2024–25 Macedonian Football Cup

2024–25 Macedonian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	North Macedonia
Dates	18 September 2024 – 21 May 2025
Teams	31
Defending champions	Tikvesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	89 (2.97 per match)

The 2024–25 Macedonian Football Cup is the 33rd season of North Macedonia's football knockout competition. Tikvesh were the defending champions, having won their first cup in the previous year.

Competition calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	18 September 2024	15	31 → 16	none
Second Round	23 October 2024	8	16 → 8	4
Quarter-finals	26 February 2025	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	9 and 23 April 2025	2	4 → 2	none
Final	21 May 2025	1	2 → 1	none

First round

The draw was held on 20 August 2024. The winners from the previous season (Tikvesh) received a bye.^[1][2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 September 2024
Xhepçishti (3)	0–8	Shkupi (1)
Kozhuf (2)	1–2	Arsimi (2)
Vardar Negotino (2)	0–4	AP Brera (1)
Yeni Maale (4)	0–5	Shkëndija (1)
Sloboden (4)	0–6	Bregalnica (2)
Ohrid (2)	1–5	Besa (1)
Shkëndija Arachinovo (3)	2–0	Rabotnichki (1)
Karbinci (3)	1–4	Sileks (1)
Borec (2)	0–1	Detonit Plachkovica (2)
Sloga 1934 (3)	1–6	Struga (1)
Skopje (2)	0–1	Pelister (1)
Novaci (2)	0–2	Vardar (1)
2 October 2024
Gostivar (1)	3–1	Pobeda (2)
Belasica (2)	2–2 (4–5 p)	Makedonija G.P. (2)
Bashkimi (2)	0–2	Voska Sport (1)

Second round

The draw was held on 4 October 2024.^[3][4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
23 October 2024
AP Brera (1)	2–0	Besa (1)
Vardar (1)	2–0	Tikvesh (1)
Gostivar (1)	1–0	Bregalnica (2)
Pelister (1)	1–1 (1–4 p)	Detonit Plachkovica (2)
Shkëndija (1)	1–0	Shkëndija Arachinovo (3)
Struga (1)	2–0	Makedonija G.P. (2)
Sileks (1)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Shkupi (1)
Arsimi (2)	3–1	Voska Sport (1)

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 10 December 2024.^[5][6]

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 February 2025
Struga (1)	1–0	Gostivar (1)
Detonit Plachkovica (2)	0–1	Shkëndija (1)
AP Brera (1)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Arsimi (2)
Vardar (1)	1–0	Sileks (1)

Matches

26 February 2025

14:00 CET

Struga (1)	1–0	Gostivar (1)
Kehinde 49'	Report

Gradska Plazha, Struga

Referee: Stojanche Trpchevski (Kavadarci)

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26 February 2025

14:00 CET

Detonit Plachkovica (2)	0–1	Shkëndija (1)
	Report	Shala 23'

Gradski stadion, Radovish

Referee: Aleksandar Grujovski (Kichevo)

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26 February 2025

14:00 CET

AP Brera (1)	1–1	Arsimi (1)
Ndzengue 15'	Report	Taipi 78'
Penalties
Gjorgievski Taleski Ndzengue Ivanovski Velkov	4–3	Cuculi Beluli Rexhepi Ramadani Gafuri

Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica

Referee: Stojanche Stojanov (Shtip)

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26 February 2025

14:00 CET

Vardar (1)	1–0	Sileks (1)
Dongmo 68'	Report

Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje

Referee: Furkan Idrizi (Tetovo)

Semi-finals

The draw was held on 2 April 2025.^[7][8] The first legs were played on 9 April and the second legs will be played on 23 April 2025.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shkëndija (1)	2–3	Struga (1)	1–2	1–1
Vardar (1)	4–1	AP Brera (1)	3–0	1–1

Matches

9 April 2025

16:00 CEST

Shkëndija (1)	1–2	Struga (1)
Ramadani 36'	Report	Ukpa 53' Radeski 82'

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Referee: Stojanche Trpchevski (Skopje)

23 April 2025

16:00 CEST

Struga (1)	1–1	Shkëndija (1)
Ukpa 20'	Report	Radić 90+2' (o.g.)

Gradska Plazha, Struga

Referee: Blagojche Ralevski (Bitola)

Struga won 3–2 on aggregate.

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9 April 2025

16:00 CEST

Vardar (1)	3–0	AP Brera (1)
Senghor 26' Matić 45+1' Zakarić 56'	Report

Toshe Proeski Arena, Skopje

Referee: Fatmir Bafto (Ohrid)

23 April 2025

16:00 CEST

AP Brera (1)	1–1	Vardar (1)
Jankulovski 34'	Report	Talevski 58'

Stadion Blagoj Istatov, Strumica

Referee: Igor Stojchevski (Skopje)

Vardar won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

21 May 2025

19:00 CEST

Vardar (1)	v	Struga (1)

See also

• 2024–25 Macedonian First Football League
• 2024–25 Macedonian Second Football League

References

1. "Одредени паровите за 1/16 финале Куп на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
2. "Куп на Македонија: Вардар и Шкендија гостуваат во Битола" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. "Извлечени паровите за осминафиналето од Купот на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
4. "Куп-осминафинале: Фаворитите се избегнаа, полесни ривали за Шкендија, Струга, Пелистер..." (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
5. "Познати четвртфиналните двојки во Купот на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "Куп-четвртфинале: Дербито во Струга, Вардар на мегдан со есенскиот првак во ПМФЛ" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "Струга Т.Љ. - Шкендија и Вардар - Брера А.П. полуфинални двојки во Купот на Македонија" (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
8. "Лидерот и шампионот на мегдан, Вардар со поволна ждрепка во полуфиналето од Купот!" (in Macedonian). Gol.mk. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

External links

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