Ivan Trichkovski opened the new season in Cyprus with a goal, Mario Ilievski scored his debut goal in Bulgaria, while Kire Ristevski received a red card in a rather quiet weekend for the Macedonian internationals.
photo by aek.com.cy: Stefan Spirovski and Daniel Mojsov congratulating Ivan Trichkovski on his goal
Armenia, Bardzraguyn Khumb, Alashkert – Noah 1:0
Risto Mitrevski played the entire match for Alashker and helped them keep a clean sheet in the win against Noah.
Armenia, Bardzraguyn Khumb, Ararat-Armenia – Gandzasar 1:1
Aleksandar Damchevski started the match for Ararat-Armenia as a left back but he had to be taken off after only 12 minutes as he suffered an injury.
Azerbaijan, Premyer Liqası, Neftchi – Səbail 2:1
Florijan Kadriu played the full game for the visitors as they lost 2:1 to Neftchi. Kadriu also picked up a yellow card during the stoppage time.
Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, OH-Leuven – Charleroi 1:3
Gjoko Zajkov was once again not summoned by Charleroi.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Široki Brijeg – Borac 3:0
Viktor Angelov did not make the matchday squad for the hosts in the 3:0 win against Borac from Banja Luka.
Bosnia Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Sarajevo – Velež
Sarajevo’s captain Krste Velkoski made a rather late substitute appearance by entering the field in the 79th minute. Meanwhile, Konstantin Cheshmedjiev played the whole match for the visitors and also picked up a yellow card in the 35th minute.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv – Beroe 3:3
Mite Cikarski entered the game for the hosts at the start of the second halftime. All three Botev’s goals came during the time Mite was at the pitch.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Slavia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0:2
Darko Tasevski still remains sidelined by Slavia.
Bulgaria, Vtora Liga, Septemvri – Lokomotiv Sofia 2:5
Mario Ilievski made the start for the hosts and scored a goal in the 67th minute to make it 2:3, but the visitors added two more unanswered goals till the end of the match to make it a comfortable 2:5 victory.
Ilievski’s goal (at 1:16):
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Istra – Dinamo 0:1
Arijan Ademi captained Dinamo through another victory, this time against Agron Rufati’s Istra 1961. Rufati however did not get a chance to play for the hosts as he remained an unused substitute.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Osijek – Hajduk 1:2
Todor Todoroski remained an unused substitute for Osijek.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Lokomotiva – Rijeka 1:0
Darko Velkovski made the start for Rijeka and played for 81 minutes, while his teammate Milan Ristovski started the match on the bench and entered the field in the 68th minute.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Nea Salamis – AEK 1:2
AEK captain Ivan Trichkovski kicked off the new season with a goal in the 38th minute which opened the score of the match. He went on to play the full game as did centre-back Daniel Mojsov, whereas their new teammate Stefan Spirovski also made the start and played until the 59th minute.
Trichkovski’s goal (at 2:18):
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Olympiakos – AEL 1:2
Davor Zdravkovski opened the new season in Cyprus with an appearance off the bench in the 68th minute.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Apollon – Doxa 1:1
Damjan Shishkovski made his league debut for Doxa as he played the full game in the draw against Apollon. Meanwhile, his teammate Dushko Trajchevski also made the start and got taken off shortly before the end of the match.
Highlights:
Finland, Veikkausliiga, Rovaniemi – HJK 0:1
Ferhan Hasani was not among the called up players for this match.
France, Ligue 2, Chambly – Paris 0:3
Vlatko Stojanovski is on loan at Chambly, but was ineligible for appearance for this match.
Georgia, Sakartvelos Tasi, Bakhmaro – Telavi 0:2
Vladimir Dimitrovski played the whole match for the winning side who progressed in the Third Round of the Georgian Cup.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Fehérvár – Paks 1:1
Both Visar Muslui and Boban Nikolov played the whole match for the home team.
Nikolov (on the left) and Musliu (on the right) watch their teammate with the ball at his feet; photo: Fehérvár FC
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, MTK – Honvéd 3:1
Bojan Miovski was not in the squad list for this matchday for the hosts.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Ujpest – Budafoki 1:1
Kire Ristevski played the whole match for the home team but he was sent off in the final moments of the match. He had the ball in his possession, was tackled by an opponent and after falling down Daniel Zsori deliberately stepped on him. Ristevski lost his cool, pushed him down and the referee gave red cards to both of them.
Ristevski’s red card (at the end):
Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy, Kairat – Tobol 3:1
Aleksa Amanovikj was in the starting lineup and played the whole match for Tobol.
Norway, Eliteserien, Kristiansund – Sarpsborg 08 4:1
After being absent due to a minor injury, keeper David Mitov Nilsson appeared on Sarpsborg’s bench for this road match.
Romania, Liga I Betano, Arges – Botoșani 2:3
Stefan Ashkovski was in the starting lineup for Botoșani and played until the 60th minute, while David Babunski entered the match in the 66th minute.
Russia, Premier Liga, Ufa – Rostov 0:1
David Toshevski got a chance to enter the match for Rostov in the last minute.
Serbia, Linglong Tire SuperLiga, Napredak – Vojvodina 0:1
Aleksa Jordanov played the whole match on Napredak’s goal.
Serbia, Linglong Tire SuperLiga, Javor – Radnik 2:1
Both Zoran Danoski and Nikola Bogdanovski started the match on Radnik’s bench. Bogdanovski entered the match on the half-time break, while Danoski played from the 87th minute.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Nitra – Ružomberok 1:1
Tihomir Kostadinov got sidelined by the visitors as he recently suffered an injury.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Pohronie – Žilina 2:1
Enis Fazlagikj watched from the bench as his club lost to Pohronie.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Domžale – Bravo 1:2
Zeni Husmani entered the game for the hosts in the 63rd minute, whereas Besart Abdurahimi did not make the bench for the visitors.
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Norrköping – Häcken 0:1
Left back Leonard Zhuta played another full game for Häcken and helped them keep a clean sheet.
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Kalmar – Mjällby 1:4
Besard Shabovikj made the start for Mjällby and got substituted shortly before the end of the match.
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Varbergs BoIS – Örebro 2:1
Daniel Krezikj remained sidelined by Varbergs due to a longterm injury.