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FK Skopje

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Skopje
Full nameFudbalski Klub Skopje
NicknameПирати (The Pirates)
Founded1921 fusion 1960; 66 years ago (1960)
GroundFFM Training Centre
Capacity2,500
OwnerGazi Baba Municipality
ChairmanDeni Muftarovski
ManagerMuarem Muarem
LeagueMacedonian First League
2025–26Macedonian Second League, 2nd (promoted)

FK Skopje (Macedonian: ФК Скопје) is a football club from Skopje, the capital of the North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian First League.

History

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Fudball Club SSK, an acronym for Skopski Sportski Klub (Sports Club Skopje), was a football club based in Skopje, present-day North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1921 under the name Skopski Sportski Klub and operated under the abbreviation SSK until 1941. It was later renamed Metalec Skopje.

Upon its founding, SSK was incorporated into the Skopje parish, one of the administrative districts of the Skoplje Football Subassociation, a regional subdivision of the Yugoslav Football Association. In December 1927, the club became affiliated with the newly established subassociation structure that organized competitive football in the region.

  • Sub Association Cup 1930
Semi Final
SC Josif vs Jug Skopje 2-3
SC Bitola vs SSK 1-5
Final
SSK vs Jug Skopje 2-1 (aot)

Glory days and dissolution (1930-1941)

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In 1930, when they won their first title, although the autumn part of the season was canceled. In 1931,[1] they managed to compete in the qualifiers for the Yugoslav championship. SSK lost in the play off against Soko Belgrade (2–3 and 1–4). In the following 3 seasons, they won the championship each time, but never managed to qualify for the Yugoslav championship. In 1932, they finished fifth, ahead of Gragjanski. In 1933, they tried again, but they lost in the 2nd qualifying round against Jedinstvo Parachin (0–4 and 2–0), while in 1934, they finished fifth in the 2nd qualifying group. They became champions twice more in 1939 and 1940, but still failed to reach the Yugoslav championship. In 1939, they were defeated in the play-off final by FK Vojvodina (2–2 and 1–4), and were eliminated in the repechage by Balshich (0–1 and 1–2). In 1940, after eliminating Zheleznichar Nish and Jedinstvo Chachak, they lost the final against Jugoslavija Jabuka (2–4 and 2–4), and later in the play-off by BASK Belgrade (3–2 and 0–3). In 1941, SSK made fusion with Gragjanski and formed FK Makedonija.

Re-establisment and winning years (1946-1991)

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In 1946, SSK was re-established as FK Dinamo Skopje, and entered the Macedonian Republic League championships. In 1948, they won the championship and played qualification for second federal division. Later on, the Metal Industry Cooperation became main sponsor of the team and the name of the club was changed to Metalec Skopje. They won the championship in 1955 and got promoted to the second federal division at the time divided into 5 zones, where it remained for two seasons. In 1960 it merged with FK Industrijalec(known as former JUG Skopje) to form MIK Skopje, acronym for "Metalska Industrija Kale". They won the Macedonian Republic League, for the last time in 1970. As FK MIK, the club competed for two seasons in the Yugoslav Second League East where they played with teams from federal Republics of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. FK MIK (Metalska Industrija Kale) later changed their name to FK Skopje during the 1973–74 season.

Macedonian First league

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Since season 1992-93 of the Macedonian First League FK Skope mainly competed in the Second division. They had two dominant seasons in the Macedonian Second League winning two times in the season 1996–97, and in 2020–21 when they have qualified for the First division. They have managed to qualify and play in the First Division for 6 seasons: 1997-98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2021–22 and 2022–23. In the year 2018, FK Metalurg Skopje merged within FK Skopje and all the players moved to Železarnica Stadium. After that, FK Skopje did not fair well in the top division.

Colours

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The club's colours have traditionally been blue and white. In the early years Skopje played in blue and white striped shirts just like today, but for much of its history they played in blue shirts with white collar or white V-neck. In the mid-90s Skopje played a many seasons in red and white hooped shirts as well.

Skopjes kit
Casual kit
Mid-90s

Current squad

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As of 1 August 2026

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
1 GK  MKD Kristijan Naumovski (captain)
4 DF  MKD Jorgo Papuli
5 DF  MKD Aleksandar Gjurkovski
6 DF  MKD Jasmin Mecinovikj
7 FW  MKD Besmir Daci
8 MF  MKD Gorjan Cvetkov
9 FW  MKD Viktor Angelov
10 FW  MKD Vasko Papaliski
11 FW  MKD Andrej Cvetkovski (on loan from Vardar)
12 GK  MKD Amin Suljovikj
14 DF  MKD Mihail Nikolov
15 DF  MKD Besjan Halimi
16 MF  MKD Darko Sekovski (on loan from Vardar)
17 MF  MKD Merdian Ramadani
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  MKD Aleksej Slavkov
20 MF  MKD Kristijan Nikolovski
22 DF  MKD Andrej Murdjeski (on loan from Vardar)
24 MF  MKD Dushko Trajchevski
29 MF  MKD Almir Podgradja
34 DF  MKD Stefan Mladenovski
47 FW  MKD Andrej Stojanovski
70 DF  MKD Dimitrij Poposki
77 FW  MKD Omar Berovikj
99 FW  MKD Antonio Bozhinoski
— DF  MKD Davor Serafimov
— MF  MKD Micho Popovski
— MF  MKD Teo Mirovski

Current technical staff

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As of 1 August 2026
Position Name
Head coach North Macedonia Muarem Muarem
Assistant coach North Macedonia Blazhe Lazarevski
Assistant coach North Macedonia Enes Qaili
Doctor North Macedonia Blerim Idrizi
Security person North Macedonia Aleksandar Krstevski
Administrator North Macedonia Deniz Muftarovski
Club representative North Macedonia Igor Todorovski

Honours

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Recent seasons

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Season League Cup
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1992–93 2. MFL 38 21 9 8 73 32 51 3rd
1993–94 2. MFL West 26 11 4 11 54 42 26 5th
1994–95 2. MFL West 32 13 1 18 48 63 40 12th
1995–96 2. MFL West 30 13 5 12 58 49 44 7th
1996–97 2. MFL West 29 21 4 4 68 23 67 1st ↑ R2
1997–98 1. MFL 25 9 3 13 31 45 30 10th SF
1998–99 1. MFL 26 5 2 19 25 59 17 13th ↓
1999–00 2. MFL West 30 14 2 18 63 59 44 12th ↓ R1
2000–01 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PR
2001–02 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? R1
2002–03 3. MFL North ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st ↑ PR
2003–04 2. MFL 32 17 2 13 46 45 53 3rd PR
2004–05 2. MFL 33 11 8 14 46 49 41 7th R1
2005–06 2. MFL 33 11 7 12 30 36 40 6th R1
2006–07 2. MFL 33 13 10 10 32 21 49 4th PR
2007–08 2. MFL 32 16 6 10 53 44 54 5th QF
2008–09 2. MFL 29 12 4 13 38 38 40 8th PR
2009–10 2. MFL 26 17 6 3 49 22 57 2nd ↑ SF
2010–11 1. MFL 33 9 10 14 36 39 37 9th ↓ R1
2011–12 2. MFL 30 17 5 8 50 26 56 3rd R2
2012–13 2. MFL 33 19 6 5 59 18 63 3rd PR
2013–14 2. MFL 33 16 5 8 48 32 53 3rd PR
2014–15 2. MFL 27 10 9 8 27 19 39 5th PR
2015–16 2. MFL 27 9 9 9 27 23 36 6th R2
2016–17 2. MFL 27 16 6 5 43 26 54 2nd ↑ R1
2017–18 1. MFL 36 7 14 15 24 43 35 9th ↓ QF
2018–19 2. MFL West 27 10 7 10 32 24 37 6th R2
2019–201 2. MFL West 16 9 2 5 21 14 29 2nd PR
2020–21 2. MFL West 27 18 6 12 50 20 60 1st ↑ R1
2021–22 1. MFL 33 9 8 16 27 45 35 9th R2
2022–23 1. MFL 30 4 10 16 17 44 22 10th ↓ R2
2023–24 2. MFL 30 11 8 11 29 30 41 9th R1
2024–25 2. MFL 30 9 12 9 32 32 39 10th R1
2025–26 2. MFL 30 23 2 5 72 20 71 2nd ↑ R1

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

Supporters

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FK Skopje supporters are known as Pirati (Pirates), mostly coming from the Skopje settlement Avtokomanda. They are now active, despite not being active in recent years. 1992- present[3]

European record
  • Q = qualifier
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Q1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–1 1–4 2–5
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Q2 Bulgaria PFC Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 2–3 2–3
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Q1 Malta Birkirkara FC 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
Q2 Poland Ruch Chorzów 0–3 1–3 1–6
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Q1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0–1 0–1 0–2
2014–15 UEFA Europa League Q1 Andorra UE Santa Coloma 2–0 3–0 5–0
Q2 Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Željezničar 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
Q3 Cyprus AC Omonia 0–1 0–3 0–4

References

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  1. ↑ "1930-1931". Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pirati1992 – YouTube" – via YouTube.
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