Akademija Pandev

Фудбалска Академија Пандев
Akademija Pandev

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev
Founded	2010; 12 years ago (2010) Strumica Macedonia
Ground	Blagoj Istatov Stadium
Capacity	9,250
Owner	Goran Pandev
Chairman
Manager	Vacant
League	Macedonian First League
2020–21	Macedonian First League, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Fudbalska Akademija Pandev (Macedonian: Фудбалска Академија Пандев), commonly known as Akademija Pandev (Macedonian: Академија Пандев), is a football club based in Strumica, North Macedonia which competes in the Macedonian First League.

History[]

The academy was founded in 2010 by the Macedonian football player Goran Pandev, after whom the Academy was named.^[1] As of 2014, Akademija Pandev has a senior team competing in the Macedonian senior leagues. In 2017, the senior team was promoted to the Macedonian First League for the first time in its history.^[2]

In February 2018, the team moved to play their home games at Stadion Kukuš due to a disagreement over rent with FK Belasica.^[3] In the 2018-19 season they won the Macedonian Football Cup winning beating Makedonija G.P on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Akademija won 4–2 on Penalties 6–4 in aggregate.

Home ground[]

Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, 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.

Honours[]

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (1): 2016–17

Macedonian Football Cup:

• Winners (1): 2018–19
• Runners-up: 2020–21

European record[]

As of 18 July 2019

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Zrinjski Mostar	0–3	0–3	0–6

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Current squad[]

As of 31 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  MKD Dime Dimov 5 DF  MKD Tomislav Iliev 6 DF  SRB Faruk Bihorac 7 MF  GAM Ousman Marong 8 MF  BIH Adis Hadžanović 9 FW  MKD Pepi Gorgiev 11 MF  MKD Kristijan Velinovski 12 GK  MKD Marko Jovanovski 16 MF  MKD Dimitar Mitrovski

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MKD Sashko Pandev 20 DF  MKD Zoran Ivanovski 22 MF  MKD Goran Tomovski 23 MF  MKD Bojan Dimoski 25 GK  MKD Filip Mukanov 30 MF  MKD Nikolche Sharkoski 77 DF  CRO Marko Martinaga 88 DF  MKD Kosta Manev 99 MF  MKD Vane Krstevski

Out on loan[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  MKD Dimitar Trajkov (on loan to Belasica until 30 June 2022) 92 GK  MKD Filip Kupanov (on loan to Detonit until 31 December 2021) — DF  MKD Spase Terziev (on loan to Belasica until 31 December 2021) — MF  MKD Vasko Gligorov (on loan to Belasica until 31 December 2021) — MF  MKD Ilija Donov (on loan to Sasa until 31 December 2021)

References[]

External links[]

• Academy info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• [1] (in Macedonian)