FK Bregalnica Štip

Bregalnica Štip

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Bregalnica Shtip
Nickname(s)	Сини (The Blues)
Founded	1921
Ground	Gradski stadion Štip
Capacity	4,000
Owner	Štip Municipality
Chairman	Mite Mitev
Manager	Igor Stojanov
League	Macedonian First League
2014–15	7th
Home colours Away colours

FK Bregalnica Štip (Macedonian: ФК Брегалница Штип) is a football club based in Štip, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

FK Bregalnica is a football club based in Shtip, Republic of Macedonia. They were formed in 1921 and currently play in the Macedonian First League. Their nickname is The Blues because the club colors are all blue. They play their games at Ground Bregalnica Arena Shtip with Capacity of 4,000 sits.The club's most successful years were those between 1964 and 1984 when the club was champion of Macedonian Republic League for 4 times and won the Macedonian cup in 1981 (these were regional Yugoslav competitions back then). The good times did not last however, the next few years saw the decline of FK Bregalnica, distinguished by the loss of star players. Despite a wealth of home grown talent and some well known signings Bregalnica never broke into the top four and therefore failed to qualify for European competitions.

Supporters

FK Bregalnica Štip supporters are called Falanga.

Honours

Macedonian Republic League:

• Winners (4): 1964, 1967, 1976, 1984

Macedonian Republic Cup:

• Winners (1): 1981

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (2): 1995–96, 2003–04

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016

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

No. Position Player 30 GK Ljupcho Kolev 31 GK Pepi Davitkov 90 GK Dushan Pavlov GK Davor Taleski 5 DF Dean Mitrev 14 DF Tomislav Blazheski 22 DF Stefan Kocev 23 DF Zvonimir Stanković 25 DF Darko Stojanov 27 DF Stefan Ristovski 3 MF Gjorgji Tanushev 4 MF Nikolay Hristov 8 MF Goran Zdravkov (Captain)

No. Position Player 13 MF George Nikovski 17 MF Stefan Kostov 18 MF Ivan Mitrov 21 MF Aleksandar Temelkov MF Oliver Aleksandrov MF Dushko Andonov MF Mihajlo Mihailov 7 FW Stojanche Velinov 9 FW Angel Nacev 10 FW Lazar Iliev 16 FW Mario Filipovski 19 FW Riste Naumov 99 FW Stefan Mishev

Managers

Nationality	Name	Arrived	Departed
	Ilija Mitrov	Jan 2011	May 11
	Nikola Spasov	July 1, 2011	Oct 19, 2011
	Vlatko Davitkov (caretaker)	Oct 19, 2011	Oct 27, 2011
	Trajče Senev	Oct 27, 2011	June 30, 2012
	Nikola Spasov	July 1, 2012	Dec 11, 2012
	Nikola Kuzmanov	Dec 2012	Jan 13
	Dobrinko Ilievski	Feb 3, 2013	Dec 20, 2013
	Ali Güneş	Dec 23, 2013	June 2014
	Gjore Jovanovski	July 3, 2014	Nov 4, 2014
	Dragan Hristovski (interim)	Nov 5, 2014	Jan 12, 2015
	Vlatko Kostov	Jan 12, 2015	Aug 29, 2015
	Toni Jakimovski	Sep 15, 2015	Jan 13, 2016
	Igor Stojanov	Jan 13, 2016

References

External links

• Bregalnica Štip blog (Macedonian)
• Club info at MacedonianFootball (English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (Macedonian)