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| Full name | Fudbalski klub Belasica Strumica / Фудбалски клуб Беласица Струмица | ||
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| Nickname | Кенгури (Kangaroos) | ||
| Short name | Belasica, BEL | ||
| Founded | 13 August 1922; 103 years ago (1922-08-13) | ||
| Ground | Blagoj Istatov Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 9,200 | ||
| Chairman | Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda | ||
| Manager | Aleksandar Stojanov | ||
| League | Macedonian Second League | ||
| 2024–25 | Second League, 8th | ||
| Website | https://fkbelasica.com.mk/ | ||
FK Belasica (Macedonian:ФК Беласица) is a professionalfootball club based in the city ofStrumica, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in theMacedonian Second League.
The club was founded on 22 April 1922 at the cafe of Tašo Todorov, where fifty initiators gathered at the founding meeting for the football club Belasica Strumica. According to documents, the first meeting was held on 13 August 1922 with Gjorgi Moskov elected president, Tomi Kujundziev as secretary and Rosto Perov as treasurer. The first match played in club history was against Pobeda from Skopje, where Belasica lost by the score of 1–0.
Their popular nickname is Kangaroos and their best period was the golden 80s when they won the Macedonian Republic championship twice. At the time, the club mostly played in theFederal Second league with teams from the six federal republics. Everybody in Macedonia remembers old legends from the club such asBlagoj Istatov andVasil Ringov. Belasica was also known as Belasica GC, as Geras Cunev was the main sponsor. In the Macedonian top league, they had their biggest success under the leadership of Vančo Takovski in the early 2000s when they were runners-up of theMacedonian First League twice. Over the years, Belasica has played an important role by providing countless source of football talent. TheNorth Macedonia national football team had many players that came from the Belasica youth system. Among them are:Goran Pandev,Aco Stojkov,Dragan Stojkov,Igor Gjuzelov,Robert Popov,Goran Popov,Zoran Baldovaliev,Dančo Masev andGoran Maznov.
In 2015, the club was bought by the Macedoniankickboxer Slavcho Vaskov-Pinda.[1]
The most notable player to come out of Belasica isGoran Pandev a retired Macedonian international and all-time leading goal scorer for the national team.[2]
Macedonian Republic LeagueMacedonian Republic Cup
Macedonian First LeagueMacedonian Second League
Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, Republic of 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. Stadium change the name in 2019 from "Mladost" to "Blagoj Istatov".
The supporters of fk Belasica are called "Ajduci" and they were founded in 1988.
| Season | League | Cup | European competitions | Top goalscorer | ||||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Player | Goals | ||||
| 1992–93 | 1. MFL | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 34 | 9th | Toni Eftimov | 10 | |||
| 1993–94 | 1. MFL | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 48 | 26 | 12th | R1 | Derviš Hadžiosmanović | 10 | ||
| 1994–95 | 1. MFL | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 37 | 10th | Vasko Georgiev | 15 | |||
| 1995–96 | 1. MFL | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 9th | J. Vasilev Branko Belichev | 6 | |||
| 1996–97 | 1. MFL | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 10th | GS | Mario Petkov | 12 | ||
| 1997–98 | 1. MFL | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 41 | 13th ↓ | QF | Vancho Atanasov | 12 | ||
| 1998–99 | 2. MFL East | 29 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 30 | 59 | 2nd | Vasko Georgiev | 15 | |||
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL East | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 19 | 72 | 1st ↑ | R1 | Vancho Atanasov | 23 | ||
| 2000–01 | 1. MFL | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 22 | 55 | 4th | QF | Ljubiša Nikolić | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 | 1. MFL | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 36 | 2nd | R2 | Ljubiša Nikolić | 14 | ||
| 2002–03 | 1. MFL | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 50 | 32 | 69 | 2nd | SF | UEFA Cup | QR | Zoran Baldovaliev | 21 |
| 2003–04 | 1. MFL | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 55 | 36 | 10th | R2 | UEFA Cup | QR | Zoran Baldovaliev | 9 |
| 2004–05 | 1. MFL | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 48 | 8th | R1 | Aleksandar Stojanovski | 26 | ||
| 2005–06 | 1. MFL | 33 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 84 | 8 | 12th ↓ | R2 | Dušan Savić | 7 | ||
| 2006–07 | 2. MFL | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 59 | 40 | 9th | R1 | Gjoksen Limanov | 11 | ||
| 2007–08 | 2. MFL | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 55 | 4th | Vasko Georgiev | 10 | |||
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 8th | R2 | Aleksandar Stojanovski | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 33 | 8th | R2 | Gjorgji Markov | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | 2. MFL | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 26 | 43 | 5th | R1 | Gjorgji Markov | 11 | ||
| 2011–12 | 2. MFL | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 18 | 16th ↓ | Vasko Georgiev | 7 | |||
| 2012–13 | 3. MFL East | 33 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 23 | 72 | 4th | R1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 3. MFL East | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 16 | 70 | 1st | R1 | Gjoksen Limanov | 28 | ||
| 2014–15 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 11 | 57 | 1st | R1 | Mile Kostovski | 27 | ||
| 2015–16 | 3. MFL East | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 27 | 38 | 3rd | R1 | M. Atanasovski | 14 | ||
| 2016–17 | 3. MFL East | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 14 | 73 | 1st ↑ | R1 | Boban Marikj | 38 | ||
| 2017–18 | 2. MFL East | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 81 | 11 | 59 | 1st ↑ | R1 | Pepi Gorgiev | 16 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1. MFL | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 49 | 38 | 9th ↓ | SF | Pepi Gorgiev | 9 | ||
| 2019–201 | 2. MFL East | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 1st ↑ | N/A | Martin Mirchevski | 14 | ||
| 2020–21 | 1. MFL | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 68 | 17 | 12th ↓ | QF | Antonio Kalanoski | 8 | ||
| 2021–22 | 2. MFL East | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 59 | 2nd | R2 | Aleksandar Kocev | 12 | ||
| 2022–23 | 2. MFL | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 47 | 35 | 10th | R1 | Aleksandar Milushev | 8 | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. MFL | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 42 | 7th | R1 | Aleksandar Milushev | 7 | ||
| 2024–25 | 2. MFL | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 41 | 8th | R1 | Dimche Jovov | 8 | ||
1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Macedonia.[3]
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round |  Leixões | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 |  |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round |  NK Celje | 2–7 | 0–5 | 2–12 | |
As of 30 August 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth players that have been summoned in the first team during the current 2024-25 season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Blagoje Istatov (1983 - 1989)Risto Bozhinov (1989 - 1990)Blagoj Ashikov (1990 - 1991)Blagoje Istatov (1991 - 1992)Goce Petrovski (1992 - 1993)Ilija Andreev (1993 )Nikola Ilievski (1993 - 1994)Pance Pantaziev (1995 - 1996)Blagoje Istatov (1996 - 1997)Ratko Janushev (1997 - 1998)Blagoje Istatov (1998 - 1999)Risto Panov (1998 - 1999)Ilija Matenicarov (1999 - 2000) Nikola Ilievski (2000)Trajce Georgiev (2001) Nikola Sekulov (2001)Riste Ancev (16 Nov 2001 )Dragi Kanatlarovski (2002)Riste Ancev (16 2002 -)Pane Blazevski (9 Apr 2003 -)[4]
Miroslav Jakovljević (2004 - Sep 2005)Šefki Arifovski (30 Sep 2005 - Dec 2005)
Zvonko Todorov (15 Dec 2005 - 2006)Jugoslav Trencovski (15 Sep 2007 - 15 Jul 2009)Milko Ǵurovski (15 Jul 2009 - 4 Jan 2010)Gordan Zdravkov (2010 - 2011)Aco Stojanov (2011 - )Shefki Arifovski (2012 -)Toni Eftimov (2012 - 2014)Stefan Petkovski (Mar 2015 - Jul 2015)Aco Stojanov (2015 - 2016)Rade Cicmilovikj (1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018)Vasko Georgiev (2016 - 2017)Marjan Živković (31 Jul 2018 - 3 Dec 2018)[5] Rade Cicmilovikj (4 Dec 2018 - 22 Mar 2019)Gjoko Hadžievski (23 Mar 2019 - 15 Apr 2019)Aleksandar Stojanov (18 Apr 2019 -)Vane Milkov (2019 -2020)Aleksandar Stojanov (2021 -2022)Shefki Arifovski (2022 -)Blagoj Gucev (2022 -2023)Vase Bekarov (jul.2023 - Dec 2023)Aleksandar Stojanov (Dec 2023 -)
