2020–21 Macedonian Football Cup

2020–21 Macedonian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	North Macedonia
Dates	22 September 2020 – 19 May 2021
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Sileks (3rd title)
Runner-up	Akademija Pandev
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	75 (2.78 per match)

The 2020–21 Macedonian Football Cup was the 29th season of North Macedonia's football knockout competition. This edition did not have a defending champions due to the interruption of the previous edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Competition calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	22, 23 September 2020	12	24 → 12	24
Second Round	21 October 2020	8	16 → 8	4
Quarter-finals	25 November 2020	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	6, 7 April 2021	2	4 → 2	none
Final	19 May 2021	1	2 → 1	none

Source:^[2]

First round

The draw was held on 15 September 2020. The semi-finalists from the previous season (Akademija Pandev, Bregalnica, Shkëndija, and Struga) received byes.^[3][4] Matches were played on 22 and 23 September 2020.^[5][6][7][8]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 September 2020
Vardari Forino (2)	2–2 (8–9 p)	Vardar (1)
23 September 2020
Kit-Go (2)	2–1	Skopje (2)
Makedonija G.P. (1)	0–0 (5–4 p)	Pobeda (2)
Pelister (1)	4–0	Ljuboten (3)
Sloga 1934 (2)	1–2	Shkupi (1)
Veleshta (2)	1–2	Kozhuf (2)
Rosoman 83 (2)	1–5	Belasica (1)
Ohrid (2)	0–4	Renova (1)
Sileks (1)	3–0	Labunishta (2)
Kamenica Sasa (2)	2–2 (3–1 p)	Borec (1)
Gostivar (2)	5–0	Tikvesh (2)
Vëllazërimi 77 (2)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Rabotnichki (1)

Second round

The draw was held on 29 September 2020.^[9] The matches were played on 21 October 2020.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 October 2020
Akademija Pandev (1)	1–0	Vardar (1)
Makedonija G.P. (1)	6–0	Kamenica Sasa (2)
Shkëndija (1)	1–0	Gostivar (2)
Shkupi (1)	5–0	Kit-Go (2)
Kozhuf (2)	1–3	Sileks (1)
Struga (1)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Rabotnichki (1)
Bregalnica (2)	0–1	Belasica (1)
Renova (1)	2–2 (8–7 p)	Pelister (1)

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 27 October 2020.^[10] The matches were played on 25 November 2020.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 November 2020
Akademija Pandev (1)	2–1	Shkupi (1)
Struga (1)	1–0	Renova (1)
Belasica (1)	1–4	Makedonija G.P. (1)
Sileks (1)	0–0 (4–2 p)	Shkëndija (1)

Matches

25 November 2020

13:00 CET

Akademija Pandev (1)	2–1	Shkupi (1)
Tomovski 36' Iliev 69'	Report	Darboe 63'

Sports Center "Pandev", Strumica

Referee: Marjan Eckoski (Ohrid)

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25 November 2020

13:00 CET

Struga (1)	1–0	Renova (1)
Lena 54' (pen.)	Report

Gradska Plazha, Struga

Referee: Marjan Gocevski (Strumica)

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25 November 2020

13:00 CET

Belasica (1)	1–4	Makedonija G.P. (1)
Kalanoski 43'	Report	Adem 39', 77' Anderson 57' Khalid 85'

Stadion Mladost, Strumica

Referee: Jovan Kachevski (Struga)

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25 November 2020

13:00 CET

Sileks (1)	0–0	Shkëndija (1)
	Report
Penalties
Ristov Drašković Kostovski Serafimovski Karcheski	4–2	Totre Nafiu Ibraimi Dita

Gradski stadion, Kratovo

Referee: Marjan Markoski (Ohrid)

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 16 March 2021.^[11] The matches were played on 6 and 7 April 2021.

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
6 April 2021
Makedonija G.P. (1)	1–3	Akademija Pandev (1)
7 April 2021
Struga (1)	0–1	Sileks (1)

Matches

6 April 2021

13:00 CEST

Makedonija G.P. (1)	1–3	Akademija Pandev (1)
Ajrullahu 30'	Report	Ferati 14' Radeski 55', 90+5'

Stadion Gjorche Petrov, Skopje

Referee: Jovan Kanchevski (Struga)

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7 April 2021

14:00 CEST

Struga (1)	0–1	Sileks (1)
	Report	Karakamishev 82'

Gradska Plazha, Struga

Referee: Krumislav Gjorgjiev (Shtip)

Final

19 May 2021

19:00 CEST

Akademija Pandev (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sileks (1)
	Report
Penalties
Stoilov Iliev Velinovski Dimoski Markoski	3–4	Timovski Ivanovski Gorgiev Shterev Karcheski

Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 0

Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 November 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonio Kalanoski	Belasica	4
2	Ermedin Adem	Makedonija G.P.	3
	Lavdrim Fazliu	Pelister
4	Elmir Aliji	Vardari	2
	Bobi Bozhinovski	Makedonija G.P.
	Dembo Darboe	Shkupi
	Stefan Đurić	Sileks
	Alen Jasharoski	Renova
	Valtrin Qaili	Gostivar
	Shefit Shefiti	Renova

See also

• 2020–21 Macedonian First Football League
• 2020–21 Macedonian Second Football League

References

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9. "Извлечени паровите за осминафиналето од купот на Македонија" [The draw for the 1/8 finals of the Macedonian Cup was held] (in Macedonian). ffm.mk. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
10. "Извлечени двојките за 1/4 финалето од купот на Македонија" [The draw for the 1/4 finals of the Macedonian Cup was held] (in Macedonian). ffm.mk. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
11. "Ждреб во "Куќа на фудбалот": Македонија Ѓ.П. - Академија Пандев и Струга Трим Љум - Силекс полуфинални двојки во Купот на Македонија" [The draw for the "football cup": Makedonija GjP v Akademija Pandev and Struga v Sileks are the semifinal pairs for the Macedonian Football Cup] (in Macedonian). ffm.mk. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links

• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• MacedonianFootball.com (in Macedonian and English)