Isnik Alimi scored a brace, Arijan Ademi, Ilija Nestorovski, Ljupcho Doriev, Stefan Cholakovski also scored, while Vlatko Drobarov earned a red card and Stole Dimitrievski saved a penalty kick this weekend.
Isnik Alimi scores from penalty; photo by: facebook.com/osksepsi
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Dinamo – Teuta 2:3
Bekim Redjepi played the full match for Dinamo and conceded three goals, while Ardit Iljazi remained an unused substitute for Teuta.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Erzeni – Partizani, Monday 1:2
Nehar Sadiki got 90 minutes for Erzeni, as did David Atanaskoski for Partizani, while Sabit Bilali got introduced in the 57th minute for the visitors.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Skënderbeu – Vllaznia 0:2
Konstantin Cheshmedjiev played the full match for the winning side, while Darko Dodev accompanied him on the field in the last half hour of the match. Their teammate Djelil Asani on the other hand, did not get summoned this round. For the hosts, both Ramin Alii and Suhejlj Muharem remained unused substitutes.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Tirana – Egnatia, 2:3
Filip Najdovski served the entire match as a captain for Tirana. He also picked up a yellow card in the final moments of the game.
Australia, A-League, Sydney – Melbourne Victory 0:2
Melbourne Victory’s center back Matthew Bozhinovski did not make the bench in the first round of the new A-League season.
Australia, A-League, Perth Glory – Newcastle Jets 2:2
Stefan Cholakovski started the game for Perth Glory on the bench and got introduced in the 57th minute. Only 7 minutes later, he already scored his first goal of the season to bring his club a 2:1 lead. Unfortunately, the visitors managed to equalize in the stoppage time and pull a draw.
Cholakovski’s goal (at 1:38):
Azerbaijan, Premyer Liqası, Sabah – Sumqayıt 3:1
Kristijan Velinovski did not get summoned by the visitors.
Belgium, Belgian Pro League, RWDM – Westerlo 1:1
Erdon Daci played the full match for Westerlo.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga, Igman – Sarajevo 1:2
Daniel Avramovski served as captain for Sarajevo and he played for one hour in the away win over Igman.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Premijer Liga, Željezničar – Zvijezda 09 1:0
Zoran Danoski got the opening 56 minutes for Zvijezda 09.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Levski – Cherno More 1:0
Vlatko Drobarov had a bad match this weekend as he got a direct red card only 20 minutes after the kick-off. The referee originally showed him only a yellow card, but after a VAR analysis he decided to change the decision and send Vlatko off. This lead to Cherno More suffering a minimal defeat as they failed to keep a clean sheet with a man down.
Drobarov’s red card (at 3:02):
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Lokomotiv Sofia – CSKA 1948 0:0
Dime Dimov played the full match for the hosts and helped them keep another clean sheet.
Croatia, Hrvatska Nogometna Liga, Gorica – Dinamo 2:1
Arijan Ademi scored his first goal for Dinamo since his comeback to his old club. He scored a beauty of a goal from the edge of the box to bring the visitors an initial lead in the 63rd minute, but unfortunately his contribution was not enough as Gorica managed to turn the game around and score a winning goal deep in the stoppage time of the match. Arijan went on to play for 80 minutes, while Stefan Ristovski lasted the entire match.
Ademi’s goal (at 4:45):
Croatia, Hrvatska Nogometna Liga, Hajduk – Osijek 0:2
Jovan Manev‘s Osijek defeated Aleksandar Trajkovski‘s Hajduk in the battle between the two Macedonian national team players in Croatia. Manev played the full match, while Trajkovski got substituted after 66 minutes.
Croatia, Hrvatska Nogometna Liga, Rudeš – Slaven Belupo 0:0
Andrej Lazarov missed his third consecutive match due to an injury as his club pulled their second point of the season.
Croatia, Hrvatska Nogometna Liga, Varaždin – Lokomotiva 0:0
Both Agon Elezi and Dimitar Mitrovski made the start for Varaždin, Elezi went on to play for 78 minutes while Mitrovski lasted the full match. For the opponents, Feta Fetai got introduced in the 73rd minute.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, AEK – Karmiotissa 5:0
Ivan Trichkovski got introduced in the 85th minute of the match as his club destroyed Karmiotissa by 5:0.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Zakakiou – Apollon 0:5
Besart Abdurahimi played the opening 68 minutes for Apollon. His club had a 0:2 lead by the time he left the field, but his teammates added three more goals till the end of the match to make it an impressive 0:5 away victory.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Aris – Ethnikos 2:0
Kire Ristevski played the second halftime for Ethnikos, while Martin Bogatinov and Stefan Spirovski did not get summoned for this match.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Doxa – Anorthosis 0:2
Both Damjan Shishkovski and Dushko Trajchevski played the full match for Doxa as they suffered a 0:2 loss to Anorthosis.
Czech Republic, Česká První liga, Karviná – Hradec Králové 1:0
Filip Antovski made the start for the hosts as a left wing and played for one hour.
Denmark, Superliga, Hvidovre – Silkeborg 1:2
Ahmed Iljazovski played the final half hour of the match for the hosts.
Georgia, Erovnuli Liga, Torpedo Kutaisi – Samtredia 2:0
Aleksandar Mishov played 88 minutes before he was taken off in what was Samtredia’s first defeat since 14th of August.
Germany, 2.Bundesliga, Paderborn – St. Pauli 2:2
Visar Musliu played the final 10 minutes for the home side.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Debrecen – Fehérvár 3:1
Nikola Serafimov played the whole match for the away side and was shown a yellow card in the 56th minute.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Kisvárda – Mezőkövesd 2:1
Both Mario Ilievski and Boban Nikolov started on the bench for the home team. Ilievski was introduced in the 60th minute, while Nikolov 16 minutes later. For the away team, David Babunski was not in the squad list.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Újpest – Kecskemeti 5:2
Stefan Jevtoski was an unused sub for the home team.
Hungary, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Zalaegerszeg – Paks 2:5
Daniel Milovanovikj was an unused sub for the home team, while his teammate Todor Todoroski was not in the squad list.
Italy, Serie A, Verona – Napoli 1:3
Elif Elmas did not feature in this match as he suffered an injury during pre-match training.
Italy, Serie B, Lecco – Ascoli 0:2
Ilija Nestorovski scored the opening goal of the match, went on to play the whole match and was man of the match.
Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy, Astana – Zhetysu 2:1
Aleksa Amanović played 80 minutes for the winning team, before he was taken off.
Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy, Kaisar – Atyrau 1:0
Demir Imeri played 76 minutes before he was taken off for the away team, while his teammate Florijan Kadriu remained an unused sub.
Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy, Tobol – Kaspiy 1:1
Stefan Kocev played the whole match for the away team.
Poland, Ekstraklasa, Puszcza – Cracovia 1:1
Jani Atanasov was in Cracovia’s starting lineup and played 72 minutes.
Romania, Liga I. Sepsi – Botosani 5:2
Isnik Alimi was the man of the match for Sepsi against Botosani. In the 38th minute he scored from the penalty spot for Sepsi’s lead and in the second half he secured the victory by scoring his team’s fourth goal on this match. So far Alimi has scored four goals on 12 matches for Sepsi this season.
Alimi’s goals (at 4:20 & 6:05):
Romania, Liga I, Politehnica Iași – U Craiova 1948 1:1
Risto Jankov was Politehnica’s reserve goalkeeper on this match.
Romania, Liga I, Universitatea Craiova – Petrolul 1:3
Gjoko Zajkov is out of the home team’s squad because of an injury.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Vozdovac – TSC 1:1
Martin Mirchevski was unused substitute for TSC.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Novi Pazar – Cukaricki 1:0
Nikola Bogdanovski played for the winning team from the 79th minute.
Serbia, Super Liga Srbije, Spartak – Partizan 0:3
Both Andrej Todoroski and Milosh Tosheski were in Spartak’s starting lineup. Tosheski was replaced in the 81st minute and Todoroski five minutes later.
Slovakia, 1. liga, Spartak – Slovan Bratislava 1:2
Milan Ristovski entered the match for the home team after the half time break.
Slovakia, 1. liga, Železiarne Podbrezová – Ruzomberok 5:0
Martin Talakov watched his team win from the bench for substitute players.
Slovakia, 1. liga, Žilina – Dunajska Streda 5:1
Andrej Stojchevski wasn’t included in home team’s squad on this match.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Domžale – Olimpija 0:2
Mario Krstovski played until the 87th minute for Domžale when he made way for the Bosnian international Mirza Hasanbegović while his teammate Zeni Husmani wasn’t summoned for this match.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Rogaška – Celje 0:4
Bozhidar Mitrevski wasn’t part of Rogaška’s matchday squad.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Bravo – Maribor 2:1
Behar Feta was unused substitute for Maribor
Spain, Primera División, Las Palmas – Rayo Vallecano 0:1
Stole Dimitrievski was Rayo’s starting goalkeeper and he kept a clean sheet at this game. Dimitrievski saved a penalty kick in the 34th minute of the game.
Dimitrievski’s saved penalty (at 1:04):
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Sirius – Brommapojkarna 3:2
David Mitov Nilsson was all minutes between Sirius’s posts and conceded two goals, while Leonard Zhuta watched the match from Brommapojkarna’s bench.
Sweden, Allsvenskan,Häcken – Norrköping 4:1
Filip Trpchevski didn’t play for Häcken because of injury.
Switzerland, Super League, Grasshoppers – Lugano 2:1
Dorian Babunski played till the 65th minute for Grasshoppers when he was substituted by the Canadian international Theodor Corbeanu.
Switzerland, Challenge League, Vaduz – Aarau 2:2
Nikola Gjorgjev opened at left wing for Aarau and played until the 84th minute when he was replaced by Nuno Da Silva. Gjorgjev scored his team’s second goal in the 38th minute and he was also shown a yellow card in the 60th minute of the game.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Gaziantep – Bitexen Antalyaspor 1:0
Erdal Rakip played till the 61st minute for Antalyaspor when the Polish international Jakub Kałuziński took his place while Luka Stankovski didn’t make the matchday squad for Gaziantep Rakip was also booked in the 23rd minute of the match.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Istanbulspor – MKE Ankaragücü 2:1
Valon Ethemi wasn’t summoned by Istanbulspor for this game.
Türkiye, Süper Lig, Trabzonspor – Alanyaspor 1:0
Enis Bardhi played until the 83rd minute for Trabzonspor when he made way for the Ivory Coast international Nicolas Pépé.
Turkiye, 1.Lig, Bodrumspor – Bandirmaspor 2:1
Adis Jahović wasn’t part of Bodrumspor’s matchday squad.
Ukraine, Prem’yer-liha, Dynamo – Dnipro-1 0:1
Reshat Ramadani was unused substitute for Dynamo.
Uzbekistan, O’zbekiston Superligasi, Sogdiyona – Andijon 1:2
Ljupcho Doriev played entire match for Sogdiyona and he scored the opening goal of the match in the 13th minute.
Doriev’s goal (at 1:37):