FK Bregalnica Štip

Bregalnica Štip

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Bregalnica Shtip
Nickname(s)	Сини (The Blues)
Founded	1921 (1921)
Ground	Gradski stadion Štip
Capacity	4,000
Owner	Kiril Gogov
Chairman	Kiril Gogov
Manager	Dobrinko Ilievski
League	Macedonian Second League (East)
2018–19	3rd
Home colours Away colours

FK Bregalnica Štip (Macedonian: ФК Брегалница Штип) is a football club based in Štip, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League (East Division).

History

FK Bregalnica was formed in 1921 and currently plays 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. With the arrival of the new sponsor Kit-Go Bregalnica plan to play European football in the next 2 seasons with predominantly homegrown players.

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

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1992–93	1. MFL	34	11	8	15	38	45	30	16th ↓
1993–94	2. MFL East	26	16	4	6	50	17	33(−3)	2nd
1994–95	2. MFL East	30	15	4	11	45	32	49	3rd
1995–96	2. MFL East	28	9	6	13	34	38	33	1st ↑	QF
1996–97	1. MFL	26	10	5	11	30	33	35	6th	R2
1997–981	1. MFL	13	4	0	9	13	32	12	14th ↓
1998–99	2. MFL East	29	14	5	10	38	31	38(−9)	8th
1999–00	2. MFL East	30	13	6	11	63	34	45	9th ↓	R2
2000–01	3. MFL East	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	R2
2001–02	3. MFL East	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st ↑	PR
2002–03	2. MFL	36	19	5	12	66	43	62	6th	PR
2003–04	2. MFL	32	23	4	5	73	38	73	1st ↑	R1
2004–05	1. MFL	33	14	6	13	55	60	48	7th	QF
2005–06	1. MFL	33	10	6	17	44	55	36	10th	SF
2006–07	1. MFL	33	3	4	26	19	97	13	11th ↓	R2
2007–08	2. MFL	32	9	10	13	36	43	37	15th	R2
2008–09	2. MFL	29	14	9	6	45	21	51	4th	R1
2009–10	2. MFL	26	15	7	4	49	19	52	4th ↑	R1
2010–11	1. MFL	33	12	5	16	33	49	41	8th	QF
2011–12	1. MFL	33	13	6	14	51	46	45	5th	QF
2012–13	1. MFL	33	12	7	14	37	35	43	6th	R2
2013–14	1. MFL	33	11	11	11	34	34	44	7th	SF
2014–15	1. MFL	32	13	9	11	33	29	48	7th	R2
2015–16	1. MFL	32	10	8	14	42	49	38	6th	SF
2016–17	1. MFL	36	4	12	20	39	69	24	9th ↓	SF
2017–18	2. MFL East	25	15	8	2	54	20	53	3rd	R2
2018–19	2. MFL East	27	15	7	5	54	26	52	3rd	R2
2019–20	2. MFL East	14	9	4	1	36	9	31	TBA	TBA

¹Bregalnica was withdrawn from the league after 18th round. Their matches from 14th round onwards were annulled.

Current squad

As of 27 July 2020.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	MKD	Mihail Manevski
6	MF	MKD	Anes Osmanovski
7	MF	MKD	Martin Stojanov
8	MF	MKD	Kristijan Ackovski
9	MF	MKD	Darko Dodev
11	FW	MKD	Riste Naumov
14	MF	MKD	Mario Naumoski
15	DF	MKD	Jovan Manev
20	DF	MKD	Andjelo Nikolovski
23	MF	MKD	Naumche Bakracheski

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	MKD	Darko Stojanov
73	DF	MKD	Toni Mirchevski
—	GK	MKD	David Denkovski
—	GK	MKD	Kristijan Kitanovski
—	GK	MKD	Ilche Petrovski
—	DF	MKD	Bojan Gjorgievski
—	DF	MKD	Antonio Mitrev
—	MF	MKD	Sasho Shoposki
—	FW	MKD	Andrej Kudijan
—	FW	MKD	Stefan Mishev

Reserve squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	MKD	Pavel Cvetkov
—	DF	MKD	Gjorgji Canev
—	MF	MKD	Leon Cuckovski

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MKD	Matej Georgiev
—	FW	MKD	Ljupche Kudev

Historical list of coaches

• Vlatko Kostov (1 Jul 2003 - Feb 2005)
• Gordan Zdravkov (27 Feb 2005 - Jun 2005)
• Nikola Spasov (Jul 2005 - Dec 2005)
• Kiril Dojčinovski (15 Dec 2005 - Sep 2006)
• Sase Stefanov (1 Oct 2006 - Dec 2006)
• Dragan Hristovski (8 Dec 2006 - Jun 2010)
• Nikola Kuzmanov (Jul 2010 – Feb 2011)
• Dragan Hristovski (25 Feb 2011 - Jun 2011)
• Ilija Mitrov (2011)
• Nikola Spasov (30 Jul 2011 - 19 Oct 2011)
• Vlatko Davitkov (caretaker) (19 Oct 2011 - 27 Oct 2011)
• Trajče Senev (27 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012)
• Nikola Spasov (1 Jul 2012 - Jan 2013)
• Dobrinko Ilievski (3 Feb 2013 - 20 Dec 2013)

• Ali Güneş (23 Dec 2013 – 30 Jun 2014)
• Gjore Jovanovski (1 Jul 2014 - 4 Nov 2014)
• Dragan Hristovski (interim) (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
• Nikola Spasov (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
• Vlatko Kostov (4 Jan 2015 - 29 Aug 2015)
• Igor Stojanov (30 Aug 2015 - 14 Sep 2015)
• Toni Jakimovski (15 Sep 2015 – 8 Mar 2016)
• Igor Stojanov (9 Mar 2016 - 30 Aug 2016)
• Yüksel Yeşilova (31 Aug 2016 - 3 Nov 2016)
• Zdravko Cvetanoski (3 Nov 2016 – 14 Mar 2017)
• Nikola Kuzmanov (14 Mar 2017 – Nov 2017)
• Emil Grnev (Dec 2017 - 30 Sep 2018)
• Zoran Shterjovski (Oct 2018 - 2019)
• Dobrinko Ilievski (Jul 2019-)

External links

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