Akademija Pandev

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.

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.

Stadion Blagoj Istatov

Academy's logo until 2017

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (1): 2016–17

Macedonian Football Cup:

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

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

As of 11 February 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 1 GK  MKD Stefan Mitrev 3 DF  MKD Kosta Manev 4 DF  MKD Dime Dimov 5 DF  MKD Tomislav Iliev 6 DF  SRB Faruk Bihorac 7 MF  FIN Bakr Abdellaoui 8 MF  BIH Adis Hadžanović 9 FW  MKD Pepi Gorgiev 10 FW  MKD Kristijan Velinovski 11 FW  GAM Ousman Marong 12 GK  MKD Marko Jovanovski 15 MF  MKD Martin Gjorgievski 16 MF  MKD Ilija Donov

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  MKD Sashko Pandev 20 DF  MKD Zoran Ivanovski 21 MF  MKD Dimitar Mitrovski 22 MF  MKD Goran Tomovski 23 MF  MKD Bojan Dimoski 25 GK  MKD Filip Mukanov 30 DF  MKD Nikolche Sharkoski 31 FW  BRA Kaio Lucas 55 MF  SRB Andrija Sekulić 77 DF  CRO Marko Martinaga 90 FW  MKD Viktor Angelov 92 GK  MKD Filip Kupanov 99 FW  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 — GK  MKD Marko Alchevski (on loan to Borec until 30 June 2022) — DF  MKD Spase Terziev (on loan to Belasica until 30 June 2022) — MF  MKD Vasko Gligorov (on loan to Belasica until 30 June 2022) — MF  MKD Ilija Donov (on loan to Sasa until 30 June 2022) — FW  MKD Dimitar Trajkov (on loan to Belasica until 30 June 2022)

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