July 24 – North Macedonia’s Vardar Skopje has been granted a license to play in the country’s top tier after the clubs used funds raised from the sale of membership cards to settle debt built up by the club’s former owner Slobodan Krstevski.
The club paid the sum of 315,000 dinars (€5,110) owed by Krstevski. The club is now waiting for a vote by Skopje’s city council that will decide whether the North Macedonian capital can use city budget to support the football club.
In a statement the club said: “FC Vardar officially provided the necessary documentation, i.e. the final account and the audit, which were needed for participation in the First Macedonian Football League. The reason for the delay in collecting the necessary documentation was the debt that the former director of the club, Slobodan Krstevski, incurred towards the accountants. Therefore, we were forced to withdraw funds from the amount collected so far from the action for the sale of membership cards, worth 315,000 denars, and to pay off the outstanding debt, because it was the only possible solution in the given situation.
“This problem is proof of how important it is for each of us to buy a membership card. Today we solved one problem, but it is highly likely that we will face many similar situations in the future. Therefore, an APPEAL TO EVERY MEMBER OF VARDAR, to secure a membership card, because such small steps, which each of us must take, in addition to unity, are our greatest strength!”
Contact the writer of this story, Aleksander Krassimirov, at moc.l1715792997labto1715792997ofdlr1715792997owedi1715792997sni@o1715792997fni1715792997