KF Turbina

Klubi i Futbollit Turbina Cërrik is an Albanian professional football club based in Cërrik, Elbasan County that competes in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football. Founded in 1956 as Puna Cërrik, it was renamed to Turbina Cërrik in 1958. The club's home ground is the Nexhip Trungu Stadium in Cërrik.[1][2]

KF Turbina
Full nameKlubi i Futbollit Turbina Cërrik
Short nameTurbina
Founded1956 (1956)
GroundNexhip Trungu Stadium
Cërrik, Albania
Capacity6,600
PresidentGentjan Gjoka
Head coachErgi Lubani
LeagueKategoria e Parë, Group B
2018–19Kategoria e Parë, Group B, 8th

History

The club was founded in 1956 as Puna Cërrik, during a period in which the majority of clubs in Albania were instructed to be named Puna, meaning work in Albanian, by the ruling Communist regime. The club was renamed Turbina Cërrik in 1958 and was an amateur club for much of its early history, playing in the lower leagues before finishing runners-up in the 1982–83 Kategoria e Dytë season and achieving promotion to the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier, for the first time in the club's history. They finished 7th out of 14 in their debut season in the Kategoria e Parë, but were subsequently relegated the following season after finishing bottom of the league the following season. Turbina returned to the second tier after winning the 1987–88 Kategoria e Dytë, the club's first-ever trophy. The club became a regular in the second-tier and consistently finished mid-table before suffering relegation after finish bottom of Group C of the 1997–98 Kategoria e Parë. The club spent four years in the Kategoria e Dytë before achieving promotion to the second-tier again in 2002, but they were relegated at the end of the 2002–03 season back to the third-tier. Turbina won the Kategoria e Dytë for the second time in 2005 and were promoted back to the Kategoria e Parë ahead of the 2005–06 Kategoria e Parë season.

Stadium
Main article: Nexhip Trungu Stadium

The stadium of KS Turbina Cërrik is named Nexhip Trungu Stadium. It is a multi-purpose stadium. It has a capacity of 6,600 seats.[3]

Current squad
As of 25 March 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Vokli Laroshi
2 DF Kleo Qosja
3 DF Matthew McNamara
4 DF Dorjan Bajrami
6 DF Xhulio Jaupi
5 DF Rei Zaimi
7 FW Mateus Levendi
8 MF Albi Koldashi
9 FW Jurgen Peqini
10 MF Mergent Sulmataj
10 FW Alesio Latifi
No. Position Player
11 MF Aldo Vodo
12 GK Klajdi Hasanaj
13 DF Klaudio Rexhepi
13 FW Gentian Shkoza
17 FW Gabriel
19 FW Wanderson
21 MF Elvis Xhelili
22 FW Mateo Shanaj
25 DF Igli Doko
29 MF Tahir Vata
44 DF Alemao Zdrava

References
  1. Soccerway profile
  2. FSHF profile
  3. https://us.soccerway.com/teams/albania/ks-turbina-cerrik/7546/
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