This was a very sucesfull weekend for the Macedonian diaspora players. Damjan Đoković, Ardit Destani, James Temelkovski, Merlin Hadži, Berat Luş, Burak Alili and Thomas Blaževski scored, Vasilije Kostov and Sebastián Herrera Cardona provided two assists each while Milan Iloski, Rayan Berberi and Nikola Taneski had an assist apiece for their respective teams.
photo by CFR Cluj: Damjan Đoković (in the middle)
Australia, A-League, Australia Cup, Semifinal, Avondale – Newcastle Jets 2:4
James Delianov was Newcastle’s starting goalkeeper and conceded two goals at this game.
Australia, NPL Australian Capital Teritory, Canberra Croatia – Tuggeranong United 7:2
Tony Spaseski came of Croatia’s bench in the 56th minute replacing Nicholas Subašić.
Australia, NPL Australian Capital Teritory, Tigers – Queanbeyan City 3:1
Nikola Taneski played until the 67th minute for Tigers when Nathan Megich took his place. Vasko Petrovski played the whole match for Queanbeyan while Miško Naumoski and Thomas Blaževski substituted John Hajdu and Abderrahim Dellahi during the halftime. Taneski assisted to Shandon Whitehead in the 19th minute for the opening goal of the match while Blaževski scored his team’s only goal in the 83rd minute. Blaževski and Petrovski were also booked in the 71st and 80th minute of the match.
Taneski’s assist (at 31:44), Blaževski’s goal (at 1:56:32):
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Mount Druitt Town Rangers – North West Sydney Spirit 1:1
Alexander Trajanoski came instead Stevan Stanić-Floody for Rangers in the 76th minute and also received a yellow card in the 81st minute of the game.
Australia, NPL New South Wales,Sydney II -Rockdale Ilinden 2:2
Jordan Graoroski played the entire match for Sydney. James Nikolovski, Michael Marčevski and Matthew Keremelevski spent all minutes on the field for Ilinden, Stefan Simonoski made way for Mase Musa Swalah McDahrou in the 65th minute, Dean Jovčevski replaced Chris McStay in the 73rd minute while Jake Nacovski was an unused substitute. Simonoski was also shown a yellow card in the 52nd minute of the match.
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Marconi Stallions – Sutherland Sharks 3:0
Sebastian Kičeec substituted Aleksandar Đuričić for Marconi during the halftime.
Australia, NPL New South Wales, Blacktown City – Wollongong Wolves 1:0
Lucas Trajčevski was brought on for Wollongong in the 80th minute when he replaced Sebastian Hernandez.
Australia, NPL Victoria, Play-off, Dandenong Thunder – Dandenong City Hajduk 0:1
Mersim Memeti played the whole game for Thunder while Ali Sulemani and Jay Romanovski came of the bench in the 46th and 64th minute replacing Ben Djiba and Wade Dekker. Memeti was also booked in the 55th minute of the game.
Australia, NPL Victoria,Play-off, Oakleigh Cannons – Preston Lions 1:2
Jake Trajkovski played the full match for Preston, Jonas Markovski made way for Connor Bell in the 75th minute while Lucas Trenkovski was reserve goalie.
Austria, Bundesliga, Austria Wien- Rheindorf Altach 1:0
Dejan Stojanović was all minutes between Altach’s posts and conceded one goal at this game.
Austria, 2.Liga, Austria Klagenfurt – Admira 0:4
Almir Oda played till the 65th minute for Austria when Sebastian Pschernig substituted him.
Austria, 2.Liga, Sturm II – Floridsdorfer 0:2
Šenol Hasanoski made an late substitute appearance for Floridsdorfer in the 83rd minute when he replaced Moritz Neumann.
Belgium, Challenger Pro League, Seraing – Olympic Charleroi 3:1
Rayan Berberi played until the 72nd minute for Olympic when he made way for Salif Kere. Berberi provided an assist to the Tunisian international Mohamed Medfai in the 27th minute for the opening goal of this match.
Berberi’s assist (at 0:44):
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga Bosne i Hercegovine, Borac – Široki Brijeg 5:1
Sebastián Herrera Cardona* played the entire game for Borac and provided two assists to Luka Juričić and Damir Hrelja in the 8th and 39th minute.
Herrera’s assists (at 1:28 & 2:55):
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo – Rudar 1:0
Luka Misimović was an unused substitute for Rudar.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Ludogorets – Botev Plovdiv 2:1
Hristiyan Slavkov was Botev’s reserve goallie at this game.
Czechia, Fotbalová Národní Liga, Sparta B – Táborsko 1:3
Enes Osmani played till the 73rd minute for Sparta when Ondřej Penxa came instead him.
Denmark, 1.Division, Hvidovre – Hobro 1:1
Zamir Aliji watched the game from Hvidovre’s bench.
Hong Kong China, Hong Kong Premier League, Lee Man – Tai Po 2:2
James Temelkovski was brought on for Tai Po in the 42nd minute when he replaced the Brazilian international Lucas Silva. Temelkovski scored the first goal for his team in the 50th minute from the penalty kick.
Temelkovski’s goal (at 1:17:30):
Japan, J1 League, Shonan Bellmare – Gamba Osaka 4:5
Deniz Hümmet played the whole match for Gamba.
Macedonia, 1.MFL, Shkupi – Vardar 2:4
Ardit Destani played until the 57th minute for Shkupi when he was substituted by the Portuguese international Luís Ribeiro. Destani scored his team’s second goal in the 38th minute of the game.
Destani’s goal (at 2:01):
Malta, Maltese Premier League, Hamrun Spartans – Valletta 1:1
Merlin Hadži played till the 62nd minute for Hamrun when Shaisen Attard took his place. Hadži scored the match equilazer in the 34th minute.
Hadži’s goal (at 1:27):
Netherlands, Eredivisie, NAC Breda – AZ 0:1
Raul Paula remained all minutes on Breda’s bench.
Romania, Liga 1, Cluj – FCSB 2:2
Damjan Đoković played the full game for Cluj and scored the game opener in the 19th minute.
Đoković’s goal (at 2:45):
Romania, Liga 1, Unirea – Universitatea Cluj 0:1
Valon Hamdiu played until the 68th minute for Unirea when he was replaced by Ronaldo Deaconu.
Serbia, Super liga Srbije, Novi Pazar – Crvena zvezda 1:5
Vasilije Kostov spent all minutes on the pitch for Zvezda and provided two assists to Marko Arnautović and Aleksandar Katai in the 18th and 52nd minute of the match.
Kostov’s assists (at 2:09 & 4:21):
Serbia, Prva liga Srbije, Kabel – Jedinstvo 0:1
Vanja Apostolovski played till the 61st minute for Kabel when he made way for Dejan Đurić.
Serbia, Prva liga Srbije, Mačva – Borac 3:1
Vukota Isakovski was an unused substitute for Mačva.
Serbia, Prva liga Srbije, Tekstilac – Zemun 0:2
Stefan Trajkovski got introduced for Zemun in the 82nd minute when he replaced Uroš Vukičević.
Switzerland, Super League, Thun – Grasshoppers 1:1
Elmin Rastoder played until the 61st minute for Thun when he was substituted by the Martiniquais international Brighton Labeau.
Switzerland, Challenge League, Rapperswil-Jona – Aarau 0:1
Rijad Saliji played till the 73rd minute for Rapperswil when the French international Axel Bakayoko took his place while Dorian Dërbaci played till the 72nd minute for Aarau when he made way the Kosovo international Leon Frokaj.
Switzerland, Challenge League, Stade Nyonnais – Belinzona 3:1
Burak Alili played the whole game for Nyonnaise and scored his team’s third goal at 37th minute.
Alili’s goal (at 1:02):
Thailand, Thai League 1, Port – Rayong 1:1
Stênio Júnior* played until the 80th minute for Rayong when he was replaced by the Brazilian international Júnior.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Göztepe – Konyaspor 1:1
Arda Kurtulan played till the first minute of stoppage time for Göztepe when he was substituted by Taha Altikardeş. Kurtulan also received a yellow card in the 76th minute of the match.
Türkiye, 1.Lig, Ümraniyespor – Esenler Erokspor 0:2
Berat Luş played until the 69th minute for Erokspor when the Senegalese international Mame Faye came instead him. Luş set the final score in the 53rd minute of the game.
Luş’s goal (at 1:15):
USA, MLS, Austin – San Jose Earthquakes 3:1
Besard Šabović opened in midfield for Austin and played until the 84th minute when he was replaced by Calvin Fodrey.
USA, MLS, Cincinnati – Philadelphia Union 0:1
Milan Iloski was part of Philadelphia’s starting eleven and lasted on the pitch till the 84th minute when Jeremy Rafanello took his place. Iloski provided an assist to the Uruguayan international Bruno Damiani in the 49th minute for the game winner.
Iloski’s assist (at 3:15):
Wales, Cymru Premier, Penybont – Cei Connah 0:1
Zeli Ismail played till the 69th minute when he made way for the Scottish international Max Woodcock.
*Eligible by FIFA rules due to a continuous residence in Macedonia of at least 5 years.