FC AP Brera Strumica

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

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, 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.

• 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

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

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

Current squad

As of 8 February 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	MKD	Zoran Andonov
18	MF	BRA	Léo Antônio
19	MF	NGA	Ibrahim Olasebikan
20	FW	UGA	Rogers Mato
21	DF	MKD	Georgije Jankulov
22	MF	MKD	Goran Tomovski
23	FW	MKD	Luka Georgiev
24	DF	MKD	Marko Stojilevski
26	DF	ARG	Nahuel Franco
28	MF	MKD	Martin Gjorgievski
33	DF	MKD	Andrej Arizankoski
44	DF	BRA	Kauan
92	GK	MKD	Filip Kupanov

Notable players

Some notable players to have played for AP Brera are:

• Jani Atanasov
• Bojan Dimoski
• Ljupcho Doriev
• Dimitar Mitrovski
• Sashko Pandev
• Vanche Shikov
• Aco Stojkov

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  Vanche Shikov
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  Sashko Pandev
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  Ljupcho Doriev
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  Aco Stojkov

• Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)
• [1] (in Macedonian)