KF Teuta
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Klubi i Futbollit Teuta, commonly referred to as Teuta, is an Albanian professional football club based in Durrës. The club competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Niko Dovana Stadium.
The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani (Uranium Sport Club), and they were a founding member of the Albanian National Championship in 1930, as well as runners-up in the 1931 National Championship. They have won the Kategoria Superiore twice in 1994 and in 2021, and they have also won the Albanian Cup four times, as well as finishing runners-up in three Albanian Supercups.
History
Early years
The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani, which literally translates to Uranium Sport Club, and they changed their name to Sport Klub Durrës just two years later 1922. They kept the same name until they joined the Albania national championship as one of the original six members alongside SK Tiranë, Skënderbeu Korçë, Bashkimi Shkodran, Urani Elbasan and Sportklub Vlorë. In 1930, before entering the National Championship, the club changes its name to the Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës, in reference to Queen Teuta of Illyria. In the first national championship they finished fifth out of six teams, collecting three wins and two draws out of ten games.[1] The following season they finished as runners-up in the league, as they lost 4–1 in the championship final against SK Tiranë, where the club's goalkeeper Niko Dovana famously scored the equaliser in the first leg which ended in a 1–1 draw.[2][3]
After Communism took control of Albania the club was forced to change its name to KS Ylli i Kuq Durrës, literally meaning KS Red Star Durrës. Just 3 years later in 1950 the club dropped KS Red Star Durrës from its name and was simply called SK Durrës once again, before renaming to SK Puna Durrës a 1-year later in 1951. The club changed its name again in 1958 to KS Lokomotiva Durrës which they kept until the fall of Communism in Albania in 1991. Since 1991 the club has renamed KS Teuta Durrës, with the football team being called KF Teuta.
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Hasanbelliu era
In 1999 local businessman and owner of Eurotech Cement Edmond Hasanbelliu he was named as the new president of the club, he brought in Hasan Lika as manager immediately. He began investing in the club and introduced Albanian internationals Sokol Prenga and Suad Liçi in the club, alongside a host of other players including Orges Shehi and Arjan Sheta.[4] In the club's first season under Hasan Lika and Edmond Hasanbelliu they finished in third place, behind Tomori Berat and eventual winners KF Tirana. They also had a successful Albanian Cup run as they eliminated Flamurtari Vlorë, KF Tirana and Dinamo Tirana to reach the final against KS Lushnja, which ended 0–0 after extra time and Teuta won the game 5–4 on penalties. They qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup in the following season, where they faced Austrian side SK Rapid Wien. They were eliminated following a 6–0 aggregate loss, after 4–0 and 2–0 losses.
Recent years
In November 2013 the president Hasanbelliu announced that the club had sold a 50% stake to Swiss company Gea Sport, who promised investment in the club in order to achieve domestic success as well as have good runs in Europe. The firm's first action as shareholders was to replace the Albanian coach Gugash Magani with the Italian Roberto Sorrentino, who became the club's first ever foreign coach.[5][6] Following less than 2 months as shareholders Gea Sport were instrumental in bringing in 11 players during the January transfer window, most of which were foreigners, in an attempt to push for the title. On 24 February 2014, Sorrentino was fired as the first team coach following a string of poor results. The club announced the appointment of Ilir Daja the day after Sorrentino's departure.[7]
Stadium
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The club play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium which was built in 1965 and currently has a capacity of around 13,000. The stadium was previously known as the Lokomotiva Stadium between 1958 and 1991 during Communism while the club was named Lokomotiva Durrës. The stadium has also been host to the Albania national team in 2010 where they played a friendly against Uzbekistan.[8] During the 2013–14 season, according to the club's official website the average league attendance was 2,638.
Record transfers
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Template:Flagicon Emiljano Vila | Template:Flagicon Dinamo Zagreb | €250k | 2009 |
| 2. | Template:Flagicon Labinot Haliti | Template:Flagicon ŁKS Łódź | €200k | 2007 |
| 3. | Template:Flagicon Sherif Kallaku | Template:Flagicon NK Lokomotiva | €150k | 2020 |
| 4. | Template:Flagicon Elmando Gjini | Template:Flagicon FC Ballkani | €120k | 2024 |
| 5. | Template:Flagicon Arbër Çyrbja | Template:Flagicon KF Kukësi | €100k | 2018 |
| 6. | Template:Flagicon Ledio Beqja | Template:Flagicon ETO FC Győr | €100k | 2024 |
Honours
- Kategoria Superiore
- Albanian Cup
- Albanian Supercup
- Kategoria e Parë
- Winners: 1959, 1961
- Sporti Popullor Cup
- Winners: 1982
- Ylli Cup
- Winners: 1985
Supporters
Teuta's fans are known as Djemtë e Detit 1994 (Boys of the Sea).[9] and PIRATËT 2016 (PIRATES 2016) and MARINSAT 2017 (MARINSAT 2017)
European record
- QR = Qualifying Round
- 1R = First Round
- 2R = Second Round
- 3QR = Trerd Round
Players
Current squad
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Current staff
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| President | Template:Flagicon Fatos Troplini |
| Director | Template:Flagicon Renato Arapi |
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Enkeleid Dobi |
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Endri Vrapi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Bledjan Rizvani |
| Head Of Youth | Template:Flagicon Gentian Begeja |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Mirban Gorenca |
| Physiotherapist & Doctor | Template:Flagicon Ervin Shembitraku |
| Doctor | Template:Flagicon Neritan Myderrizi |
Records
- Biggest ever victory: Teuta Durrës 16–0 KF Elbasani (17 April 1932), (1932 Superliga)
- Biggest ever defeat: Teuta Durrës 0–9 KF Tirana (15 April 1934), (1934 Superliga)
- Highest league points tally: 67 points from 33 games (2006–07 Superliga)
- Lowest league points tally: 4 points from 10 games (1946 Superliga)
- Best league goal difference: +28 from 34 games (1995–96 Superliga)
- Worst league goal difference: -22 from 18 games (1937 Superliga)
- Most league wins: 20 wins from 34 games (1995–96 Superliga)
- Least league wins: 1 win from 10 games (1946 Superliga)
- Most league losses: 16 losses (1989–90), (2004–05), (2005–06 Superliga)
- Least league losses: 1 loss from 8 games (1931 Superliga)
List of managers
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- Template:Flagicon Adem Karapici (1956–1957)
- Template:Flagicon Skënder Jareci (1960)
- Template:Flagicon Tom Gjini (1963–1964)
- Template:Flagicon Loro Boriçi (1965–1967)
- Template:Flagicon Refik Resmja (1971–1973)
- Template:Flagicon Skënder Jareci (1970s)
- Template:Flagicon Bejkush Birçe (1980s)
- Template:Flagicon Kristaq Toçi (1990–1991)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Miha (1992–1993)
- Template:Flagicon Haxhi Ballgjini (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Bashkim Koka (1994–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Shkëlqim Muça (Jul 1, 1996 – Jun 30, 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Enver Shehu (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (1999–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Hysen Dedja (2001)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Zalla (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Vasil Bici (Jun 1, 2003 – Sep 18, 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (Sep 18, 2003 – Mar 13, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica (Mar 20, 2004 – Jun 1, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Edmond Zalla (Jul 1, 2004 – Sep 28, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica (Sep 29, 2004 – Oct 4, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Neptun Bajko (Oct 15, 2004 – Feb 27, 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica (Feb 27, 2005 – Jun 1, 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (Jul 1, 2005 – Feb 24, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica (Mar 1, 2006 – Mar 18, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Alfred Ferko (Mar 19, 2006 – Jun 1, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Sulejman Starova (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Hysen Dedja (July 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Gentian Begeja (Oct 1, 2007 – Nov 27, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Kristaq Mile (Nov 28, 2007 – Jun 1, 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Sulejman Starova (Aug 24, 2008 – May 30, 2009)
- Template:Flagicon Mirel Josa (Jul 1, 2009 – Jan 31, 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Ylli Shehu (Feb 4, 2010 – Jun 3, 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Edi Martini (Jun 9, 2010 – May 24, 2011)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (May 27, 2011 – Sep 3, 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Gentian Begeja (Sep 14, 2012 – Jan 22, 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Gugash Magani (Jan 28, 2013 – Nov 16, 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Sorrentino (Nov 18, 2013 – Feb 24, 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Ilir Biturku (Feb 25, 2014 – May 30, 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika (Jun 5, 2014 – Nov 24, 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Gentian Begeja (Nov 24, 2014 – May 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Gugash Magani (Jun 2, 2015 – May 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Julian Ahmataj (Jun 2016 – Jul 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Hito Hitaj (Jul 2016 – Sep 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Cesare Beggi (Sep 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Cevoli (Oct 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Gugash Magani (Oct 2016 – Dec 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica (Dec 2017 – Feb 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Gentian Begeja (Feb 2018 – May 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Bledi Shkëmbi (Jun 2018 – Dec 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Edi Martini (Dec 2019 – Nov 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Renato Arapi (Nov 2021 – Dec 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Edi Martini (Dec 2021 – Jan 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Renato Arapi (Jan 2022 – Sep 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Bledi Shkëmbi (Sep 2022 – Nov 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Edi Martini (Nov 2022 – Jun 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Diego Longo (Jun 2023 – Sep 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Edi Martini (Sep 2023 – Jan 2025)
- Template:Flagicon Bledar Devolli (Jan 2025 – Feb 2025)
- Template:Flagicon Bledar Hodo (Feb 2025 – May 2025)
- Template:Flagicon Enkeleid Dobi (Jul 2025 – )
Title winning managers
| Name | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Haxhi Ballgjini | 1993–94 | 1993-94 Albanian Superliga |
| Template:Flagicon Bashkim Koka | 1994–96 | 1994–95 Albanian Cup |
| Template:Flagicon Hasan Lika | 1999–03 | 1999–2000 Albanian Cup |
| Template:Flagicon Stavri Nica | 2005 | 2004–05 Albanian Cup |
| Template:Flagicon Edi Martini | 2019–2021 | 2019–20 Albanian Cup, 2020 Albanian Supercup, 2020–21 Kategoria Superiore |
External links
- Teuta Durrës Template:Webarchive at EUFO.de
References
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- ↑ Edmond Hasanbelliu at KFTeuta.com Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Teuta zyrtarizon trajnerin italian, Sorrentino: Kam projekt 3-vjeçar, dua titullin kampion Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Magani largohet nga Teuta, vjen Sorrentino Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Daja trajner i Teutës, shkarkohet Sorrentino Template:Webarchive
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