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 First League:

• Runners-up (1): 2021–22

Macedonian Second League:

• Winners (1): 2016–17

Macedonian Football Cup:

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

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

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

As of 3 January 2023.

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 Marko Alchevski 3 DF  ARG Nahuel Franko 4 DF  MKD Dime Dimov 5 DF  MKD Agron Rufati 6 DF  ARG Federico Acosta 7 FW  MKD Ivan Galevski 8 MF  MKD Ilija Donov 9 FW  GEO Mikheil Ergemlidze 10 FW  MKD Kristijan Velinovski 11 FW  MKD Vane Krstevski 12 GK  MKD Burhan Mustafa 16 FW  MKD Dimitar Trajkov 17 MF  MKD Martin Gjorgievski 19 MF  CRO Mario Vrdoljak

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  MKD Zoran Ivanovski 21 DF  MKD Georgije Jankulov 22 MF  MKD Goran Tomovski 23 DF  MKD Bojan Dimoski 25 GK  MKD Filip Mukanov 30 MF  TUR Hakan Akgül 55 FW  MKD Neat Abdulai 99 FW  MKD Kire Stojanov — GK  MKD Filip Kupanov — DF  POR Sandro Sakho — DF  MKD Spase Terziev — MF  MKD Gjorgje Djekov — FW  MKD Matej Cvetanoski — FW  MKD Sashko Pandev

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