FC AP Brera Strumica

Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica (Macedonian: ФК Академија Пандев Брера Струмица), commonly known as AP Brera Strumica, is a Macedonian football club based in Strumica, which competes in the Macedonian First League.

Brera Strumica

Full name	Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica
Founded	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Ground	Blagoj Istatov Stadium
Capacity	9,200
Owner	Brera Holdings (90%) Goran Pandev (10%)
Manager	Panče Stojanov
League	Macedonian First League
2024–25	Macedonian First League, 9th of 12
Website	brerastrumica.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Goran Pandev, the clubs founder.

The club was founded in 2010 as FK Akademija Pandev by the Macedonian football player Goran Pandev, after whom the academy was named.^[1] As of 2014, AP Brera has a senior team competing in the Macedonian senior leagues and 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.

In August 2022, Goran Pandev and Italian based side Brera Calcio entered into a sponsorship agreement which would see both sides establish a closer relationship.^[4] On 31 May 2023, Akademija Pandev was successfully acquired by Brera Holdings PLC, the holding company of Brera Calcio, with the company receiving 90% of the club's shares.^[5] On 26 June 2023, the club was officially renamed to FC Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica.^[6]

Emblem's evolution

Akademija Pandev's logo until 2017

Akademija Pandev's logo until 2023

Sports Center "Pandev", home of AP Brera.

Stadium Blagoj Istatov (also known as Stadion Mladost)

Home ground

AP Brera plays its home games at its very own Sports Center "Pandev". Opened in 2020, it has a single pitch with a single 1,500 seating capacity stand, and is also equipped with a hotel and the club's administrative facilities. It is also where its youth categories play and train.

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.

Honours

• Macedonian First League
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• Macedonian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Macedonian Third Football League East
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• Macedonian Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Player	Goals
2014–15	OFL Strumica	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st ↑
2015–16	3. MFL East	22	20	2	0	94	6	62	1st ↑
2016–17	2. MFL	27	21	3	3	69	24	66	1st ↑	R2
2017–18	1. MFL	36	10	12	14	43	47	42	6th	SF			Zoran Baldovaliev	14
2018–19	1. MFL	36	17	7	12	45	35	58	3rd	W			Ljupcho Doriev	16
2019–201	1. MFL	23	7	7	9	20	20	28	7th	N/A	Europa League	QR1	Marko Rajković	4
2020–21	1. MFL	33	12	5	16	32	36	41	7th	RU			Mario Krstovski	7
2021–22	1. MFL	33	19	7	7	55	32	64	2nd	R2			Martin Mirčevski	16
2022–23	1. MFL	30	6	10	14	34	38	28	9th	QF	Europa Conference League	QR1	Kristijan Velinovski	6
2023–24	1. MFL	33	11	9	13	34	33	42	7th	QF			Đorđe Ivković	8
2024–25	1. MFL	33	9	7	17	41	56	34	9th	SF			Martin Gjorgievski Đorđe Ivković	9

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[7]

European record

As of 14 July 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Zrinjski Mostar	0–3	0–3	0–6
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Lechia Gdańsk	1–2	1–4	2–6

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

As of 2 July 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MKD Slave Vrgov 3 DF  MKD Andrej Velkov 4 DF  MKD Mihail Milevski 5 DF  AUS Hristijan Jankuloski 9 FW  GAB Fahd Ndzengue 10 MF  MKD Martin Gjorgievski (captain) 11 MF  MKD Igor Ristov 15 MF  MKD David Ristovski 20 DF  MKD Zoran Ivanovski 22 MF  MKD Filip Mihailov

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  GAM Foday Trawally 24 DF  MKD Marko Stojilevski 32 DF  MKD Filip Antovski 33 MF  MKD Andrej Arizankoski 37 DF  BIH Dragan Bilbija 77 FW  MLI Hadji Dramé 82 GK  MKD David Iloski 90 GK  MKD Daniel Dikovski — DF  SRB Luka Luković — FW  MKD Nikola Velichkovski

Youth players

Players from the U19 Youth Team that have been summoned with the first team in the current season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  MKD Kamencho Andonovski 18 FW  MKD Matej Sejmenov 27 MF  MKD Zdravko Pereski

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  MKD Jovan Drvoshanov 91 MF  MKD Martin Sharenkovski

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MKD Martin Pivkovski (at Kozhuf until 30 June 2025) — FW  MKD Zhivko Krstev (at Belasica until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  MKD David Spasov (at Vardar Negotino until 30 June 2025) — FW  MKD Kire Stojanov (at Belasica until 30 June 2025)

Notable players

Some notable players to have played for AP Brera are:

• Jani Atanasov
• Bojan Dimoski
• Ljupcho Doriev
• Dimitar Mitrovski
• Sashko Pandev
• Vanche Shikov
• Aco Stojkov

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  Vanche Shikov
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  Sashko Pandev
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  Ljupcho Doriev
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  Aco Stojkov