The first football match in Macedonia, which gave a start up to the football in Macedonia, was played on the 20th of April 1919. The selection of the English Army, which consisted of the greatest players among the recruits, played a match against the team of “Napredak” from Skopje. The game finished with a winning score of 2:0 for “Napredak”.

At that place, where the first match in Macedonia was played, a monument in the shape of a football ball that weighted 250 kilograms was put in 1979.

A lot of football teams were formed in the period from 1909 till 2002. The first team was “FK Vardar” – Skopje, which was founded in 1912 in Skopje. During the Second World War, the selection of Macedonian football teams played against the selection of the German Army, and as well as against Bulgaria. In the period from 1900 till 1991, Macedonia didn’t have her own National Football Representation, because it was a part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).