FK Osogovo

FK Osogovo

Full name	Gradski Fudbalski klub Osogovo Kocani
Nickname(s)	Жетвари (Harvesters)
Founded	1924; 97 years ago (1924)
Ground	Stadion Nikola Mantov
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Denis Vladimirov
Manager
League	Macedonian Second Football League – East
2020-21	7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

GFK Osogovo (Macedonian: ГФК Осогово) is a football club from Kočani, Republic of Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League (East Division).

History[]

FK Osogovo 1967 team

FK Osogovo in '90s

The club was founded in 1924, one of the oldest Macedonian football clubs.^[1]

In 1973, during a football match between FK Osogovo and FK FAS 11 Oktomvri from Skopje, the 23-year-old Nikola Mantov – one of the best players of FK Osogovo at the time – collapsed on the field and died. In his honor, the home-ground of FK Osogovo is named Nikola Mantov Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of approximately 5,000 spectators.

FK Osogovo has also retired the number 7 shirt in honor of .

In the first season of the Macedonian First Football League in 1992–93 Osogovo finished at eighth place; next season they finished at position nine. The highest place in Osogovo history in Macedonian First Football League was in the 1994–95 season, when the team finished at sixth position. Next season (1995–96) they finished at 14th place and were relegated to the Macedonian Second Football League. In the next few years, the team was relegated to the lowest division in Macedonian football (Macedonian Third Football League). From the 2004–05 to 2010–2011 seasons, Osogovo won the Macedonian Third Football League (East) five times, but played only once in the Macedonian Second Football League, in the 2011–12 season. In this season they finished at 14th place and were relegated to Macedonian Third Football League (East). In the last five seasons Osogovo appeared in the Macedonian Third Football League (East) without any success. But in season 2016-17 FK Osogovo finished at 3rd place and promoted to Macedonian Second Football league(East).

Supporters[]

Sejmeni at commencement

Sejmeni attending at local rivals Sloga from Vinica

are an Ultras group founded in 1991, who support FK Osogovo and traditionally occupy the West Stand at the stadium. Also Sejmeni consumes a lot of pyrotechnics.

Honours[]

Macedonian Third League:

• Winners (1): 2018–19

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (1): 1997–98
• Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Macedonian Football Cup Youth:

• Winners (1): 1996

Recent seasons[]

Current squad[]

As of 27 August 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MKD Blagojche Ivanov 2  MKD Enes Curi 3 DF  MKD Aleksandar Mitrevski 4 MF  MKD Nikola Stoilovski 6 MF  MKD Boris Donev 8 MF  MKD Mario Krstov 9 MF  MKD Toshe Manov 10 FW  MKD Andrej Simevski 11 FW  MKD Adelin Kjazimov 12 GK  MKD Laze Gichev 15 DF  MKD Stojanche Trenchev

No. Pos. Nation Player} 16  MKD Stefan Golaboski 17 MF  MKD Filip Gjeorgiev 20 DF  MKD Blagojcho Kocev 21 DF  MKD Aleksandar Gavrilov 22 DF  MKD Kristijan Antonov 18 MF  MKD Emil Skoko 99 GK  MKD Riste Razmovski — MF  MKD Shenol Jashari — MF  MKD Meriton Saliji — FW  MKD Jahi Bushi — FW  MKD Dragan Paunov

Club officials[]

Technical staff[]

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Board members[]

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website (in Macedonian)
• FK Osogovo on Facebook
• FK Osogovo Blog (in Macedonian)
• Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)

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