FK Bregalnica Štip
Football club
Брегалница Штип
Bregalnica Štip
Full nameFudbalski klub Bregalnica Shtip / Фудбалски клуб Брегалница Штип
NicknameСини (The Blues)
Founded1921; 104 years ago (1921)
GroundGradski stadion Štip
Capacity4,000
Owner(s)Murat Şamil Şen (85%)
Stip Municipality (15%)
ChairmanMurat Şamil Şen
ManagerVlatko Kostov
LeagueMacedonian Second League
2024–25Macedonian Second League, 4th
Websitewww.fkbregalnica.mk

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

History

FK Bregalnica was formed in 1921 and currently play in the Macedonian First League. They are named Bregalnica after the 2nd largest river in North Macedonia and their nickname is The Blues because of the club colours being predominantly dark blue. They play their games at Gradski Stadion Štip ground, a stadium capable of hosting 8,000 seated fans, plus an addition of space for standing fans of 2,000 fans. The club's most successful years were those between 1964 and 1984, when the club were champion of the Macedonian Republic League four 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 their star players. With the arrival of the new sponsor Kit-Go Bregalnica plan to play European football in the next two seasons with predominantly homegrown players.

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Stadium

Bregalnica stadium is under renovation.[when?] Upon completion it will have a capacity of 10,000 seats.[citation needed]

Supporters

The supporters of Bregalnica Štip are called "The Falanga", named after the infantry formation and army of Alexander the Great.

Honours

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
2019–202 2. MFL East 16 11 4 1 39 9 37 2nd N/A
2020–21 2. MFL East 27 23 4 0 73 18 73 1st ↑ R2
2021–22 1. MFL 33 12 9 12 45 47 45 7th QF
2022–23 1. MFL 30 10 11 9 33 34 41 5th QF
2023–24 1. MFL 33 6 10 17 27 50 28 12th ↓ QF
2024–25 2. MFL 30 17 7 6 38 23 58 4th R2

1Bregalnica was withdrawn from the league after 18th round.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

2The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.[1]

Current squad

As of 18 September 2025.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 FW  MKD Jovan Postolov
3 DF  MKD Andjelo Nikolovski
5 DF  MKD Stefan Kostov
6 MF  MKD Riste Temelkov
7 FW  MKD Boban Georgiev
8 MF  MKD Darko Aleksovski
10 MF  MKD David Kalpachki
11 DF  MKD Daniel Karcheski
13 MF  MKD Marko Nikolovski
14 FW  MKD Husein Demiri
15 MF  MKD Luka Georgiev
16 MF  MKD Viktor Serafimovski
17 DF  MKD Martin Dimoski
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  MKD Damjan Masevski
19 FW  MKD Dino Miholov
20 MF  MKD Darijan Tasev
21 DF  MKD Goran Siljanovski
22 DF  MKD Stefan Kocev
24 GK  MKD Nikola Filevski
25 MF  MKD Luka Bojadjiev
26 FW  MKD Edi Mandak
35 FW  MKD Branimir Ivanov
98 GK  MKD Filip Kupanov
— GK  MKD Kevin Zaov
— DF  MKD Blagoj Hadji-Kimov

Historical list of coaches

  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Beara
  • North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov (1 Jul 2003 - Feb 2005)
  • North Macedonia Gordan Zdravkov (27 Feb 2005 - Jun 2005)
  • Bulgaria Nikola Spasov (Jul 2005 - Dec 2005)
  • North Macedonia Kiril Dojčinovski (15 Dec 2005 - Sep 2006)
  • North Macedonia Sase Stefanov (1 Oct 2006 - Dec 2006)
  • North Macedonia Dragan Hristovski (8 Dec 2006 - Jun 2010)
  • North Macedonia Nikola Kuzmanov (Jul 2010 – Feb 2011)
  • North Macedonia Dragan Hristovski (25 Feb 2011 - Jun 2011)[2]
  • North Macedonia Ilija Mitrov (2011)
  • Bulgaria Nikola Spasov (30 Jul 2011 - 19 Oct 2011)
  • North Macedonia Vlatko Davitkov (caretaker) (19 Oct 2011 - 27 Oct 2011)
  • North Macedonia Trajče Senev (27 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012)
  • Bulgaria Nikola Spasov (1 Jul 2012 - Jan 2013)
  • North Macedonia Dobrinko Ilievski (3 Feb 2013 - 20 Dec 2013)
  • Turkey Ali Güneş (23 Dec 2013 – 30 Jun 2014)
  • North Macedonia Gjore Jovanovski (1 Jul 2014 - 4 Nov 2014)
  • North Macedonia Dragan Hristovski (interim) (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
  • Bulgaria Nikola Spasov (4 Nov 2014 - Dec 2014)
  • North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov (4 Jan 2015 - 29 Aug 2015)[3]
  • North Macedonia Igor Stojanov (30 Aug 2015 - 14 Sep 2015)
  • North Macedonia Toni Jakimovski (15 Sep 2015 – 8 Mar 2016)
  • North Macedonia Igor Stojanov (9 Mar 2016 - 30 Aug 2016)
  • Turkey Yüksel Yeşilova (31 Aug 2016 - 3 Nov 2016)[4]
  • North Macedonia Zdravko Cvetanoski (3 Nov 2016 – 14 Mar 2017)
  • North Macedonia Nikola Kuzmanov (14 Mar 2017 – Nov 2017)[5]
  • Bulgaria Emil Grnev (Dec 2017 - 30 Sep 2018)[6]
  • North Macedonia Zoran Sterjovski (Oct 2018 - 2019)[7]
  • North Macedonia Dobrinko Ilievski (Jul 2019–2020)
  • North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski (Nov 2020–2021)
  • North Macedonia Ilčo Gjorgioski (Jan 2022–2023)

References

  1. ^ "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ Dragan Hristovski will lead Bregalnica again - Macedonian Football
  3. ^ Vlatko Kostov takes over Bregalnica - Macedonian Football
  4. ^ Bregalnica’nın Türk Teknik Direktörüne Saldırı - Yeni Balkan (in Turkish)
  5. ^ Kuzmanov to lead Bregalnica - Macedonian Football
  6. ^ Sileks and Bregalnica coaches resign - Macedonian Football
  7. ^ Shkupi, Sileks, Pelister & Bregalnica announce new coaches - Macedonian Football
  • Official website (in Macedonian)
  • FK Bregalnica Štip on Facebook (in Macedonian)
  • Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
  • Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
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