GFK Tikvesh

Tikvesh
Full nameGradski Fudbalski Klub Tikvesh 1930
Nickname(s)Lozari (Winegrowers)
Лозари
Founded21 December 1930; 93 years ago (21 December 1930)
GroundGradski Stadion Kavadarci
Capacity7,500
Coordinates41°26′6.4″N 22°1′24.1″E / 41.435111°N 22.023361°E / 41.435111; 22.023361
OwnerKavadarci Municipality
PresidentMile Maslarkov
ManagerGjorgji Mojsov
LeagueMacedonian First League
2023–24FMNL, 4th
Current season
Active departments of Sports Club Tikvesh
Football Basketball Handball

GFK Tikvesh 1930 (Macedonian: Градски Фудбалски Клуб Тиквеш 1930), commonly referred to as Tikvesh, is a professional football club from Kavadarci, North Macedonia, that currently competes in the Macedonian First League. After playing at different home grounds in the early years,[1] the club moved to Gradski Stadion Kavadarci on 19 March 1950 and have remained there since.

The 'golden age' of the club came in the late 1960s and lasted throughout the entire 1970s. Tikvesh had won the Macedonian Republic League twice (1971–72; 1977–78), and they have competed in the Yugoslav Second League for five seasons (1955–56; 1968–69; 1969–70; 1972–73; 1978–79). Tikvesh was one of the 18 founding members of the Macedonian First League in 1992. In the 2023–24 season the club has won their first Macedonian Football Cup. The club's traditional colours are red and white, they are nicknamed the Winegrowers and they have contested the Winegrowers Derby with their neighbouring rivals FK Vardar Negotino, although Tikvesh have predominantly played in higher league so their meetings have only been sporadic.

  1. ^ Karovski, Ilija (1996) FK Tikvesh 1930–1995 p. 15, 162