FK Belasica () is a professional football club based in the city of Strumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.

History The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov, where fifty initiators gathered at the founding meeting for the football club Belasica Strumica. According to documents, the first meeting was held on 13 August 1922 with Gjorgi Moskov elected president, Tomi Kujundziev as secretary and Rosto Perov as treasurer. The first match played in club history was against Pobeda from Skopje, where Belasica lost by the score of 1–0.

Their popular nickname is Kangaroos and their best period was the golden 80s when they won the Macedonian Republic championship twice. At the time, the club mostly played in the Federal Second league with teams from the six federal republics. Everybody in Macedonia remembers old legends from the club such as Blagoj Istatov and Vasil Ringov. Belasica was also known as Belasica GC, as Geras Cunev was the main sponsor. In the Macedonian top league, they had their biggest success under the leadership of Vančo Takovski in the early 2000s when they were runners-up of the Macedonian First League twice. Over the years, Belasica has played an important role by providing countless source of football talent. The North Macedonia national football team had many players that came from the Belasica youth system. Among them are: Goran Pandev, Aco Stojkov, Dragan Stojkov, Igor Gjuzelov, Robert Popov, Goran Popov, Zoran Baldovaliev, Dančo Masev and Goran Maznov.

In 2015, the club was bought by the Macedonian kickboxer Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda.

The most notable player to come out of Belasica is Goran Pandev a retired Macedonian international and all-time leading goal scorer for the national team.

Honours Macedonian Republic League Winners (4):1956,1958, 1983, 1988 Macedonian Republic Cup Winners (2): 1983–84, 1985–86 Macedonian First League Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2002–03 Macedonian Second League Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2017–18, 2019–20

Stadium

Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, Republic of North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the stadium's capacity is 6,500 spectators. With the last reconstruction in 2017 the stadium has a capacity of 9,200 seats, and it is a third-class field in accordance with UEFA standards. It meets the conditions for a high-ranking competition and is the second such stadium in the country. Stadium change the name in 2019 from "Mladost" to "Blagoj Istatov".

Supporters The supporters of fk Belasica are called "Ajduci" and they were founded in 1988.

Recent seasons SeasonLeagueCupEuropean competitionsTop goalscorerDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPlayerGoals1992–931. MFL341210124144349thToni Eftimov101993–941. MFL307121135482612thR1Derviš Hadžiosmanović101994–951. MFL301141548623710thVasko Georgiev151995–961. MFL2896133438339thJ. VasilevBranko Belichev61996–971. MFL26961132413310thGSMario Petkov121997–981. MFL25841325354113th ↓QFVancho Atanasov121998–992. MFL East2919285830592ndVasko Georgiev151999–002. MFL East30270311619721st ↑R1Vancho Atanasov232000–011. MFL2617455622554thQF Ljubiša Nikolić162001–021. MFL2011362922362ndR2Ljubiša Nikolić142002–031. MFL3320945032692ndSFUEFA CupQRZoran Baldovaliev212003–041. MFL331061737553610thR2UEFA CupQRZoran Baldovaliev92004–051. MFL33146135347488thR1Aleksandar Stojanovski262005–061. MFL3322292284812th ↓R2Dušan Savić72006–072. MFL33117153659409thR1Gjoksen Limanov112007–082. MFL3216794937554thVasko Georgiev102008–092. MFL29108113433388thR2Aleksandar Stojanovski82009–102. MFL26103132839338thR2Gjorgji Markov102010–112. MFL2613493926435thR1Gjorgji Markov112011–122. MFL30462027561816th ↓Vasko Georgiev72012–133. MFL East33233710223724thR12013–143. MFL East2623128216701stR1Gjoksen Limanov282014–153. MFL East2218316611571stR1Mile Kostovski272015–163. MFL East2212284927383rdR1M. Atanasovski142016–173. MFL East27241212614731st ↑R1Boban Marikj382017–182. MFL East2518528111591st ↑R1Pepi Gorgiev162018–191. MFL36911163749389th ↓SFPepi Gorgiev92019–2012. MFL East161312369401st ↑N/AMartin Mirchevski142020–211. MFL33452423681712th ↓QFAntonio Kalanoski82021–222. MFL East2718545614592ndR2Aleksandar Kocev122022–232. MFL301051536473510thR1Aleksandar Milushev82023–242. MFL30119103932427thR1Aleksandar Milushev72024–252. MFL30101193530418thR1Dimche Jovov82025–262. MFL3018485721585thR2Bojan Spirkoski10

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

Belasica in Europe Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2002–03 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Leixões 2–2 1–2 3–4 2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round NK Celje 2–7 0–5 2–12

Players Current squad As of 15 September 2026.

Youth players Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season.

Historical list of coaches

Blagoj Istatov (1983 - 1989) Risto Bozhinov (1989 - 1990) Blagoj Ashikov (1990 - 1991) Blagoj Istatov (1991 - 1992) Goce Petrovski (1992 - 1993) Ilija Andreev (1993 ) Nikola Ilievski (1993 - 1994) Pance Pantaziev (1995 - 1996) Blagoj Istatov (1996 - 1997) Ratko Janushev (1997 - 1998) Blagoj Istatov (1998 - 1999) Risto Panov (1998 - 1999) Ilija Matenicarov (1999 - 2000) Nikola Ilievski (2000) Trajce Georgiev (2001) Nikola Sekulov (2001) Riste Ancev (16 Nov 2001 ) Dragi Kanatlarovski (2002) Riste Ancev (16 2002 -) Pane Blazevski (9 Apr 2003 -)Belasica turn to Blazevski - UEFA Miroslav Jakovljević (2004 - Sep 2005) Šefki Arifovski (30 Sep 2005 - Dec 2005) Zvonko Todorov (15 Dec 2005 - 2006) Jugoslav Trencovski (15 Sep 2007 - 15 Jul 2009) Milko Ǵurovski (15 Jul 2009 - 4 Jan 2010) Gordan Zdravkov (2010 - 2011) Aco Stojanov (2011 - ) Shefki Arifovski (2012 -) Toni Eftimov (2012 - 2014) Stefan Petkovski (Mar 2015 - Jul 2015) Aco Stojanov (2015 - 2016) Rade Cicmilovikj (1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018) Vasko Georgiev (2016 - 2017) Marjan Živković (31 Jul 2018 - 3 Dec 2018)Belasica hires Serbian manager - Macedonian Football Rade Cicmilovikj (4 Dec 2018 - 22 Mar 2019) Gjoko Hadžievski (23 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2019) Aleksandar Stojanov (18 Apr 2019 -) Vane Milkov (2019 -2020) Aleksandar Stojanov (2021 -2022) Shefki Arifovski (2022 -) Blagoj Gucev (2022 -2023) Vase Bekarov (jul.2023 - Dec 2023) Aleksandar Stojanov (Dec 2023 -)

References

External links

FK Belasica unofficial digital archive Club info at MacedonianFootball Football Federation of Macedonia