FC AP Brera Strumica

Brera Strumica
Брера Струмица
Full name	Fudbalski Klub Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica
Founded	2010; 14 years ago
Ground	Stadion Kukuš; Mladost Stadium
Capacity	1,500
Owner	Brera Holdings (90%); Goran Pandev (10%)
President	Goran Pandev
Manager	Bojan Krulj
League	Macedonian First League
2023–24	Macedonian First League, 7th
Website	https://akademijapandev.mk
Home colours	Away colours

FK Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica (Macedonian: ФК Академија Пандев Брера Струмица), commonly known as AP Brera Strumica, is a Macedonian football club based in Strumica, which competes in the Macedonian First League.

History

Goran Pandev, the clubs founder and current president.

The club was founded in 2010 as Akademija Pandev by the Macedonian football player Goran Pandev, after whom the academy was named.^[1] As of 2014, AP Brera has a senior team competing in the Macedonian senior leagues and 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.

In August 2022, Goran Pandev and Italian based side Brera Calcio entered into a sponsorship agreement which would see both sides establish a closer relationship.^[4] On May 31, 2023, Akademija Pandev was successfully acquired by Brera Holdings PLC, the holding company of Brera Calcio, with the company receiving 90% of the club's shares.^[5]

Emblem's evolution

Akademija Pandev's logo until 2017	Akademija Pandev's logo until 2023

Sports Center "Pandev", home of AP Brera.

Stadium Blagoj Istatov (also known as Stadion Mladost)

Home ground

AP Brera plays its home games at its very own Sports Center "Pandev". Opened in 2020, it has a single pitch with a single 1,500 seating capacity stand, and is also equipped with a hotel and the club's administrative facilities. It is also where its youth categories play and train.

Mladost Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Strumica, Republic of 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.

Honours

Macedonian First League
- Runners-up (1): 2021–22
Macedonian Second League
- Winners (1): 2016–17
Macedonian Third Football League East
- Winners (1): 2015–16
Macedonian Football Cup
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	European competitions		Player	Goals
2014–15	OFL Strumica	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st ↑
2015–16	3. MFL East	22	20	2	0	94	6	62	1st ↑
2016–17	2. MFL	27	21	3	3	69	24	66	1st ↑	R2
2017–18	1. MFL	36	10	12	14	43	47	42	6th	SF			Zoran Baldovaliev	14
2018–19	1. MFL	36	17	7	12	45	35	58	3rd	W			Ljupcho Doriev	16
2019–20¹	1. MFL	23	7	7	9	20	20	28	7th	N/A	Europa League	QR1	Marko Rajković	4
2020–21	1. MFL	33	12	5	16	32	36	41	7th	RU			Mario Krstovski	7
2021–22	1. MFL	33	19	7	7	55	32	64	2nd	R2			Martin Mirčevski	16
2022–23	1. MFL	30	6	10	14	34	38	28	9th	QF	Europa Conference League	QR1	Kristijan Velinovski	6
2023–24	1. MFL	33	11	9	13	34	33	42	7th	QF			Đorđe Ivković	8

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[6]

European record

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

Players

Current squad

As of 29 November 2024.

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
3	DF	MKD	Andrej Velkov
6	DF	MKD	Stefan Naumcheski
9	FW	SRB	Đorđe Ivković
10	MF	MKD	Martin Gjorgievski
13	MF	COL	Jork Becerra
15	MF	MKD	David Ristovski
17	MF	MKD	Zoran Andonov
22	MF	MKD	Dimitar Todorovski
23	DF	RWA	Abdul Rwatubyaye


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	MKD	Marko Stojilevski
29	MF	NGA	Ibrahim Olaosebikan
32	DF	MKD	Filip Antovski
33	DF	MKD	Andrej Arizankoski
47	FW	UGA	Rogers Mato
90	GK	MKD	Daniel Dikovski
92	GK	MKD	Filip Kupanov
99	MF	MKD	Samuel Nakov

Youth players

Players from the U19 Youth Team that have been summoned with the first team in the current season.

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
2	DF	MKD	Filip Mitev
14	DF	MKD	Mateo Kesikj
16	MF	MKD	Kamencho Andonovski
19	MF	MKD	Igor Ristov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	MKD	Gjoko Spasov
82	GK	MKD	David Iloski
91	MF	MKD	Martin Sharenkovski
—	DF	MKD	Jovan Drvoshanov

Out on loan

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
—	GK	MKD	Slave Vrgov (at Vardar N until 30 June 2025)
—	MF	MKD	Zhivko Krstev (at Vardar N until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	MKD	Mario Kostov (at Vardar until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MKD	David Spasov (at Vardar N until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	MKD	Kire Stojanov (at Belasica until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	MKD	Nikola Taleski (at Pobeda until 30 June 2025)