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Football club

KF Lushnja

Full name

Klubi Sportiv Lushnja

Nickname(s)

Delegatët
Lagunarët
Traktori

Founded

27 July 1930; 94 years ago (1930-07-27) as Kongresi i Lushnjës

Ground

Roza Haxhiu Stadium

Capacity

8,000

President

Eriselda Sefa

Manager

Erjon Xhafa

League

Kategoria e Parë

2023−24

Kategoria e Parë, 9th

Home colours

Away colours

KF 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 Kategoria e Parë.

History

Early years

The club was originally formed in 1930 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.

Traktori Lushnja

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. Following the fall of communism in 1991, the club was named KS Lushnja. Argentinian World Cup-winning forward Mario Kempes made his full-time coaching debut in Albania with a brief spell at the club in 1997.

Modern day

The team has had good reputation in the start of 1991 when the communism regime collapsed and before it. The team was in the Albanian Superliga for many times and came in and out many times. The most Notable Manager known as Mario Kempes in 1997. Since the start of the team they never were in a European Championship. In 2017 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 with the most losses in the group.

Supporters

Ultras Delegatët
Established	January 21, 2012
Type	Supporters' group
Club	KS Lushnja
Motto	Pertej rezultatit
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

Main article: Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium

Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium is Home to the team known as KS Lushnja. This is an 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 it was renovated was 2017 to enter the Albanian Superliga with seats in the VIP area.

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.

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

Honours

Kategoria e Parë (6): 1960, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2012–13

Current squad

As of 31 January 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALB	Saugli Alimucaj
2	DF	ALB	Paolo Kasmollari
3	MF	ALB	Ledion Ruço
4	DF	ALB	Ronald Disha
6	DF	ALB	Dejan Andoni
8	FW	ALB	Damiano Arapi
9	FW	ALB	Kristian Preknicaj
10	FW	ALB	Mikel Canka (captain)
11	MF	ALB	Henri Sulovari
14	DF	ALB	Adriatik Basha
15	FW	ALB	Serxhio Tabaku
19	MF	NGA	James Ayinde (on loan from Egnatia)
20	MF	ALB	Altin Kananaj


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	ALB	Anxhelo Duka
22	GK	ALB	Oltjan Haremi
25	MF	ALB	Endrien Magani
26	MF	FRA	Mathieu Leroux
27	FW	ALB	Ervis Gjyla
34	DF	ENG	Granit Islami
70	FW	ALB	Erjon Dragoj
77	DF	ALB	Ylber Muca
—	MF	BRA	Henrique Quadros
—	FW	ALB	Orjel Murati
—	FW	CIV	Ibrahim Romeo Olola
—	FW	LBR	Jerryson Faithboy Willie

Out on loan

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