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Eternal derby (North Macedonia)

Eternal derby, also known as the Macedonia derby, 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, supported by Komiti and Čkembari respectively, with fans at times infamously engaging in hooliganism during the derby.

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The records does not include the awarded matches and a matches decided by a one goal difference. Head-to-head Last updated on 8 April 2026. RecordsRecord League winVardarHome: Vardar – Pelister 7–0, Gradski stadion, 8 May 1996 (Karadzhov, Markovski, Nikolovski, Trajchev, Serafimovski, Stojkoski, Stanić) • Away: Pelister – Vardar 1–3, Petar Miloševski Football Stadium, 29 March 2025(Kerim – Zakarić, Mato (2))and Pelister – Vardar 0–2, Stadion Tumbe Kafe, 13 April 2003(Vasoski, Bozhinovski) • PelisterHome: Pelister – Vardar 2–0, Stadion Tumbe Kafe, 4 April 2021(Manevski (2)) • Away: Vardar – Pelister 1–3, Gradski stadion, 26 April 2008(Peev – Miranda (3)) • Record Cup winVardarHome: Vardar – Pelister 4–1, Philip II Arena, 30 September 2015(Dashyan, Velkovski, Hambardzumyan, Grncharov – Nedanoski)and Vardar – Pelister 3–0, Gradski stadion, 17 April 1996(Shakiri, Serafimovski, Petreski) • Away: Pelister – Vardar 0–2, Stadion Goce Delchev, 21 October 2015(Trajkovski o.g., Stojkov) • Longest sequence of League winsVardar: 7, 17 August 2002 – 11 October 2007 • Home: 4, 23 August 2008 – 30 September 2012 • Away: 6, 1 April 2001 – 29 April 2007 • Pelister: 2, 16 March 2008 – 26 April 2008 • Home: 3, 29 October 1995 – 14 March 1998 • Away: 1 • Longest sequence of Cup winsVardar: 4, 7 November 2012 – 21 October 2015 • Home: 4, 11 April 2007–present • Away: 2, 7 November 2012 – 21 October 2015 • Pelister: 3, 15 March 2000 – 25 February 2001 • Home: 2, 15 March 2000 – 25 February 2001 • Away: 1 • Longest sequence of unbeaten League matchesVardar: 15, 3 October 1998 – 11 October 2007 • Home: 15, 24 February 1991 – 11 October 2007 • Away: 8, 3 October 1998 – 29 April 2007 and 6 March 2013 – 4 October 2020 • Pelister: 7, 1 April 2018 – 9 May 2023 • Home: 5, 7 November 1993 – 14 March 1998 and 16 March 2008 – 28 March 2010 • Away: 3, 13 April 2013 – 23 April 2014 and 13 May 2018 – 9 May 2023 • Longest sequence of unbeaten Cup matchesVardar: 7, 4 April 2001–present • Home: 4, 4 April 2001–present • Away: 3, 2 May 2007–present • Pelister: 4, 1 May 1996 – 25 February 2001 • Home: 4, 1 May 1996 – 2 May 2007 • Away: 1 • Bigger grade differenceVardar • Point system 3–1–0: +44 (72 vs 28), 2002–03Pelister • Point system 3–1–0: +18 (47 vs 29), 1999–2000 == Official match results ==
Official match results
Key ; Colors ; Competitions • SF = Semi-finals • QF = Quarter-finals • R16 = Round of 16 Results 1 Vardar won 4–2 on penalties and won the one point. 2 Match suspended at half-time (score: 0–0) due to the crowd trouble. Later the match was replayed on 1 April, but was another match suspended after 45 minutes (score: 0–1) because of attack on referee. 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 played for both clubs (senior career)
• Goce Aleksovski • Marjan Altiparmakovski • Jovica Anđelković • Nikola Avramovski • Almir BajramovskiDejan BlazhevskiDragan Bocheski • Radenko Bojović • Zoran BoshkovskiVladica Brdarovski • Antonio Bujchevski • Saša Ćirić • Matej Cvetanovski • Mile Dimov • Ilir Elmazovski • Simeon Hristov • Kire GrozdanovMarko JovanovskiDragi KanatlarovskiNikola Karchev • Vildan Kerim • Pece KorunovskiVlatko KostovBlagoja Kuleski • Blagoja Ljamchevski • Borche ManevskiToni MeglenskiGorazd MihajlovPetar MiloshevskiSasho MiloshevskiGjorgji MojsovZlatko NastevskiTome Pachovski • Igor Pavlović • Zoran Paunov • Oliver Peev • Filip PetrovMirko Petrov • Jovan Popzlatanov • Bogoljub Ranđelović • Vasko Raspashkovski • Zhanko SavovStefan Spirovski • Kire Sterjov • Boško Stupić • Goce Todorovski • Milan Todorovski • Kristijan Toshevski • Aco Vasilevski • Toni Veljanovski • Dragan Veselinovski ==Players who have scored for both clubs in the derby==
Players who have scored for both clubs in the derby
Dejan Blazhevski (4 goals, 2 for Pelister and 2 for Vardar) • Saša Ćirić (2 goals, 1 for Pelister and 1 for Vardar) • Mile Dimov (2 goals, 1 for Pelister and 1 for Vardar) ==Managers who have worked at both clubs==
Managers who have worked at both clubs
Boban BabunskiIlija DimoskiKiril Dojchinovski • Perica Gruevski • Gjoko Hadjievski • Alekso Mackov • Gorazd MihajlovSrgjan Zaharievski == Honours ==
Honours
These are the major football honours of Vardar and Pelister. ==Head-to-head league ranking==
Head-to-head league ranking
The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons. Key Source: rsssf.org ==References==
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