KS Lushnja

KS Lushnja
Full name Klubi Sportiv Lushnja
Nickname(s) Delegatët, Lagunarët
Founded January 21, 1927 (1927-01-21) as Kongresi i Lushnjës
Ground Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium
Lushnjë, Albania
Capacity 8,000
President Fatos Tushe
Manager Ilir Gjyla
League Albanian First Division, Group B
2017–18 Albanian Superliga, 10th (relegated)

Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in the city of Lushnjë in the County of Fier. Their home ground is the Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium and they currently compete in the Albanian First Division.

History

Early history

The club was originally formed in 1927 and the first football game held in the city of Lushnjë was played shortly after. This was a friendly game against Tomori Berat and the team consisted of young men from Lushnjë. The club was named Kongresi i Lushnjës following a proposal from a member of parliament and signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence Ferit Vokopola to name the club after the Congress of Lushnjë, which was where Vokopola himself was elected secretary. In 1927 a young man named Ali Funga returned from his studies in Austria and joined the club as a player and the head coach. He returned to Albania from Austria with shirts that would be used by the club, and they had green vertical stripes which were used to symbolise the fields of Myzeqe. Although the club was formed on 21 January 1927 it was not "officially" formed until 27 July 1930 shortly after the formation of the Albanian Football Association a month earlier. It was known then as the Kongresi i Lushnjës (English: Congress of Lushnjë) literacy-artistic society, in reference to the important political meeting of 1920. The club's first official jerseys were green, and the first sports chief of the club was Ali Funga, who had been a key member of the club's pre formation years.

In 1945 they changed their name to KS Traktori Lushnja followed by a further name change in 1950 to SK Lushnja. In 1951 it was changed to Puna Lushnja, before they returned to KS Traktori Lushnja in 1958. In 1991 the club was named KS Lushnja. Mario Kempes made his full-time coaching debut in Albania with a brief spell at the club.[1]

The team has been losing many of its games in the 2017-18 Albanian Superliga causing a lot of fans to leave and the team having a bad reputation. For the 2018-19 Albanian First Division they hope to make a come back for the team and regain their fans.

Supporters

Ultras Delegatët
Established January 21, 2012
Type Supporters' group
Club KS Lushnja
Motto O Lushnja, O Lushnja, lushnja zemra jone, Ti Per Ne, Ti Per Ne, Je Gjithmonë Kampjion
Headquarters lushnjë,  Albania
Affiliations Tifozat Kuq e Zi

The club's main supporters' group is called the Ultras Delegatët, which was formed on 21 January 2012, on the 85th anniversary of the club. Delegatët took over as the club's main supporters' group from the previous group which was called the Lushnja Warrios. There are other small ultras like Ultras Stan Karbunarë and Ultras Karbunarë.

Groups

  • Ultras Delegatët
  • Ultras Stan Karbunarë
  • Ultras Karbunarë
  • Lushnja Warrios
  • Tifoza e Lushnjes

Stadium

Stadiumi A.Roza Haxhiu

Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium is Home to the team known as KS Lushnja. This is a 8,000 seater but it has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium is made in communism era at the year of 1961. The stadium is named after a famous soccer player known as Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu who died during a match. Since the stadium was created in communism era of Albania the stadium was solid and had a big capacity to sit and to stand up. Other village teams around Lushnje play some championships and friendlies. There has been an international game with Albania national under-19 football team vs Kazakhstan national under-19 football team. The latest its been renovated was 2017 to enter the Albanian Superliga with seats in the VIP area.[2]

Renovations

Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu stadium has been renovated a couple of times the latest renovation was for the 2017-18 Albanian Superliga, as they were qualified they needed to renovate the stadium. The stadium had fresh paint and the fixing with plastic seats at the Vip Area. Including the field.

Sponsors

Sponsor Type Name
Main Sponsors Municipality of Lushnje
Secondary Sponsors Lufra,Kond
Official clothing provider Legea

Honours

Current squad

As of 30th May 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
30 Albania GK Mikel Spaho
12 Albania GK Oltjan Haremi
5 Albania DF Franci Bufazi
20 Albania DF Renato Dervishi
23 Albania DF Leonard Hasalla
Albania DF Endrien Magani
Albania DF Arber Mone
28 Albania DF Ledion Ruço
21 Albania DF Marius Sula
19 Albania DF Erion Xhafa
Albania MF Ergys Alushi
8 Albania MF Orkeljen Baze
9 Albania MF Alban Bizhyti
No. Position Player
10 Albania MF Gentian Çela
7 Albania MF Klevis Gjoni
Albania MF Orklej Kapxhiu
Albania MF Hermes Shkullaku
Albania MF Erlind Koreshi
Albania MF Aldo Malaj
Albania MF Dionis Musaka
Albania MF Sebastjano Shurdhi
14 Albania MF Ledian Taullau
17 Albania MF Alban Bicaku
11 Albania FW Arbër Allkanjari
22 Albania FW Klejdis Branica
18 Albania FW Mikel Canka
29 Albania FW Fatjon Sefa (Captain)

Managers

Coach from until Major Titles
Albania Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu January 1960December 1960 1
Albania Adem Karapici 1 Janar 19611 July 1964 0
Albania Adand Haxhiu 19931996 1
Argentina Mario Kempes[3] 20 December 19961 February 1997 0
Albania Adand Haxhiu 19971998 0
Albania Hysen Dedja 1 July 20011 July 2002 0
Albania Agim Mone 1 July 20023 November 2002 0
Albania Kristaq Mile 30 November 20021 July 2003 0
Romania Aurel Țicleanu 1 July 200318 October 2003 0
Albania Agim Canaj 25 October 200310 April 2004 0
Albania Ilir Gjyla 14 April 20041 September 2004 0
Albania Sulejman Demollari 1 September 200421 February 2005 0
Albania Mirel Josa 21 February 20051 July 2005 0
Albania Perlat Sevo[4] 1 July 200522 January 2006 0
Albania Artan Bano 22 January 20069 February 2006 0
Albania Sulejman Demollari 9 February 200612 March 2006 0
Albania Saimir Malko 26 October 2008 0
Albania Artan Bano July 2012October 2017 2
Albania Hysen Dedja November 2017February 2018 0
Albania Ilir Gjyla March 2018 0

Notable Managers

References

  1. ↑ Lushnja mbush sot 85 vjeç, ja historia
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Mario Kempes, aventura shqiptare e yllit argjentinas
  4. ↑ New year, old problem in Albania
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