As the capital and most important city in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

, Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

 is home to several sports teams and venues. FK Vardar

FK Vardar

FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...

 and FK Rabotnički

FK Rabotnicki

FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...

 are the two strongest and most popular football teams, whilst RK Kometal Gjorče Petrov

Kometal Gjorce Petrov Skopje

Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje is a female handball club based in Skopje, capital of Macedonia.- History :The club was founded in 1979. Since the independence of Macedonia in 1991, it has won all the national championships and national cups, losing only the cup in 1994...

 is the most popular handball team, being a European Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

The EHF Women's Champions League is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe, organized annually by the European Handball Federation . It is the most competitive and prestigious tournament for clubs since the champions of the best national leagues participate on it.- Eligibility...

 champion for 2002. RK Vardar and RK Metalurg are two main male handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 teams, and KK Rabotnicki and KK MZT Skopje are best in basketball.

Events

Recently, Skopje was the host of the following events:

• 2008 European Women's Handball Championship
  2008 European Women's Handball Championship
  The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match.-Venues:...
  
  , Skopje Sports Arena
• 2008 Women's Junior World Championship
• 2009 Men's U20 European Basketaball Cahmpionship - Division B
• 2010 European Twenty20 Championship
  European Twenty20 Championship
  The European Twenty20 Championship is a cricket tournament played for the first time in July 2007 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was be the first international Twenty20 tournament ahead of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship later in the same year....
  
  
• 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
  2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
  -Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semifinals:---------Final:-Goal scorers:4 goals Turid Knaak Lieke Martens3 goals Rebecca Dempster2 goals Lauren Bruton Toni Duggan Amélie Barbetta Léa Le Garrec...
  
  
• 2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
  2011 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
  The Europe/Africa Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2011.In the Europe/Africa Zone there are three different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group....
  
  

Organizations

Club	League	Established	Venue
FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov	Macedonian First League Macedonian First League The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...	1932	Gjorče Petrov Stadium
FK Rabotnički FK Rabotnicki FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...	Macedonian First League Macedonian First League The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...	1937	Philip II Arena
FK Vardar FK Vardar FK Vardar Skopje is a Macedonian football club based in the capital city of Skopje. FK Vardar is currently a member of the 1-MFL. FK Vardar is the most popular and renowned Macedonian football club both domestically and abroad, having won 6 national championships and 6 national cups...	Macedonian First League Macedonian First League The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...	1947	Philip II Arena
KK Feršped Rabotnički KK Rabotnički KK Rabotnički is a basketball club based in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League and are the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time.-History:...	Macedonian Premier League	1946	Gradski Park
FK Sloga Jugomagnat FK Sloga Jugomagnat FK Sloga Jugomagnat is a football club, playing in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian Vtora Liga.-Achievements:Macedonian First League: 3*1999*2000*2001Macedonian Cup: 3*1996*2000*2004Runners-up: 5...	Macedonian First League Macedonian First League The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...	1927	Čair Stadium Cair Stadium Čair municipal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Niš, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Radnički Niš and Sinđelić Niš. The stadium was built in 1963 and has a capacity of 14,000 Čair municipal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Niš, Serbia....
MZT FON Universitet - Skopje KK MZT Skopje KK МЗТ Скопје is a basketball club based in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.-History:Name: MZT Boss , MZT 2000 , MZT Skopje League Achievements:*Macedonian League Champion -...	Macedonian Premier League	1966	Jane Sandanski
KK Vardar Osiguruvanje KK Vardar KK Vardar or KK Vardar 2000 is a Macedonian basketball club based in Skopje. The club was founded on July 27, 1947.-Achievements:*Macedonian League Regular Season Champion - 2005*Macedonian League Finalist - 2005, 2006...	Macedonian Premier League	1947	Jane Sandanski
FK Metalurg Skopje FK Metalurg Skopje FK Metalurg is a football club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It was founded in 1964. Official club and fan colours of FK Metalurg are green and white. Metalurg entered the Macedonian First League in the 1992/93 season and got relegated in the same year. After playing 15 seasons in the...	Macedonian First League Macedonian First League The First Macedonian Football League is the highest professional football competition in the Republic of Macedonia.The league consists of 12 teams. The teams play against each other 3 times...	1964	Železarnica Stadium Železarnica Stadium Železarnica Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Skopje, Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is currently the home stadium of FK Metalurg Skopje of the Macedonian Prva Liga and FK Skopje of the Macedonian Vtora Liga. The stadium holds 4,000 spectators.-External links:*...
RK Metalurg RK Metalurg Skopje Rakometniot Klub Metalurg is a team handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Currently, RK Metalurg competes in the Macedonian First League of Handball.- Home arena :...	Super T-Mobile League	1971	Avtokomanda
HC Vardar PRO HC Vardar PRO - Skopje Rakometniot Klub Vardar is a handball Club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. It has been one of the three dominating Macedonian handball clubs since the independence of the country in 1992 and regularly represents the country on the international level in the European cup competitions...	Super T-Mobile League	1961	SRC Kale SRC Kale SRC Kale is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. SRC Кале is located near the Central Park in Skopje.Hall is also known as “Macedonian handball fortress”....
FK Cementarnica 55	Macedonian Second League	1955	Cementarnica Stadion Cementarnica Stadion Cementarnica Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Skopje, Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje. The stadium holds 2,000 people....

Sports Venues

Skopje has four major sports indoor halls, of which the Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena is the biggest. The main stadium is the Philip II Arena and it hosts the Macedonia national football team.

Venue	Capacity
Philip II Arena	36,400
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena	10,000
SRC Kale SRC Kale SRC Kale is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. SRC Кале is located near the Central Park in Skopje.Hall is also known as “Macedonian handball fortress”....	2,500
Independent Macedonia sport hall Independent Macedonia sport hall Independent Macedonia sport hall is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the municipality of Kisela Voda in Skopje.-Uses:Independent Macedonia is home to basketball team Torus that plays in the first league....	500
Rasadnik Hall	2,500