2017–18 FK Vardar season

Vardar
2017–18 season
Owner	Sergei Samsonenko
Chairman	Mirko Spaseski
Manager	Goce Sedloski; Chedomir Janevski; Boban Babunski
Stadium	Philip II Arena
First League	2nd
Macedonian Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Third qualifying round
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Tigran Barseghyan (2); All: Tigran Barseghyan (4)
Highest home attendance	20,863 vs Fenerbahçe ; 17 August 2017
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Pobeda ; 20 August 2017
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was FK Vardar's 26th consecutive season in the First League.

Squad

As of 25 August 2017^[1]

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	Igor Aleksovski
3	DF	MKD	Goran Popov
5	DF	MKD	Visar Musliu
6	DF	MKD	Boban Grncharov (captain)
7	MF	GEO	Jambul Jighuari
8	MF	SRB	Vanja Marković
9	FW	MKD	Dejan Blazhevski
10	MF	MKD	Boban Nikolov
11	MF	ARM	Tigran Barseghyan
14	DF	MKD	Darko Velkovski
16	MF	MKD	Nikola Gligorov
17	FW	MKD	Aco Stojkov
18	FW	MKD	Bojan Kolevski


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	ARM	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
21	DF	UKR	Yevhen Novak
22	MF	MKD	Filip Stojchevski
23	DF	MKD	Besir Demiri
28	GK	MKD	Tome Pachovski
32	DF	MKD	Darko Glishikj
33	MF	MKD	Besar Iseni
48	FW	BRA	Ytalo
70	MF	BRA	Juan Felipe Ribeiro
77	DF	MKD	Vladica Brdarovski
90	GK	MKD	Filip Gachevski
97	FW	MKD	Petar Petkovski
-	FW	RUS	Maksim Maksimov

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	MKD	Stefan Spirovski (to Ferencváros)
10	MF	MNE	Damir Kojašević (to Vojvodina)
89	FW	BRA	Jonathan Balotelli (to Al-Gharafa)
—	MF	GHA	Moustapha Quaynor (on loan to Pelister)

Competitions

First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shkëndija (C)	36	29	4	3	101	27	+74	91	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Vardar	36	16	8	12	53	41	+12	56	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Rabotnički	36	14	10	12	50	43	+7	52
4	Shkupi	36	13	12	11	51	46	+5	51
5	Sileks	36	13	11	12	30	37	−7	50

Source: MacedonianFootball.com, Soccerway
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).^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

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
36	16	8	12	53	41	+12	56	12	1	5	36	19	+17	4	7	7	17	22	−5

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L
Position	10	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

12 August 2017 1	Shkëndija	2–0	Vardar	Tetovo
17:00	Alimi 62' Júnior 66'	Report		Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

20 August 2017 2	Vardar	4–0	Pobeda	Skopje
17:00	Barseghyan 4' Kojašević 45+1' Ytalo 68' Felipe 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion Gjorche Petrov Attendance: 500 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

10 September 2017 4	Vardar	3–1	Sileks	Skopje
16:00	Grncharov 19' Barseghyan 57' Gligorov 66'	Report	Đorđević 73'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

17 September 2017 5	Skopje	1–1	Vardar	Skopje
15:30		Report	Juan Felipe 27' Grncharov 51'	Stadium: Stadion Zhelezarnica Attendance: 500 Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

20 September 2017 6	Vardar	2–1	Renova	Skopje
15:30	Barseghyan 26' Alves 83'	Report	Ramadani 41'	Stadium: Boris Trajkovski Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

24 September 2017 7	Pelister	0–1	Vardar	Bitola
15:30		Report	Blazhevski 30'	Stadium: Stadion Tumbe Kafe Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)

1 October 2017 9	Vardar	1–0	Shkupi	Skopje
15:00	Barseghyan 57'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 300 Referee: Konstantin Vlaho (Skopje)

14 October 2017 10	Vardar	4–2	Shkëndija	Skopje
14:30	4		2	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 500

22 October 2017 11	Pobeda	1–0	Vardar	Prilep
14:30	1		0	Stadium: Stadion Goce Delchev

25 October 2017 3	Rabotnichki	3–1	Vardar	Skopje
14:30	3		1	Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Dimitar Mechkarovski (Skopje)

29 October 2017 13	Sileks	0–0	Vardar	Kratovo
13:30	0		0	Stadium: Stadion Sileks

5 November 2017 14	Vardar	3–0	Skopje	Skopje
13:30	3		0	Stadium: Philip II Arena

16 November 2017 15	Renova	2–5	Vardar	Tetovo
13:00	2		5	Stadium: Gradski stadion

19 November 2017 16	Vardar	1–0	Pelister	Skopje
18:00	1		0	Stadium: Philip II Arena

26 November 2017 8	Akademija Pandev	1–3	Vardar	Strumica
14:00	1		3	Stadium: Stadion Mladost

3 December 2017 18	Shkupi	2–0	Vardar	Skopje
13:00	2		0	Stadium: Stadion Chair

13 December 2017 12	Vardar	1–0	Rabotnichki	Skopje
14:30	1		0	Stadium: Philip II Arena

14 February 2018 19	Shkëndija	1–1	Vardar	Tetovo
14:00	1		1	Stadium: Gradski stadion

18 February 2018 20	Vardar	3–0	Pobeda	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

24 February 2018 21	Rabotnichki	2–1	Vardar	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

4 March 2018 22	Vardar	2–3	Sileks	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

11 March 2018 23	Skopje	0–0	Vardar	Skopje
				Stadium: Stadion Zhelezarnica

17 March 2018 24	Vardar	1–0	Renova	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

1 April 2018 25	Pelister	0–0	Vardar	Bitola
				Stadium: Stadion Tumbe Kafe

7 April 2018 26	Akademija Pandev	1–1	Vardar	Strumica
				Stadium: Stadion Mladost

15 April 2018 27	Vardar	1–1	Shkupi	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

18 April 2018 28	Vardar	2–3	Shkëndija	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

22 April 2018 29	Pobeda	2–0	Vardar	Prilep
				Stadium: Stadion Goce Delchev

25 April 2018 30	Vardar	0–1	Rabotnichki	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

29 April 2018 31	Sileks	0–2	Vardar	Kratovo
				Stadium: Stadion Sileks

2 May 2018 32	Vardar	0–1	Skopje	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

6 May 2018 33	Renova	1–1	Vardar	Tetovo
				Stadium: Gradski stadion

13 May 2018 34	Vardar	2–3	Pelister	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

16 May 2018 35	Vardar	3–2	Akademija Pandev	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

20 May 2018 36	Shkupi	4–1	Vardar	Skopje
				Stadium: Stadion Chair

Macedonian Cup

First round

31 August 2017	Lokomotiva	1–4	Vardar	Skopje
16:30	Stojanovski 86'	Report	Blazhevski 21' Iseni 30', 90' Demiri 39'	Stadium: Lokomotiva Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Konstantin Vlaho (Skopje)

Second round

30 November 2017 First leg	Vardar	1–1	Shkupi	Skopje
	1		1	Stadium: Philip II Arena Referee: Zorancho Temelkov (Kavadarci)

17 December 2017 Second leg	Shkupi	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Vardar	Skopje
	0		2	Stadium: Stadion Chair

Quarter-finals

21 February 2018 First leg	Vardar	1–1	Shkëndija	Skopje
				Stadium: Philip II Arena

7 March 2018 Second leg	Shkëndija	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Vardar	Tetovo
13:00				Stadium: Gradski stadion

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

12 July 2017 First leg	Malmö FF	1–1	Vardar	Malmö
19:00	Brorsson 75'	Report	Nikolov 63'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 20,058^[2] Referee: Þorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

18 July 2017 Second leg	Vardar	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Malmö FF	Strumica
18:00	Grncharov 56' Barseghyan 61' Nikolov 90+1'	Report	Rosenberg 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Mladost^{[note 1]} Attendance: 2,800^[2] Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

Third qualifying round

25 July 2017 First leg	Vardar	1–0	Copenhagen	Skopje
20:00	Jonathan 65'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 12,000^[4] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2 August 2017 Second leg	Copenhagen	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Vardar	Copenhagen
20:00	Greguš 2', 28' 71' Barseghyan 26' (o.g.) Santander 75' Sotiriou 88' (pen.)	Report	Nikolov 19'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 15,224^[4] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	Vardar	2–0	Fenerbahçe	Skopje
20:00	Barseghyan 20' Grncharov 51' 89' Topal 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Souza 90+3'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 20,863^[5] Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

24 August 2017 Second leg	Fenerbahçe	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Vardar	Istanbul
19:30	Neustädter 61'	Report	Jighauri 68' Gligorov 90+1'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 32,480^[5] Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZEN	RS	ROS	VRD
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	3–1	2–1
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	4–0	3–0
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5		1–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1		0–5	0–6	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 1	Vardar	0–5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Skopje
21:05		Report	Kokorin 6', 21' Dzyuba 39' Ivanović 66' Rigoni 89'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 11,118^[6] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

28 September 2017 2	Rosenborg	3–1	Vardar	Trondheim
19:00	Bendtner 25' (pen.) A. Konradsen 56' Hedenstad 68'	Report	Juan Felipe 90+1'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,038^[7] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

19 October 2017 3	Vardar	0–6	Real Sociedad	Skopje
19:00		Report	Oyarzabal 12' Willian José 34', 42', 55', 59' De la Bella 90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 20,368^[8] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

2 November 2017 4	Real Sociedad	3–0	Vardar	San Sebastián
21:05	Juanmi 31' De la Bella 69' Bautista 81'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,242^[9] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

23 November 2017 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2–1	Vardar	Saint Petersburg
19:00	Poloz 16' Rigoni 43'	Report	Blazhevski 90+3'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 38,196^[10] Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium)

7 December 2017 6	Vardar	1–1	Rosenborg	Skopje
21:05	Ytalo 9'	Report	Bendtner 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 7,839^[11] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Tigran Barseghyan	2	2	–	4
2	Boban Nikolov	–	3	–	3
3	Nikola Gligorov	1	1	–	2
	Boban Grncharov	1	1	–	2
	Besar Iseni	–	–	2	2
6	Dejan Blazhevski	–	–	1	1
	Jonathan Balotelli	–	1	–	1
	Besir Demiri	–	–	1	1
	Juan Felipe	1	–	–	1
	Jambul Jighauri	–	1	–	1
	Damir Kojašević	1	–	–	1
	Ytalo	1	–	–	1
	Own goals	–	1	–	1
	TOTALS	7	10	4	21

Notes

^ Vardar played their second qualifying round home match at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, instead of their regular stadium Philip II Arena, Skopje, which was unavailable due to preparation for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.^[3]

References

^ "Тим 2016/2017" (in Macedonian). fkvardar.mk. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Апел за користење на Националната Арена "Филип Втори" за Лигата на шампионите" (in Macedonian). ФК Вардар. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ "Vardar vs. Zenit". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ "Rosenborg vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
^ "Vardar vs. Real Sociedad". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Real Sociedad vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ "Zenit vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Vardar vs. Rosenborg". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[Vardar-4] Vardar played their second qualifying round home match at Stadion Mladost, Strumica, instead of their regular stadium Philip II Arena, Skopje, which was unavailable due to preparation for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup.^[3]

[Тим-1] "Тим 2016/2017" (in Macedonian). fkvardar.mk. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

[AttendanceQR2-2] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[3] "Апел за користење на Националната Арена "Филип Втори" за Лигата на шампионите" (in Macedonian). ФК Вардар. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[AttendanceQR3-5] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

[AttendancePO-6] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Play-off Round". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[7] "Vardar vs. Zenit". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

[8] "Rosenborg vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

[9] "Vardar vs. Real Sociedad". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[10] "Real Sociedad vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[11] "Zenit vs. Vardar". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[12] "Vardar vs. Rosenborg". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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