UEFA Europa League 2025/26 - Play-offs - Statistics
Shkendija (Tetovo) 2-1 Ludogorets
time: 21 August 2025, Thursday, 20:00 CEST, 29/26 C, clear
place: Nacionalna arena "Toshe Proeski", Skopje, 3 720 spectators
referee: Chris Kavanagh (England); assistants: Daniel Cook (England), Neil Davies (England); fourth official: Thomas Bramall (England)
video assistant referee: Michael Salisbury (England); assistant video assistant referee: Matthew Donohue (England)
kits: narrow black-red vert.stripe w/ black sleeves, black, black (white numbers) ; yellow w/ green edging, yellow w/ green edging, yellow w/ green edging (green numbers)
captains: 7.Besart Ibraimi ; 3.Anton Nedyalkov
Shkend.: 24.Baboucarr Gaye (GK) - 2.Aleksandër Trumçi, 15.Imran Fetai, 5.Klisman Cake, 11.Ronaldo Webster -
6.Adamu Alhassan, 4.Reshat Ramadani - 29.Fabrice Tamba, 17.Arbin Zejnullai, 77.Liridon Latifi - 7.Besart Ibraimi (c).
bench: 25.Astrit Amzai (GK), 30.Ferat Ramani (GK) - 16.Mevlan Murati, 18.Nazif Ceka, 22.Numan Ajetovikj, 26.Anes Meliqi -
8.Florent Ramadani, 10.Endrit Krasniqi, 38.Amir Nuhija - 19.Vane Krstevski, 27.Lorik Kaba.
coach: Jeton Bekjiri
Ludog.: 1.Sergio Padt (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 55.Idan Nachmias, 4.Dinis Almeida, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi - 77.Erick Marcus, 23.Deroy Duarte, 14.Petar Stanić, 8.Mounir Chouiar - 29.Yves Erick Bile.
bench: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK), 67.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 15.Edvin Kurtulus, 24.Olivier Verdon, 42.Simeon Shishkov -
11.Caio Vidal, 18.Ivaylo Chochev, 26.Filip Kaloč, 82.Ivan Yordanov - 10.Matheus Machado, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 99.Stanislav Ivanov.
coach: Rui Mota
tactics: shk: 24 - 2, 15, 5, 11 - 6, 4 - 29, 17, 77 - 7; (4-2-3-1)
lud: 1 - 17, 55, 4, 3 - 30 - 77, 23, 14, 8 - 29; (4-1-4-1)
events:
0-1 - 17 - 23.Deroy Duarte (right/open play/14.Petar Stanić/pass)
1-1 - 35 - 77.Liridon Latifi FREE KICK (right/_/17.Arbin Zejnullai/fouled)
yc - 39 - 17.Arbin Zejnullai shk (reckless foul)
+ 1 min
2-1 - 60 - 7.Besart Ibraimi (left/open play/77.Liridon Latifi/pass)
sub - 65 - '1 37.Bernard Tekpetey on 8.Mounir Chouiar lud - same position
sub - 66 - '1 26.Filip Kaloč on 14.Petar Stanić lud - same position
sub - 66 - '1 18.Ivaylo Chochev on 23.Deroy Duarte lud - same position
yc - 72 - 30.Pedro Naressi lud (holding an opponent with hand)
sub - 72 - '1 19.Vane Krstevski on 77.Liridon Latifi shk - same position
sub - 72 - '2 10.Matheus Machado on 29.Yves Erick Bile lud - same position
sub - 72 - '1 10.Endrit Krasniqi on 17.Arbin Zejnullai shk - same position
yc - 77 - 11.Ronaldo Webster shk (reckless foul)
sub - 80 - '3 99.Stanislav Ivanov on 77.Erick Marcus lud - same position
sub - 86 - '2 8.Florent Ramadani on 7.Besart Ibraimi shk -> 8, 10, 19 - 29
cap - 86 - 5.Klisman Cake shk
sub - 90+2 - '3 16.Mevlan Murati on 29.Fabrice Tamba shk
sub - 90+3 - '3 26.Anes Meliqi on 6.Adamu Alhassan shk -> 2, 15, 26, 5, 11 - 10, 16, 4, 19 - 8; (5-4-1)
+ 4 min
abbreviations and event notes
Ludogorets 4-1 Shkendija (Tetovo)
time: 28 August 2025, Thursday, 20:30 EEST, 23/18 C, clear
place: "Huvepharma arena" st., Razgrad, 4 784 spectators
referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland); assistants: Marco Zürcher (Switzerland), Benjamin Zürcher (Switzerland); fourth official: Sven Wolfensberger (Switzerland)
video assistant referee: Lukas Fähndrich (Switzerland); assistant video assistant referee: Mirel Turkeš (Switzerland)
kits: green w/ white lower third and white edging, green w/ white edging, green w/ white edging (white numbers) ; white w/ red-black edging, white, white (black numbers)
captains: 3.Anton Nedyalkov ; 7.Besart Ibraimi
Ludog.: 1.Sergio Padt (GK) - 17.Francisco Son, 15.Edvin Kurtulus, 4.Dinis Almeida, 3.Anton Nedyalkov (c) -
30.Pedro Naressi - 77.Erick Marcus, 18.Ivaylo Chochev, 23.Deroy Duarte, 11.Caio Vidal - 10.Matheus Machado.
bench: 39.Hendrik Bonmann (GK), 67.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 24.Olivier Verdon, 42.Simeon Shishkov, 55.Idan Nachmias -
14.Petar Stanić, 26.Filip Kaloč, 80.Metodiy Stefanov, 82.Ivan Yordanov - 29.Yves Erick Bile, 37.Bernard Tekpetey, 99.Stanislav Ivanov.
coach: Rui Mota
Shkend.: 24.Baboucarr Gaye (GK) - 2.Aleksandër Trumçi, 15.Imran Fetai, 5.Klisman Cake, 11.Ronaldo Webster -
6.Adamu Alhassan, 4.Reshat Ramadani - 29.Fabrice Tamba, 17.Arbin Zejnullai, 77.Liridon Latifi - 7.Besart Ibraimi (c).
bench: 25.Astrit Amzai (GK), 30.Ferat Ramani (GK) - 16.Mevlan Murati, 22.Numan Ajetovikj, 26.Anes Meliqi -
8.Florent Ramadani, 10.Endrit Krasniqi, 28.Kamer Qaka, 38.Amir Nuhija - 9.Fiton Ademi, 19.Vane Krstevski, 27.Lorik Kaba.
coach: Jeton Bekjiri
tactics: lud: 1 - 17, 15, 4, 3 - 30 - 77, 18, 23, 11 - 10; (4-1-4-1)
shk: 24 - 2, 15, 5, 11 - 6, 4 - 29, 17, 77 - 7; (4-2-3-1)
events:
1-0 - 9 - 15.Edvin Kurtulus (right/free kick/11.Caio Vidal/shot)
2-0 - 24 - 18.Ivaylo Chochev (left/open play/23.Deroy Duarte/pass)
yc - 26 - 77.Liridon Latifi shk (dissent)
yc - 26 - 7.Besart Ibraimi shk (dissent)
+ 2 min
2-1 - 64 - 29.Fabrice Tamba (right/open play/7.Besart Ibraimi/pass)
sub - 66 - '1 10.Endrit Krasniqi on 17.Arbin Zejnullai shk - same position
sub - 68 - '1 14.Petar Stanić on 23.Deroy Duarte lud - same position
sub - 74 - '2 26.Filip Kaloč on 18.Ivaylo Chochev lud
sub - 74 - '2 29.Yves Erick Bile on 10.Matheus Machado lud -> 11, 26, 14, 77 - 29
yc - 82 - 10.Endrit Krasniqi shk (reckless foul)
sub - 83 - '3 37.Bernard Tekpetey on 11.Caio Vidal lud - same position
sub - 90 - '2 19.Vane Krstevski on 77.Liridon Latifi shk - same position
+ 5 min
sub - br - 82.Ivan Yordanov on 3.Anton Nedyalkov lud - same position
cap - br - 30.Pedro Naressi lud
----
yc - 95 - 77.Erick Marcus lud (holding an opponent with hand)
3-1 - 98 - 37.Bernard Tekpetey (right/open play/no assist)
+ 1 min
sub - br - 16.Mevlan Murati on 11.Ronaldo Webster shk
sub - br - 28.Kamer Qaka on 6.Adamu Alhassan shk -> 2, 15, 5, 16 - 4, 28
----
sub - 107 - '4 99.Stanislav Ivanov on 77.Erick Marcus lud - same position
sub - 112 - '3 8.Florent Ramadani on 29.Fabrice Tamba shk
sub - 112 - '3 9.Fiton Ademi on 5.Klisman Cake shk -> 2, 15, 4, 16 - 19, 28, 8, 10 - 9, 7; (4-4-2)
4-1 - 120+2 - 29.Yves Erick Bile (left/open play/37.Bernard Tekpetey/pass)
+ 2 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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