Many players originating from Macedonia were in action during the weekend with two of them, Izet Hajrovic and Orhan Ademi, scoring a goal.
Australia, A-League, Sydney – Melbourne Heart 0:0
Ivan Necevski was the whole game on Sydney’s bench as he was the #2 goalkeeper behind Vedran Janjetovic. His teammate Daniel Petkovski wasn’t called up.
Austria, Bundesliga, Mattersburg – Admira 3:0
Forward Benjamin Sulimani spent the entire game on Admira’s bench.
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga. HNL, Cibalia – NK Zagreb 1:1
Besart Abdurahimi played all minutes for Zagreb in this draw.
Croatia, MAXtv Prva Liga, Inter Zapresic – RNK Split – 0:2
17-year-old midfielder Borko Gorgiev made the start for Inter and played the first half in this loss at home against RNK Split.
Denmark, Superligaen, Odense – Esbjerg 3:0
Bashkim Kadrii played the entire game as a left midfielder for Odense and also received a yellow card in the 58th minute.
Germany, 2. Bundesliga, FSV Frankfurt – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:2
Braunschweig continued their good form as they accomplished a narrow win in Frankfurt. Orhan Ademi made the start and scored the second goal in the 33rd minute with a right footed shot. After 67 minutes the young forward was replaced by Pierre Merkel.
Greece, Super League, Xanthi – Asteras 1:1
Centre forward Marko Markovski began the match on Xanthi’s bench and played the last 16 minutes after he replaced Nigerian international Benjamin Onwuachi.
Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Borca – OFK Beograd 0:2
Marko Pavlovski, the 18-year-old central midfielder, began the game on Beograd’s bench and came on in the 79th minute when Predrag Pavlovic made way for him.
Serbia, Jelen SuperLiga, Crvena Zvezda – Vojvodina 0:3
Aleksandar Kirovski was the entire game on the home team’s bench as he was the #2 keeper behind Boban Bajkovic.
Serbia, Prva liga, Timok – Mladost 2:2
19-year-old midfielder Sasa Spasovski was an unused substitute for Timok.
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Mura – Maribor 1:2
Left back Dejan Trajkovski spent the whole game on Maribor’s bench.
Switzerland, Axpo Super League, Grasshoppers – Zürich 1:0
Offensive allrounder Izet Hajrovic made the decisive goal as he converted a penalty for Grasshoppers in the 21st minute. His teammate Orhan Mustafi wasn’t part of the squad for this game.
Video of the penalty by Hajrovic (at 1:00):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AeoFAgPUwqg
Switzerland, Challenge League, Biel/Bienne – Locarno 1:1
Midfielder Mirson Volina came on for the home team in the 71st minute when he replaced Steven Ukoh while Miki Jovanov wasn’t called up by Locarno for this game.
Ukraine, Premier Liga, Karpaty – Vorskla 2:0
Jovan Markoski absolved all 90 minutes in central midfield for the away side. This was the last round before the winter break and Vorskla is actually on the disappointing 13th position of the Ukrainian first league.