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.
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 relegated to the Macedonian Second League so the rivalry has lost its formerly importance., there have been 67 derbies played in total since the establishment of the Macedonian championship in 1992, with Vardar winning 38 and Pelister 14 games, while 15 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

Last updated on 13 May 2018.

Records





and Vardar – Pelister 3–0, Gradski stadion, 17 April 1996


Yugoslav leagues

1 Match suspended after 45 minutes due to the crowd trouble. Vardar were awarded a 0–3 win.

Macedonian league

1 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.

Macedonian Cup

Players who have played for both clubs (senior career)

These are the major football honours of Vardar and Pelister.
CompetitionVardarPelister
Yugoslav Championship 00
Macedonian Championship 110
Yugoslav Cup 10
Macedonian Cup 52
Macedonian Supercup 20
Total192

Head-to-head league results

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons.
90–91191–92292–9393–9494–9595–9696–9797–9898–9999–0000–0101–0202–0306–0707–0808–0909–1010–1112–1313–1414–1516–1717–18
No. of teams1918181616151414141414121212121212121212101010
Vardar2611134441021144561115112
Pelister6154455961048101163104121069410

1Second Yugoslav division; 2First Yugoslav division;

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