KS Pogradeci () is a professional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in

Pogradec Pogradec (,) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, eleventh most populous city in Albania and the capital of the eponymous municipality. It is located on a List of settlements on the Lake Ohrid coastline, narrow plain between two mountain ch ...

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. The club plays in the

Kategoria e Parë Kategoria e Parë is the second tier of professional football in Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Se ...

, 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

. 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 The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

in the 1992–93 season.

Honours

** Champions (3): 1963–64, 1990–91,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

* 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) * Ardian Abazaj (01 Jul 2012 — 09 Dec 2013) * Arben Mahmutaj (10 Dec 2013 — 17 Mar 2014) * Ardian Abazaj (18 Mar 2014 — 30 Jun 2015) * Gentian Stojku (15 Jul 2015 — 31 May 2016) * Festim Fetollari (01 Jul 2016 — 31 Jul 2019) * Ardian Abazaj (01 Aug 2019 — 31 May 2022) * Samuel Nikaj (20 Jul 2022 — 10 Nov 2024) * Ardian Mema (11 Nov 2024 — present)

External links

FutbolliShqiptar.net

Albanian Soccer News

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pogradeci Football clubs in Albania Association football clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in Albania Sport in Pogradec