KS Dinamo Tirana

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KS Dinamo Tirana

Full name

Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana

Founded

1950

Ground

Selman Stërmasi stadium
Tirana, Albania
(Capacity 12,900)

Chairman

Besnik Sulaj

Manager

Ilir Daja

League

Albanian premier league

2007/08

1st





Home colours





Away colours

Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950.

They are regarded as one of Albania's top teams having won:

Albanian Premier League: 17

(1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1966-67, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1989-90, 2001-02,and 2007-2008)

Albanian Cup: 13

(1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990 and 2003).

They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team SK Tirana. In 1995 the team was renamed KS Olimpik Tirana; in 1997 they returned to their original name.

The club is regarded as one of Albania's top teams having won the Albanian Premier League 17 times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1966-67, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1985-86, 1989-90, 2001-02, and 2007-2008) and Albanian Cup 13 times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990 and 2003). In the 2006-07 first qualifying round for the UEFA-cup the club was eliminated by CSKA Sofia from Bulgaria (1-5 aggregate). Zoran Kastel was the goalscorer. After finishing third in the table 2005/06, KS Dinamo Tirana named Faruk Sejdini as their new coach. One of Albania's best teachers of footballing fundamentals, he had a spell at the club last term before being dismissed by president Besnik Sulaj. Having returned following a spell at KS Shkumbini, Sejdini said: "It's nice to be back." On October 23, 2006, Faruk Sejdini was fired. At the start of the 2007/08 season, Agim Canaj took over as head coach. He has been replaced by Ilir Daja who lead Dinamo towards the championship title, after a dramatic win against Partizani 2:1 in the final match, playing for 36 minutes with 9 players.

1 Starting lineup 2007/2008
2 Current squad
3 KS Dinamo Tirana in Europe
4 External links

[edit] Starting lineup 2007/2008

Kotorri

Papa Diop

Vinčetić

Alechenwu

Pisha

Ishka

Kuli

Mile

Allmuça

Pejić

Pema

The 4-4-2 lineup. Dinamo Tirana's Starting Lineup in The Kategoria superiore.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
	GK	Elvis Kotorri
12	GK	Alban Hoxha
	DF	Abraham Alechenwu
	DF	Arjan Pisha
23	DF	Albaye Papa Diop
	DF	Nertil Ferraj
	DF	Gentian Verli
4	DF	Goran Vinčetić
	DF	Dario Bodrušić
	DF	Etien Ahmetaj
	MF	Igli Allmuça

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Goran Granić
	MF	Klevis Bejtja
18	MF	Sokol Ishka
13	MF	Artion Poci
	FW	Artim Polozani (on loan from TuS Koblenz)
	FW	Pero Pejić
	FW	Bekim Kuli
	FW	Eleandro Pema

[edit] KS Dinamo Tirana in Europe

QR = Qualifying Round
R1 = 1st Round
R2 = 2nd Round

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1971/72	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Austria Wien	1-1	0-1
1980/81	UEFA European Cup	R1	AFC Ajax	0-2	0-1
1981/82	UEFA Cup	R1	Carl Zeiss Jena	1-0	0-4
1982/83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Aberdeen FC	0-0	0-1
1985/86	UEFA Cup	R1	Hamrun Spartans	1-0	0-0
		R2	Sporting CP	0-0	0-1
1986/87	UEFA European Cup	R1	Beşiktaş JK	0-1	0-2
1989/90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	PFC Chernomorets Burgas	4-0	1-3
		R1	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	1-0	0-2
1990/91	UEFA European Cup	R1	Olympique Marseille	0-0	1-5
2001/02	UEFA Cup	QR1	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	1-3	0-1
2002/03	UEFA Champions League	QR1	FBK Kaunas	0-0	3-2
		QR2	Brøndby IF	0-4	0-1
2003/04	UEFA Cup	QR	KSC Lokeren	0-4	1-3
2004/05	UEFA Cup	QR1	Oţelul Galaţi	1-4	0-4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	NK Varteks	2-1	1-4
2006/07	UEFA Cup	QR1	CSKA Sofia	0-1	1-4

[edit] External links

Albanian Superliga 2007-08

v • d • e

Besa Kavajë	Besëlidhja Lezhë	Dinamo Tirana	Elbasani
Flamurtari Vlorë	Kastrioti Krujë	Partizani Tirana	Shkumbini Peqin
Skënderbeu Korçë	Teuta Durrës	KF Tirana	Vllaznia Shkodër