FK Teteks ( mk, ФК Тетекс) is a

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club from the city of

Tetovo Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. They are currently competing in the

Macedonian Second League The Macedonian Second Football League ( mk, Втора македонска Фудбалска Лига, ''Vtora Makedonska Fudbalska Liga''; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional football ...

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 FK Ljuboten ( mk, ФК Љуботен) is a North Macedonian football club based in Tetovo. They are recently competing in the Macedonian Third League (West Division). History Founded in 1919, FK Ljuboten is the oldest club in North Macedonia. F ...

(formed in 1919). FK Ljuboten's squad was full with homegrown players from

, 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 The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

, was the only other Macedonian club to have won the Federal Eastern Federal Second League containing teams from 3 federal Republics: Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Teteks played in the inaugural

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

, 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

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 The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

in 2010 and in the summer made their European debut in the

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. In 2013, Teteks made history by becoming the first relegated team in Macedonia to win the national Cup. 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 FK Labunishta ( mk, ФК Лабуништа, ''FK Labuništa'') is a football club based in the village of Labuništa near Struga, North Macedonia. They are recently competing in the Macedonian Second League The Macedonian Second Football Leagu ...

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.

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 . Tetovo Stadium

Honours

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(4): ::

1st: 1965,

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1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

, 1985 :: 2nd League Federal Second league: :: Gold medal with cup

1st:

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

: ::

1st:

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Cup Winners (6): :: Simple gold cup

1st: 1948,1950,1978, 1982,

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2nd:

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

Macedonian Supercup: :: Simple silver cup

2nd: 2013

Recent seasons

¹The 2019–20 season was abandoned due to the

COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia The COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached North Macedonia in Feb ...

Teteks in Europe

Current squad

As of 23 August 2022.

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 Gorazd Mihajlov (, born 21 August 1974) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian association football, football coach and former player. He has coached numerous clubs in Europe and Middle East, and has also coached the Macedonia women's national ...

(19 Mar 2013 - 31 Jul 2013) *

Zoran Smileski Zoran Smileski (; born 9 January 1950) is a Macedonian football coach and former player. His brothers Andreja and Branko also played for Partizan. who is current head coach of United States soccer club Tyler in the sixth level soccer in the U ...

(Jul 2013 – May 2014) * Zoran Boshkovski ''(interim)'' (7 May 2014 - Jun 2014) * Dobrinko Ilievski (1 Jul 2014 - 4 Sep 2014) * 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 FK Vardar Skopje ( mk, ФК Вардар Скопје), or simply Vardar, is a football club based in the capital city of Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club was founded in 1947 and currently competes in the Macedonian Second Foo ...

fans,

Komiti Skopje Komiti Skopje ( mk, Комити Скопје) are a supporters group that follows the Macedonian sports clubs that compete under the Vardar banner, mainly FK Vardar in football and RK Vardar in handball. History The Ultras group KOMITI was noti ...

References

External links

Official Website

Club info at MacedonianFootball
{{Macedonian First Football League Teteks Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia