FC Kinostudio is an Albanian women's professional

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club based in

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. They last competed in

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during the 2023–24 season, finishing fifth in a ten-team league.

History

Kinostudio was established on 8 July 2009 under the leadership of youth coach Gëzim Gjonpalaj. Several players from Tirana AS, previously coached by

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and later Hiqmet Hasko, joined the team. Despite their youth and inexperience, the Kinostudio girls excelled in domestic friendlies and in neighbouring

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, competing against teams like Llapi, Trepça and Vizioni of

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. The club has fielded players as young as 13 and 14, in line with the

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's regulations on limited playing time for this age group. After a successful 2010–11 season in the

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, they reached the

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finals the following year. Young forward Ambra Gjergji won the Golden Boot award in two straight seasons, scoring 66 total goals in the process and receiving a call-up to the Albania women's national team. Kinostudio formed a close collaboration with the Jakova women's football team, which had recently withdrawn from Kosovo's domestic league, and welcomed players such as Cyme Lulaj, Yllka Dibrani, Endrina Elezi, Sadije Koçi and Mimoza Raja, into its ranks.

Honours

: :Runners–up (1): 2013–14 Albanian Women's Cup: :Runners–up (2): 2011–12, 2015–16

References

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