Klubi i Futbollit Shkëndija (Macedonian: ФК Искра, romanized: FK Škendija) commonly known as Shkëndija, is a football club based in Tetovo, North Macedonia. Their home stadium is Ecolog Arena and they currently play in the Macedonian First League. [citation needed] In the 2010–11 season of the Macedonian First Football League, the club won its first major championship.
KF Shkëndija was formed on 27 August 1979 by Macedonian Albanians from Tetovo.[1][2] Starting at the lowest division , the Municipal League, KF Shkëndija played their first match against FK Kosmos, winning 4–0.[3]
In the 2010–11 season of the Macedonian First Football League the club won its first major championship with an unbeaten run of 16 games.[4] On 20 May 2012, Shkëndija handed FK Vardar its first loss of the season with a 1–0 victory.[5]
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.[6] Albanian international, Lorik Cana and Swiss international, Xherdan Shaqiri also joined the campaign with the supporters.[6] On 31 July 2013, Lazim Destani, father of Ecolog founder and chairman, Nazif Destani, announced Ecolog International will take charge of Shkëndija.[6][7]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.[8][9]
Supporters of the club are called the Ballistët.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
1The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.[11]
As of 4.09.2021, Source: [1]
As of 20.07.2024, Source: kfshkendija.com
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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)