Eternal derby (North Macedonia) explained

Eternal derby
Macedonian derby
Other Names:Вечно дерби
Македонско дерби
City Or Region: North Macedonia
(Skopje and Bitola)
First Contested:5 August 1990 (official)
Teams Involved:Vardar
Pelister
Total:79
Most Wins:Vardar (43)
Mostrecent:Pelister 1–0 Vardar

(3 November 2024)
Largestvictory:Vardar 7–0 Pelister
(8 May 1996)
Stadiums:Toše Proeski Arena (Vardar)
Petar Miloševski (Pelister)
Eternal derby (mk|Вечно дерби), also known as the Macedonia derby (mk|Македонско дерби), is the name given to matches between the two most popular clubs from North Macedonia, the Skopje-based FK Vardar and Bitola-based FK Pelister,[1] supported by Komiti and Čkembari respectively, with fans at times infamously engaging in hooliganism during the derby.[2] [3] The rivalry can be traced back to the 1989–90 season and a match in Skopje, between FK Vardar and Red Star Belgrade. A conflict occurred between the "Skopje fans" and a few Bitola fans who went to cheer for Vardar, who at that time was the most popular Macedonian football club in the former Yugoslavia. On 5 August 1990 in Bitola, Pelister and Vardar met in the Yugoslav second league and the first incident occurred. From that day forward, started the big rivalry between Komiti and Chkembari along with the Vardar-Pelister match becoming the Eternal derby of Macedonia.

However, the rivalry is playing at the stands but not much at the ground because Vardar there are many more honours than a rival from Bitola. In a present time there is a small number of attendance and Pelister were many times and Vardar once relegated to the Macedonian Second League so the rivalry has lost its formerly importance.[4], there have been 68 derbies played in total since the establishment of the Macedonian championship in 1992, with Vardar winning 38 and Pelister 14 games, while 16 matches ended in a draw.

Statistics

The records does not include the awarded matches and a matches decided by a one goal difference.

Head-to-head

CompetitionPlayedVardar winsDrawsPelister winsVardar goalsPelister goals
Yugoslav championship (1990–1992)
First League220051
Second League211021
Yugoslavia totals431072
Macedonian championship (1992–present)
First League593116129063
Second League202033
Macedonian Cup148332111
Macedonia totals7339191411174
All Time7943201612179
Last updated on 18 August 2024.

Records

Official match results

Key

Colors

Competitions

Results

SeasonCompetitionDateHome teamResultAway team
1990–91YUG Second League5 August 1990PelisterVardar
24 February 1991VardarPelister
1991–92YUG First League1 September 1991VardarPelister
8 March 1992PelisterVardar
1992–93First League28 November 1992VardarPelister
Macedonian Cup Final23 May 1993VardarPelister
First League13 June 1993PelisterVardar
1993–94First League7 November 1993PelisterVardar
22 May 1994VardarPelister
1994–95First League2 October 1994PelisterVardar
15 April 1995VardarPelister
1995–96First League29 October 1995PelisterVardar
Macedonian Cup SF17 April 1996VardarPelister
1 May 1996PelisterVardar
First League8 May 1996VardarPelister
1996–97First League8 September 1996VardarPelister
23 March 1997PelisterVardar
1997–98First League31 August 1997VardarPelister
14 March 1998PelisterVardar
1998–99First League3 October 1998PelisterVardar
30 April 1999VardarPelister
1999–2000First League21 November 1999VardarPelister
Macedonian Cup QF15 March 2000PelisterVardar
22 March 2000VardarPelister
First League28 May 2000PelisterVardar
2000–01First League24 September 2000VardarPelister
Macedonian Cup QF25 February 2001PelisterVardar
First League1 April 2001PelisterVardar
Macedonian Cup QF4 April 2001VardarPelister
2001–02First League23 September 2001PelisterVardar
25 November 2001VardarPelister
2002–03First League17 August 2002PelisterVardar
3 November 2002VardarPelister
13 April 2003PelisterVardar
2006–07First League1 October 2006PelisterVardar
17 December 2006VardarPelister
Macedonian Cup SF11 April 2007VardarPelister
First League29 April 2007PelisterVardar
Macedonian Cup SF2 May 2007PelisterVardar
2007–08First League11 October 2007VardarPelister
16 March 2008PelisterVardar
26 April 2008VardarPelister
SeasonCompetitionDateHome teamResultAway team
2008–09First League23 August 2008VardarPelister
16 November 2008PelisterVardar
12 April 2009PelisterVardar
2009–10First League25 October 2009PelisterVardar
21 March 2010VardarPelister
28 March 2010PelisterVardar
2010–11First League28 August 2010VardarPelister
27 November 2010PelisterVardar
21 May 2011PelisterVardar
2012–13First League30 September 2012VardarPelister
Macedonian Cup QF7 November 2012PelisterVardar
21 November 2012VardarPelister
First League6 March 2013PelisterVardar
13 April 2013VardarPelister
2013–14First League6 October 2013PelisterVardar
9 March 2014VardarPelister
23 April 2014VardarPelister
2014–15First League3 August 2014PelisterVardar
4 October 2014VardarPelister
22 March 2015VardarPelister
2015–16Macedonian Cup R16530 September 2015VardarPelister
21 October 2015PelisterVardar
2016–17First League28 September 2016VardarPelister
30 November 2016PelisterVardar
9 April 2017VardarPelister
28 May 2017PelisterVardar
2017–18First League24 September 2017PelisterVardar
19 November 2017VardarPelister
1 April 2018PelisterVardar
13 May 2018VardarPelister
2020–21First League4 October 2020PelisterVardar
21 February 2021VardarPelister
4 April 2021PelisterVardar
2021–22Macedonian Cup QF615 December 2021PelisterVardar
2022–23Second League3 December 2022PelisterVardar
9 May 2023VardarPelister
2024–25First League18 August 2024VardarPelister
3 November 2024PelisterVardar

1 Vardar won 4–2 on penalties and won the one point.
2 Match suspended after 45 minutes (score: 0–0) due to the crowd trouble. Vardar were awarded a 0–3 win.
3 Match suspended before the kick-off due to the crowd trouble when Čkembari burned seats, collapsed the protective fence and clashed with the police. Vardar were awarded a 0–3 win.
4 The 2000–01 Macedonian Cup quarter-final tie was won by Pelister on away goals rule.
5 Pelister was played in the Second League in that season.
6 Vardar was played in the Second League in that season.
7 Pelister won 3–2 on penalties.

Players who have played for both clubs (senior career)

Players who have scored for both clubs in the derby

Managers who have worked at both clubs

Honours

These are the major football honours of Vardar and Pelister.

CompetitionVardarPelister
Yugoslav Championship (1947–1992)0(1)0
Macedonian Championship (1992–present)110
Yugoslav Cup (1947–1992)10
Macedonian Cup (1992–present)52
Macedonian Supercup (2011–2015)20
Total19(20) 2

Head-to-head league ranking

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons.

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1st11111111
2nd222
3rd333
4th44444444444
5th5555
6th6666666
7th
8th8
9th99
10th101010101010
11th111111
12th12
13th
14th
15th15

Key

First League
Second League
Vardar
Pelister

Source: rsssf.org

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Пелистер е преслаб и за комбинираниот тим на Вардар . mk . Sportmedia.mk . 21 October 2015 . 29 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151023001014/https://sportmedia.mk/fudbal/kup-na-makedonija/pelister-e-preslab-i-za-kombiniraniot-tim-na-vardar . 23 October 2015 .
  2. Web site: ЕКИПА ОДБЛИСКУ: Лудо дерби! (ФОТО) . mk . Ekipa.mk . 30 September 2012 . 29 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003151334/http://old.ekipa.mk/ekipa-odblisku-ludo-derbi/ . 3 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: Прекин во Прилеп: Пресметка Чкембари - Комити, фрчeа камења и столчиња на сите страни! (ФОТО) . mk . Sportmedia.mk . 21 October 2015 . 29 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151028040102/http://sportmedia.mk/fudbal/kup-na-makedonija/prekin-vo-prilep-presmetka-chkembari-komiti-frchat-kamenja-i-stolchinja-na . 28 October 2015 .
  4. Web site: Сакаме да е дерби, ама не е (ФОТОГАЛЕРИЈА) . mk . Ekipa.mk . 30 September 2015 . 29 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003102820/http://old.ekipa.mk/sakame-da-e-derbi-ama-ne-e-fotogalerija/ . 3 October 2018 .

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