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2024–25 Albanian Cup
The 2024–25 Albanian Cup () was the seventy-third season of Albania's annual cup competition, the Albanian Cup. There were 42 participating teams. The winners qualified for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League#First qualifying round, 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round. KF Egnatia, Egnatia were the defending champions, but lost on penalties against FC Dinamo City, Dinamo City in the 2025 Albanian Cup final, final after a 2−2 draw. It was the club's fourteenth Albanian Cup title overall. Participating teams Format and seeding Teams will enter the competition at various stages, as follows: * First phase (one-legged fixtures) ** Preliminary round: four teams from Kategoria e Dytë will start the tournament ** Round of 64: the two winners will be joined by 14 Kategoria e Dytë teams, 12 Kategoria e Parë teams, and 2 teams from Kategoria Superiore ** Round of 32: the 16 winners will face each other * Second phase ** Round of 16 (one-legged): the eight winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dinamo City
Football Club Dinamo City, commonly referred to as Dinamo City and colloquially known as Dinamo, is an Albanian professional football club based out of Tirana. They compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Founded in 1950, the club was historically affiliated to the Interior Ministry and having won 18 National Championships, it is considered to be the second most decorated club after local rivals KF Tirana. History The club was officially founded on 3 March 1950 by the Interior Ministry of Albania during the communist regime under dictator Enver Hoxha. They won four consecutive championships from 1950 to 1953. During this time, Dinamo recorded a hot streak of 25 consecutive wins, a record in Albanian football and 4th longest domestic winning streak in Europe. In 1967, Dinamo won its 9th championship by leaving Tirana, then 17 Nëntori, one point behind, who was expelled for the tournament three weeks before the end. This championship is not officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KF Teuta Durrës
Klubi i Futbollit Teuta, commonly referred to as ''Teuta'', is an Albanian professional football club based in Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest .... The club competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Niko Dovana Stadium. The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as ''Klubi Sportiv Urani'' (Uranium Sport Club), and they were a founding member of the Albanian National Championship in 1930, as well as runners-up in the 1931 National Championship. They have won the Kategoria Superiore twice in 1994 and in 2021, and they have also won the Albanian Cup four times, as well as finishing runners-up in three Albanian Supercups. History Early years The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KF Valbona
Klubi i Futbollit Valbona commonly known as Valbona, is an Albanian professional football club based in the town of Bajram Curri. Refounded in 2013 as ''KF Valbona Football Club'', the team has traditionally worn a blue home kit since. The team is competing in Kategoria e Dytë Kategoria e Dytë is the third tier of professional football in Albania’s league system. Known as the Second Division since the 2004–05 season, it consists of 23 teams split into two geographically-based groups. The winners of each group secur .... Current squad Current staff References KF Valbona Football clubs in Albania Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Albania Tropojë {{Albania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KF Pogradeci
KS Pogradeci () is a professional football club based in Pogradec, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country. History The club was founded in 1932 as ''Klubi Sportiv Dragoj Pogradeci''. In the 1936 season, the club played for the first time in the highest league in Albania. During the largest part of the communist era, the club was known as ''KS Ylli i Kuq Pogradeci''. The greatest success of club history is the achievement of the semi-finals of the Albanian Cup in the 1992–93 season. Honours * Kategoria e Parë ** Champions (3): 1963–64, 1990–91, 2010–11 * Kategoria e Dytë ** Champions (3): 1959–60, 1984–85, 2023–24 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2003–04, 2022-23 Players Current squad Stadium The club has played its home matches at the Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium since 1932. Staff Recent seasons List of managers * Ylli Çekiçi (01 Jul 2009 — 30 Jun 2012) * Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KF Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in the city of Lushnjë in the County of Fier. Their home ground is the Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History Early years The club was originally formed in 1930 and the first football game held in the city of Lushnjë was played shortly after. This was a friendly game against Tomori Berat and the team consisted of young men from Lushnjë. The club was named Kongresi i Lushnjës following a proposal from a member of parliament and signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence Ferit Vokopola to name the club after the Congress of Lushnjë, which was where Vokopola himself was elected secretary. In 1927, a young man named Ali Funga returned from his studies in Austria and joined the club as a player and the head coach. He returned to Albania from Austria with shirts that would be used by the club, and they had green vertical stripes which were used to sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Kukësi
Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Kukës. The club plays its home games at the Kukës Arena and currently competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second highest division of Albanian football. The club played in the lower divisions for most of its history since 1930, before being promoted to the Kategoria Superiore in 2012, where it has won the title once and finished runner-up six times. History Early years The club was founded on March 4, 1930, in Kukës under the name ''Shoqëria Sportive Kosova'', at a time when football was gaining popularity in Albania. The club initially consisted of young men from Has District, Has, Lumë and Gora (region), Gorë, who competed in sports such as athletics and wrestling in addition to football, which quickly became the most popular sport in the city. The club's first match was played on April 20, 1930, against Internati Krumë, which ended in a 0–0 draw. On July 13, the club lost for the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KF Korabi Peshkopi
KF Korabi is an Albanian association football, football club based in Peshkopi, named after the nearby Mount Korab, which is the tallest mountain in Albania and North Macedonia. The club's home ground is the Korabi Stadium. History Early years The club was founded on 3 March 1935 as ''Bashkimi Dibran Peshkopi'', and they competed in the Albanian First Division for the first time in 1936, where they were placed in Group B alongside Bilisht Sport, Devolli Bilisht, and the eventual group winners Shkumbini Peqin. The club did not compete in another national competition before it was dissolved in 1944, which led to the creation of the Shoqeria Sportive Korabi (Korabi Sports Society) in 1945 with a total of 60 members and 32 associates. The club changed its name to ''Peshkopia'' in 1949, as they competed in the First Division once again, where they were placed in one of 13 regional groups alongside local amateur clubs Brezhda, Dohoshisht, Greva, Homesh, Maqellara and Shupenza. Peshkopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KS Kastrioti
Klubi Sportiv Kastrioti is an Albanian football club based in the city of Krujë. The club's home ground used to be the Kastrioti Stadium, but after the stadium got closed and demolished, Kastrioti decided to move to the Kamëz Stadium in Kamëz, which has a capacity of 5,500 spectators and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History Early years The club was founded in 1926 as the city of Krujë's main sports club. During a brief spell in 1949, the club was dissolved, but was quickly re-established under the name of the city, Krujë. Two years later in 1951, the club was renamed Puna Krujë before reverting it back to simply Krujë again in 1958, which they later added Kastrioti to, in honour of the noble Kastrioti family of which Albania's national hero Skanderbeg hailed from. Rise and fall (1989–2006) For many years the club only competed in the lower divisions of Albanian football, but they managed to achieve promotion to the top tier Albanian Superliga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
