FK Kukësi

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FK Kukësi
Logo FK Kukës
Basic data
Surname Futboll Club Kukësi
Seat Kukës
founding March 4, 1930
president Stafet Gjici
First soccer team
Head coach Armando Cungu
Venue Stadiumi Zeqir Ymeri
Places 5000
league Categoria Superiore
2019/20 2nd place
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Away
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Futboll Klub Kukësi is an Albanian football club from Kukës . The club currently plays in the first Albanian league .

history

The club was founded in 1930 as Shoqëria Sportive Kosova . With the founding of the Albanian Football Association in 1932, the club was officially registered as KS Kosova . However, they did not take part in competitions until 1953.

In 1958, the club changed its name to Klubi Sportiv Përparimi ("Sports Club Progress") and, nine years later, achieved promotion for the first time by winning the championship in the fourth-rate category e tretë . In 1977 and 1982 two championship titles followed in the third division and promotion to the second-rate category e parë .

After almost 30 years without any notable success, the third-class playing club was renamed again in 2010 and has been called Futboll Klub Kukësi since then . In addition, Fatos Hoxha was hired as the new president and the club management invested a lot in new players. The goal of advancing to the top category Superiore was achieved after only two years by first winning the championship of the third division and then finishing second in the second division in 2011/12 . In the Superiore category, the club reached second place in the table in the first 2012/13 season . So he was able to take part in the Europa League for the first time . Kukës narrowly survived the first qualifying round against FC Flora Tallinn , while the second round against FK Sarajevo was won thanks to a draw in the away game. In the third round, too, they won a home win against the Ukrainian team Metalurh Donetsk , making FK Kukësi the first Albanian club to remain unbeaten in five European Cup games. Despite defeat in the second leg, the qualification for the playoff round succeeded, where Kukës but failed to Trabzonspor . Kukës was the first Albanian club to survive three rounds in a European competition.

Team photo at the Europa League game against Austria Wien 2016

In the 2015 Europa League  , Kukësi again reached the third round. But since a player from the Polish opponent Legia Warsaw was  hit by a stone in the head at the home game in Tirana , the game was canceled when the score was 1: 2. The stone had been thrown from the Albanian fan block. The game was rated 3-0 for Legia Warsaw . FK Kukësi was fined € 70,000 and is not allowed to play the next two home games in Albania and only in front of empty ranks. If there are not two home games in the next two years, the penalty is reduced to one. [outdated]

In 2016 Kukësi won the Albanian Football Cup for the first time  . The northern Albanians had already made it into the final in the previous two years. In 2017 it was possible to win the championship for the first time. After that, Kukës was runner-up three times.

successes

European Cup balance sheet

season competition round opponent total To Back
2013/14 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round EstoniaEstonia FC Flora Tallinn ( a ) 1: 1(a) 1: 1 (A) 0: 0 (H)
2nd qualifying round Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 3: 2 3: 2 (H) 0: 0 (A)
3rd qualifying round UkraineUkraine Metalurh Donetsk 2: 1 2: 0 (H) 0: 1 (A)
Play-offs TurkeyTurkey Trabzonspor 1: 5 0: 2 (H) 1: 3 (A)
2014/15 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round KazakhstanKazakhstan FK Qairat Almaty 0: 1 0: 1 (A) 0: 0 (H)
2015/16 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round BelarusBelarus Torpedo Schodsina 2-0 2: 0 (H) 0: 0 (A)
2nd qualifying round MontenegroMontenegro FK Mladost Podgorica 4: 3 0: 1 (H) 4: 2 (A)
3rd qualifying round PolandPoland KP Legia Warsaw 0: 4 00: 3 (H) 1 0: 1 (A)
2016/17 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round MontenegroMontenegro FK Rudar Pljevlja 2: 1 1: 1 (H) 1: 0 (A)
2nd qualifying round AustriaAustria FK Austria Vienna 1: 5 0: 1 (A) 1: 4 (H)
2017/18 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (a)2: 2 ( a ) 0: 1 (A) 2: 1 (H)
2018/19 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round MaltaMalta Valletta FC ( a ) 1: 1(a) 0: 0 (H) 1: 1 (A)
2nd qualifying round AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Qarabağ Agdam 0: 3 0: 0 (H) 0: 3 (A)
2018/19 UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round GeorgiaGeorgia Torpedo Kutaisi 4: 5 2: 5 (A) 2: 0 (H)
2019/20 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round HungaryHungary Debreceni Vasutas SC 1: 4 0: 3 (A) 1: 1 (H)
Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record : 30 games, 7 wins, 10 draws, 13 defeats, 24:39 goals (goal difference −15)

1Aborted when the score was 1: 2 because Legia player Ondrej Duda was hit in the head by a stone. The game was rated 3-0 for Legia Warsaw.

Stadion

Zeqir Ymeri Stadium after the renovation

For a long time, Kukës only had a simple pitch that only offered 2500 spectators. With the promotion to the top Albanian league, a new stadium was necessary that met the requirements of the Albanian Football Association and UEFA  . In the summer of 2012, the new Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, which has 5,000 seats, was built in just two months. The first game was a friendly against KS Besëlidhja Lezha in mid-August 2012.

The Europa League games from 2013 to 2015 were all played in the Qemal Stafa Stadium  in Tirana  , in 2016 they played in the Elbasan Arena .

The stadium is named after a former local soccer player.

Web links

Commons : FK Kukësi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fatjon Pandovski: Kukësi makes you sit up and take notice . In: UEFA.com. August 2, 2013, accessed on August 3, 2013 : "How was a club from Albania unbeaten five European Cup games in a row [...]"
  2. ↑ Kukësi heroik, shkruan historinë. In: Top Channel . August 8, 2013, accessed on August 9, 2013 (Albanian): "Kukësi arrin të bëjë histori, duke u shndërruar në ekipin e parë shqiptar që arrin të kualifikohet në tre ture të kompeticioneve europiane."
  3. ↑ Kukës v Legia decision. In: UEFA. August 4, 2015, accessed August 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Europa League: Legia guest appearance in Albania canceled after a stone's throw . sid article on Focus Online , July 30, 2015; Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  5. ^ Match report FK Kukësi - KP Legia Warsaw. In: de.uefa.com. UEFA , accessed August 4, 2015 . UEFA decision after throwing a stone at KF Kukesi against Legia Warsaw . Sport1.de , August 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Stadiumi Zeqir Ymeri. In: FK Kukësi. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; Retrieved on July 29, 2013 (Albanian): "Kapaciteti: 5000 vende [...] Ky stadium u ndërtua në një kohë record vetëm në dy muajt e verës [...] Stadiumi mban emrin" Zeqir Ymeri ", i cili ka qenë ndër futbollistët e parë kuksianë, që ka luajtur në Kukësin e Vjetër. "
  7. ^ Gjergj Kola: Në Kukës nisin punimet për stadiumin e ri, gati me 1 shtator. In: Shkodrasport.com. June 20, 2012, Retrieved July 29, 2013 (Albanian).
  8. ↑ Jonuz Hallaçi: Stadiumi i ri Kukësi e nis me fitore në miqësore. In: Panorama Sport. August 16, 2012, archived from the original on December 28, 2012 ; Retrieved July 29, 2013 (Albanian).
  9. ↑ FK Kukësi: Games. In: UEFA.com. August 3, 2013, Retrieved August 3, 2013 (as an example for all other games).