Skopje
Full nameFudbalski Klub Skopje
Nickname(s)Пирати (The Pirates)
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
GroundŽelezarnica Stadium
Capacity3,000
ChairmanTome Trenevski
ManagerSlavco Georgievski
LeagueMacedonian Second League
2022–23Macedonian First League, 10th (relegated)

FK Skopje (Macedonian: ФК Скопје) is a football club from Skopje, the capital of the North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.

History

The club was created in 1960, by uniting FK Metalec and FK Industrijalec. They were originally formed as FK MIK (Metalska Industrija Kale) and later changed their name to FK Skopje during the 1973–74 season. They won the Macedonian Republic League, regional Yugoslav 3rd tier, in 1970. As FK MIK, the club competed for two seasons in the Yugoslav Second League East where they played with teams from federal Republics of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Since creation of the Macedonian First League, they have played there for 6 seasons: 1997/98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2021–22 and 2022–23.

Current squad

As of 12 August 2023.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK North Macedonia MKD Aleksandar Igeski
4 DF North Macedonia MKD Idriz Osmanovikj
5 DF North Macedonia MKD Bogdan Velinovski
6 DF North Macedonia MKD Hristijan Dimov
7 MF North Macedonia MKD Besmir Daci
8 MF North Macedonia MKD Kadir Belja
9 FW North Macedonia MKD Damjan Peshovski
10 MF North Macedonia MKD Merdian Ramadani
11 FW North Macedonia MKD Hristijan Kirovski
13 MF North Macedonia MKD Marko Andonovski
15 DF North Macedonia MKD Borjan Poposki
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF North Macedonia MKD Filip Gjorgjievski
17 FW North Macedonia MKD Antonio Bozhinoski
22 MF North Macedonia MKD Mario Nastevski
29 DF North Macedonia MKD Filip Stojanovski
30 MF North Macedonia MKD Mrgim Dani
34 DF North Macedonia MKD Dino Najdoski
44 GK North Macedonia MKD Vele Velkovski
47 FW North Macedonia MKD Umerfaruk Sulejman
77 GK North Macedonia MKD Alban Miftari
80 MF North Macedonia MKD Filip Duranski
99 North Macedonia MKD Muaz Saljihi

Honours

Domestic League:

Macedonian Second League:

Recent seasons

Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1992–93 2. MFL 38 21 9 8 73 32 51 3rd
1993–94 2. MFL West 26 11 4 11 54 42 26 5th
1994–95 2. MFL West 32 13 1 18 48 63 40 12th
1995–96 2. MFL West 30 13 5 12 58 48 44 6th
1996–97 2. MFL West 29 21 4 4 68 23 67 1st ↑ R2
1997–98 1. MFL 25 9 3 13 31 45 30 10th SF
1998–99 1. MFL 26 5 2 19 25 59 17 13th ↓
1999–00 2. MFL West 30 14 2 18 63 59 44 12th ↓ R1
2000–01 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PR
2001–02 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? R1
2002–03 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st ↑ PR
2003–04 2. MFL 32 17 2 13 46 45 53 3rd PR
2004–05 2. MFL 33 11 8 14 46 49 41 7th R1
2005–06 2. MFL 33 11 7 12 30 36 40 6th R1
2006–07 2. MFL 33 13 10 10 32 21 49 4th PR
2007–08 2. MFL 32 16 6 10 53 44 54 5th QF
2008–09 2. MFL 29 12 4 13 38 38 40 8th PR
2009–10 2. MFL 26 17 6 3 49 22 57 2nd ↑ SF
2010–11 1. MFL 33 9 10 14 36 39 37 9th ↓ R1
2011–12 2. MFL 30 17 5 8 50 26 56 3rd R2
2012–13 2. MFL 33 19 6 5 59 18 63 3rd PR
2013–14 2. MFL 33 16 5 8 48 32 53 3rd PR
2014–15 2. MFL 27 10 9 8 27 19 39 5th PR
2015–16 2. MFL 27 9 9 9 27 23 36 6th R2
2016–17 2. MFL 27 16 6 5 43 26 54 2nd ↑ R1
2017–18 1. MFL 36 7 14 15 24 43 35 9th ↓ QF
2018–19 2. MFL West 27 10 7 10 32 24 37 6th R2
2019–201 2. MFL West 16 9 2 5 21 14 29 2nd PR
2020–21 2. MFL West 27 18 6 12 50 20 60 1st ↑ R1
2021–22 1. MFL 33 9 8 16 27 45 35 9th R2
2022–23 1. MFL 30 4 10 16 17 44 22 10th ↓ R2

1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.[1]

Supporters

FK Skopje supporters are known as Pirati (Pirates), mostly coming from the Skopje settlement Avtokomanda.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Pirati1992 – YouTube" – via YouTube.

External links


2023–24 Macedonian Second Football League teams
Macedonian First Football League
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