Shoqëria Sportive Vllaznia

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The Shoqëria Sportive Vllaznia ( Gegisch for sports society brotherhood ; also Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia ; often abbreviated only Vllaznia ) is an Albanian sports club from Shkodra . The traditional club is considered to be the oldest club in Albania.

history

The company Vllaznia was born on 16th February 1919 established as a merger of the company Mustafa Pasha and one by Pashko Vasa named company. While the latter was an association of Catholic Shkodrans, the former was an association of Muslim city ​​citizens. The united society saw itself as a patriotic association and was active in the subjects of literature , theater, music and gymnastics . The first activities of the society included the establishment of a school and a library as well as the organization of sporting competitions. The first chairman of the Vllaznia Society was Hilë Mosi . Kel Marubi was among the founding members and board members . Kol Margjini was responsible for the sports area.

In 1920 Vllaznia organized the first athletics competition in Albania. In 1925 the first cycling tour was held, which is considered the first to be held on the Tour of Albania . At that time the company also published the sports newspaper "Gazeta e Sportit".

Team of Bashkimi Shkodran 1935

At that time there were seven sports clubs in Shkodra. Vllaznia is considered to be the oldest club in Albania, although the Aferdita cultural and sports association was founded in Elbasan as early as 1908 . In 1930, five of the Shkodran sports clubs merged to form Bashkimi Sportiv Shkodran (Shkodran Sports Association). This also represented the city when the first Albanian football championship was held in the same year . On April 11, 1935, the Vllaznia was re-established. After the occupation of Albania by Italy in 1939 until the end of World War II , the association was inactive. In 1945 Vllaznia immediately won - and for the first time - the football championship .

As part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary, the Albanian President Ilir Meta honored numerous athletes from Vllaznia and also recognized the club as such.

sports

Since its inception, Vllaznia has been involved in various sports. Together with the city clubs from the capital KF Tirana , Dinamo Tirana and Partizani , Vllaznia is one of the Albanian sports clubs with the most national titles. The following sports are currently practiced at Vllaznia (as of 2020):

  • Football: Futboll Klub Vllaznia Shkodra First men's team: nine-time Albanian champions ; six-time winner of the Albanian Football Cup ; two-time winner of the Supercup Women's First Team: six-time Albanian women's champion (record champions; 2013 merger with KS Ada Velipoja , who had previously won the championship three times)
  • Basketball: Klubi Basketboll Vllaznia Men: nine-time Albanian champion ; twelve cup wins; one Supercup victory women (currently not in the highest championship): two cup victories
  • Volleyball: Men: a championship win; six-time cup winner women: three-time Albanian champions; three-time cup winner
  • Boxing
  • Weightlifting (European Champion Erkand Qerimaj )
  • Athletics (Indoor European Champion Izmir Smajlaj )
  • Cycling
  • Wrestling (first club of world champion Elis Guri )
  • gymnastics
  • Judo
  • Handball
  • chess
  • swim
  • Table tennis

Sports facilities

The city's Loro Boriçi stadium in Shkodra is available for the football club and has also been used for international matches since the restoration in 2016.

Most of the games are played in the Pallati i Sportit Qazim Dervishi sports hall , which is right next to the stadium. The hall was renovated in 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dervish Lisi: Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Ed .: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH. Tirana 1985, keyword «Vllaznia» , p. 1172 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Klubi shumë sportësh. In: Bashkia Shkodra. Retrieved May 24, 2020 (Albanian).
  3. ↑ Historia e Çiklizmit shkodran. In: Shkodra Sport. September 17, 2011, accessed May 24, 2020 (Albanian).
  4. ↑ Ahmet Shqarri: Religious Creeds . In: Genc Myftiu (ed.): Albania - a Patrimony of European Values: Guide of Albanian History and Cultural Heritage . Sustainable Economic Development Agency, Tirana 2000, p. 203 .
  5. ↑ Presidenti Meta vlerëson figura të shquara sportistësh shkodranë të "Vllaznisë". In: Presidenti i Republikës së Shqipërisë. February 24, 2019, accessed May 24, 2020 (Albanian).
  6. ↑ Ahmet Shqarri: Religious Creeds . In: Genc Myftiu (ed.): Albania - a Patrimony of European Values: Guide of Albanian History and Cultural Heritage . Sustainable Economic Development Agency, Tirana 2000, p. 205 .
  7. ↑ a b Nis puna për aspirimin e pallatit të sportit "Qazim Dervishi". In: Shkodra Sport. January 21, 2014, accessed May 24, 2020 (Albanian).
  8. ↑ Mbaron shtrimi me parket i pallatit të sportit "Qazim Dervishi". In: Shkodra Sport. September 15, 2014, accessed May 24, 2020 (Albanian).