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FK Vllaznia
Full name	Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia Shkodër
Nickname(s)	Kuqeblutë
Founded	1919
Ground	Loro-Boriçi Stadium,; Shkodër, Albania; (Capacity: 20,300)
Chairman	Valter Fushaj
Manager	Roland Luçi
League	Albanian Superliga
2008-09	2nd
Home colours	Away colours

Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia Shkodër (Vllaznia) is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KS Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007-08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition. Vllaznia play at the Loro-Boriçi Stadium.

[edit] History

It was founded in 1919. Vllazni is the oldest football team in Albania. In 1929 the club was named "Bashkimi Shkodran". The debut in the league was in 1930. In 1958 it was renamed “KS Vllaznia “. In the European Cup for Champions 1978/79 they beat Austrian team Austria Wien (who went on to the semifinals) 2-0 at home but lost 3-4 on aggregate. In the Cup Winners Cup of 1987/88 they reached the second round after beating Sliema Wanderes from Malta in both games (aggregate 6-0). In the 2001/2002 UEFA Champions league qualifying they beat KR Reykjavik from Iceland before they were eliminated by the Turkish club Galatasaray. German Uli Schulze, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner with 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974, was appointed as new coach in summer 2006. He was later replaced by Mirel Josa who is currently appealing a six month ban for leading his side off the field in protest at a controversial goal in the final game of last season.

[edit] Achievements

Albanian Premier League: 9

1945, 1946, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1992, 1998 and 2001

Albanian Cup: 6

1965, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1987 and 2008

Albanian Supercup: 2

1998 and 2001

[edit] KF Vllaznia in Europe

As of July 23, 2009.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1978/79	UEFA European Cup	1R	Austria Wien	2-0	1-4
1987/88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Sliema Wanderers	2-0	4-0
		2R	RoPS	0-1	0-1
1991/92	UEFA Cup	1R	AEK Athens	0-1	0-2
1998/99	UEFA Champions League	QR	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	3-1	0-3
1999/00	UEFA Cup	QR	Spartak Trnava	1-1	0-2
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Nea Salamis	1-2	1-4
2001/02	UEFA Champions League	1QR	KR Reykjavik	1-0	1-2
		2QR	Galatasaray	1-4	0-2
2003/04	UEFA Cup	QR	Dundee FC	0-2	0-4
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Hapoel Beer Sheva	1-2	3-0
		2R	NK Slaven Belupo	1-0	0-2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	NK Zagreb	1-0	1-2
		2R	Trabzonspor	0-4	0-6
2008/09	UEFA Cup	1QR	FC Koper	0-0	2-1
		2QR	S.S.C. Napoli	0-3	0-5
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Sligo Rovers	1-1	2-1
		2QR	Rapid Wien	0-3	0-5

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

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Armir Grimaj
2	DF	Dritan Smajlaj
3	DF	Željko Mrvaljević
4	DF	Ardit Beqiri
5	DF	Safet Osja
5	DF	Blažo Rajović
7	MF	Ndriçim Shtubina
8	MF	Leandro Teófilo
9	FW	Vioresin Sinani
10	MF	Fitim Kasapi
10	MF	Enkeleid Alikaj
11	MF	Ansi Nika
12	GK	Ervin Hallunaj
13	DF	Rrahman Hallaçi

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Armando Vajushi
16	MF	Alis Baci
18	DF	Elvin Beqiri
19	FW	Bekim Balaj
20	MF	Ilir Nallbani
22	MF	Edmond Doci
25	GK	Olsi Bishani
28	MF	Edon Hasani
	DF	Blerim Rrustemi
	FW	Elham Galica
	FW	Erjon Rizvanolli
	FW	Arenc Dibra
	MF	Erbet Hotaj
	MF	Abaz Karakaçi

[edit] Former notable players

[edit] External links