FC AP Brera Strumica

The club was founded in 2010 as FK 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 31 May 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] On 26 June 2023, the club was officially renamed to FC Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica.^[6]

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, Republic of 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.^[7]

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

As of 30 August 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MKD Slave Vrgov 3 DF  MKD Andrej Velkov 5 DF  MKD Marko Stojilevski 6 DF  MKD Stefan Naumcheski 7 FW  MKD Nikola Velichkovski 8 MF  MKD Mile Todorov 9 FW  GAB Fahd Ndzengue 10 MF  MKD Martin Gjorgievski (vice-captain) 11 FW  MKD Igor Ristov 14 MF  DJI Warsama Hassan 15 DF  ARG Manuel Cuestas (on loan from Vardar)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  MKD Zoran Ivanovski 21 DF  MKD Filip Antovski (captain) 22 MF  MKD Filip Mihailov 23 MF  GAM Foday Trawally 30 MF  MKD Andrej Arizankoski 31 DF  SRB Luka Luković 77 FW  MLI Hadji Dramé 88 MF  BIH Emrah Makić 99 FW  MKD Kire Stojanov — GK  MKD Daniel Dikovski — DF  MKD Mihail Milevski

Players from the U19 Youth Team that have been summoned with the first team in the current season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  MKD Mario Mitrev 16 DF  MKD Kamencho Andonovski 17 MF  MKD Gabriel Taleski 18 FW  MKD Matej Sejmenov

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  MKD Viktor Delov 29 FW  MKD Ivan Shirikj 82 GK  MKD David Iloski 90 MF  MKD Ivan Tanchev

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

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