{"id":13441,"date":"2026-09-18T14:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/?p=13441"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:15:14","slug":"in-memoriam-pocina-tomce-filipovski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/in-memoriam-pocina-tomce-filipovski\/","title":{"rendered":"IN MEMORIAM: Tomche Filipovski has passed away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the age of 84, one of the most prominent Macedonian football figures in history, the legend of Skopje-based Rabotni\u010dki, Tom\u010de Filipovski, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous successes of the popular club from Debar Ma\u0430\u043b\u043e are associated with his name. Filipovski wore the Rabotni\u010dki shirt for 18 years, a period during which he played 633 matches and scored 225 goals. In the 1971\/72 season, he was the top scorer in the Yugoslav Second League.<\/p>\n<p>Despite numerous offers to change clubs, including one from Vardar, Filipovski remained loyal to Rabotni\u010dki until the end of his playing career. His name will forever be written in golden letters in the history of the Skopje club.<\/p>\n<p>After ending his playing career, Tom\u010de Filipovski continued to actively contribute to the development of football as a prominent sports official and administrator. From 1987 to 1991, he was president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia, during a period filled with significant successes for Yugoslav football.<\/p>\n<p>Under his leadership, the Yugoslavia national football team competed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, and finished fifth at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>With the passing of Tom\u010de Filipovski, Macedonian and Skopje football have lost a great legend, a man who devoted his entire life to football.<\/p>\n<p>The Football Federation of Macedonia extends its sincere condolences to the family, friends, football colleagues and everyone who knew and respected him.<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u010de Filipovski's funeral will be held tomorrow at the Butel City Cemetery in Skopje, from 11:30 to 12:30, in the chapel in Butel.<\/p>\n<p>May he rest in peace.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041d\u0430 84-\u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0448\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442, \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0430\u0458\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043a\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0444\u0443\u0434\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0438\u043c\u0438\u045a\u0430 \u0432\u043e \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0458\u0430\u0442\u0430, \u043b\u0435\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043a\u043e\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0420\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u0422\u043e\u043c\u0447\u0435 \u0424\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438. \u0421\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0438\u043c\u0435 \u0441\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u0431\u0440\u043e\u0458\u043d\u0438 \u0443\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0441\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043e\u0442 \u043a\u043b\u0443\u0431 \u043e\u0434 \u0414\u0435\u0431\u0430\u0440 \u041c\u0430\u0430\u043b\u043e. \u0424\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0446\u0435\u043b\u0438 18 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438 \u0433\u043e \u043d\u043e\u0441\u0435\u0448\u0435 \u0434\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043e\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0420\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u043e\u0434 \u0432\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0458 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430 633 \u043d\u0430\u0442\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0433\u043d\u0430 225 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438. \u0412\u043e \u0441\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 1971\/72 \u0431\u0435\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0458\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0440 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vesti","category-naslovi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13443,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13441\/revisions\/13443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ffm.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}