Cup is a cup competition in Macedonia. This page brings together live scores, fixtures and results, plus standings and player and team statistics, giving visitors a clear place to follow matches, review competition data and explore the six recorded seasons from 2020 through 2025. Visitors can use it for ongoing reference when checking match and performance information.
Upcoming matches, Cup
Round of 32
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- Round of 32
Aresimi
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- Round of 32
Tikveš
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- Round of 32
Vardar Negotino
FK Rabotnicki
Latest played matches, Cup
Round of 32
Cup Standings
Cup Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Cup teams participation since 2020
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Vardar Skopje | 6 |
| Shkendija | 6 |
| FK Rabotnicki | 6 |
| Pelister | 6 |
| Shkupi 1927 | 6 |
| Akademija Pandev | 6 |
| Makedonija GjP | 6 |
| Belasica | 6 |
| Pobeda | 6 |
| Sileks | 6 |
| Skopje | 6 |
| Bregalnica Štip | 6 |
| Struga | 6 |
| Tikveš | 6 |
| KF Gostivari | 5 |
| Kozuv Gevgelija | 5 |
| Ohrid | 5 |
| Borec | 4 |
| Sasa | 4 |
| Novaci | 4 |
| Sloga Vinica | 4 |
| Ljuboten | 4 |
| Voska Sport | 4 |
| Karbinci | 4 |
| Renova | 3 |
| Teteks | 3 |
| Besa Dobërdoll | 3 |
| Aresimi | 3 |
| Detonit Plachkovica | 3 |
| Bashkimi Kumanovo | 3 |
| Pehchevo | 2 |
| Vardar Negotino | 2 |
| Velazerimi 77 | 2 |
| Veleshta | 2 |
| BVK Konjari | 2 |
| Jenimaale Bitola | 2 |
| Shkëndija Haraçinë | 2 |
| Detonit Junior | 1 |
| Korab Debar | 1 |
| Labunishta | 1 |
| Pobeda Valandovo | 1 |
| Zajazi | 1 |
| Vardar Forino | 1 |
| Rosoman | 1 |
| Crno Buki | 1 |
Cup top scorer teams
Cup About
Cup is a domestic knockout football competition in Macedonia, separate from the country’s top-flight Macedonian First Football League. Known in football coverage as the Macedonian Football Cup, it provides a second national route to silverware and can also offer access to UEFA competition alongside the league’s qualification places.
Role in Macedonian football
The Cup exists to determine a national knockout champion through a format in which clubs are eliminated as ties progress. Its sporting role differs from that of the First League: the league rewards consistency across a full season, while the Cup creates the possibility of a decisive run through successive knockout rounds. A single result, rather than a long table campaign, can determine whether a club advances.
The competition is part of the domestic football system overseen by the Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM), the governing body responsible for organising and regulating Macedonian football. It should not be confused with the Macedonian First Football League, which is a 12-club league competition played over 33 matches per team under the current format described in the supplied material. The Cup is a distinct tournament with its own progression and tie-resolution rules.
Teams and competition structure
The Macedonian Football Cup involves 32 teams. Unlike a round-robin league, a knockout cup does not award a champion through accumulated points over a fixed schedule. Instead, clubs advance by winning their ties, with the field narrowing from round to round until the final winner remains. The available competition record covers six seasons, from 2020 through 2025.
The supplied information does not establish a single permanent arrangement for every round, nor does it confirm whether each tie is played over one match or more than one. For that reason, the Cup is best understood through its verified core principle: it is a national knockout tournament, separate from the league, in which progression depends on the outcome of each scheduled tie.
How matches are decided
Cup matches follow the standard football scoring framework during normal time, but league points are not used to rank teams across the tournament. When a knockout tie is level after 90 minutes, it may proceed to extra time and, if the teams remain inseparable, a penalty shootout. These provisions ensure that a tie produces a winner rather than ending with a drawn league-style result.
Extra time and penalties are therefore central to the Cup’s identity, although they do not apply to ordinary league-table classification. The head-to-head and points-based ranking principles used in the First League should not be transferred to this competition: Cup progress is determined by winning the relevant knockout tie.
European significance and sporting stakes
Winning the Cup brings national prestige and can provide an alternative route into UEFA club competition. The league champion normally enters the UEFA Champions League qualifying pathway, while other European places are associated with high league finishes and the domestic cup. The precise allocation can vary according to the applicable UEFA access list and the season’s regulations, so the Cup’s European consequence should be read in the context of the relevant edition rather than treated as an unchanging entitlement.
The tournament also broadens the competitive landscape of Macedonian football. Clubs outside the leading league positions can pursue a major honour through the knockout route, while established top-flight sides face the pressure of protecting their status in every tie. That contrast between opportunity and risk is one of the defining features of domestic cup football.
Calendar and historical record
The Cup runs within the European football calendar, alongside the domestic league season. The supplied material places the wider Macedonian season broadly between late summer and late spring, usually from August or September to May, although individual Cup rounds may be scheduled at different points within that period.
No verified formation year or inaugural-event date is available in the supplied record, so the competition’s precise historical origin is not stated here. What can be established is its continuing place in Macedonia’s national football programme and its recorded coverage across the 2020–2025 seasons. For current results, draws, fixtures and winners, each edition should be considered on its own terms, particularly where regulations or UEFA qualification consequences may change.