2015–16 in Republic of Macedonia football

Football in Republic of Macedonia

Season	2015–16
First League	TBD
Second League	TBD
Third League	TBD
Macedonian Cup	TBD
Super Cup	Vardar
← 2014–15 0000

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

League competitions

First League

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (Q)	22	17	4	1	52	10	+42	55	Qualification to Championship round
2	Shkëndija (Q)	22	15	5	2	51	17	+34	50
3	Shkupi	22	8	10	4	24	18	+6	34
4	Sileks	22	9	6	7	26	25	+1	33
5	Rabotnički	22	7	11	4	29	22	+7	32
6	Bregalnica Štip	22	6	5	11	25	36	−11	23
7	Renova	22	5	7	10	22	32	−10	22	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Horizont Turnovo	22	4	9	9	25	38	−13	21
9	Mladost Carev Dvor	22	5	1	16	17	51	−34	16
10	Metalurg Skopje	22	3	4	15	15	37	−22	13

Updated to match(es) played on 13 March 2016. 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]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Second League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skopje	17	7	5	5	20	15	+5	26	Promotion to Macedonian First Football League
2	Teteks	17	6	8	3	18	13	+5	26
3	Makedonija Gj. P.	17	7	5	5	21	22	−1	26	Qualification to Promotion play-off
4	Velazerimi	17	6	7	4	24	18	+6	25
5	Ljubanci	17	7	4	6	22	22	0	25
6	Pobeda	17	5	8	4	21	17	+4	23
7	Pelister	17	4	10	3	18	17	+1	22
8	Euromilk G. L.	17	5	6	6	16	21	−5	21	Qualification to Relegation play-off
9	Gostivar	17	5	5	7	17	20	−3	20	Relegation to Macedonian Third Football League
10	Kozhuf Miravci	17	2	4	11	10	22	−12	10

Updated to match(es) played on 13 Маrch 2016. 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

Macedonian Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shkëndija	5–1	Vardar	3–0	2–1
Rabotnički	5–1	Sileks	3–0	2–1
Mladost Carev Dvor	2–5	Bregalnica Štip	1–1	1–4
Makedonija Gjorče Petrov (II)	3–4	Horizont Turnovo	2–4	1–0

Source:^[2]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Horizont Turnovo	–	Shkëndija	0–2	–
Bregalnica Štip	–	Rabotnički	1–1	–

Source:^[3]

Final

v

29 May 2016[3] --:-- CEST (UTC+2)

	v

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Macedonian Super Cup

Vardar v Rabotnički

23 September 2015 20:00 CEST (UTC+2)

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

Philip II Arena, Skopje Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Macedonian clubs in Europe

Vardar

2015–16 UEFA Champions League

APOEL v Vardar

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)

Vardar v APOEL

21 July 2015 Second qualifying round	Vardar	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	APOEL	Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljamchevski  90+4'	Report	De Vincenti  60'	Attendance: 22,540 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Rabotnički

2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Flora Tallinn v Rabotnički

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)

Rabotnički v Flora Tallinn

9 July 2015 First qualifying round	Rabotnički	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Flora Tallinn	Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anene  48' Altiparmakovski  54'	Report		Attendance: 1,690 Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

Jelgava v Rabotnički

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)

Rabotnički v Jelgava

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)

Rabotnički v Trabzonspor

30 July 2015 Third qualifying round	Rabotnički	1–0	Trabzonspor	Philip II Arena, Skopje
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilijoski  23'	Report		Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Trabzonspor v Rabotnički

6 August 2015 Third qualifying round	Trabzonspor	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	Rabotnički	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yokuşlu  55'	Report	Markoski  112'	Attendance: 13,704 Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Rabotnički v Rubin Kazan

20 August 2015 Play-off round	Rabotnički	1–1	Rubin Kazan	Philip II Arena, Skopje
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ristevski  85'	Report	Karadeniz  68'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Rubin Kazan v Rabotnički

27 August 2015 Play-off round	Rubin Kazan	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Rabotnički	Central Stadium, Kazan[note 1]
19:00 FET (UTC+3)	Carlos Eduardo  35'	Report		Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Shkëndija

2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Shkëndija v Aberdeen

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)

Aberdeen v Shkëndija

9 July 2015 First qualifying round	Aberdeen	0–0 (1a–1 agg.)	Shkëndija	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Attendance: 14,112 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

Renova

2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Renova v Dacia Chișinău

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)

Dacia Chișinău v Renova

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

ŽFK Dragon 2014

NSA Sofia v ŽFK Dragon 2014

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)

PAOK v ŽFK Dragon 2014

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)

ŽFK Dragon 2014 v Glentoran Belfast United

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

Macedonia national team

Luxembourg  v  Macedonia

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)

Macedonia  v  Spain

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)

Macedonia  v  Ukraine

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)

Belarus  v  Macedonia

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)

Macedonia  v  Montenegro

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)

Macedonia  v  Lebanon

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)

Macedonia  v First League
foreign players

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'

Macedonia A v Macedonia U-21

14 December 2015 Friendly (Unofficial)	Macedonia A	0–0	Macedonia U-21	Gradski stadion, Veles
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

Slovenia  v  Macedonia

23 March 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	v	Macedonia	Bonifika Stadium, Koper
18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Macedonia  v  Bulgaria

29 March 2016[4] Friendly	Macedonia	v	Bulgaria	Philip II Arena, Skopje
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Macedonia  v  Iran

2 June 2016 Friendly	Macedonia	v	Iran	Philip II Arena, Skopje

Macedonia U-21 national team

Macedonia  v  Ukraine

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[5] Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

Macedonia  v  Australia

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)

Northern Ireland  v  Macedonia

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[6] Referee: Sandor Szabo (Hungary)

Macedonia  v  France

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' N'Koudou  72'	Attendance: 1,500[7] Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Macedonia  v Horizont Turnovo

12 December 2015 Friendly (Unofficial)	Macedonia	2–0	Horizont Turnovo	Gradski stadion, Veles
	Imeri  62' (pen.) Kochoski  74'	Report

Macedonia A v Macedonia U-21

14 December 2015 Friendly (Unofficial)	Macedonia A	0–0	Macedonia U-21	Gradski stadion, Veles
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

Macedonia  v  Iceland

24 March 2016 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual.	Macedonia	v	Iceland	Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report

France  v  Macedonia

28 March 2016 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual.	France	v	Macedonia	MMArena, Le Mans
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Ukraine  v  Macedonia

27 May 2016 UEFA Euro U-21 Champ. qual.	Ukraine	v	Macedonia	TBD
		Report

Macedonia U-19 national team

Slovenia  v  Macedonia

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)

Slovenia  v  Macedonia

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)

Macedonia  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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)

Macedonia  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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)

England  v  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)

Italy  v  Macedonia

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)

Macedonia  v  Finland

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

Macedonia  v  Iceland

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[8] Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)

Macedonia  v  Scotland

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[9] Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

Macedonia  v  Belarus

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[10] Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland)

Scotland  v  Macedonia

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[11] Referee: Vesna Budimir (Croatia)

Slovenia  v  Macedonia

12 April 2016 UEFA Women's Euro qual.	Slovenia	v	Macedonia	Lendava Sports Park, Lendava

Macedonia  v  Slovenia

3 June 2016 UEFA Women's Euro qual.	Macedonia	v	Slovenia	Petar Miloshevski Stadium, Skopje

Iceland  v  Macedonia

7 June 2016 UEFA Women's Euro qual.	Iceland	v	Macedonia	TBD

Notes

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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External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (Macedonian) (English)