2015–16 FK Vardar season

The 2015–16 season was FK Vardar's 24th consecutive season in the First League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.

Vardar

2015–16 season
Owner	Sergei Samsonenko
Chairman	Mirko Spaseski
Manager	Sergey Andreyev Goce Sedloski
Stadium	Philip II Arena
First League	1st
Macedonian Cup	Quarter-finals
Super Cup	Winners
Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Dejan Blazhevski (9) All: Dejan Blazhevski (10)
Highest home attendance	22,540 vs APOEL 21 July 2015
Lowest home attendance	150 vs Sileks 10 December 2015
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 20 February 2016

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 GK  MKD Tome Pachovski 41 GK  CRO Matija Kobetić 90 GK  MKD Filip Gachevski 3 DF  MKD Goran Popov 4 DF  MNE Nemanja Mijušković 5 DF  MKD Zlatko Tanevski (captain) 6 DF  MKD Boban Grncharov (vice-captain) 14 DF  MKD Darko Velkovski 19 DF  ARM Hovhannes Hambardzumyan 21 DF  UKR Yevhen Novak 32 DF  MKD Darko Glišić 77 DF  MKD Vladica Brdarovski 7 MF  MKD Blagoja Ljamchevski

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  MKD Stefan Spirovski 9 MF  MKD Dejan Blazhevski 10 MF  ARM Artak Dashyan 11 MF  MKD Jasir Asani 16 MF  MKD Nikola Gligorov 20 MF  MKD Boban Nikolov 26 MF  MKD Hristijan Denkovski 70 MF  BRA Juan Felipe 87 MF  MKD Vlatko Grozdanoski 97 MF  MKD Petar Petkovski 99 MF  MNE Damir Kojašević 17 FW  MKD Aco Stojkov 18 FW  SRB Dragan Ćeran 22 FW  MKD Filip Ivanovski

Left club during season

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  MNE Igor Pavlović (released) 9 FW  MKD Filip Petkovski (to FK Shkupi) 24 MF  MKD Aleksandar Temelkov (to FK Bregalnica Shtip) 34 DF  MKD Dino Najdoski (released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 58 FW  USA Cesar Romero (to Coras de Tepic) — FW  MKD Dimitar Ivanov (released) — MF  MKD Viktor Serafimovski (to FK Gorno Lisiche) — DF  MKD Stojan Stojchevski (to FK Teteks)

Competitions

Supercup

Vardar v Rabotnichki

23 September 2015 Final	Vardar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Rabotnichki	Skopje
20:00	Ivanovski  11'	Report	Ilijoski  47'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)
	Penalties
	Hambardzumyan Stojkov Ivanovski Gligorov Felipe		Cikarski Vujčić Ilievski Altiparmakovski Ristevski

First League

Main article: 2015–16 Macedonian First Football League

League table

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vardar	27	20	5	2	59	15	+44	65	Qualification for the championship round
2	Shkëndija	27	19	6	2	62	21	+41	63
3	Sileks	27	11	7	9	32	32	0	40
4	Shkupi	27	9	11	7	28	25	+3	38
5	Rabotnichki	27	8	12	7	32	26	+6	36

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding teams for championship or relegation round).[1]

Second phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vardar (C)	32	25	5	2	67	17	+50	80	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Shkëndija	32	23	6	3	74	24	+50	75	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sileks	32	12	8	12	35	40	−5	44
4	Rabotnichki	32	10	13	9	36	30	+6	43
5	Bregalnica Shtip	32	10	8	14	42	49	−7	38
6	Shkupi	32	9	11	12	29	34	−5	38

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Draw; 9) Play-off. (Note: Criteria 2, 3 and 8 is only used if not deciding Champion or teams for UEFA competitions).[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Shkëndija qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Macedonian Football Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	25	5	2	67	17	+50	80	14	3	0	42	9	+33	11	2	2	25	8	+17

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

First phase

Vardar v Shkupi

9 August 2015 1	Vardar	2–2	Shkupi	Skopje
20:00	Blazhevski  66' (pen.) Ivanovski  87'	Report	Nuhiji  22' Osmani  90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Shkëndija v Vardar

16 August 2015 2	Shkëndija	1–3	Vardar	Kumanovo
17:30	Radeski  42'	Report	Ivanovski  19' Felipe  88' Romero  90'	Stadium: Stadion Baškimi Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Vardar v Mladost (CD)

23 August 2015 3	Vardar	6–0	Mladost (CD)	Skopje
16:30	Blazhevski  9', 35' Hambardzumyan  45' Dashyan  55', 62' Ljamchevski  76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gjorche Petrov Attendance: 700 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Vardar v Metalurg Skopje

26 August 2015 4	Vardar	1–0	Metalurg Skopje	Skopje
16:30	Blazhevski  14' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gjorche Petrov Attendance: 300 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

Bregalnica Shtip v Vardar

29 August 2015 5	Bregalnica Shtip	0–2	Vardar	Kochani
16:30		Report	Blazhevski  5' Felipe  24'	Stadium: Stadion Nikola Mantov Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

Vardar v Horizont Turnovo

13 September 2015 6	Vardar	5–1	Horizont Turnovo	Skopje
16:00	Ivanovski  16' Blazhevski  18', 66' Romero  35', 45'  59'	Report	Ivanov  90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

Renova v Vardar

20 September 2015 7	Renova	0–0	Vardar	Bogovinje
15:30		Report		Stadium: Stadion Bogovinje Attendance: 300 Referee: Stevche Shuleski (Ohrid)

Vardar v Rabotnichki

27 September 2015 8	Vardar	2–1	Rabotnichki	Skopje
15:30	Ivanovski  51' Romero  82' Popov  90+3'	Report	Ilijoski  23'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

Sileks v Vardar

4 October 2015 9	Sileks	0–3	Vardar	Kratovo
15:00		Report	Mijušković  30' Hambardzumyan  64' J. Asani  84'	Stadium: Stadion Sileks Attendance: 800 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

Shkupi v Vardar

18 October 2015 10	Shkupi	0–3	Vardar	Skopje
14:30		Report	Ivanovski  8' Blazhevski  36' Ljamchevski  90'	Stadium: Stadion Chair Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Vardar v Shkëndija

25 October 2015 11	Vardar	0–0	Shkëndija	Skopje
13:30		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

Mladost (CD) v Vardar

28 October 2015 12	Mladost (CD)	0–1	Vardar	Ohrid
13:30		Report	Felipe  37' (pen.)	Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori Attendance: 200 Referee: Riste Sejmenov (Strumica)

Metalurg Skopje v Vardar

1 November 2015 13	Metalurg Skopje	0–1	Vardar	Skopje
13:30		Report	Romero  20'	Stadium: Stadion Zhelezarnica Attendance: 300 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

Vardar v Bregalnica Shtip

8 November 2015 14	Vardar	3–1	Bregalnica Shtip	Skopje
13:00	Ivanovski  27' Hambardzumyan  79' Spirovski  85'	Report	Nacev  6'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

Horizont Turnovo v Vardar

22 November 2015 15	Horizont Turnovo	2–1	Vardar	Turnovo
13:00	Pandev  49' Najdenov  88'	Report	Stojkov  78'	Stadium: Stadion Kukush Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Vardar v Renova

29 November 2015 16	Vardar	2–0	Renova	Skopje
13:00	Dashyan  47' P. Petkovski  79'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

Rabotnichki v Vardar

5 December 2015 17	Rabotnichki	1–1	Vardar	Veles
13:00	Vujčić  79' (pen.)	Report	P. Petkovski  9'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

Vardar v Sileks

10 December 2015 18	Vardar	4–0	Sileks	Veles
13:00	Grncharov  29' Ivanovski  72' Stojkov  76', 86'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 150 Referee: Riste Sejmenov (Strumica)

Vardar v Renova

21 February 2016 19	Vardar	4–1	Renova	Skopje
14:00	Ćeran  23', 68' Felipe  37' Blazhevski  77'	Report	Gafuri  90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

Horizont Turnovo v Vardar

28 February 2016 20	Horizont Turnovo	0–1	Vardar	Turnovo
14:00		Report	Hambardzumyan  52'	Stadium: Stadion Kukush Attendance: 800 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Vardar v Bregalnica Shtip

8 March 2016 21	Vardar	4–0	Bregalnica Shtip	Skopje
14:00	Grncharov  6', 73' Felipe  37' (pen.) Hambardzumyan  59'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

Mladost (CD) v Vardar

13 March 2016 22	Mladost (CD)	0–3	Vardar	Ohrid
14:00		Summary	Ćeran  14' (pen.) Nikolov  58' Hambardzumyan  80'	Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori Attendance: 200 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Vardar v Metalurg Skopje

19 March 2016 23	Vardar	2–1	Metalurg Skopje	Skopje
14:00	Kojašević  26' (pen.) Ćeran  80'	Summary	Xh. Asani  72'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Riste Sejmenov (Strumica)

Shkupi v Vardar

3 April 2016 24	Shkupi	0–1	Vardar	Skopje
16:00		Report	Juan Felipe  68'	Stadium: Stadion Chair Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Vardar v Rabotnichki

6 April 2016 25	Vardar	1–0	Rabotnichki	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

Sileks v Vardar

10 April 2016 26	Sileks	3–2	Vardar	Kratovo
16:00				Stadium: Stadion Sileks

Vardar v Shkëndija

17 April 2016 27	Vardar	1–1	Shkëndija	Skopje
16:00				Stadium: Philip II Arena

Macedonian Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Macedonian Football Cup

First round

Kozhuf Miravci v Vardar

12 August 2015	Kozhuf Miravci	0–1	Vardar	Gevgelija
17:30		Report	Blazhevski  32' (pen.)	Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Stojanche Stojanov (Shtip)[3]

Second round

Vardar v Pelister

30 September 2015 First leg	Vardar	4–1	Pelister	Skopje
17:00	Dashyan  21' Velkovski  26' Hambardzumyan  45' Grncharov  64'	Report	Nedanoski  58'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)[4]

Pelister v Vardar

21 October 2015 Second leg	Pelister	0–2 (1–6 agg.)	Vardar	Prilep
14:30		Report	Trajkovski  27' (o.g.) Stojkov  40' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Goce Delchev Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)[5]

Quarter-finals

Shkëndija v Vardar

26 November 2015 First leg	Shkëndija	3–0	Vardar	Skopje
13:00	Júnior  22' Cuculi  41' Radeski  90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Chair Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Vardar v Shkëndija

2 December 2015 Second leg	Vardar	1–2 (1–5 agg.)	Shkëndija	Skopje
13:00	Mijušković  60'	Report	Júnior  43' Kirovski  82'	Stadium: Stadion Gjorche Petrov Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

APOEL v Vardar

14 July 2015 First leg	APOEL	0–0	Vardar	Nicosia
19:00		Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 14,531[6] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Vardar v APOEL

21 July 2015 Second leg	Vardar	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	APOEL	Skopje
20:00	Ljamchevski  90+4'	Report	De Vincenti  60'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 22,540[6] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Supercup	Total
1	Dejan Blazhevski	10	–	1	–	11
2	Filip Ivanovski	7	–	–	1	8
3	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan	5	–	1	–	6
4	Juan Felipe	5	–	–	–	5
5	Artak Dashyan	3	–	1	–	4
	Boban Grncharov	3	–	1	–	4
	Cesar Romero	4	–	–	–	4
	Aco Stojkov	3	–	1	–	4
9	Blagoja Ljamchevski	2	1	–	–	3
10	Dragan Ćeran	2	–	–	–	2
	Nemanja Mijušković	1	–	1	–	2
	Petar Petkovski	2	–	–	–	2
13	Jasir Asani	1	–	–	–	1
	Goran Popov	1	–	–	–	1
	Stefan Spirovski	1	–	–	–	1
	Darko Velkovski	–	–	1	–	1
	Own goals	–	–	1	–	1
	TOTALS	49	1	8	1	59

• Players whose names are written with Italic letters played only in the first half of the season.

References

1. "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
2. "First League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
3. "Делегирање за 16 финалните КУП натпревари" (PDF). FFM.mk (in Macedonian). 10 August 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
4. "Делегирање 1-8 финале КУП" (PDF). FFM.mk (in Macedonian). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
5. "Делегирање за реванш осминафиналните Куп натпревари" (PDF). FFM.mk (in Macedonian). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
6. "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2015.