Klubi i Futbollit Shkumbini Peqin is an

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club based in the town of

Peqin Peqin (, sq-definite, Peqini) is a town and municipality in Elbasan County, central Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Gjoçaj, Karinë, Pajovë, Peqin, Përparim, Pe ...

. The club's home ground is the

Shkumbini Stadium Shkumbini Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Peqin, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Shkumbini Klubi i Futbollit Shkumbini Peqin is an Albanian football club based in the town of Peqin. The ...

and they compete in the

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History

Football was first introduced to the city of

in the early 1920s after an army officer from

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

brought along a ball with him. An amateur club was formed in 1924 by Adem Bedali and other local men who had begun playing football. In the club's infancy they played friendly games with teams from other cities in Albania, before the creation of the

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in 1930 who organised the first official football competitions in the country. Shkumbini's first trophy came in 1936 when they defeated Apolonia Fier to win the

. They remained in the lower divisions until 1994, when they finished 2nd in the

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and achieved promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history. In their debut season in the top flight they finished in a respectable 7th place out of 16 teams, with a record of 11 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses. The club finished in 4th place in the 1997–98 season in the Kategoria Superiore, and striker Dorian Bubeqi was the league's top goalscorer with 26 goals.

Current squad

Technical staff

List of managers

* Shamil Dylgjeri (1993–1994) * Edmond Bedalli (1994–1995) * Shyqyri Rreli (1995) * Vasil Bici (1996–1998) * Agustin Kola (1998) * Luan Deliu (1999) * Ramadan Shehu (1999–2000) * Artin Kovaçi (2000) * Stavri Nica (2001) * Luan Deliu (2001) * Ramadan Shehu (2001–2002) * Astrit Sejdini (2002) *

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(2002–2003) * Vasil Bici (2003) * Agim Canaj (Jul 2004 - 16 January 2005) * Faruk Sejdini (16 January 2005 – 24 September 2005) *

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(24 September 2005 – 3 November 2005) * Sulejman Demollari (3 November 2005 – 22 January 2006) * Faruk Sejdini (22 January 2006 – Jun 2006) * Vasil Bici (Jul 2006 - 31 October 2006) * Faruk Sejdini (31 October 2006 – Jun 2007) *

Gugash Magani Gugash Magani (born 14 March 1965) is an Albanian Association football, football coach and a former player. Club career Magani played the majority of his 22-year professional career with Shkumbini Peqin, while also having stints at other Albania ...

(Jul 2007 – 16 May 2009) * Sokol Branica (16 May 2009 – Jun 2009) *

(Jul 2009 – 30 September 2009) *

Kristaq Mile Kristaq Mile (born 29 April 1958) is a former Albanian football player who is now a coach. He is also a coach. Playing career Club Mile played his entire career for hometown club Tomori Berat, only to finish his career at Skrapari. Internatio ...

(30 September 2009 – 19 December 2009) * Përparim Daiu (19 December 2009 – June 2010) *

Mirel Josa Mirel Josa (born 1 June 1963) is an Albanian football coach and a former player. As a player, he played in the Greek Alpha Ethniki for Nea Kavala and Aris, as well as making 27 international appearances for the Albania national football team bet ...

(June 2010 – 1 September 2010) * Agim Canaj (1 September 2010 – 3 December 2010) * Përparim Daiu (3 December 2010 – 13 March 2011) *

(13 March 2011 – June 2012) *

(July 2012 – 12 November 2012) *

(12 November 2012 – May 2013) * Sokol Branica (Aug 2013 – May 2014) * Ilirjan File (Mar 2015 – Oct 2015) *

(Oct 2015 – May 2016) * Sokol Branica (Aug 2016 – Mar 2018) * Artan Bano (Mar 2018 – May 2019) * Sokol Branica (May 2019 – Dec 2019) * Lorenc Pasha (Jan 2020 – Aug 2021) * Artan Bano (Aug 2021 – Aug 2021) * Lorenc Pasha (Aug 2021 –Dec 2021) * Love Kestelot (Jan 2022 –Apr 2022) * Sokol Branica (Apr 2022 – May 2022) * Lorenc Hansbajrami (May 2022 – Jun 2022) * Hetlem Çapja (Jun 2022 – Oct 2023) * İlknur Aktaş (Oct 2023 – Oct 2023) * Ferdinand Bilali (Oct 2023 – Jan 2024) * Vladimir Gjoni (Jan 2024 – Feb 2024) * İlknur Aktaş (Feb 2024 – Feb 2024) * Stavri Nica (Feb 2024 – Jun 2024) * Anxhelo Suta (Jul 2024 – Jan 2025) * Elvis Uku (Jan 2025 – Feb 2025) * Florent Hasbajrami (Feb 2025 –)

External links

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References

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