FK Borec

FK Borec (Macedonian: ФК Борец) is a football club from Veles, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian Third League.

FK Borec

Full name	Fudbalski klub Borec Veles
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)[1]
Ground	Zoran Paunov Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Coordinates	41°43′10.0″N 21°46′29.7″E
Chairman	Dimitar Sazdov
Head coach	Goran Bojcheski
League	Macedonian Third League
2024–25	Macedonian Second League, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1919.^[1]

FK Borec played in the Macedonian First League from the 1992–93 through the 1994–95 season.^[2]

The club was promoted to the First League again following the 1996–97 season.^[3]

It has produced many players, among the best are: Zoran Paunov, Ilčo Borov, Panche Stoilov and Panche Kjumbev.

Supporters

The supporters group Gemidžii is named after the anarchistic group who have committed the bombings in Thessaloniki on 1903. Earlier, the fans were known as Vampiri (Vampires).

Honours

• Macedonian Republic League:
  • Winners (1): 1989
• Macedonian Second League:
  • Winners (2): 1996–97, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2017–18
• Macedonian Third League:
  • Winners (2): 2012-13, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (1): 2016-17

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1992–93	1. MFL	34	12	8	14	42	43	32	12th
1993–94	1. MFL	30	9	9	12	31	43	24(−3)	14th
1994–95	1. MFL	30	9	6	15	28	57	33	15th ↓
1995–96	2. MFL East	30	19	4	7	60	33	61	2nd
1996–97	2. MFL East	30	23	5	2	74	24	74	1st ↑	R1
1997–98	1. MFL	25	9	6	10	28	30	33	7th	QF
1998–99	1. MFL	26	8	8	10	31	35	32	8th
1999–00	1. MFL	26	8	6	12	30	42	30	9th	R1
2000–01	1. MFL	26	4	1	21	18	80	13	13th ↓	R2
2001–02	2. MFL	34	14	5	15	37	36	47	12th	R2
2002–03	2. MFL	36	16	5	15	56	43	53	9th	R2
2003–04	2. MFL	32	13	8	11	50	50	44	11th ↓	R1
2004–05	3. MFL South	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	R1
2005–06	3. MFL South	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	R1
2006–07	3. MFL South	22	8	3	11	34	43	27	7th	PR
2007–08	3. MFL South	23	13	1	9	56	42	40	3rd	PR
2008–09	3. MFL South	22	7	1	14	23	49	22	9th ↓	PR
2009–10	OFL Veles	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st ↑	PR
2010–11	3. MFL South	29	8	4	17	43	70	28	14th	PR
2011–12	3. MFL South	28	5	7	16	37	70	22	13th	PR
2012–13	3. MFL South	30	24	3	3	86	18	75	1st ↑	PR
2013–14	2. MFL	29	4	2	23	29	80	14	15th ↓	R1
2014–15	3. MFL South	21	9	1	11	48	50	28	5th	PR
2015–16	3. MFL South	22	9	3	10	62	32	30	5th	PR
2016–17	3. MFL South	25	20	3	2	93	18	63	2nd ↑	PR
2017–18	2. MFL East	25	16	5	4	43	15	53	2nd	R2
2018–19	2. MFL East	27	21	3	3	63	17	66	1st ↑	R1
2019–201	1. MFL	23	7	6	10	20	31	27	9th	N/A
2020–21	1. MFL	33	11	7	15	32	36	40	9th	R1
2021–22	1. MFL	33	5	6	22	25	66	21	11th ↓	R2
2022–23	2. MFL	30	0	2	28	13	102	2	16th ↓	R1
2023–24	3. MFL South	20	16	3	1	72	13	51	1st ↑	PR
2024–25	2. MFL	30	4	5	21	22	54	17	15th ↓	R1

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[4]

Current squad

As of 15 February 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 Matej Andov 2 DF  MKD Bojan Anishikj 4 DF  MKD Sumer Hasan 5 DF  MKD Stojan Stojchevski 6 DF  MKD Ane Tashevski 7 MF  MKD Stefan Ristovski 8 MF  MKD Matej Cvetanovski 9 FW  MKD Bujar Hajdari 10 MF  MKD Kiril Ivanovski 11 FW  MKD Josif Manasiev 12 GK  MKD David Dimitrievski 14 MF  MKD Stojan Petkovski 16 FW  MKD Edin Mersovski

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  MKD Stefan Filipovski 18 FW  MKD Florent Osmani 19 FW  MKD Aleks Mitrov 20 MF  MKD Aleksandar Kostov 22 GK  MKD Andrej Babunski 23 MF  MKD Milan Chichevski 40 GK  MKD Aleksandar Joldashev 44 DF  MKD Onur Emini 70 DF  MKD Damjan Zengovski 99 MF  MKD Matej Panov — GK  MKD Petar Jakimov — DF  MKD Kristijan Jordanovski