2012–13 FK Vardar season

Vardar
2012–13 season
Chairman	Zoran Shishkovski
Manager	Ilcho Gjorgioski; Blagoja Milevski; Nikola Ilievski
Stadium	Philip II Arena
First League	1st
Macedonian Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jovan Kostovski (22); All: Jovan Kostovski (23)
Highest home attendance	28,500 vs BATE Borisov ; 25 July 2012
Lowest home attendance	0 (Two matches)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012–13 season was a FK Vardar's 21st consecutive season in First League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club was played during the 2012–13 season.

In that season Vardar was won the championship for the second consecutive time, sixth time in his history.^[1]

Squad

As of March, 2013

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	SRB	Goran Simov
12	GK	MKD	Kostadin Zahov
25	GK	SVN	Dejan Milić

3	DF	MKD	Dean Tomeski
4	DF	SRB	Radenko Bojović
5	DF	MKD	Zlatko Tanevski
15	DF	MKD	Vladimir Dimitrovski
29	DF	MKD	Dimitrija Lazarevski
33	DF	MKD	Miroslav Vajs (captain)

8	MF	MKD	Predrag Rangjelovikj
9	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Petrović


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	MKD	Ostoja Stjepanovikj
20	MF	ESP	Jorge Giménez
21	MF	MKD	Andrej Acevski
24	MF	MKD	Aleksandar Temelkov
26	MF	MKD	Mite Cikarski

7	FW	MKD	Borche Manevski
11	FW	MKD	Dragan Georgiev
13	FW	MKD	Filip Petrov
17	FW	MKD	Aco Stojkov
19	FW	POR	Bonifácio
23	FW	MKD	Jovan Kostovski

Competitions

First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vardar (C)	33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalurg	33	18	9	6	48	28	+20	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Horizont Turnovo	33	17	12	4	49	31	+18	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Rabotnichki	33	16	5	12	47	42	+5	53
5	Shkëndija^[a]	33	13	8	12	52	49	+3	44

Source: MacedonianFootball.com
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, teams for UEFA competitions or relegation).^[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[2]

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
33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	14	1	2	53	11	+42	6	7	3	18	10	+8

Matches

12 August 2012 1	Vardar	3–2	Rabotnichki	Skopje
20:00	Manevski 21' Kostovski 35' Giménez 37'	Report	Iseni 55' Velkoski 68'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

19 August 2012 2	Napredok	1–0	Vardar	Kichevo
17:00	Simjanoski 66'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

26 August 2012 3	Vardar	4–0	Teteks	Skopje
20:00	Kostovski 17' Georgiev 42' Giménez 60' Stojaković 84'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Zoran Boshkov (Negotino)

29 August 2012 4	Renova	0–2	Vardar	Tetovo
17:00		Report	Georgiev 60' Kostovski 78'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 150 Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

2 September 2012 5	Vardar	5–1	Horizont Turnovo	Skopje
20:00	Georgiev 6' Kostovski 42', 45' Ilievski 65' Tanevski 68'	Report	Blazhevski 47'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

16 September 2012 6	Vardar	4–0	Drita	Skopje
20:00	Petrov 45', 69' Kostovski 46', 78'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

23 September 2012 7	Sileks	0–0	Vardar	Kratovo
15:00		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Aleksandar Angelov (Kochani)

30 September 2012 8	Vardar	3–1	Pelister	Skopje
20:00	Petrov 44' Tanevski 87' Kostovski 90+1'	Report	Glavevski 50'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

7 October 2012 9	Shkëndija	2–1	Vardar	Tetovo
15:00	Ejupi 22' Taipi 71'	Report	Stjepanovikj 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

21 October 2012 10	Vardar	1–1	Metalurg Skopje	Skopje
14:00	Manevski 48'	Report	Dalcheski 18'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

28 October 2012 11	Bregalnica Shtip	1–1	Vardar	Shtip
13:00	Naumov 73'	Report	Manevski 58'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

31 October 2012 12	Rabotnichki	0–2	Vardar	Skopje
13:00		Report	Giménez 49' Kostovski 78'	Stadium: Stadion Boris Trajkovski Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (Skopje)

4 November 2012 13	Vardar	1–0	Napredok	Kumanovo
13:00	Stjepanovikj 22' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Milano Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

11 November 2012 14	Teteks	0–0	Vardar	Tetovo
13:00		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

18 November 2012 15	Vardar	3–0	Renova	Skopje
16:30	Tanevski 23' Guobadia 26' Stjepanovikj 71'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Stevche Shuleski (Ohrid)

25 November 2012 16	Horizont Turnovo	0–0	Vardar	Turnovo
13:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Kukush Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

4 December 2012 17	Drita	0–1	Vardar	Tetovo
13:00		Report	Manevski 85'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 500 Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

9 December 2012 18	Vardar	5–0	Sileks	Skopje
16:00	Kostovski 4', 35', 59' Stojaković 57' Georgiev 90'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

6 March 2013 19	Pelister	0–0	Vardar	Bitola
14:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Tumbe Kafe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

12 March 2013 20	Vardar	6–1	Shkëndija	Skopje
14:00	Kostovski 13' Stojkov 42', 45+2' Stjepanovikj 45' Lazarevski 64' Petrov 83'	Report	Ejupi 38'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

17 March 2013 21	Metalurg Skopje	3–2	Vardar	Skopje
14:00	Radeski 43' Simonovski 89', 90+1'	Summary	Stjepanovikj 73' (pen.) Stojkov 82'	Stadium: Stadion Zhelezarnica Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

30 March 2013 22	Vardar	3–0	Bregalnica Shtip	Skopje
19:00	Vajs 17' Bozhinov 33' (o.g.) Stojkov 52'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

3 April 2013 23	Vardar	1–2	Rabotnichki	Skopje
19:00	Rangjelovikj 44' Milić 90'	Report	Adem 67' Najdoski 90+1'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

7 April 2013 24	Bregalnica Shtip	1–1	Vardar	Shtip
13:00	Simov 52' (o.g.)	Report	Dimitrovski 32'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

13 April 2013 25	Vardar	0–1	Pelister	Skopje
19:30		Report	Elmazovski 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

21 April 2013 26	Drita	1–3	Vardar	Bogovinje
16:00	Ramadani 43'	Report	Kostovski 54' Temelkov 58' Stojkov 71'	Stadium: Stadion Bogovinje Attendance: 300 Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)

27 April 2013 27	Vardar	2–1	Sileks	Skopje
20:00	Manevski 4' Giménez 60'	Report	Georgiev 90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Faton Mustafi (Tetovo)

7 May 2013 28	Teteks	0–3	Vardar	Skopje
16:30		Report	Kostovski 4', 86' Cikarski 54'	Stadium: Stadion Gjorche Petrov Attendance: 500 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjievski (Kumanovo)

11 May 2013 29	Vardar	3–1	Renova	Skopje
20:00	Kostovski 4', 9' Petrov 42'	Report	Emini 53'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Stevche Shuleski (Ohrid)

15 May 2013 30	Shkëndija	0–1	Vardar	Tetovo
16:30		Report	Petrov 73'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dalibor Gjorgjevski (Kumanovo)

19 May 2013 31	Vardar	4–0	Napredok	Skopje
16:30	Manevski 28' (pen.) Kostovski 42', 80', 88'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Stevche Shuleski (Ohrid)

29 May 2013 32	Metalurg Skopje	1–1	Vardar	Skopje
17:00	Krstev 77'	Report	Rangjelovikj 23'	Stadium: Stadion Zhelezarnica Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

2 June 2013 33	Vardar	5–0	Horizont Turnovo	Skopje
17:00	Manevski 17' Kostovski 33' (pen.) Stojkov 66', 78' Petrov 73'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Josip Barton (Tetovo)

Macedonian Football Cup

First round

22 August 2012	Rufeja	0–2	Vardar	Brvenica
17:00		Report	Temelkov 20' Geshoski 36'	Stadium: Stadion Miletino Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Second round

19 September 2012 First leg	Vardar	2–0	Gorno Lisiche	Skopje
20:00	Stojaković 16' Petrov 33'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena

26 September 2012 Second leg	Gorno Lisiche	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Vardar	Skopje
15:00	Kolekjeski 90'		Temelkov 34' Geshoski 40'	Stadium: Stadion Gorno Lisiche Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

Quarter-final

7 November 2012 First leg	Pelister	0–1	Vardar	Bitola
13:00		Report	Petrov 77'	Stadium: Tumbe Kafe Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

21 November 2012 Second leg	Vardar	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Pelister	Skopje
18:00	Petrov 66' Giménez 85'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

Semi-final

17 April 2013 First leg	Shkëndija	0–0	Vardar	Tetovo
16:00		Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

1 May 2013 Second leg	Vardar	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Shkëndija	Skopje
18:30	Petrov 90'	Report	Rexhepi 81'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marjan Eckovski (Ohrid)

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

18 July 2012 First leg	BATE Borisov	3–2	Vardar	Barysaw
18:00	Mazalewski 41' Rodionov 90+2', 90+4'	Report	Kostovski 54' Stjepanović 62'	Stadium: Haradski Stadium Attendance: 5,180^[4] Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

25 July 2012 Second leg	Vardar	0–0 (2–3 agg.)	BATE Borisov	Skopje
20:00		Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 28,500^[5] Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Jovan Kostovski	22	1	–	23
2	Filip Petrov	7	–	4	11
3	Borche Manevski	7	–	–	7
3	Aco Stojkov	7	–	–	7
4	Ostoja Stjepanovikj	5	1	–	6
5	Jorge Giménez	4	–	1	5
6	Dragan Georgiev	4	–	–	4
7	Igor Stojaković	2	–	1	3
	Zlatko Tanevski	3	–	–	3
	Aleksandar Temelkov	1	–	2	3
10	Predrag Rangjelovikj	2	–	–	2
11	Mite Cikarski	1	–	–	1
	Blagoja Geshoski	–	–	2	1
	Osa Guobadia	1	–	–	1
	Dimitrija Lazarevski	1	–	–	1
	Miroslav Vajs	1	–	–	1
	Own goals	1	–	–	1
	TOTALS	71	3	10	83

Notes

^ Gjorgioski led the team in the matches against BATE Borisov.
^ Milevski was in the first period led the team from July 2012 to January 2013, and then later returned to his coaching seat in April 2013.

References

^ "Вардар во последното коло со убедлива победа ја одбрани титулата". fkvardar.mk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "ФФМ одлучи: Тетекс ќе игра шест меча без публика, на Шкендија и се одземаат три бода". Ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "First League 2012/2013 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ "BATE vs Vardar". Soccerway. 18 July 2012.
^ "Vardar vs. BATE". Soccerway. 25 July 2012.

[table_note_SKE0.71447659503411-5] Shkëndija were deducted three points for leaving the pitch in the match against Teteks in the 19th round.^[2]

[1] Gjorgioski led the team in the matches against BATE Borisov.

[2] Milevski was in the first period led the team from July 2012 to January 2013, and then later returned to his coaching seat in April 2013.

[3] "Вардар во последното коло со убедлива победа ја одбрани титулата". fkvardar.mk. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[4] "ФФМ одлучи: Тетекс ќе игра шест меча без публика, на Шкендија и се одземаат три бода". Ekipa.mk (in Macedonian). 15 January 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "First League 2012/2013 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[7] "BATE vs Vardar". Soccerway. 18 July 2012.

[8] "Vardar vs. BATE". Soccerway. 25 July 2012.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	14	1	2	53	11	+42	6	7	3	18	10	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	14	1	2	53	11	+42	6	7	3	18	10	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	20	8	5	71	21	+50	68	14	1	2	53	11	+42	6	7	3	18	10	+8