KF Sopoti is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Librazhd Librazhd ( sq-definite, Librazhdi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenjë, Po ...

. The club currently competes in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in Albania.

History

They were founded in 1948 under the name ''KS Albania Tabak Librazhd'', and they play their home games at the Sopoti Stadium. The club is named after the nearby

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest c ...

Mountain. They spent the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons in the ''Kategoria Superiore''. Before the 1996/97 season, they changed their name back to Albania Tabak Librazhd, only to change it to Sopoti Librazhd once more the next year.

Stadium

The club's home ground is the multi-use Sopoti Stadium which is situated in the centre of the town next to the municipality building. The stadium which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators was built in 1964 and has been the club's home ever since. The stadium is not currently fit for use but the

Albanian Football Association The Albanian Football Association ( sq, Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. The association is based in Tirana, Albania. It organises the national football leagues of the Albanian Superliga, the Fi ...

along with the Librazhd Municipality have drawn up initial plans to reconstruct the stadium in its entirety, but such plans have yet to be materialised due to a lack of funding. As of the 2014–15 season, the stadium does not meet the current

's standard requirements, due to the outdated and run down nature of the building as well as the field.Skandal në Librazhd, fusha kthehet në “moçal”
In the 2017–18 season, Kf Sopoti will play in home stadium with new coach the 25 years old ex player of Sopoti Mr. Klajdi Kënga and the players will be from age groups .

Recent seasons

Current squad

(Captain)

Historical list of coaches

* Kostika Sterja (1992-1994) * Luan Deliu (1994-1997) * Ylli Hasa (1997-1998) * Gentian Stojku (Aug 2014 - Mar 2015) *

Edmond Dalipi Edmond Dalipi (born 3 March 1972 in) is a retired Albanian football player who played for Dinamo Tirana, KS Lushnja, Partizani Tirana, Bylis Ballsh, Vllaznia Shkodër and KF Laçi in Albania as well as Greek sides Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smy ...

(Mar 2015 - May 2015) * Alpin Gallo (Aug 2016 - Oct 2016) * Bekim Kuli (Mar 2017 - Jun 2017) *

Klajdi Kënga Klajdi is an Albanian masculine given name and may refer to: *Klajdi Broshka (born 1993), Albanian footballer *Klajdi Kuka (born 1990), Albanian footballer *Klajdi Toska Klajdi Toska (born 4 May 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who p ...

(Aug 2017 – )

References

External links

FutbolliShqiptar.netAlbanian Soccer News
Football clubs in Albania Association football clubs established in 1948 1948 establishments in Albania Librazhd Kategoria e Dytë clubs {{Albania-footyclub-stub