{{about|the football club in North Macedonia|the football club from Bulgaria|OFC Belasitsa Petrich}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = ФК Беласица <br> FK Belasica | nickname = Кенгури (Kangaroos) | short name = Belasica, BEL | image = FK Belasica New Logo.jpg | upright = 0.8 | fullname = Fudbalski klub Belasica Strumica / Фудбалски клуб Беласица Струмица | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1922|8|13}} | chairman = Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda | manager = Aleksandar Stojanov | ground = Blagoj Istatov Stadium | capacity = 9,200 | league = Macedonian Second League | season = 2025–26 | position = Second League, 5th | pattern_la1 = _tenerife1314a | pattern_b1 = _hummelcoreXKtbw | pattern_ra1 = _tenerife1314a | pattern_sh1 = _hummel_blue | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _tenerife1718h | pattern_b2 = _hummelcoreXKwtb | pattern_ra2 = _tenerife1718h | pattern_sh2 = _tenerife1718a | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = 0077FF | website = https://fkbelasica.com.mk/ }}
'''FK Belasica''' ({{langx|mk|ФК Беласица}}) 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. thumb|300px|Baldovaliev '''Belasica '''legendary Stricker''' 52 games 29 goals''' 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jugoinfo.mk/index.php?id=5337 |title=Кикбоксер го купи струмичкиот ФК "Беласица |publisher=Jugoinfo.mk |date=17 February 2015 |access-date=13 December 2015 |language=Macedonian |archive-date=13 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213074104/http://jugoinfo.mk/index.php?id=5337 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Goran-Pandev-profile-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-Tottenham-target-article26258.html |title=Goran Pandev profile: 10 things you need to know about the Tottenham target – News |publisher=MirrorFootball.co.uk |date=2009-05-19 |access-date=2012-08-08 |archive-date=2010-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328130802/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Goran-Pandev-profile-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-Tottenham-target-article26258.html |url-status=live }}</ref> thumb|right|165px|Belasica's old logo
==Honours== *'''{{Flagicon|SR Macedonia}} Macedonian Republic League''' **'''Winners (4):'''1956,1958, 1983, 1988 *'''{{Flagicon|SR Macedonia}} Macedonian Republic Cup''' **'''Winners (2):''' 1983–84, 1985–86 *'''{{Flagicon|North Macedonia}} Macedonian First League''' **''Runners-up (2):'' 2001–02, 2002–03 *'''{{Flagicon|North Macedonia}} Macedonian Second League''' **'''Winners (3):''' 1999–2000, 2017–18, 2019–20
==Stadium== thumb|right
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== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%" |- !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=9|League !rowspan=2 width="30"|Cup !rowspan=2 colspan=2 width="200"|European competitions !colspan=2 width="220"|Top goalscorer |- !Division !width="25"|P !width="25"|W !width="25"|D !width="25"|L !width="25"|F !width="25"|A !width="25"|Pts !width="40"|Pos !Player !Goals |- |1992–93 |1. MFL |34 |12 |10 |12 |41 |44 |34 |9th | | | |Toni Eftimov |10 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1993–94 |1. MFL |30 |7 |12 |11 |35 |48 |26 |12th |R1 | | |Derviš Hadžiosmanović |10 |- |1994–95 |1. MFL |30 |11 |4 |15 |48 |62 |37 |10th | | | |Vasko Georgiev |15 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1995–96 |1. MFL |28 |9 |6 |13 |34 |38 |33 |9th | | | |J. Vasilev<br>Branko Belichev |6 |- |1996–97 |1. MFL |26 |9 |6 |11 |32 |41 |33 |10th |GS | | |Mario Petkov |12 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1997–98 |1. MFL |25 |8 |4 |13 |25 |35 |41 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|13th ↓ |QF | | |'''Vancho Atanasov''' |'''12''' |- |1998–99 |2. MFL East |29 |19 |2 |8 |58 |30 |59 |2nd | | | |Vasko Georgiev |15 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |1999–00 |2. MFL East |30 |27 |0 |3 |116 |19 |72 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ |R1 | | |Vancho Atanasov |23 |- |2000–01 |1. MFL |26 |17 |4 |5 |56 |22 |55 |4th |QF | | |Ljubiša Nikolić |16 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2001–02 |1. MFL |20 |11 |3 |6 |29 |22 |36 |bgcolor="silver"|2nd |R2 | | |Ljubiša Nikolić |14 |- |2002–03 |1. MFL |33 |20 |9 |4 |50 |32 |69 |bgcolor="silver"|2nd |SF |UEFA Cup |QR |Zoran Baldovaliev |21 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2003–04 |1. MFL |33 |10 |6 |17 |37 |55 |36 |10th |R2 |UEFA Cup |QR |Zoran Baldovaliev |9 |- |2004–05 |1. MFL |33 |14 |6 |13 |53 |47 |48 |8th |R1 | | |'''Aleksandar Stojanovski''' |'''26''' |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2005–06 |1. MFL |33 |2 |2 |29 |22 |84 |8 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|12th ↓ |R2 | | |Dušan Savić |7 |- |2006–07 |2. MFL |33 |11 |7 |15 |36 |59 |40 |9th |R1 | | |Gjoksen Limanov |11 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2007–08 |2. MFL |32 |16 |7 |9 |49 |37 |55 |4th | | | |Vasko Georgiev |10 |- |2008–09 |2. MFL |29 |10 |8 |11 |34 |33 |38 |8th |R2 | | |Aleksandar Stojanovski |8 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2009–10 |2. MFL |26 |10 |3 |13 |28 |39 |33 |8th |R2 | | |Gjorgji Markov |10 |- |2010–11 |2. MFL |26 |13 |4 |9 |39 |26 |43 |5th |R1 | | |Gjorgji Markov |11 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2011–12 |2. MFL |30 |4 |6 |20 |27 |56 |18 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|16th ↓ | | | |Vasko Georgiev |7 |- |2012–13 |3. MFL East |33 |23 |3 |7 |102 |23 |72 |4th |R1 | | | | |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2013–14 |3. MFL East |26 |23 |1 |2 |82 |16 |70 |1st |R1 | | |Gjoksen Limanov |28 |- |2014–15 |3. MFL East |22 |18 |3 |1 |66 |11 |57 |1st |R1 | | |Mile Kostovski |27 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2015–16 |3. MFL East |22 |12 |2 |8 |49 |27 |38 |3rd |R1 | | |M. Atanasovski |14 |- |2016–17 |3. MFL East |27 |24 |1 |2 |126 |14 |73 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ |R1 | | |Boban Marikj |38 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2017–18 |2. MFL East |25 |18 |5 |2 |81 |11 |59 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ |R1 | | |Pepi Gorgiev |16 |- |2018–19 |1. MFL |36 |9 |11 |16 |37 |49 |38 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|9th ↓ |SF | | |Pepi Gorgiev |9 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2019–20<sup>1</sup> |2. MFL East |16 |13 |1 |2 |36 |9 |40 |bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1st ↑ |N/A | | |Martin Mirchevski |14 |- |2020–21 |1. MFL |33 |4 |5 |24 |23 |68 |17 |bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|12th ↓ |QF | | |Antonio Kalanoski |8 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2021–22 |2. MFL East |27 |18 |5 |4 |56 |14 |59 |2nd |R2 | | |Aleksandar Kocev |12 |- |2022–23 |2. MFL |30 |10 |5 |15 |36 |47 |35 |10th |R1 | | |Aleksandar Milushev |8 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2023–24 |2. MFL |30 |11 |9 |10 |39 |32 |42 |7th |R1 | | |Aleksandar Milushev |7 |- |2024–25 |2. MFL |30 |10 |11 |9 |35 |30 |41 |8th |R1 | | |Dimche Jovov |8 |-bgcolor=#EEEEEE |2025–26 |2. MFL |30 |18 |4 |8 |57 |21 |58 |5th |R2 | | |Bojan Spirkoski |10 |}
<small><sup>1</sup>The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Macedonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ffm.mk/vonredna-sednica-na-upraven-odbor-na-fudbalska-federacija-na-makedonija-prekin-na-natprevaruvachkata-sezona-20192020|title=Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020|publisher=Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија|date=4 June 2020|access-date=10 June 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604181417/https://ffm.mk/vonredna-sednica-na-upraven-odbor-na-fudbalska-federacija-na-makedonija-prekin-na-natprevaruvachkata-sezona-20192020|url-status=live}}</ref></small>
==Belasica in Europe== {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate ! |- | 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | {{flagicon|Portugal}} Leixões | style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| '''3–4''' |17px |- |- | 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} NK Celje | style="text-align:center;"| 2–7 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–5 | style="text-align:center;"| '''2–12''' |17px |- |}
==Players== ===Current squad=== As of 30 August 2025.
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=MKD|pos=GK|name=Filip Mukanov}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Filip Mitev}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Aleksandar Milushev}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Borjan Poposki}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Stefan Mladenovski}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Gligor Donchev}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Mario Kostov}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Stefan Sulev}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Goran Tomovski}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Aleksandar Kocev}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Zhivko Krstev}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=MKD|pos=GK|name=Gjorgi Trajkov}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Mario Naumoski}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Mario Debreshlioski}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Ersan Mustafa}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Bojan Spirkoski}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Kostadin Kapsarov}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=MKD|pos=MF|name=Bojan Najdenov}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=MKD|pos=FW|name=Maksim Conikj}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Anatoljij Petejchuk}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Stefan Sekirski}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=MKD|pos=DF|name=Kosta Manev}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=MKD|pos=GK|name=Spasko Ahtarov}} {{Fs end}}
===Youth players=== Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season.
{{Fs start}} {{Fs end}}
==Historical list of coaches== {{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}} *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoje Istatov (1983 - 1989) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Risto Bozhinov (1989 - 1990) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoj Ashikov (1990 - 1991) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoje Istatov (1991 - 1992) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Goce Petrovski (1992 - 1993) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Ilija Andreev (1993 ) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Nikola Ilievski (1993 - 1994) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Pance Pantaziev (1995 - 1996) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoje Istatov (1996 - 1997) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Ratko Janushev (1997 - 1998) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoje Istatov (1998 - 1999) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Risto Panov (1998 - 1999) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Ilija Matenicarov (1999 - 2000) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Nikola Ilievski (2000) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Trajce Georgiev (2001) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Nikola Sekulov (2001) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Riste Ancev (16 Nov 2001 ) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Dragi Kanatlarovski (2002) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Riste Ancev (16 2002 -) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Pane Blazevski (9 Apr 2003 -) <ref>[https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=mkd/news/newsid=63800.html Belasica turn to Blazevski]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - UEFA</ref> *{{flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Jakovljević (2004 - Sep 2005) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Šefki Arifovski (30 Sep 2005 - Dec 2005) *{{flagicon|BUL}} Zvonko Todorov (15 Dec 2005 - 2006) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Jugoslav Trencovski (15 Sep 2007 - 15 Jul 2009) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Milko Ǵurovski (15 Jul 2009 - 4 Jan 2010) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Gordan Zdravkov (2010 - 2011) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aco Stojanov (2011 - ) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Shefki Arifovski (2012 -) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Toni Eftimov (2012 - 2014) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Stefan Petkovski (Mar 2015 - Jul 2015) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aco Stojanov (2015 - 2016) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Rade Cicmilovikj (1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Vasko Georgiev (2016 - 2017) *{{flagicon|SRB}} Marjan Živković (31 Jul 2018 - 3 Dec 2018)<ref>[http://macedonianfootball.com/tag/marjan-zivkovic/ Belasica hires Serbian manager] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723150744/http://macedonianfootball.com/tag/marjan-zivkovic/ |date=2020-07-23 }} - Macedonian Football</ref> *{{flagicon|MKD}} Rade Cicmilovikj (4 Dec 2018 - 22 Mar 2019) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Gjoko Hadžievski (23 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2019) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Stojanov (18 Apr 2019 -) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Vane Milkov (2019 -2020) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Stojanov (2021 -2022) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Shefki Arifovski (2022 -) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Blagoj Gucev (2022 -2023) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Vase Bekarov (jul.2023 - Dec 2023) *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Stojanov (Dec 2023 -) {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://fkbelasica.com.mk/}} {{in lang|mk}} *{{Facebook|belasicafc}} {{in lang|mk}} *[http://macedonianfootball.com/team/belasica/ Club info at MacedonianFootball] {{in lang|en}} *[http://ffm.mk/ Football Federation of Macedonia] {{in lang|mk}}
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