KF Tirana B

KF Tirana B
Full name Klubi i Futbollit Tirana B
Nickname(s) Tirona
Founded January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
Ground National Sports Centre
Kamëz, Tiranë
Ground Capacity 50
Chairman Refik Halili
Head Coach Krenar Alimehmeti
League Albanian Second Division
2013–14 Albanian Third Division, 1st
Website Club home page
Active branches of KF Tirana
Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Football (B team) Football (Youth)
Futsal Basketball Volleyball (Men's) Volleyball (Women's)

Klubi i Futbollit Tirana B is an Albanian football club based in Tiranë. The club is the B team of Albania's most successful club KF Tirana, and it was originally founded in 1932 but had since dissolved before it was refounded on 22 January 2013.

History

In 1932, ahead of the Albanian First Division campaign that was to take place, Sportklub Tiranë decided to put together a reserve team to participate in the first officially recognised reserves competition held in Albania. They competed in Group A along with reserve teams of Teuta Durrës, Bashkimi Shkodran, SK Elbasani and Skënderbeu Korçë. Sportklub Tiranë B, as the club was known at the time won the competition, but were not eligible to compete in the championship finals for the main Albanian First Division title and promotion to the Albanian Superliga. The following year the Albanian Football Association held the same competition, in which Sportklub Tiranë B won once again in the second and final year. The team dissolved in 1933 and the players either joined the youth team of Sportklub Tiranë or the first team. New B teams were recreated over the years, notably in 1980 where a team was recreated in order to compete in a friendly cup competition held by the Albanian Football Association, in which the team won.

On 22 January 2013 the first official KF Tirana reserve team was founded as a result of a decision undertaken by the Municipality of Tirana to restructure the club's academy system as well as to improve the efficiency and image of the club as a whole. The team was formed in order to allow younger players to gain first team experience in the lower divisions of Albanian football, and also for first team players to prepare for first team games through featuring in reserve games as players from the first team, under-19s and under-17s are eligible to play for the B team.[1] The club was officially registered to the Albanian Football Association on the same day as its foundation, and they competed in the Albanian Third Division in the 2012–13 season, which is the fourth and lowest tier of the Albanian Football Association competitions. The club's first manager was named as former KF Tirana player Ardian Mema, who guided the club to a third-place finish in the 2012–13 Albanian Third Division campaign. The following season the club finished top of Group A and reached the championship final against Teuta Durrës B, in which they won 2–0 through a brace scored by Franci Kosova, which handed KF Tirana B their first officially recognised honour and promotion to the Albanian Second Division.[2]

Stadium

KF Tirana plays most of its official and friendly games mainly at the Selman Stërmasi stadium in Tirana. The Selman Stërmasi Stadium was built in 1956 and was previously named the 'Dinamo' Stadium till 1991 when it was permanently given its new name. The Football Association of Albania and the club decided to name the stadium post mortem after the eminent KF Tirana player, coach and president, Selman Stërmasi. The stadium has a capacity of 12,500 (of which 6000 seated) and has recently ended a long phase of construction, involving development of the main pitch, central seated area, facilities around the ground and general lineaments. There are still improvements expected to be made soon, as side seated areas, an electronic clock and a KF Tirana shopping centre just under central seated. The internal facilities include a press conference room, journalists' corner and modern showers. The main parking area is located at the front of the stadium, which leads to the entrance. The whole external part of the stadium is surrounded by a 9 ft rail fence.[3][4]

Honours

Current squad

As of 22 November 2015

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

No. Position Player
1 Albania GK Miges Cara
3 Albania DF Rei Shpuza
5 Albania DF Elvis Lala (Captain)
6 Albania DF Mario Lila
9 Albania DF Anxhelo Kurti
10 Albania MF Emrush Kaloshi
11 Albania MF Dejvis Cangu
13 Albania MF Remzijon Keqi
16 Albania MF Henrik Muçollari
No. Position Player
17 Albania FW Ergys Arifi
19 Albania FW Jon Zajmi
4 Albania DF Artis Lala
8 Albania FW Glen Maci
12 Albania GK Prodan Hasani
15 Albania DF Marin Rada
18 Albania MF Rigers Kurtaj
23 Albania MF Andi Keqi
44 Albania DF Senad Sallaku

Managers

Current technical staff

Recent seasons

Year Division Position
2012–13 Albanian Third Division 3
2013–14 Albanian Third Division 1
2014–15 Albanian Second Division 9
2015–16 Albanian Second Division

Albanian Second Division

League table

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Internacional Tirana 7 2 1 4 5 7 −2 7
9 Sukthi 7 2 1 4 9 12 −3 7
10 Gramshi 7 2 0 5 7 9 −2 6
11 Luzi 2008 7 1 1 5 3 9 −6 4 Play-out relegation to 2016–17 Albanian Third Division
12 Tirana B 7 1 1 5 12 21 −9 4 Relegation to 2016–17 Albanian Third Division
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2015. Source: FSHF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)

References

  1. ↑ Risia, themelohet “Tirana B”
  2. ↑ Tirana B, kampione e Kategorise III
  3. ↑ "Selman Stermasi Stadium". Kftirana.info. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Group A ranking". FSHF. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Ardian Mema: Ju rrëfej ambiciet e Tiranës B

External links

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