15 Facts About Vardar Skopje

FK Vardar Skopje, or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia.

FK Pobeda has competed in the first season of the Federal League after the World War II, finished at the eighth place and won the relegation playoffs against FK Sloga from Novi Sad, FK Vardar Skopje was a member of the Federal league from the very beginning.

Many famous players from the region started their careers at Vardar Skopje, and their triumph in the Yugoslav Cup was a highlight.

FK Vardar Skopje went on to spend 33 seasons in the Federal top flight from 1947 to 1992 and is ranked 11th on the all-time table.

Vardar Skopje celebrated Macedonia independence by winning three consecutive titles including going unbeaten in the inaugural season.

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In 2011, Vardar Skopje was originally relegated from the Macedonian First Football League, but after a buying the license from Miravci it stayed.

In 2012, with the new transformation, FK Vardar Skopje became the first team in North Macedonia organized as a joint stock company incorporated under the Companies Act.

FK Vardar Skopje went on to spend 24 seasons in the Macedonian First Football League from 1992 to 2017 and is ranked first on the all-time table.

The biggest international achievement of the club came in 2003 when FK Vardar Skopje came one goal short of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

But, the participation in the European competitions in that season Vardar Skopje continued in the Europa League play-off round, in whom were drawn against Turkish giants Fenerbahce.

In third match Vardar Skopje was again trashed by Real Sociedad at home, which was a highest defeat in the European competition matches.

However, F? Vardar Skopje later won a historic first point in European Cups with a 1:1 draw in the home match against Rosenborg BK.

Now, with the new working conditions, Vardar Skopje will be a regional leader in the creation of new football "pearls" that will successfully carry the jersey of our club and the national team of North Macedonia in the coming period.

On 8 March 1991 in Bitola FK Pelister and FK Vardar Skopje met in the Yugoslav second league and the first incident occurred.

Rabotnicki is the other team in Vardar Skopje with organised fans, although the rivalry is rarely manifested on the football pitch, it is widely upheld however in handball and basketball.