2015–16 in Republic of Macedonia football

The following article presents a summary of the 2015–16 football season in the Republic of Macedonia, which was the 24th season of competitive football in the country.

Football in Republic of Macedonia
Season2015–16
Men's football
First LeagueVardar
Second LeaguePobeda
Third LeagueGoblen Junior (North)
Vardar (N) (South)
Akademija Pandev (East)
Vardari (West)
Novaci 2005 (Southwest)
Macedonian CupShkëndija
Super CupVardar
← 2014–15 North Macedonia 2016–17 →

League competitions

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First League

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First phase

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vardar 27 20 5 2 59 15 +44 65 Qualification for the championship round
2 Shkëndija 27 19 6 2 62 21 +41 63
3 Sileks 27 11 7 9 32 32 0 40
4 Shkupi 27 9 11 7 28 25 +3 38
5 Rabotnichki 27 8 12 7 32 26 +6 36
6 Bregalnica Shtip 27 9 6 12 38 43 −5 33
7 Horizont Turnovo 27 8 9 10 32 42 −10 33 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Renova 27 8 7 12 33 37 −4 31
9 Metalurg 27 4 4 19 20 48 −28 16
10 Mladost Carev Dvor 27 5 1 21 18 65 −47 16
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding teams for championship or relegation round).[1]

Championship group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vardar (C) 32 25 5 2 67 17 +50 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shkëndija 32 23 6 3 74 24 +50 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Sileks 32 12 8 12 35 40 −5 44
4 Rabotnichki 32 10 13 9 36 30 +6 43
5 Bregalnica Shtip 32 10 8 14 42 49 −7 38
6 Shkupi 32 9 11 12 29 34 −5 38
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion or teams for UEFA competitions).[2]
(C) Champions
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Relegation group

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Renova 33 13 8 12 49 42 +7 47
8 Horizont Turnovo (R) 33 12 10 11 45 43 +2 46 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Metalurg (R) 33 5 4 24 27 66 −39 19 Relegation to the Macedonian Second League
10 Mladost Carev Dvor (R) 33 6 1 26 22 81 −59 19
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding teams for relegation).[3]
(R) Relegated

Second League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pobeda (C, P) 27 13 8 6 40 23 +17 47 Promotion to Macedonian First League
2 Makedonija G.P. (P) 27 13 7 7 35 33 +2 46
3 Pelister (P) 27 9 12 6 33 32 +1 39 Qualification to Promotion play-off
4 Teteks 27 10 9 8 27 25 +2 39
5 Vëllazërimi 27 10 8 9 30 30 0 38
6 Skopje 27 9 9 9 27 23 +4 36
7 Euromilk Gorno Lisiche 27 9 9 9 26 29 −3 36
8 Ljubanci (O) 27 9 7 11 32 31 +1 34 Qualification to Relegation play-off
9 Gostivar (R) 27 9 6 12 29 34 −5 33 Relegation to Macedonian Third League
10 Kozhuf Miravci (R) 27 4 5 18 17 36 −19 17
Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Macedonian Cup

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Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shkëndija (1) 5–1 Vardar (1) 3–0 2–1
Rabotnichki (1) 5–1 Sileks (1) 3–0 2–1
Mladost Carev Dvor (1) 2–5 Bregalnica Shtip (1) 1–1 1–4
Makedonija GP (2) 3–4 Horizont Turnovo (1) 2–4 1–0

Source:[4]

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Horizont Turnovo 1–4 Shkëndija 0–2 1–2
Bregalnica Shtip 1–4 Rabotnichki 1–1 0–3

Source:[5]

Final

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Shkëndija2–0Rabotnichki
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

Macedonian Super Cup

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Vardar1–1 (a.e.t.)Rabotnički
Ivanovski   11' Report Ilijoski   47'
Penalties
Hambardzumyan  
Stojkov  
Ivanovski  
Gligorov  
Felipe  
4–3 Cikarski  
Vujčić  
Ilievski  
Altiparmakovski  
Ristevski  
Attendance: 1,500

Macedonian clubs in Europe

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Vardar

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2015–16 UEFA Champions League
14 July 2015 Second qualifying round APOEL   0–0   Vardar GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Attendance: 14,531
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
21 July 2015 Second qualifying round Vardar   1–1
(1–1a agg.)
  APOELPhilip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ljamchevski   90+4' Report De Vincenti   60' Attendance: 22,540
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Rabotnički

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2015–16 UEFA Europa League
2 July 2015 First qualifying round Flora Tallinn   1–0   Rabotnički A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Gussev   59' Report Attendance: 1,236
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
16 July 2015 Second qualifying round Jelgava   1–0   Rabotnički Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale, Jelgava
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Kļuškins   87' Report Attendance: 1,510
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
23 July 2015 Second qualifying round Rabotnički   2–0
(2–1 agg.)
  Jelgava Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ilijoski   6'
Sahiti   17'
Report Attendance: 2,300
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Shkëndija

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2015–16 UEFA Europa League
2 July 2015 First qualifying round Shkëndija   1–1   Aberdeen Philip II Arena, Skopje[note 2]
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) Kirovski   84' Report McGinn   79' Attendance: 7,040
Referee: Tolga Ozkalfa (Turkey)

Renova

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2015–16 UEFA Europa League
30 June 2015 First qualifying round Renova   0–1   Dacia Chișinău Philip II Arena, Skopje[note 3]
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Roșca   12' Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
9 July 2015 First qualifying round Dacia Chișinău   4–1
(5–1 agg.)
  Renova CSR Orhei, Orhei[note 4]
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Cociuc   9'
Jardan   55'
Pavlov   60'
Lozoviy   88'
Report Emini   32' Attendance: 800
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

Macedonian women's clubs in Europe

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ŽFK Dragon 2014

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11 August 2015 Qualifying round NSA Sofia   6–0   ŽFK Dragon 2014 Seaview, Belfast
14:00 WEST (UTC+1) Zhekova   15', 37'
Asenova   17'
Koshuleva   27'
Gospodinova   34'
Penkova   70'
Report Attendance: 22
Referee: Tânia Fernandes Morais (Luxembourg)
13 August 2015 Qualifying round PAOK   10–0   ŽFK Dragon 2014 Seaview, Belfast
14:00 WEST (UTC+1) Dimitriou   37'
Panteliadou   39', 42', 49'
Dimitrijević   45+1', 62'
Kakambouki   51', 66'
Naceva   60' (o.g.)
Chatzigiannidou   74' (pen.)
Report Attendance: 36
Referee: Kseniya Goryacheva (Russia)
16 August 2015 Qualifying round ŽFK Dragon 2014   0–2   Glentoran Belfast United Seaview, Belfast
16:00 WEST (UTC+1) Report Rogan   31'
Wade   36'
Attendance: 172
Referee: Kseniya Goryacheva (Russia)

National teams

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Macedonia national team

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5 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Luxembourg   1–0   Macedonia Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Thill   90+2' Report Attendance: 1,657
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
8 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Macedonia   0–1   Spain Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Pachovski   8' (o.g.) Attendance: 31,657
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
9 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Macedonia   0–2   Ukraine Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Seleznyov   59' (pen.)
Kravets   87'
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
12 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Belarus   0–0   Macedonia Borisov Arena, Barysaw
21:45 FET (UTC+3) Report Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)
12 November 2015 Friendly Macedonia   4–1   Montenegro Philip II Arena, Skopje
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Shikov   35'
Trajkovski   38' (pen.), 40', 64'
Report Jovetić   88' Attendance: 400
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
17 November 2015 Friendly Macedonia   0–1   Lebanon Philip II Arena, Skopje
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Oumari   47' Attendance: 400
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
12 December 2015 Friendly
(Unofficial)
Macedonia   2–1 First League
foreign players
Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Radeski   26'
Altiparmakovski   89'
Report Herrera   88'
14 December 2015 Friendly
(Unofficial)
Macedonia A   0–0   Macedonia U-21 Gradski stadion, Veles
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
23 March 2016 Friendly Slovenia   v   Macedonia Bonifika Stadium, Koper
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
29 March 2016[6] Friendly Macedonia   v   Bulgaria Philip II Arena, Skopje
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
2 June 2016 Friendly Macedonia   v   Iran Philip II Arena, Skopje

Macedonia U-21 national team

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5 September 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual. Macedonia   1–0   Ukraine Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Radeski   90+3' Report Attendance: 500[7]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)
7 September 2015 Friendly Macedonia   3–1   Australia Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
16:30 CEST (UTC+2) Imeri   5'
Angelov   42'
Petkovski   63'
Report Taggart   16' Attendance: 400
Referee: Tihomir Pejin (Croatia)
13 October 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual. Northern Ireland   1–2   Macedonia Mourneview Park, Lurgan
17:00 WEST (UTC+1) Doherty   43' Report Babunski   46'
Markoski   85'
Attendance: 100[8]
Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)
15 November 2015 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual. Macedonia   2–2   France Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Angelov   19'
Radeski   40'
Report Haller   65'
Nkoudou   72'
Attendance: 1,500[9]
Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)
12 December 2015 Friendly
(Unofficial)
Macedonia   2–0 Horizont Turnovo Gradski stadion, Veles
Imeri   62' (pen.)
Kochoski   74'
Report
14 December 2015 Friendly
(Unofficial)
Macedonia A   0–0   Macedonia U-21 Gradski stadion, Veles
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
24 March 2016 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual. Macedonia   v   Iceland Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report

Macedonia U-19 national team

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11 August 2015 Friendly Slovenia   4–0   Macedonia Sports Park, Slovenska Bistrica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Repas   7'
Alomerović   22' (o.g.)
Ivkič   49'
Šušnjara   78'
Report Referee: Alen Hliš (Slovenia)
13 August 2015 Friendly Slovenia   0–2   Macedonia Sports Park, Slovenska Bistrica
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Kochoski   40'
Hristov   89'
Referee: Borut Janžekovič (Slovenia)
15 September 2015 Friendly Macedonia   2–5   Bosnia and Herzegovina Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Petkovski   43', 58' Report Kremenović   35', 61', 82'
Osmanković   44'
Matić   90'
Referee: Kostadin Vlaho (Macedonia)
17 September 2015 Friendly Macedonia   4–1   Bosnia and Herzegovina Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Kochoski   21'
Zdravkovski   47'
Abaz   48'
Petkovski   55' (pen.)
Report Herić   32' (pen.) Referee: Faton Mustafi (Macedonia)
8 October 2015 UEFA Euro. U-19 Champ. qual. England   2–0   Macedonia Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Armstrong   67'
Maitland-Niles   90+4'
Report Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)
10 October 2015 UEFA Euro. U-19 Champ. qual. Italy   3–2   Macedonia Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Vido   11', 69', 71' (pen.) Report Alomerović   16'
Jevtoski   34' (pen.)
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)
13 October 2015 UEFA Euro. U-19 Champ. qual. Macedonia   1–2   Finland Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Petkovski   84' (pen.) Report Peiponen   56'
Jakonen   69'
Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Macedonia women's national team

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22 October 2015 UEFA Women's
Euro qual.
Macedonia   0–4   Iceland Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report M. Viðarsdóttir   9', 29'
Viggósdóttir   12'
Þorsteinsdóttir   17'
Attendance: 200[10]
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
27 October 2015 UEFA Women's
Euro qual.
Macedonia   1–4   Scotland Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Rochi   44' Report Little   22'
Corsie   27', 28'
Weir   31'
Attendance: 100[11]
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
26 November 2015 UEFA Women's Euro qual. Macedonia   0–2   Belarus Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Slesarchik   67'
Avkhimovich   90+3'
Attendance: 193[12]
Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)
29 November 2015 UEFA Women's Euro qual. Scotland   10–0   Macedonia St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:05 WET (UTC±0) J. Ross   3', 59', 61', 87'
Love   8', 40', 53'
Beattie   24'
Lauder   27'
Evans   35'
Report Attendance: 1,304[13]
Referee: Vesna Budimir (Croatia)
3 June 2016 UEFA Women's
Euro qual.
Macedonia   v   Slovenia Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
7 June 2016 UEFA Women's
Euro qual.
Iceland   v   Macedonia TBD

Notes

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  1. ^ Rubin Kazan played their home match at Central Stadium, Kazan, instead of their regular stadium Kazan Arena, Kazan, as Rubin Kazan's stadium was hosting the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
  2. ^ Shkëndija played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Gradski stadion, Tetovo.
  3. ^ Renova played their home match at Philip II Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Gradski stadion, Tetovo.
  4. ^ Dacia Chișinău played their home match at CSR Orhei, Orhei, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Moldova, Speia.

References

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  1. ^ "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Шкендија – Вардар во четвртфиналето од Купот на Македонија!". Ekipa.mk. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Shkendija avoids Rabotnichki in semi-final cup draw". MacedonianFootball.com. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Македонија – Бугарија на 29. март во Скопје". Ekipa.mk. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Марјан Радески ја реши Украина во последната минута (1-0)". Ekipa.mk. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Во младите е иднината: Голема победа на надежите во С. Ирска (ФОТО)". Ekipa.mk. 13 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Испуштен триумф над големата Франција: "Петлињата" ни се извадија со играч помалку (ФОТО)". Ekipa.mk. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. ^ "FYR Macedonia vs. Iceland 0 - 4". Women.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  11. ^ "FYR Macedonia vs. Scotland 1 - 4". Women.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  12. ^ "FYR Macedonia vs. Belarus 0 - 2". Women.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Scotland vs. FYR Macedonia 10 - 0". Women.Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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