FK Rabotnicki complex cut off power for four days amid unpaid bills
Photograph taken November 10, 2026 shows FK Rabotnicki's training complex in Skopje without power after four days of disconnection.
On November 10, 2026 at 17:48 a photograph taken at the FK Rabotnicki training complex in Skopje shows the site without electricity — the club has been without power for four days because of unpaid bills.
"Terrible! Horrible! Tragic!" said Zoran Gjorshoski, who shared the image late on November 10, 2026 at 17:48. The photograph captures lights out across facilities that once belonged to one of the country's most prominent football clubs.
Decline after a change of ownership
Club officials say the blackout follows unsettled utility invoices. Rabotnicki's troubles, supporters and local commentators note, deepened after the arrival of a Turkish sponsor and management figures appointed on the sponsor's behalf. Those representatives, through media channels, promised "millions, trucks and even airplanes," but the club now struggles to pay basic operating costs.
Rabotnicki built its reputation in earlier decades. Under the stewardship of the Kostovski family and Dragan Popovski the club achieved its biggest results in European competition and became a major developer of talent in North Macedonia.
Looking over national team lists from the last decade and beyond, about half or more of the players have come through Rabotnicki’s youth system or spent time with the club — a fact that underlines the scale of the current problems.
"Oh my Rabotnicki, what has it come to!!!" wrote Gjorshoski alongside the photo, summarizing the mood among many fans who watched the club's rapid fall from prominence.
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