FK Teteks

42°1′4.814″N 20°58′44.538″E

ФК Тетекс
FK Teteks

Full name	Fudbalski klub Teteks Tetovo / Фудбалски клуб Тетекс Тетово
Nickname(s)	Штофари (The Tailors)
Founded	18 February 1953; 71 years ago (1953-02-18)[1]
Ground	AMS Sport Center
Chairman	Stevo Alampioski
Manager	Miroslav Jakovljević
League	Macedonian Third League (West)
2023–24	Macedonian Second League, 15th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

FK Teteks (Macedonian: ФК Тетекс) is a football club from the city of Tetovo in North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League.

History

In 1946, there was a club from Tetovo called Šar Tetovo, and it competed in the Macedonian Republic League and Macedonian Cup. It won the Macedonian Cup two times in 1948 and 1950, and was successful in the Macedonian League. However, it was dissolved after a few years, mostly because of financial difficulties. Not much long after this, a new club was founded on the base of FK Šar, named Tekstilec.

The club was founded in 1953, under the name FK Tekstilec. The founder of FK Teteks is the textile combine Teteks and because of this they are known as "Štofari" (Tailors). They were in the shadow of the older club FK Ljuboten (formed in 1919). FK Ljuboten's squad was full with homegrown players from Tetovo, while Teteks had the capability to attract the best players from Macedonia and wider from the former Federation. They won the Macedonian Republic League on four occasions and along with Vardar, was the only other Macedonian club to have won the Federal EasternFederal Second League containing teams from 3 federal Republics: Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Teteks played in the inaugural Macedonian First League, but finished 17th and were relegated. The club was bought by a German concern UFA Media Group with Braco Vujchik as chairman. After winning the Macedonian Second League in 2009, they were promoted back to the top level of Macedonian football, for the 2009/2010 season. Teteks claimed their first Macedonian Football Cup in 2010^[2] and in the summer made their European debut in the UEFA Europa League. In 2013, Teteks made history by becoming the first relegated team in Macedonia to win the national Cup.^[3]

Derby of Tetovo – Tetovo's big derby match used to take place between FK Teteks, whose fans are working class, and FK Ljuboten, whose fans are the oldest citizens of Tetovo. But today's main rival of FK Teteks is Shkëndija, whose fans are predominantly Albanians from Tetovo.

At the end of July 2020, teteks management took over the second-division club FK Labunishta in 2011, and moved the club to Tetovo. According to the move, the club is scheduled to be named Labunishta 2011, in the first half of the season and Tetek 1953, in the second half of the season.^[4][5]

Teteks Arena

The City Park Stadium is the home ground of FK Teteks. Its built by Teteks Confection Company the owners of FK Teteks Football club. Its last expansion is done in 1980. The Arena has a capacity of 12 000 seats with one fully covered stand .

Honours

Champions (4):

1st: 1965, 1969, 1974, 1985

2nd League

Federal Second league:

1st: 1981

Macedonian Second League:

1st: 2009

Cup Winners (6):

1st: 1948,1950,1978, 1982, 2010, 2013

2nd:2011, 2015

Macedonian Supercup:

2nd: 2013

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	European competitions
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1992–93	1. MFL	34	12	6	16	35	56	30	17th ↓
1993–94	2. MFL West	26	12	5	9	44	34	29	3rd
1994–95	2. MFL West	32	16	2	14	53	51	50	5th
1995–96	2. MFL West	30	13	5	12	45	35	44	7th
1996–97	2. MFL West	29	16	5	8	46	21	53	3rd
1997–98	2. MFL West	30	14	6	10	43	30	48	3rd
1998–99	2. MFL West	30	19	5	6	69	30	62	2nd
1999–00	2. MFL West	34	21	5	8	93	34	68	3rd
2000–01	2. MFL	34	15	6	13	56	40	51	10th
2001–02	2. MFL	34	15	3	16	55	38	48	9th	R1
2002–03	2. MFL	36	20	6	10	66	33	66	3rd	R2
2003–04	2. MFL	32	14	10	8	53	30	52	4th
2004–05	2. MFL	33	17	5	11	46	31	56	5th
2005–06	2. MFL	30	11	2	17	36	45	35	10th	QF
2006–07	2. MFL	33	16	6	11	48	32	54	3rd	R1
2007–08	2. MFL	32	14	5	13	32	30	47	7th	R2
2008–09	2. MFL	29	18	9	2	50	13	63	1st ↑	R1
2009–10	1. MFL	26	8	6	12	31	30	30	7th	W
2010–11	1. MFL	33	12	8	13	38	36	44	7th	RU	Europa League	QR2
2011–12	1. MFL	33	8	11	14	23	48	35	10th	QF
2012–13	1. MFL	33	6	7	20	22	47	25	11th ↓	W
2013–14	2. MFL	29	18	6	5	54	20	60	2nd ↑	SF	Europa League	QR1
2014–15	1. MFL	33	3	6	24	22	73	15	10th ↓	RU
2015–16	2. MFL	27	10	9	8	27	25	39	4th	R1
2016–17	2. MFL	27	7	7	13	16	29	28	8th	R2
2017–18	2. MFL West	27	12	3	12	40	42	39	6th	QF
2018–19	2. MFL West	27	9	5	13	28	34	32	8th ↓	R1
2019–201	3. MFL West	11	8	2	1	32	6	26	2nd ↑	N/A
2020–21	2. MFL West	27	8	3	15	19	34	27	7th	PR
2021–22	2. MFL West	27	10	6	11	32	44	36	5th	PR
2022–23	2. MFL	30	9	4	17	31	78	31	13th	R1
2023–24	2. MFL	30	7	6	17	32	60	27	15th ↓	R1

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.^[6]

Teteks in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	FK Ventspils	3–1	0–0	3–1
		Third qualifying round	IF Elfsborg	1–2	0–5	1–7
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	FC Pyunik	1–1	0–1	1–2

Current squad

As of 2 November 2024.

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 1 GK  MKD Bleron Rexhepi 2 DF  MKD Darko Andonovski 5 DF  MKD Muhamed Amiti 6 DF  MKD Stefan Stefanovski 8 MF  MKD Marjan Bilbiloski 9 FW  MKD Erjon Elmazi 10 MF  MKD Meriton Saliji 11 MF  MKD Azis Jamini 14 DF  MKD Mihail Stojkoski 15 DF  MKD Argjend Alija 16 DF  MKD Blashko Nikolovski 17 FW  MKD Antonio Gjorgjevski

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  MKD Edon Abdullahi 19 MF  MKD Florim Asani 20 MF  MKD Ivica Angeleski 22 DF  MKD Davor Antovski 23 MF  MKD Petar Sandev 25 GK  MKD Ili Ziberi 44 DF  MKD Ilhan Osmani 77 MF  MKD Andrej Stevanoski 99  MKD Bojan Strezovski — FW  MKD Filip Dimitroski — MF  MKD Filip Janevski

Historical list of coaches

• Toni Jakimovski (2008 – Jun 2011)
• Dragi Setinov (29 Jul 2011 – 24 Sep 2012)
• Gjorgji Todorovski (25 Sep 2012 – 19 Mar 2013)
• Gorazd Mihajlov (19 Mar 2013 - 31 Jul 2013)
• Zoran Smileski (Jul 2013 – May 2014)
• Zoran Boshkovski (interim) (7 May 2014 - Jun 2014)
• Dobrinko Ilievski (1 Jul 2014 - 4 Sep 2014)^[7]
• Gjorgji Todorovski (Sep 2014 - Mar 2015)
• Gorazd Mihajlov (19 Mar 2015 – 30 Jun 2015)
• Ivica Jovanoski (2016–17)
• Miroslav Jakovljević (2018–)
• Gjorgji Todorovski (2019 -)

Supporters

The supporters of FK Teteks are named Vojvodi (Dukes) since 28 October 1988. They are also known as Vojvodi Jug (South Dukes) because their home side tribune is on the south side. The Vojvodi's well-known motto is "Со Верба Во Бог – Војводи До Гроб" (With trust in God, Dukes until the grave). They have a great relations with FK Vardar fans, Komiti Skopje.^[8]

References

1. "ФК Тетекс денеска слави 65 години". 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
2. "Teteks hold on to lift Macedonian Cup". Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
3. "Teteks wins Macedonian Cup". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
4. "Тетекс се фузираше со Лабуништа, се враќа во Втора лига". 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
5. "Тетекс се враќа во ВМФЛ, договори фузија со Лабуништа". 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
6. "Вонредна седница на Управен одбор на Фудбалска федерација на Македонија: Прекин на натпреварувачката сезона 2019/2020". Фудбалска Федерација на Македонија. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
7. Dobrinko Ilievski leaves Teteks Archived 6 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine – Macedonian Football
8. "Интервју: Војводи Тетово". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

External links

• Official website (in Macedonian)
• Club info at MacedonianFootball (in English)