FC Struga

Full name	Football club Struga Trim-Lum
Founded	2015 (2015)
Ground	Gradska Plazha Stadium
Capacity	800
Chairman	Arbtrim Qyra
Manager	Shpëtim Duro
League	Macedonian First League
2022–23	Macedonian First League, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

FC Struga Trim-Lum (Macedonian: ФК Струга Трим-Лум, FK Struga Trim-Lum) is a football club based in Struga, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in August 2015 by the well-known company in the field of construction and real estate, "Trim & Lum". As a serious and very ambitious project, from the very beginning, FC Struga started with preparations according to the most modern standards, despite the fact that the competitions started from the Fourth League, or as it is otherwise known, the Municipal League.^[1]

In the 2016–17 season the club finished first place in the Third League which allowed them to directly gaining promotion in the Macedonian Second League and also winning the Cup of OFS Struga.

On 28 November 2017 they won Independence Cup, a competition which took place in Korçë, Albania. In the semi-finals they won against KF Tirana (1–0) with a header scored from Migjen Sherifi and in the final they won against KF Otranti from Ulcinj after the penalty shootout (4–1).

On 7 May 2023, the club won the 2022-23 Macedonian First Football League championship after a 3:0 win over FK Sileks.^[2]

Honours

• Macedonian First League
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
• Macedonian Second League
  • Winners (1): 2018–19
• Macedonian Third League
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

Recent seasons

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[3]

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Liepāja	1–4	1–1	2–5
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Žalgiris	1–2	0–0	1–2
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Budućnost Podgorica	1–0	4–3	5–3
		3QR	Swift Hesperange	3–1	1–2	4–3
		PO	Breiðablik	0–1	0–1	0–2

Notes

• PO: Play-off
• QR: Qualifying round

Players

Current squad

As of 1 October 2023

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 Kristijan Kitanovski 3 DF  MKD Hadis Tairi 5 MF  KOS Mentor Mazrekaj 6 DF  MKD Mexhit Neziri 7 MF  MKD Abdulhadi Jahja 8 MF  MKD Flamur Tairi (captain) 9 FW  MKD Besart Ibraimi 10 MF  MKD Besmir Bojku 11 MF  MKD Bunjamin Shabani 12 GK  MKD Raif Mirseloski 14 FW  MKD Marjan Radeski 16 DF  MKD Besart Krivanjeva

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  MKD Ard Kasami 20 FW  BFA Bassirou Compaoré 21 FW  DEN Bekim Kamberi 22 DF  MKD Ardi Idrizi 24 DF  MKD Edis Maliqi 26 MF  MKD Hristijan Georgievski 27 FW  GER Senad Jarović 28 MF  NGA Effiong Hogan Ukpa 31 MF  MKD Jusuf Kaba 33 DF  ALB Vangjel Zguro 55 DF  SRB Sava Radić 95 GK  BIH Vedran Kjosevski

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MKD Jetmir Bauta (at Karaorman) — MF  MKD Fikri Dani (at Karaorman) — MF  MKD Arion Ziba (at Karaorman)

Personnel

As of 20 August 2019^[4]

Current technical staff
Position	Name
Head coach	Shpëtim Duro
Assistant coaches
	Meriton Gega
	Stefan Meckaroski
	Gjoko Cadoski
Physiotherapist
Erblin Domazeti
Afrim Bojku
Board members
Office	Name
President	Arbtrim Qyra
General director	Besar Isaku
Secretary	Miftar Shaqiri
Security director	Lum Qyra
Coordinator of football school	Eugen Xhila
Information and media officer	Ermir Korca

References

External links

• FC Struga Facebook (in Albanian)
• Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)
• Football Federation of Macedonia (in Macedonian)