F.Y.R. Macedonia round-up: Rabotnicki on the move

FK Rabotnicki moved second in the Macedonian Premier League at the weekend with a 4-1 demolition of bottom club FK Kumanovo.

Hungry hosts
Goran Zdravkov gave the basement club a shock lead on 28 minutes but Dusan Nedeljkovic pulled one back on the brink of half-time. The hosts were hungry for more after the break and Miroslav Lazarevski restored the lead in the 64th minute, Ljubisa Nikoilic firing in soon after and Marko Markovski completing the rout in injury time.

Vardar stay top
FK Vardar, meanwhile, retained top spot despite losing 3-2 to Macedonian Cup winners FK Belasica GC in their first defeat of the season.

Jugomagnat rolled over
FK Napredok showed their strength in a 5-0 victory over FK Sloga Jugomagnat, Robert Endekovski and Vasko Georgiev striking on 25 and 38 minutes to put the hosts in the driving seat. Georgiev added his second just before the hour and Stefan Toleski weighed in with two goals late on.

Power strike
FK Pelister's Dimitar Kapinovski opened the scoring on six minutes in their 3-1 win home defeat of FK Bregalnica. Goran Stefanovovic powered in on 22 minutes and Cvete Deliovski scored the third a minute from time, Ljupico Simoski scoring a consolation.

Cementarica force
FK Cementarnica 55 proved they are a force to be reckoned with this season in a 3-0 defeat of FK Sileks. Toni Jakimoski converted a penalty before Dejan Cvetkovski bundled in eight minutes from time and Riste Naumov rounded off the victory two minutes later. Newly promoted FK Tikves collected a 1-0 victory over FK Pobeda.