hosts always managed to equalize and at the end win on penalties.
Tikvesh deliberately fielded a second squad at Gostivar as they want to concentrate on the league. That explains the results of 5:0 for the hosts. The other clash between second league sides ended with Kozhuf celebrating a win at Veleshta and Kit-Go defeating Skopje at home.
Makedonija GjP and Rabotnichki failed to win and needed penalty kick to advance over second league sides Pobeda and Vlazrimi 77. Interestingly, the last penalty for Pobeda was taken by their keeper who tried a Panenka and missed.
Gradski stadium in Shtip
Kit-Go – Skopje 2:1
Goals: 23′ Vladimir Dujovski, 66′ Mario Runtev – 61′ (pen) Ivo Janakievski
Referee: Sashko Ristov (Strumica)
Atina Bojadji stadium in Ohrid
Ohrid – Renova 0:4
Goals: 12′ Shefit Shefiti, 24′ Alen Jasharoski, 68′ Artan Veliu, 72′ Emran Ramadani
Red cards: 79′ Batuhan Beluli (R)
Referee: Vladimir Gjorgjievski (Bitola)
Sileks stadium in Kratovo
Sileks – Teteks 3:0
Goals: 30′ Stefan Gjurikj, 70′ Pepi Gorgiev, 88′ Denis Ristov
Referee: Kristijan Garevski (Skopje)
Gjorche Petrov stadium in Skopje
Makedonija GjP – Pobeda 0:0 (5:4 p.s.o.)
Referee: Nderim Tefiku (Kumanovo)
| Makedonija GjP | 5 | 4 | Pobeda |
| Tome Kitanovski | O | O | Darko Angjeleski |
| Filip Mishevski | O | O | Blagojche Damevski |
| Fernando Augusto | O | O | Andrej Karapeev |
| Esmin Lichina | O | O | Filip Spirkoski |
| Sefer Emini | O | X | Antonio Stolevski |
Pod Tumbe Kafe stadium in Bitola
Pelister – Ljuboten 4:0
Goals: 77′ Borche Manevski, 79′, 82′ Lavdrim Fazliu
Referee: Misho Gjorgjieski (Ohrid)
Gradski stadium in Makedonska Kamenica
Sasa – Borec 2:2 (3:1 p.s.o.)
Goals: 11′ Filip Gocevski, 57′ Ilija Donov – 2′ Stojan Stojchevski, 18′ Filip Trajanovski
Referee: Done Ristevski (Gevgelija)
| Sasa | 3 | 1 | Borec |
| Nikola Bozhinov | O | X | Robert Kocev |
| Trajche Efremov | O | O | Marjan Ristovski |
| Ilija Donov | O | X | Dario Desnikj |
| X | Nikola Risteski |
Gradski stadium in Gostivar
Gostivar – Tikvesh 5:0
Goals: 41′ Blendi Bekteshi, 60′ Malikj Beluli, 72′, 79′ Valtrin Kjaili, 89′ Ediz Spahiu
Referee: Konstantin Vlaho (Skopje)
Vlazrimi stadium in Kichevo
Vlazrimi 77 – Rabotnichki 0:0 (3:4 p.s.o.)
Referee: Furkan Idrizi (Tetovo)
| Vlazrimi 77 | 3 | 4 | Rabotnichki |
| Murat Adili | X | X | Muarem Muarem |
| Hamza Ramani | X | O | Fahrudin Gjurgjevikj |
| Abdula Sejdini | O | O | Milosh Tosheski |
| Mirlind Ibraimi | O | X | Goran Siljanovski |
| Albin Ramadani | O | O | Draško Đorđević |
| Jusuf Aliu | X | O | Branislav Trajković |
Veleshta stadium in Veleshta
Veleshta – Kozhuf 1:2
Goals: 59′ Hristijan Maleski – 69′ (pen) Krste Todorov, 87′ Lazar Stojkovski
Red cards: 65′ Bledar Istrefi (V), 90’+4 Josif Manasiev (K)
Referee: Nikola Ivanov (Veles)
Philip II stadium in Vinica
Sloga 1934 – Shkupi 1:2
Goals: 58′ Antonio Bujchevski – 20′ Dembo Darboe, 43′ Freddy Álvarez
Referee: Krumislav Gjorgiev (Shtip)
AMS stadium in Rosoman
Rosoman 83 – Belasica 1:5
Goals: 53′ (pen) Igor Gjorgjiev – 9′ Robert Mitev, 12′, 26′, 63′ Antonio Kalanoski, 46′ Stefan Sulev
Referee: Nikola Kostenchev (Skopje)
One game took place on Tuesday to open the new season in the domestic Cup. Vardar field a combined squad to face 2.MFL West side Vardari from the village of Forino. The famous club had a 2:0 lead, but the hosts managed to equalize with two quick goals and take the match into penalty shoot-outs. There, 9 series had to be taken for a winner to be decided as Vardar managed to celebrated at the end.
Gradski stadium in Gostivar
Vardari – Vardar 2:2 (6:7 p.s.o.)
Goals: 72′ (pen), 74′ Elmir Aliji – 38′ (pen) Dejan Blazhevski, 56′ Filip Petkovski
Referee: Blagojche Ralevski (Bitola)
Penalty shoot-out:
| Vardari | 6 | 7 | Vardar |
| Egzon Aziri | O | O | Georg Stojanovski |
| Shpend Asani | X | X | Eren Partalko |
| Muhamed Bekier | O | O | Besar Gudjufi |
| Elmir Aliji | O | X | David Velkovski |
| Ilber Luma | X | O | Fitor Redjepi |
| Hamza Aliu | O | O | Aleksandar Gjurkovski |
| Enes Curi | O | O | Viktor Krstevski |
| Dejan Leskaroski | O | O | Martin Radulovikj-Velichkovikj |
| Roni Sinani | X | O | Petar Guguljanov |
Akademija Pandev, Bregalnica, Shkendija and Struga don’t participate at this stage at they have a bye as semifinalists of the interrupted last season.