Gjurovski added another goal in Thailand; photo: tplclub.com

Macedonian internationals performances

Gjurovski added another goal in Thailand; photo: tplclub.comAleksandar Trajkovski scored a clever goal for Zulte Waregem in Belgium, Baze Ilijoski added two more goals for Brașov, Mario Gjurovski netted another goal for Muanghtong United, Hristijan Kirovski converted a penalty for Apollon, while Agim Ibraimi provided an assist for Maribor.

Italy, Serie A, Bologna – Napoli 2:0
Goran Pandev played all 90 minutes for Napoli who was dealt a serious blow in its effort to obtain a Champions League place for next season.  Napoli fell to fifth place and will now need help in the final round of the season to be played next week.  Napoli will need to beat Siena, have Udinese lose to Catania, and Lazio must lose or draw against Inter to ensure a third place finish for Napoli, the last spot that leads to the Champions League.

Italy, Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Group B), Frosinone – Siracusa 0:1
Stefan Ristovski was not among the 18 players called up by Frosinone due to having the flu.

Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Mainz 05 – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0:3
Nikolce Noveski played the entire game for Mainz who closed the season with a home defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach, and finished in 13th place out of 18 teams on the table.

Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Stuttgart – Wolfsburg 3:2
Ferhan Hasani was not called up by Wolfsburg.  Hasani was not included in any matchday squad for Wolfsburg since joining the club in the winter transfer window from Shkendija.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League (Play-off II B), Beerschot – Mons 1:1
Tome Pacovski did not play for Beerschot due to an injury.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League (Play-off II A), Lierse – OH Leuven 1:2
Boban Grncarov was not called up by Lierse in the final round of the Belgian season.  With Boban being left out of the Lierse squad in the final two games, it’s pretty apparent that the club does not expect Grncarov to return next season who becomes a free agent in the summer.

Belgium, Jupiler Pro League (Play-off II B), Zulte Waregem – Lokeren 2:2
Aleksandar Trajkovski played all 90 minutes for Zulte Waregem and scored the first goal for his team in the 72nd minute.  It came following a corner when the ball found Trajkovski who then lobbed a shot over both the keeper and an opposing player defending the right goal post to the back of the net. 

Video of the goal by Trajkovski (at 3:53):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=KpPRRd-nJz4

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League (Championship Group), APOEL – Omonia 1:2
Ivan Trickovski started for APOEL and played until the 79th minute when he was replaced by Esteban Solari.  Trickovski came close in the 52nd minute but his shot was saved by the opposing keeper.  With the loss, AEL Limassol became the new league champion in Cyprus as APOEL is five points behind the table leaders with only one round remaining until the end of the season.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League (Relegation Group), Ethnikos Achnas – Enosis 2:0
Edin Nuredinoski played from the start for Ethnikos Achnas and kept a clean sheet while his teammate Stojan Ignjatov was an unused substitute.  For Enosis, Petar Milosevski was not called up while Bojan Markoski played all 90 minutes in the center of the defense.  Markoski scored an inadvertent own goal in the 84th minute to make it 2:0.  Despite the loss, Enosis was able to avoid relegation this season as Aris will be going to the second division from the relegation group.

Video of the own goal by Markoski (at 0:29):

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League (Placement Group), AEK Larnaca – Alki 3:1
Nikola Gligorov played the entire game for Alki in midfield.

Cyprus, Marfin Laiki League (Placement Group), Apollon – Nea Salamis 1:1
Hristijan Kirovski began on the bench for Apollon before coming on in the 54th minute to replace Andreas Stavrou.  Kirovski scored the lone Apollon goal in the 68th minute from a penalty.

The converted penalty by Kirovski (at 0:27):

Austria, T-Mobile Bundesliga, Wacker Innsbruck – Mattersburg 3:6
Ilco Naumoski started for Mattersburg and played until the 63rd minute when he was replaced by fellow striker Patrick Bürger.  Mattersburg scored three goals before and after Naumoski’s substitution on their way to scoring a season high six goals.

China, Super League, Dalian Shide – Tianjin Teda 4:1
Velice Sumulikoski played all 90 minutes for Tianjin Teda in the heavy road defeat against Dalian Shide.  Sumulikoski also received a yellow card in the 77th minute.

China, Super League, Liaoning – Shanghai Shenhua 1:1
Vlatko Grozdanoski played the entire game for Liaoning who scored a late equalizer in the 90th minute to snatch a point against Shanghai Shenhua.

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Brașov – Voinţa Sibiu 3:0
Baze Ilijoski started for Brașov and played until the 90th minute when he was replaced by Alin Damian.  Ilijoski scored the first two goals for Brașov, both coming in the opening 20 minutes, with well placed right footed shots past the Voinţa Sibiu keeper.

The first (at start of video) and second (at 0:12) goal by Ilijoski:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcCbKKgg-Tw

Romania, Liga I Bergenbier, Dinamo Bucureşti – CFR Cluj 0:1
Kristijan Naumovski played from the start for Dinamo Bucureşti and conceded one goal in the 90th minute.  The Dinamo manager decided to bench the usual starter Cristian Bălgrădean and hand Naumovski his first league start of the season in the important game against CFR Cluj.  Naumovski conceded the lone goal in the 90th minute from a close range header as Dinamo fell eight points behind the table leaders CFR Cluj with only four rounds remaining until the end of the season.

Poland, T-Mobile Ekstraklasa, Podbeskidzie – Polonia Warszawa 1:1
Aleksandar Todorovski began on the bench for Polonia Warszawa before he entered the game in the 71st minute replacing Jakub Tosik.  Todorovski returned to the first team, after being left out of the squad for the past several weeks, in the final round of the Polish season.

Poland, I Liga, Arka Gdynia – Katowice 1:1
Mirko Ivanovski was not among the 18 players called up by Arka Gdynia.

Czech Republic, Gambrinus Liga, Mladá Boleslav – Viktoria Plzeň 0:1
Vladimir Dimitrovski was an unused substitute for Mladá Boleslav.

Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Šibenik – Osijek 1:1
Daniel Georgievski remained out with an injury for Šibenik while his teammate Zeni Husmani played all 90 minutes in midfield.  Šibenik opened the scoring in the 70th minute but could not hold on to the lead as the visitors equalized in the 84th minute to snatch a point.

Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Split – Inter Zaprešić 1:0
Goran Todorcev did not play for Inter Zaprešić.

Denmark, Superliga, Lyngby – Nordsjælland 0:2
Bajram Fetai started on the bench for Lyngby before he entered the game in the 64th minute replacing fellow attacker Jonas Henriksen.

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Mura – Maribor 1:3
Agim Ibraimi got the start for Maribor and played until the 83rd minute when he was substituted by Marcos Tavares.  Ibraimi provided the assist on the third goal for Maribor in the 71st minute.

Video of the assist by Ibraimi (at 4:22):

Slovenia, 1. SNL, Celje – Rudar Velenje 1:1
Stefan Ristovski started for Celje in midfield and played until the 57th minute when he was replaced by Dejan Krljanovic.

South Korea, K-League, Daejeon – Suwon 2:1
Stevica Ristic did not play for Suwon as he served the first game of his two match suspension for having committed a bad challenge in the previous round.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Partizan – Crvena Zvezda 0:1
Aleksandar Lazevski was not included in the Partizan squad due to an injury.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Vojvodina – Borča 2:0
Daniel Mojsov, having been reinstated to the first team earlier this week, played the entire game for Vojvodina and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Rad – Borac Čačak 2:1
Stefan Spirovski started for Borac Čačak and played until the 86th minute when he was replaced by Ivan Jovanović.  With the loss, Borac Čačak moved one step closer to being relegated.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Hajduk Kula – Javor 1:4
Nikola Jakimovski did not play for Javor.

Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Jagodina – Radnički 1923 1:0
Dragan Stojkov got the start for Jagodina and played until the 78th minute when he was substituted by Milos Stojanović.

Switzerland, Challenge League, Biel/Bienne – Aarau 0:3
Aco Stojkov got the start for Aarau and played until the 67th minute when he was substituted by Pascal Schürpf.  Stojkov had a good chance in the 21st minute but he shot wide of the goal after a good cross by one of his teammates.

Switzerland, Challenge League, Brühl – Kriens 2:0
Robert Popov started for Kriens and played for an hour before he was replaced by Ridge Munsy.

Thailand, Sponsor Thai Premier League, Osotspa – Muangthong United 1:2
Mario Gjurovski played from the start for Muangthong United and scored the opening goal of the game in the 35th minute from a rebound opportunity after the opposing keeper saved a shot from one of Mario’s teammates but he could not catch the ball.

The goal by Mario Gjurovski (at 0:17):

Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Bakı – Neftçi 2:0
Igor Mitreski was an unused substitute for Neftçi while his teammate Slavco Georgievski began the game on the bench before coming on in the 61st minute to substitute Mirhuseyn Seyidov.  Neftçi decided to play some younger players with the club already having won the league title.

Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Qarabağ – Inter Bakı 1:0
Muarem Muarem started for Qarabağ and played until the 66th minute when he was replaced by Rauf Aliyev while his teammate Nderim Nedzipi stayed on the bench as an unused substitute.

Azerbaijan, Unibank Premyer Liqası, Sumqayıt – AZAL 1:0
Robert Petrov played all 90 minutes for AZAL.

Slovakia, Corgoň Liga, Trenčín – Košice 1:1
Both goalkeeper Darko Tofiloski and defender Sakir Redzepi played the entire game for Košice who conceded the equalizing goal from Trenčín in the 87th minute.  Tofiloski was also shown a yellow card in the 81st minute for time wasting.

Bulgaria, A PFG, Lokomotiv Plovdiv – Levski 3:2
Dragi Kocev was an unused substitute for Lokomotiv Plovdiv.

Moldova, Divizia Naţională, Dacia – Tiraspol 0:0
Goran Dimovski started for Dacia and played until the 74th minute when he was replaced by Vasily Pavlov.  Dacia dropped two more points to fall four behind the table leaders Sheriff.

Netherlands, Eredivisie, Heerenveen – Feyenoord 3:5
Samir Fazli was an unused substitute for Heerenveen in the final round of the Dutch top division.

Lithuania, A Lyga, Ekranas – REO Vilnius 6:1
Yani Urdinov played the entire game for Ekranas who cruised to an easy win over REO Vilnius.

Norway, Tippeligaen, Strømsgodset – Sogndal 3:0
Jasmin Mecinovic remained out with an injury for Sogndal.

Kazakhstan, Premyer Liga, Aktobe – Tobol 0:1
Mensur Kurtisi was an unused substitute for Tobol.

Kazakhstan, Premyer Liga, Astana – Shakhter Karagandy 1:0
Dimitrija Lazarevski played all 90 minutes for Astana at left-back and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet in the home encounter against Shakhter Karagandy.

Armenia, Premier League, Shirak – Impuls 3:1
Filip Timov played from the start for Impuls who initially took the lead in the 25th minute before Shirak scored the next three goals to collect the three points.

Latvia, LMT Virslīga, Skonto – Jelgava 2:3
Bojan Gjorgievski was not included in the Skonto squad due to an injury.

Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Tomori – Bylis 2:2
Kire Ristevski played all 90 minutes for Bylis in the road draw against Tomori.

Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Teuta – Pogradeci 5:3
Flamur Tahiri played the entire game for Teuta and scored the fourth goal for his team in the 39th minute with a great volley from outside of the box.

Video of the goal by Tahiri (at 1:25):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0hMx1y9Xm8

Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság II, Egri – Cegléd 2:1
Simeon Hristov did not play for Egri who won its eight straight game to move to the top of the table.

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