Shkëndija contributes 55.9% of North Macedonia's five-year coefficient
Tetovo club is the country's top European performer over the past five seasons, contributing more than half of all coefficient points.
Official UEFA coefficients for the five-year period show that Shkëndija (Tetovo) is by far the biggest contributor among North Macedonian clubs, providing 55.9% of the country’s total points. In practice, more than half of North Macedonia's coefficient is carried by the Tetovo side.
This concentration of points reflects Shkëndija’s relatively stronger runs in European competition compared with other domestic clubs over the last five seasons.
Shkëndija and the "European spring"
Last season Shkëndija not only reached the group phase of the UEFA Europa Conference League, it also advanced and played in the 1/16 final — an achievement that brought what local fans call a "European spring." To date, no other North Macedonian team in history has recorded such progress into the spring stage of a European competition.
In the current season Shkëndija fell short of that benchmark and reached only the 3rd qualifying round of the Conference League.
Looking ahead, there is hope that in the coming season all North Macedonian representatives will deliver stronger results in European tournaments. Better collective performances would lift the country’s coefficient and benefit both Macedonian football as a whole and the clubs themselves.
Photo: press material from the event
