KF Skënderbeu Korça
| KF Skënderbeu Korça | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Klubi i Futbollit Skënderbeu Korça | |||
| Seat | Korça , Albania | |||
| founding | April 15, 1909 | |||
| Colours | Red White | |||
| president | Ardian Takaj | |||
| Website | kfskenderbeu.al | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Ilir Daja | |||
| Venue | Skënderbeu stadium | |||
| Places | 12,373 | |||
| league | Categoria Superiore | |||
| 2019/20 | 4th Place | |||
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Klubi i Futbollit Skënderbeu Korça is an Albanian football club from Korça , which used to be called SK Skënderbeu Korça . In the 2010/11 season, after 78 years, the club was again champions of the first Albanian league, theategoria Superiore . As a result, the title was defended five times.
Skënderbeu plays its home games in the Skënderbeu Stadium , which after a major renovation in 2009/10 can accommodate around 12,000 spectators. International games are often played in the Elbasan Arena .
The association is named after the Albanian prince Skanderbeg .
history
The club, founded in 1909, was one of the founding members of the first Albanian league in 1930 , where they immediately became runner-up. In 1933 the Albanian championship was won for the first time. As a result, the club played in the first division for decades, but without ever achieving success. Third places were the best results. In the cup , Korça occasionally made it to the final - but here too he never won. In 1975 Skënderbeu reached third from bottom of the championship only one relegation place and had to relegate.
Already in the championship 1976/77 Skënderbeu played first class again. The league was often unsuccessful in the following, so that Korça played again and again in the second highest league . In 2006 the club had to relegate again from the Superiore category, but returned to the top division after just one season. The club spent the 2008/09 season again in the second highest division. In the 2009/10 season , the league was preserved in the top division.
In the following year, the club became Albanian football champions for the second time after 78 years. Skënderbeu managed to defend the title five times in a row. The club owes its success to the entry of major investors, including the boss of Red Bull in Albania and the boss of the local oil company Taçi Oil , Rezart Taçi. Other investors were politicians and the businessman Ardjan Takaj, who worked in the betting business. The success led to a football euphoria in Korça.
In 2013 Korça won the SuperKupa for the first time after losing the finals to KF Tirana in the previous two years . The success was repeated in 2014. In 2018 Skënderbeu won the trophy for the first time .
In June 2016, UEFA fined the club for match-fixing and banned it from international competitions for one year. The sentence has been upheld by the International Court of Justice . In a second phase, in March 2018 UEFA imposed a ten-year exclusion of Skënderbeu from all European competitions and a fine of one million euros. This harshest penalty ever imposed by UEFA was justified by the fact that no one had ever cheated to such an extent before. 53 cases were detected. Representatives of the club said they were innocent and would go to the Sports Court.
In the 2018/19 season they did not play for the championship for the first time since 2011 and only came in fifth. The club finished fourth in the 2019/20 season .
Name changes
The association was renamed in the following years:
- 1909 - Vllazëria Korça (name when founded)
- 1923 - SK Shpresa Korça
- 1925 - SK Skënderbeu Korça
- 1946 - KS Dinamo Korça
- 1949 - Korça
- 1950 - Puna Korça
- 1958 - KF Skënderbeu Korça
successes
- Albanian Championship
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Albanian soccer cup
- Winner (1): 2018
- Finalist (5): 1958, 1965, 1976, 2012, 2017
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Albanian SuperKupa
- Winner (3): 2013, 2014, 2018
- Finalist (4): 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
European competitions
In the 2013/14 season , Skënderbeu Korça became the first Albanian team to advance to the third round of the Champions League qualification.
Two years later, for the 2015/16 season , the team made it into the third qualifying round of the Champions League. There, FC Milsami from Moldova was defeated 2-0 after a two-legged game, making the club the first Albanian team to advance to the play-offs for the Champions League group stage. The team was drawn to the Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb , but Skënderbeu Korça lost both games. As a result, Skënderbeu Korça entered the group stage of the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League . There, after one win and five defeats, the team was only bottom of the group, but it remains the greatest international success to date to have reached the play-offs for the Champions League and the group stage of the UEFA Europa League for the first time.
For the 2016/17 season, Korça was excluded from UEFA due to match-fixing and replaced by FK Partizani Tirana .
In qualifying for the 2017/18 Europa League , Skënderbeu met Dinamo Zagreb again in the play-off game. This time the club was able to prevail thanks to the away goals rule and thus take part in the group stage of the competition again.
- Record of participation in European competitions
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
 APOEL Nicosia
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0: 6 | 0: 2 (H) | 0: 4 (A) |
| 2012/13 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
 VSC Debrecen
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1: 3 | 1: 0 (H) | 0: 3 (A) |
| 2013/14 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
 Neftçi Baku PFK
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1-0 | 0: 0 (A) | 1: 0 (H) |
| 3rd qualifying round |
 Shakhtar Karagandy
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3: 5 | 0: 3 (A) | 3: 2 (H) | ||
| 2013/14 | UEFA Europa League | Play-offs |
 Chornomorets Odessa
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1: 1 (6: 7 on account ) |
0: 1 (A) | 1: 0 a.d. (H) |
| 2014/15 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
 BATE Baryssau
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1: 1 ( a ) | 0: 0 (A) | 1: 1 (H) |
| 2015/16 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
 Crusaders FC
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6: 4 | 4: 1 (H) | 2: 3 (A) |
| 3rd qualifying round |
 FC Milsami
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4-0 | 2: 0 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
| Play-offs |
 Dinamo Zagreb
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2: 6 | 1: 2 (H) | 1: 4 (A) | ||
| 2015/16 | UEFA Europa League | Group stage |
 Beşiktaş Istanbul
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0: 3 | 0: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
 Moscow locomotive
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0: 5 | 0: 2 (A) | 0: 3 (H) | |||
 Sporting Lisbon
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4: 5 | 1: 5 (A) | 3: 0 (H) | |||
| 2016/17 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round |
Ferencváros Budapest
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DSQ | ||
| 2017/18 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 UE Sant Julià
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6-0 | 1: 0 (H) | 5: 0 (A) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
FK Qairat Almaty
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3: 1 | 1: 1 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
| 3rd qualifying round |
 FK Mladá Boleslav
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3: 3 (4: 2 in good condition ) |
1: 2 (A) | 2: 1 a.d. (H) | ||
| Play-offs |
Dinamo Zagreb
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1: 1 ( a ) | 1: 1 (A) | 0: 0 (H) | ||
| Group stage |
Dynamo Kiev
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4: 5 | 1: 3 (A) | 3: 2 (H) | ||
 BSC Young Boys
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2: 3 | 1: 1 (H) | 1: 2 (A) | |||
 FK Partizan Belgrade
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0: 2 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
Overall record : 38 games, 13 wins, 8 draws, 17 defeats, 42:54 goals (goal difference −12)
Squad of the 2020/21 season
| No. | Surname | birthday |
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| goalkeeper | ||
| 12 | Mario Dajsinani 
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23 Dec 1998 |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | Marvin Turtulli
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Oct 17, 1994 |
| 4th | Leonat Vitija 
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22 Aug 2000 |
| 88 | Artim Položani 
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June 25, 1982 |
| 19th | Eni Imami
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Dec 19, 1992 |
| 27 | Faton Dzemaili
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Nov 15, 1998 |
| 28 | Jorgo Meksi 
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21 Mar 1995 |
| 11 | Jean Ndecky 
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Jan. 10, 1997 |
| 20th | Marlind Nuriu
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5th July 1997 |
| 21st | Kosta Vangjeli
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July 21, 2000 |
| midfield | ||
| 6th | Randy Dwumfour 
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Nov 23, 2000 |
| 22nd | Bruno Dita
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Feb. 18, 1993 |
| 78 | Agon Elezi
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1st Mar 2001 |
| 14th | Asion Daja
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14 Mar 1990 |
| 8th | Shqiprim Taipi
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Feb 19, 1997 |
| 7th | Emmanuel Essien
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July 2, 2001 |
| - | Georgios Tampas
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Jan 5, 2000 |
| 99 | Malsor Ajeti
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Apr 27, 2000 |
| 10 | Nazmi Gripshi
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5th July 1997 |
| 17th | Gjergj Muzaka 
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Aug 26, 1984 |
| 44 | Uerdi Mura
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Jan. 30, 1999 |
| Storm | ||
| 70 | Elvi Berisha
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2nd Mar 1999 |
| 77 | Beli Lukaj
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Dec 4, 1999 |
| 9 | Blerim Krasniqi
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5th July 1996 |
| 29 | Alfred Mensah
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Aug 8, 1999 |
| 98 | Belajdi Pusi
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Jan. 23, 1998 |
Web links
- Official website
- Spiegel.de (October 18, 2019): How match fixing destroy Albanian football
Individual evidence
- ^ Stadium "Skenderbeu" nje tjeter standart. In: KorcaJone.net. November 9, 2010, archived from the original on February 5, 2011 ; Retrieved February 3, 2011 (Albanian).
- ↑ Çfarë stadiumi ka Korca! In: Superliga.Blog.AL. November 20, 2010, archived from the original on February 21, 2011 ; Retrieved February 3, 2011 (Albanian).
- ↑ Skënderbeu is a master in Albania. In: uefa.com. May 5, 2011, accessed June 6, 2011 .
- ↑ Saša Ibrulj: Albania national team: The Eagles have landed. In: tageswoche.ch. December 20, 2015, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Hardy Greens : Betting Fraud: How Match Fixing Destroys Albanian Football . In: Spiegel Online . October 18, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 20, 2019]).
- ↑ Fatjon Pandovski: Skënderbeu wins the Super Cup. In: UEFA. August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Albanian football club expelled from European Cups for a year. In: Independent Balkan News Agency. June 7, 2016, accessed June 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Skënderbeu apelon vendimin / Detajet ja kur do gjykohet në CAS. In: BalkanWeb. June 7, 2016, Retrieved June 8, 2016 (Albanian).
- ↑ a b The appeal filed by KS Skenderbeu is dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). (PDF) Media Release (Football). International Sports Court, July 6, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Ervin Lisaku: Albania's Skenderbeu handed 10-year ban over match-fixing in worst ever UEFA punishment. In: tiranatimes.com. March 29, 2018, accessed April 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Nick Ames: 'Fixing matches like nobody has done before': Skenderbeu's amazing tale. In: The Guardian. March 19, 2018, accessed April 2, 2018 .
- ↑ UEFA Champions League - News - UEFA.com. uefa.com, July 6, 2016, accessed July 6, 2016 .
