# KF Shkëndija

Klubi i Futbollit Shkëndija (Macedonian: Фудбалски Клуб Шкендија, lit. 'Football Club Shkëndija'), commonly known as Shkëndija, is a professional football club based in Tetovo, North Macedonia. Their home stadium is Ecolog Arena and they currently play in the Macedonian First League. In the 2010–11 season of the Macedonian First League, the club won its first major championship.

## History
### Establishment

KF Shkëndija was formed on 27 August 1979 by Macedonian Albanians from Tetovo. Starting at the lowest division, the Municipal League, KF Shkëndija played their first match against FK Kosmos, winning 4–0.

### Re-establishment

In the 2010–11 season of the Macedonian First League the club won its first major championship with an unbeaten run of 16 games. On 20 May 2012, Shkëndija handed FK Vardar its first loss of the season with a 1–0 victory.

### The Ecolog era

During the 2012–13 season, Shkëndija was embroiled in financial difficulties and as a result, many of its players left the club earlier in the summer. The Shkëndija supporters, the Ballistët, began a social media campaign requesting Ecolog to take over Shkëndija. Albanian international, Lorik Cana and Swiss international, Xherdan Shaqiri also joined the campaign with the supporters. On 31 July 2013, Lazim Destani, father of Ecolog founder and chairman, Nazif Destani, announced Ecolog International will take charge of Shkëndija.Shpëtim Duro was named the manager Shkëndija shortly after Jovanovski was fired. He was first hired as a temporary caretaker manager for the club's the remaining 3 games before the long winter break, but signed a contract with the club to be the manager for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.

## Supporters

Supporters of the club are called the Ballistët.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 18 March 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ALB | Aleksandër Trumçi |
| 4 | MF | MKD | Reshat Ramadani (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 5 | DF | ALB | Klisman Cake |
| 6 | MF | NGA | Adamu Alhassan |
| 7 | FW | MKD | Besart Ibraimi (captain) |
| 8 | MF | MKD | Florent Ramadani |
| 9 | FW | MKD | Fiton Ademi |
| 11 | FW | JAM | Ronaldo Webster |
| 17 | FW | KOS | Adenis Shala |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Vane Krstevski |
| 20 | DF | MKD | Stefan Kocev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | MKD | Zija Merxhani |
| 24 | GK | MKD | Risto Jankov |
| 25 | GK | MKD | Astrit Amzai |
| 26 | DF | MKD | Anes Meliqi |
| 27 | FW | MKD | Lorik Kaba |
| 28 | MF | ALB | Kamer Qaka |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Fabrice Tamba |
| 30 | GK | MKD | Ferat Ramani |
| 38 | MF | MKD | Amir Nuhija |
| 77 | FW | ALB | Liridon Latifi |
| 85 | DF | MKD | Mevlan Adili |

### Youth players

Players from the U19 Youth Team that have been summoned with the first team in the current season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | MKD | Bljendi Huseini |
| 13 | MF | MKD | Altin Murati |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Besjan Halimi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | MKD | Armir Isa |
| 21 | MF | MKD | Altin Ziberi |
| 24 | MF | MKD | Urim Abdiu |

## Personnel
### Current technical staff

    As of 1 January 2025
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Jeton Bekjiri |
| Assistant coach | Burhan Emurlai |
| Goalkeeper coach | Saljadin Mustafi |
| Conditional coach | Ivan Jovanovski |
| Conditional coach | Andi Kulli |
| Video analyst | Arvid Bregasi |
| Team coordinator | Festim Ademi |
| Juniors coach U19 | Bekim Osmani |
| Cadets coach U18 | Taxhedin Kasami |
| Pioneers U17 | Agron Memedi |
| Youth Pioneers U16 | Ismail Ismaili |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Owner | Lazim Destani |
| President | Zamir Dika |
| Administration director | Lulzim Imeri |
| Operations director | Dritan Musliu |
| Sporting director | Ardian Cuculi |
| Secretary | Erblir Luma |

## Honours
### League

* Macedonian First League:
** Champions (4): 2010–11, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
** Runners-up: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2023–24,
* Macedonian Second League:
** Winners (3): 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2009–10
* Macedonian Third League:
** Winners (1): 1993–94

### Cups

* Macedonian Football Cup:
** Winners (2): 2016, 2018
** Runners-up: 2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17
* Macedonian Football Supercup:
** Winners (1): 2011

## Recent seasons

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1992–93 | OFL Tetovo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st ↑ | | | |
| 1993–94 | 3. MFL North | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st ↑ | | | |
| 1994–95 | 2. MFL West | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 38 | 54 | 4th | | | |
| 1995–96 | 2. MFL West | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 23 | 63 | 1st ↑ | | | |
| 1996–97 | 1. MFL | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 48 | 29 | 13th ↓ | R2 | | |
| 1997–98 | 2. MFL West | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 9th | | | |
| 1998–99 | 2. MFL West | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 45 | 42 | 7th | | | |
| 1999–00 | 2. MFL West | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 21 | 78 | 1st ↑ | R1 | | |
| 2000–01 | 1. MFL | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 49 | 28 | 12th ↓ | SF | | |
| 2001–02 | 2. MFL | did not participated | did not participated | did not participated | did not participated | did not participated | did not participated | did not participated | n/a | R1 | | |
| 2002–03 | 2. MFL | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 42 | 66 | 4th | PR | | |
| 2003–04 | 2. MFL | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 44 | 62 | 2nd ↑ | R2 | | |
| 2004–05 | 1. MFL | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 59 | 40 | 50 | 5th | R1 | | |
| 2005–06 | 1. MFL | 33 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 5th | RU | | |
| 2006–07 | 1. MFL | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 63 | 38 | 10th | R2 | | |
| 2007–08 | 1. MFL | 33 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 58 | 26 | 11th ↓ | R2 | | |
| 2008–09 | 2. MFL | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 29 | 55 | 3rd | SF | | |
| 2009–10 | 2. MFL | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 15 | 57$^{(−6)}$ | 1st ↑ | PR | | |
| 2010–11 | 1. MFL | 33 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 23 | 72 | 1st | R1 | | |
| 2011–12 | 1. MFL | 33 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 28 | 66 | 3rd | R2 | Champions League | QR2 |
| 2012–13 | 1. MFL | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 49 | 44$^{(−3)}$ | 5th | RU | Europa League | QR1 |
| 2013–14 | 1. MFL | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 32 | 57 | 4th | QF | | |
| 2014–15 | 1. MFL | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 31 | 59 | 3rd | R2 | Europa League | QR1 |
| 2015–16 | 1. MFL | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 24 | 75 | 2nd | W | Europa League | QR1 |
| 2016–17 | 1. MFL | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 39 | 70 | 2nd | RU | Europa League | PO |
| 2017–18 | 1. MFL | 36 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 27 | 91 | 1st | W | Europa League | PO |
| 2018–19 | 1. MFL | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 29 | 79 | 1st | QF | Champions League Europa League | QR3 PO |
| 2019–20$^1$ | 1. MFL | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 20 | 35 | 3rd | N/A | Champions League Europa League | QR1 QR2 |
| 2020–21 | 1. MFL | 33 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 69 | 26 | 75 | 1st | QF | Europa League | QR3 |
| 2021–22 | 1. MFL | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 49 | 25 | 61 | 3rd | QF | Champions League Conference League | QR1 QR2 |
| 2022–23 | 1. MFL | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 57 | 3rd | SF | Conference League | QR3 |
| 2023–24 | 1. MFL | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 27 | 64 | 2nd | R2 | Conference League | QR1 |
$^1$The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.

### Shkëndija in Europe

    Accurate as of 13 July 2023

### Overview

| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| UEFA Champions League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 037.04 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 044.44 |
| Total | 48 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 035.42 |

### Matches

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR | Partizan | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Portadown | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Zimbru | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Aberdeen | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Cracovia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Neftçi | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 3QR | Mladá Boleslav | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Gent | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Dacia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | HJK | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 3QR | Trakai | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Milan | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–7 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | The New Saints | 5–0 | 0−4 | 5–4 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR | Sheriff | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | 3QR | Red Bull Salzburg | 0−1 | 0−3 | 0–4 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Rosenborg | 0−2 | 1−3 | 1–5 |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Nõmme Kalju | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2−2 (a) |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | F91 Dudelange | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2−3 |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Sumgayit | — | 2–0 | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Botoșani | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 3QR | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–3 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Mura | 0–1 | 0−5 | 0–6 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Riga | 0−1 | 0−2 | 0−3 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Valmiera | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 3QR | AIK | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 1–1 | 2–2 (2–3 p) |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Haverfordwest County | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | 1–1 (2–3 p) |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1QR | Noah | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 |

#### Notes

* 1QR: First qualifying round
* 2QR: Second qualifying round
* 3QR: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round

### UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 4.09.2021, Source:
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 113 | Dundalk FC | 9.500 |
| 114 | Fenerbahçe SK | 9.500 |
| 115 | KF Shkëndija | 9.000 |
| 116 | RSC Anderlecht | 9.000 |
| 117 | OGC Nice | 9.000 |

### Top goalscorers in Europe

As of 20.07.2024, Source: kfshkendija.com
| Rank | Name | Shkëndija Career | Goals |
| 1 | Besart Ibraimi | 2015–2021, 2024– | 16 |
| 2 | Ferhan Hasani | 2007–2012, 2015–2018, 2022–2023 | 7 |
| 3 | Stênio Júnior | 2014–2019 | 5 |
| 4 | Agim Ibraimi | 2005–2006, 2019–2020 | 4 |
| 5 | Ljupcho Doriev | 2020–2023 | 3 |
| 6 | Sindrit Guri | 2021–2022 | 2 |
| 6 | Valmir Nafiu | 2010–2011, 2018–2023 | 2 |
| 6 | Marjan Radeski | 2015–2020 | 2 |
| 6 | Adenis Shala | 2021– | 2 |
| 10 | Armend Alimi | 2014–2021 | 1 |
| 10 | Egzon Bejtulai | 2013–2019, 2020–2023 | 1 |
| 10 | Klisman Cake | 2022– | 1 |
| 10 | Ivan Čeliković | 2017 | 1 |
| 10 | Ardian Cuculi | 2006–2014, 2015–2018, 2022–2023 | 1 |
| 10 | Izair Emini | 2007–2012, 2017–2019 | 1 |
| 10 | Hristijan Kirovski | 2014–2015 | 1 |
| 10 | Ivan Mitrov | 2014–2015 | 1 |
| 10 | Florent Ramadani | 2019– | 1 |
| 10 | Bojan Vručina | 2014–2016 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbin Zejnullai | 2016–2021 | 1 |

## Historical list of coaches

* Ajet Shosholli (1995 – 1996)
* Edmond Miha (1999)
* Zoran Smileski (Jul 1999 – Jun 2000)
* Idriz Sulejmani (2000 – 2001)
* Zoran Smileski (2001)
* Medin Zhega (2002)
* Buran Beadini (2003 – 2004)
* Iskender Junuzi (Jul 2004 – Nov 2004)
* Nexhat Huseini (28 Nov 2004 – Jun 2006)
* Edmond Miha (2006 – Apr 2007)
* Ibrahim Ljuma (14 Apr 2007 – Jun 2007)
* Qatip Osmani (Jul 2007 – Oct 2007)
* Zoran Smileski (28 Oct 2007 – Mar 2008)
* Borce Hristov (21 Mar 2008 – 1 May 2008)
* Ejup Sulejmani (2 May 2008 – )
* Zoran Stratev (Jan 2009 – Jun 2009)
* Qatip Osmani (Jul 2009 – Sep 2010)
* Edmond Miha (16 Sep 2010 – 1 Nov 2010)
* Qatip Osmani (6 Nov 2010 – 30 Sep 2011)
* Erhan Salimi (interim) (Oct 2011)
* Nexat Shabani (11 Oct 2011 – 20 Mar 2012)
* Qatip Osmani (21 Mar 2012 - 31 Jul 2012)
* Ibrahim Luma (interim) (Aug 2012)
* Artim Shaqiri (22 Aug 2012 – 4 Jul 2013)
* Gjore Jovanovski (1 Aug 2013 - 24 Nov 2013)
* Shpëtim Duro (24 Nov 2013 – 24 May 2014)
* Roy Ferenčina (6 Jun 2014 - 31 Aug 2014)
* Jeton Beqiri (interim) (Sep 2014)
* Ardian Kozniku (4 Sep 2014 – 27 Mar 2015)
* Jeton Beqiri (27 Mar 2015 - 25 May 2015)
* Shpëtim Duro (12 Jun 2015 - 22 Dec 2015)
* Bruno Akrapović (22 Dec 2015 – 27 Oct 2016)
* Jeton Beqiri (interim) (28 Oct 2016 - 31 Dec 2016)
* Thomas Brdarić (7 Jan 2017 - 10 May 2017)
* Erhan Salimi (interim) (May 2017)
* Qatip Osmani (Jun 2017 – Sep 2019)
* Erhan Salimi (interim) (Sep 2019 - Oct 2019)
* Ernest Gjoka (10 Oct 2019 – Aug 2021)
* Bruno Akrapović (2 Aug 2021 – 4 Apr 2022)
* Artim Shaqiri (Jun 2022 – Sep 2022)
* Qatip Osmani (Sep 2022 – May 2023)
* Ardian Nuhiu (Jun 2023 – present)