FK Makedonija GjorÄe Petrov
Fudbalski Klub Makedonija Đorče Petrov ( in Cyrillic script: .. Ф К Македонија Ѓорче Петров ) is a Macedonian football club from the capital Skopje.
History
The club was founded in 1932 under the name Hask as an amateur club, making it one of the oldest clubs in the country. Later he initially called into Rudar and again later in Industrijalec. Under the name Yugokokta the club took off in 1970 on professional football operation in Yugoslavia in part. For the 1989/90 season, the club named after Đorče Petrov ( 1864-1921 ), a leading representative of the IMRO, and thus received its present name.
To Yugoslav times, the club played in the lowest leagues biggest success in 1990 was the rise in the third league. After the independence of Macedonia Makedonija was one of the founding members of the newly created Prva League and escaped in the first season barely escape relegation, as they had a point clear of the relegation FK Metalurg Skopje. However, it ended the following season relegated to last place, since only two wins this season have been posted.
1994/95 achieved the immediate resurgence and Makedonija was also placed in the following years in the safe midfield. 1997/98 was even the third place, which allowed the participation in the Intertoto Cup. 2001 you escaped again barely escape relegation, the following year it was in the regular season before last and the last to the subsequent relegation round was relegated to the lower house of the club.
After two seventh places in the second division to Makedonija qualified in third place in the 2004/05 season for the relegation game to move up and sat down 2-1 with a goal in injury time against Madzari Solidarnost Skopje through.
Surprisingly, the climbers succeeded immediately the best finish the club's history, as residue on Rabotnicki Skopje Kometal runner-up was one with three points. In the first round of qualifying for the UEFA Cup 06/ 07 the club but failed in the Bulgarian representatives Lokomotiv Sofia, where a 1-1 draw was enough in Sofia after a 2-0 to progress.
Makedonija Skopje was in the 2008 /09 season for the first time the Macedonian champion and thus occur for the first time in the Champions League Qualifiers on. In this they competed against the Belarusian champions BATE Borisov, but subject in both games, each with 0:2.
In the following season, Makedonija and Slogan Jugomagnat occurred in protest against the association twice not to play in the Prva Liga, so that both clubs were excluded from the league Makedonija and thus was relegated as the reigning champion. They denied only 15 games in the season, from which they took 23 points. All matches of Makedonija from the twelfth Gameday were canceled, so Makedonija was set with a record of 20 points from eleven games along with Slogan Jugomagnat, which were also excluded with eleven games on 30 November 2009 from the game running on the bottom of the table.