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{{Short description|Albanian footballer (1908–1976)}}
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'''Selman Stërmasi''' (9 May 1908 – 9 October 1976) was an Albanian ] player and coach who was an instrumental figure in the early history of ]. He is generally considered to be one of the club's greatest figures and KF Tirana along with the ] honoured him in 1990 by renaming the Dinamo Stadium to the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=SK Tirana|url=http://digilander.libero.it/sktirana/english/whatis.htm|publisher=digilander.libero.it|accessdate=13 April 2011|author=Erlet Shehi}}</ref>


In 1934 he won the record of jumping ({{convert|1.71|m|ftin|abbr=on|disp=or}}).<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004224735/http://www.zeriyt.com/revista-sportive/selman-stermasi-emri-qe-vlen-me-shume-se-nje-stadium-t65496.0.html |date=4 October 2011 }}</ref>
'''Selman Stermasi''' - The man that gave everything for ], an ]n ] team, playing in the capital, ].


==Club career==
"Selman Stermasi" is the name of the home stadium for SK Tirana (capacity 10.000).
Stërmasi was born in ] on 9 May 1908 to a wealthy family of traditional Albanian patriots, where he grew up surrounded by patriotic sentiment and sport. At the age of just 17 in 1925 he became an executive committee member of the Agimi Sports Society, and two years later he would initiate the renaming of the club to Sportklub Tiranë. In 1928 he moved to ] to study at the ], before returning to Tiranë in 1930 to participate in the ],<ref> - Panorama {{in lang|sq}}</ref> where he was player-manager in the title winning team.


In 1939, he negotiated the sales of SK Tirana players ] and ] to Italian clubs ] and ] respectively, and despite the Italian clubs offering Stërmasi 60% of the transfer fees he waived these fees in order to give it all to the players themselves in order to set up their new lives in ].
Selman Stermasi, passionate, addicted to sport returned in homeland on 1930s after finishing studies in Roma for Physical Culture. Vigorous and indefatigable he gathers friends and mates addicted to sport and leads the sport’s drift SK Tirana. In these years SK Tirana collects many titles of national championship. It won six championships from seven. The contribution of Selman Stermasi is extraordinary in these titles. He is stupendous not only as a footballer but also as trainer and manager of club, together with the others names as: A.Karapici, Sh. Ndroqi, I. Dashi, Xh.Kashari, S. Lleshi, H. Begeja, H. Korça, M. Petrela, A. Hobdari, R. Gurashi, I. Gjinali, F. Janku, ], ], etc.


He was married to Nazihe Stërmasi until he passed in 1976.
Selman Stermasi was the man with contemporary culture and with great organization capability. He was initiator and organizer of the first football market of SK Tirana, N. Kryeziu and R. Lushta signed regular contracts with known Italian clubs as: Bari and Roma and after this Riza Lushta begun to play with FC Juventus team, Naim Kryeziu with colors of AC Roma in 1942 which was declared champion of Italy. Although after 1944, his capability and activity were disclaimed from dictatorial regime, Selman Stermasi has been and continues to be one of the most known personality not only in SK Tirana, but also in Albanian Football among years.


==Honours==
At last the name of this foremost personality of Albanian football has taken deserved place. The stadium was given his name “Selman Stermasi” due to the insistence of the well-wishers, funs, headship of FK Tirana, Tirana association and in collaboration with Municipal., His work, effort and contribution has never been forgotten, although loads of years has passed.
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Selman Stërmasi
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-05-09)9 May 1908
Place of birth Tiranë, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Date of death 9 October 1976(1976-10-09) (aged 68)
Place of death Tiranë, Albania
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1930 Roma
1930–1937 Sportklub Tiranë
Managerial career
1930–1937 Sportklub Tiranë (player-manager)
1937–194x Sportklub Tiranë
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Selman Stërmasi (9 May 1908 – 9 October 1976) was an Albanian football player and coach who was an instrumental figure in the early history of KF Tirana. He is generally considered to be one of the club's greatest figures and KF Tirana along with the Albanian Football Association honoured him in 1990 by renaming the Dinamo Stadium to the Selman Stërmasi Stadium.

In 1934 he won the record of jumping (1.71 m or 5 ft 7 in).

Club career

Stërmasi was born in Tiranë on 9 May 1908 to a wealthy family of traditional Albanian patriots, where he grew up surrounded by patriotic sentiment and sport. At the age of just 17 in 1925 he became an executive committee member of the Agimi Sports Society, and two years later he would initiate the renaming of the club to Sportklub Tiranë. In 1928 he moved to Rome to study at the Fascist Male Academy of Physical Education, before returning to Tiranë in 1930 to participate in the first Albanian National Championship, where he was player-manager in the title winning team.

In 1939, he negotiated the sales of SK Tirana players Riza Lushta and Naim Kryeziu to Italian clubs Bari and Roma respectively, and despite the Italian clubs offering Stërmasi 60% of the transfer fees he waived these fees in order to give it all to the players themselves in order to set up their new lives in Italy.

He was married to Nazihe Stërmasi until he passed in 1976.

Honours

Sportklub Tiranë

References

  1. Erlet Shehi. "SK Tirana". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. Biography of Selman Stërmasi at zeriyt.com Archived 4 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 85 vjet më parë: Kampionati i 1-rë i Shqipërisë - Panorama (in Albanian)
  4. Albania - Championship Winning Teams - RSSSF
KF Tirana – managers
(i) = interim


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