KF Teuta Durrës

KF Teuta Durrës

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Teuta Durrës
Nickname(s)	Djemtë e Detit (Sea Boys)
Founded	1920 (1920) as Klubi Sportiv Urani[1]
Ground	Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania
Ground Capacity	13,000[2]
President	Edmond Hasanbelliu
Manager	Gugash Magani
League	Albanian Superliga
2014–15	Albanian Superliga, 8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës is an Albanian football team based in the city of Durrës. They currently compete in the Albanian Superliga and they play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium.

The club was founded in 1925 as Klubi Sportiv Urani, 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 Albanian Superliga once in 1994, and they have also won the Albanian Cup three times, as well as three Albanian Supercups.

History

• 1920: KS Urani
• 1922: SK Durrës
• 1930: KS Teuta Durrës
• 1946: KS Ylli i Kuq Durrës
• 1950: SK Durrës
• 1951: KS Puna Durrës
• 1958: KS Lokomotiva Durrës
• 1991: KS Teuta Durrës

Early history

The club was founded in 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani, which literally translates to Uranium Sport Clup, and they changed their name to Sport Klub Durrës just two years later. 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.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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 KS 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 Durrës.^[6]

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Dashi

Disha

Abazi

Vila

Mehmeti

Aliu

Zalla

Franholli

Koça

The 1994 Albanian Cup final second leg lineup against KF Tirana.

Hasanbelliu era

In 1999 local businessman and owner of Eurotech Cement Edmond Hasanbelliu was named as the new president of the club, and 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.^[7] 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 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 elimated 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.^[8][9] 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.^[10]

Stadium

The club play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium which was built in 1925 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.^[11] During the 2013–14 season, according to the club's official website the average league attendance was 2,638.

Honours

• Albanian Superliga:
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (6): 1931, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2011–12

• Albanian Cup:
  • Winners (3): 1994–95, 1999–00, 2004–05
  • Runners-up (6): 1957, 1974–75, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07

• Albanian Supercup
  • Runners-up (3): 1994, 2000, 2005

• Albanian First Division:
  • Winners (2): 1959, 1961

• Sporti Popullor Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1982

• Ylli Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1985

Supporters

Teuta's fans are known as Djemtë e Detit 1994 (Boys of the Sea).^[12]

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95	UEFA Cup	QR		Apollon Limassol	1–4	2–4	3–8
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR		TPS Turku	3–0	0–1	3–1
		1R		AC Parma	0–2	0–2	0–4
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1QR		FC Kosice	1–4	1–2	2–6
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		IA Akranes	2–1	1–5	3–6
2000–01	UEFA Cup	2QR		SK Rapid Wien	0–4	0–2	0–6
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Valletta	0–0	2–1	2–1
		2R		Gloria Bistriţa	1–0	0–3	1–3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		FK ZTS Dubnica	0–0	0–4	0–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1QR		NK Široki Brijeg	3–1	0–3	3–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1QR		NK Slaven Belupo	2–2	2–6	4–8
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1QR		FC Metalurgi Rustavi	0–3	1–6	1–9
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1QR		Dacia Chişinău	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)

• QR = Qualifying Round
• 1R = 1st Round
• 2R = 2nd Round

Current squad

As of 10 February 2016^[13]

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 Bledjan Rizvani (Captain) 2 DF Dajan Shehi 3 DF Silvester Shkalla 3 DF Kladi Shala 4 DF Slavko Lukić 5 DF Rustem Hoxha (vice-captain) 7 MF Arber Cyrbja 7 MF Giovanni Hoxha 8 MF Nazmi Gripshi 9 MF Klaudio Hyseni 10 MF Nijaz Lena 11 FW Klejdi Hyka 12 GK Shpëtim Moçka 14 DF Erand Hoxha

No. Position Player 14 DF Armando Bashhysa 15 DF Blerim Kotobelli 16 FW Artur Magani 17 FW Eri Lamçja 18 MF Florian Kadriu (on loan from KF Tirana) 19 MF Fabian Beqja 20 MF Ledio Myrtezani 22 DF Bruno Dita 27 MF Ardit Hila 29 MF Emiljano Musta 30 MF Bledar Hodo 31 GK Marat Rexhepaj 88 FW Jhonatan Bernardo

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)

Managers

Name	Period	Notes
Haxhi Ballgjini	1993–94	1993-94 Albanian Superliga
Shkëlqim Muça	July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1997
Hasan Lika	1999–03	1999–2000 Albanian Cup
Vasil Bici	June 1, 2003 – Sept 18, 2003
Hasan Lika	Sept 18, 2003 – March 13, 2004
Stavri Nica	March 20, 2004 – June 1, 2004
Edmond Zalla	July 1, 2004 – Sept 28, 2004
Stavri Nica	Sept 29, 2004 – Oct 4, 2004
Neptun Bajko	Oct 4, 2004 – Jan 27, 2005
Stavri Nica	Jan 27, 2005 – June 1, 2005	2004–05 Albanian Cup
Hasan Lika	July 1, 2005 – March 1, 2006
Stavri Nica	March 1, 2006 – March 18, 2006
Alfred Ferko	March 18, 2006 – June 1, 2006
Hasan Lika	July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007
Hysen Dedja	July 1, 2006 – Sept 30, 2007
Gentjan Begeja	Sept 30, 2007 – Nov 28, 2007
Kristaq Mile	Nov 28, 2007 – June 1, 2008
Sulejman Starova	Aug 24, 2008 – May 30, 2009
Mirel Josa	July 1, 2009 – Jan 30, 2010
Ylli Shehu	Feb 4, 2010 – June 3, 2010
Edi Martini	June 9, 2010 – May 24, 2011
Hasan Lika	May 27, 2011 – Sept 12, 2012
Gentjan Begeja	Sept 14, 2012 – Jan 22, 2013
Gugash Magani	Jan 28, 2013 – Nov 16, 2013
Roberto Sorrentino	Nov 18, 2013 – Feb 24, 2014
Ilir Biturku	Feb 25, 2014 – May 30, 2014
Hasan Lika	June 5, 2014–June, 2 2015
Gugash Magani	June, 2 2015–current

References

External links

• Teuta Durrës at EUFO.DE