Macedonia hosted Liechtenstein in Strumica for the last game of the 2018 World Cup qualifications. After the big draw away to Italy coach Igor Angelovski made some changes in the starting line-up. Stefan Spirovski was suspended because of yellow cards, Darko Velkovski didn’t recover in time from injury, while Marjan Radeski was benched. Also the
Shkendija beats Vardar in season opener (Video)
The 2017/18 season in the Macedonian top flight started on Saturday. Shkendija beat Vardar in the derby, while Rabotnichki and Renova shared the points. On Sunday, Pelister beat Pobeda in the Pelagonian derby, Akademija Pandev debuted with a point against Shkupi, while Sileks defeated Skopje. Bad start for title defender Vardar. In the opening round
CL: Vardar beats Malmö and goes through (Video)
Vardar defeated Malmö 3:1 in the return leg of UEFA CL 2nd qualifying round and advanced through. Vardar have finally jumped the first obstacle in the UEFA Champions League. After the 1:1 away draw against Malmö, they would have advanced with a goalless draw in Strumica, but went on to win 3:1. Malmö started the
Midweek internationals performances
Trichkovski scored in the Europa League where Ejupi missed a penalty, while Simonovski scored in Finland. Some internationals had Europa League games, few other league games. UEFA Europa League qualifications, Shakhtsyor (BLR) – Sūduva (LTU) 0:0 Marjan Altiparmakovski remained on the bench for the Lithuanian team. UEFA Europa League qualifications, Beitar (ISR) – Vasas (HUN)
EL: Lech – Pelister 4:0 (Video)
Pelister had a hard time in Poland. Lech confirmed their class and won easily 4:0 in Poznań. Our team from Bitola waited a long time to play again an international game, unfortunately their opponent was too strong. Pelister fielded a defensive line-up with three central backs (Kovachev, Todorovski and Bojović) and Toshevski and Blagoja Ljamchevski
EL: Tre Penne – Rabotnichki 0:1 (Video)
Disappointing last minute win for Rabotnichki against the San Marino team thanks to defender Dejan Mitrev. After drawing Tre Penne from San Marino, the fans of Rabotnichki were confident that their belowed team would easily reach the next stage and even record a big win in the first leg match. However, the Sanmarinese could easily
U21: Macedonia – Serbia 2:2 (Video)
In a game with a nail biting ending, Macedonia managed to score their first goals and first point on the EURO tournament in the 2:2 draw against Serbia. National team coach Blagoja Milevski made two changes from the starting squad against Spain, by replacing right back Egzon Bejtulai with his club team-mate Mevlan Murati, as
U21: Macedonia – Spain 0:5
Despite the brave and offensive play, Macedonia suffered a disappointing 5:0 defeat by Spain in their first game ever on an EURO final tournament. Coach Blagoja Milevski decided not to change anything when it comes to the starting formation and lineup and started the game with the usual 4-2-3-1 formation and the 11 starters that
Vardar wins 10th league title (Video)
With the win over Makedonija GjP, Vardar even mathematically won the 2016/17 championship four rounds before the season end. Vardar had an easy task as they faced the last-placed team on the table, local rivals Makedonija Gjorche Petrov. All the red&black team needed to do was to win the game, no matter with how many