Tihomir Kostadinov had a goal and assist apiece, Krste Velkoski, Dushan Savikj, Milan Ristovski, Filip Pivkovski netted for their respective teams, while Djelil Asani and Antonio Stankov had an assist apiece. Meanwhile, Ivan Trichkovski and Daniel Mojsov scored in penalty shot-out to win the Cyprus Super Cup
photo by AEK Larnaka: Trichko and Mojsov pose with the trophy
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Flamurtari – Kastrioti 4:0
Artim Polozhani, Goran Siljanovski and Muhamed Useini made the start for Flamurtari all of them played the whole match as their team recorded an easy win against Kastrioti.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Kukësi – Luftëtari 1:0
Edis Malikji and Ardian Cuculi were all minutes in defense for the hosts and helped their team to keep a clean sheet in the victory against Luftëtari.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Kamza – Laçi 0:1
Marjan Altiparmakovski opened at center-forward for the visitors and played until the 56th minute, whereas his teammate Bojan Najdenov didn’t play.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Teuta – Skënderbeu 2:0
Bojan Gjorgievski began at right-back for Teuta as his team celebrated a big win against Skënderbeu. Meanwhile, Bobi Celeski served as the reserve goalkeeper.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Tirana – Partizani 0:1
Dejan Blazhevski and Sedat Berisha were starters for the hosts and played all minutes, furthermore both received a yellow card apiece. For the visitors Egzon Belica was the entire game in central defense, while his teammate Besnik Ferati didn’t make the matchday squad.
Azerbaijan, Topaz Premyer Liqası, Neftçi – Səbail 4:0
Tome Kitanovski was an unused substitute for the visitors.
Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Charleroi – Lokeren 2:1
Gjoko Zajkov is still sidelined due to an injury.
Belgium, Proximus League, OH Leuven – St. Gilloise 1:3
Jovan Kostovski started the game and got substituted in the 73rd minute, two minutes after he picked up a yellow card. OH Leuven was down 0:3 at the time.
Belgium, Proximus League, Westerlo – Beerschot Wilrijk 1:2
Emil Abaz was not included in the squad by Beerschot Wilrijk.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Sarajevo – Radnik 2:1
Captain Krste Velkoski lead Sarajevo to yet another win by playing the full game against Radnik and scoring the first goal of the game in the 10th minute. This was Velkoski’s third goal this season.
Krstei’s goal (at the beginning):
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Zvijezda 09 – Mladost 0:2
Djelil Asani played the full game for Mladost and assisted their first goal by performing a corner-kick which was converted into a goal by Bojo Mujakić.
Djelil’s assist (at 0:07):
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Slavia – Botev Vratsa 0:1
Stefan Ashkovski spent the entire game at Slavia’s bench, while his team-mate Luka Nakov was once again not summonded.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Hajduk – Dinamo 0:0
Two Macedonians featured in the biggest Croatian derby but faced each other for only 25 minutes. Mirko Ivanovski made the start for Hajduk, got booked in the 55th minute and lasted 86 minutes on the pitch, but he failed to help his team score a goal. He was substituted by Said Ahmed Said. Meanwhile, Arijan Ademi started on the bench for the visitors and he entered the game in the 61st minute instead of Izet Hajrović, playing the final 30 minutes.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Rudeš – Istra 0:3
Agron Rufati played the whole match for the winning side.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Inter – Osijek 0:3
Muzafer Ejupi is still sidelined by Osijek due to an injury.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Rijeka – Slaven Belupo 0:0
Leonard Zhuta returned from his injury and played the full game for the hosts, while his team-mate Darko Velkovski was once again not summoned by Rijeka.
Cyprus, Super Cup, APOEL – AEK 1:1 (1:4 p.s.o)
Both Daniel Mojsov and Ivan Trichkovski played the whole match for AEK and won the Cypriot Super Cup. After 90 minutes there was no winner, so penalties decided the match. During the shoot out both Trichko and Mojsov managed to convert their penalties and helped their team win a trophy.
Trichko and Mojsov penalties (at the beginning):
England, Championship, Sheffield Wednesday – Leeds United 1:1
Ezgjan Alioski played the whole match for the visiting side. He was quite active during the match but Leeds did not manage to celebrate an away win and have now slipped to second place on the table.
Finland, Veikkausliiga, Honka – HJK 0:0
Davor Taleski remains keeper #2 behind American keeper Tim Murray.
Finland, Veikkausliiga, Ilves – Kemi Kings 4:0
Demir Imeri played the whole match for the away side, while Husein Demiri started on the bench and was brought on in 78th minute.
Finland, Veikkausliiga, Lahti – TPS 2:5
Damjan Shishkovski played the whole match for the hosts but had to get the ball from his net 5 times as his side suffered a heavy defeat.
Greece, Souroti Soúper Lígka, Panathinaikos – Giannina 2:1
Mite Cikarski played the whole match for the away side.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Ferencváros – Újpest 1:0
Stefan Spirovski played the whole match for the hosts, while Kire Ristevski did not feature in the former Pelister players derby in Hungary.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Diósgyőr – Vidi 0:1
Boban Nikolov played the last 5 minutes of the game for the winning side coming on for Marko Šćepović.
Israel, Ligat Winner, Maccabi Petah Tikva – Hapoel Haifa 1:1
Risto Mitrevski played for the visiting side.
Mitrevski (red&black) in a duel during the match; photo: Maccabi Petah Tikva
Italy, Serie A, Frosinone – Genoa 1:2
Goran Pandev was in the starting lineup for Genoa away to Frosinone and was replaced with defender Pedro Pereira in the 68th minute so his team can keep the lead and win with 1:2.
Pandev attempts a shot against Frosinone; photo: Genoa CFC
Netherlands, Eredivisie, Excelsior – Venlo 1:0
Denis Mahmudov was unused substitute for Excelsior.
Netherlands, Erste Divisie, Sparta – Dordrecht 3:2
Antonio Stankov started the match as captain of Dordrecht and assisted to Jeremy Cijntje in the first minute of the match, but the home team made a turnover and won with 3:2. Stankov was replaced in the 58th minute.
Portugal, Liga NOS, Sporting – Maritimo 2:0
Stefan Ristovski played the whole match for Sporting in the 2:0 win over Maritimo.
Romania, Liga I Betano, Concordia – Dunărea 0:0
Filip Gligorov wan’t part of the visiting squad.
Romania, Liga I Betano, Dinamo – Sepsi 0:0
Marko Simonovski wasn’t included in the away team’s squad.
Saudi Arabia, Dawri Al-Muhtarifin Al-Saudia, Al-Ra’ed – Al-Shabab 1:1
Ferhan Hasani was in the starting lineup for the home team and played until the last seconds of the match when he was replaced in the 92nd minute.
Serbia, SuperLiga, Voždovac – Radnik 1:0
Zoran Danoski wasn’t included in Radnik’s squad.
Serbia, SuperLiga, Radnički – Partizan 2:2
Aleksandar Todorovski played the whole match, while Petar Krstikj wasn’t called up by the home team on the match against Partizan.
Serbia, SuperLiga, Spartak – Vojvodina 0:1
Benjamin Demir wasn’t included in Spartak’s squad.
Serbia, SuperLiga, Proleter – Zemun 4:1
Dushan Savikj entered the match in the 22nd minute and scored the only goal for the away team in the 67th minute. Milosh Tosheski watched the match from Zemun’s substitutes bench.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Zemplín – Ružomberok 2:2
Yani Urdinov played whole game for Ružomberok while his teammate Tihomir Kostadinov started the match and played until 76th minute when Peter Gal-Andrezly took his place. Kostadinov scored the opening goal of the game at 24th minute and he provided an assist to Albanian international Kristi Qose at 41st minute for his team’s second goal. Tihomir was also booked at 70th minute of the game.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Zlaté Moravce – Žilina 1:2
Enis Fazlagikj spent whole 90 minutes on the field for Žilina in their away win.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Sereď – Nitra 2:1
Stefan Bogdanovski wasn’t included in the home squad for this game.
Slovenia, PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije, Rudar – Domžale 2:1
Agim Ibraimi played for Domžale until 88th minute when Jamaican international Shamar Nicholson took his place.
Slovenia, PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije, Olimpija – Krško 1:1
Daniel Avramovski didn’t play for Olimpija while Milan Ristovski entered the field for Krško in the 66th minute instead Croatian international Ante Vukušić. His teammate Medin Bajrami stayed on the bench the whole match. Ristovski scored the equalizer for his team in the 74th minute of the match.
Milan’s goal (at 2:36):
Slovenia, PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije, Mura – Maribor 4:1
Darko Atanasov wasn’t part of Mura’s squad for this game.
Spain, Primera División, Levante – Alavés 2:1
Enis Bardhi wasn’t in Levante’s matchday squad because of illness.
Spain, Primera División, Rayo Vallecano – Espanyol 2:2
Stole Dimitrievski was unused substitute for Rayo.
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Sirius – Norrköping 1:1
David Mitov Nilsson was Norrköping’s reserve goalkeeper at this game. His team dropped points away to a relegation struggling team is is not 8 points behind leaders AIK with 6 rounds left.
Sweden, Superettan, Landskrona – Frej 3:4
In the 73rd minute Filip Pivkovski scored a great long distance goal for the home equalizing on 2:2. In the first minute of the stoppage time he got booked and substituted by Jacob Andersson. Three minutes later his team conceded the fourth goal. Landskrona is second-to-last and faces relegation into the third league. Playing in the Swedish second league is the reason why we do not include Filip in our article, but because of his great goal we made an exception this time.
Filip’s goal:
Switzerland, Raiffeisen Super League, St. Gallen – Grasshoppers 2:1
Nikola Gjorgjev wasn’t called up by Grasshoppers for this game.
Thailand, Toyota Thai League, Suphanburi – Bangkok Glass 2:0
Mario Gjurovski wasn’t summoned by Bangkok for this match.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Goztepe – Konyaspor 3:2
Adis Jahovic wasn’t available for Konyaspor due to a red card suspension.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Rizespor – Fenerbahçe 3:0.
Elif Elmas made an late appearance for the visiting team in the 80th minute when he substituted Algerian international Yassine Benzia.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Sivasspor – Bursaspor 2:0
Jani Atanasov didn’t make the matchday squad for Bursaspor.
Ukraine, Prem’yer-liha, Arsenal – Dynamo 0:1
Stefan Jevtoski played entire game in midfield for Arsenal in their home defeat against Dynamo in the local Kiev derby. Jevtoski was also shown a yellow card in the 88th minute.