Loro Boriçi
Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian association football forward and is regarded as one of Albania's football legends. He played mostly for Partizan Tirana (won the 1949 and 1954 Albanian title and scored 68 goals for them) and Vllaznia (won the 1945 Albanian title). Boriçi was the reserve of Silvio Piola in Italian Serie A with Lazio. He captained Albania in winning the 1946 Balkan Cup. Today, Loro-Boriçi Stadium in Shkodër is named in his honour. Playing career Club Born Lorenco Boriçi on 4 August 1922 in Shkodër, Albania, Boriçi was pursuing secondary studies in the Xaverian College of his city, and was only 15 when he played as part of the first team of Vllaznia in an August 1937 friendly against Dragoi Pogradec. He went to Italy, and registered at La Sapienza University, Rome, to pursue Jurisprudence studies, and in 1941, became part of the SS Lazio team, where he played in the first year with the ...
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Shkodër
Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkodër and the foothills of the Albanian Alps on the banks of Buna, Drin and Kir. Due to its proximity to the Adriatic Sea, Shkodër is affected by a seasonal Mediterranean climate with continental influences. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Balkans, Shkodër was founded under the name ''Scodra'' upon the traditional lands of the Illyrian tribes of the Ardiaei and Labeates in the 4th century BCE. It has historically developed on a hill strategically located in the outflow of Lake Shkodër into the Buna River. The Romans annexed the city after the third Illyrian War in 168 BCE, when Gentius was defeated by the Roman force of Anicius Gallus. In the 3rd century CE, Shkodër became the capital of Praevalitana, due to ...
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Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. Overview The first edition featured Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and was played over three years from 1929 to 1931. All teams played each other twice, home and away, and were awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, with final ranking table determining the winner. Romania won the first title with a game in hand after beating Yugoslavia 4–2. In the following tournaments the system saw significant changes, with teams playing each other only once, and instead of taking three years to complete it was shortened to just a single week. From 1932 to 1936 the competition was played every year with the same four teams until the outbreak of World War II. After a seven-year hiatus due to World War II, the competition was revived in 1946. Greece dropped out of the tourna ...
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Montenegro National Football Team
The Montenegro national football team ( cnr, Фудбалска репрезентација Црне Горе, Fudbalska reprezentacija Crne Gore) has represented Montenegro in international Association football, football since 2007. It is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro. Montenegro's home ground is Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica. Montenegro is one of the world's youngest international teams, having joined FIFA and UEFA in 2007, following the restoration of Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006, Montenegrin independence in 2006. Montenegro played its first official international match against Hungary national football team, Hungary in March 2007, and competed in their first FIFA World Cup qualifiers in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2010. History Formation Following the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, independence of Montenegro from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia was set to represent both ...
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Friendly Match
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. In team sports, matches of this type are often used to help coaches and managers select and condition players for the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for charities. Several sports leagues hold all-star games to showcase their best players a ...
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Flamurtari Vlorë
Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country. Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, and it is also one of the most successful clubs, having won one Albanian Superliga title in 1991 four Albanian Cups and two Albanian Supercups. Flamurtari is also known for their European runs in the 1980s, where they famously reached the last sixteen in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, where they beat Spanish giants Barcelona in Vlorë but lost on aggregate. History Foundation KS Flamurtari Vlorë were founded on 23 March 1923 as ''Shoqeria Sportive Vlorë'' with Milto Korçari as the club's first ever President, while Malo Ismaili held the role of the secretary and Faslli Zoga that of the financier. The club was created to make sports and especially football more organized and more popular. Its financial needs were covered by donations from the members or from dif ...
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1954 Albanian Superliga
The 1954 Albanian National Championship was the seventeenth season of the Kategoria Superiore, Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Partizani Tirana, Partizani won the championship. League standings Results References- List of final tables (RSSSF)
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1949 Albanian Superliga
The 1949 Albanian National Championship was the twelfth season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930. Overview It was contested by 9 teams, and Partizani won the championship. League standings * Vlora were withdraw from the league after two rounds. Note: 'Shkodra' is Vllaznia, 'Ylli i Kuq Durrësi' is KS Teuta Durrës, 'Tirana' is SK Tirana, 'Kavaja' is Besa, 'Korça' is Skënderbeu, 'Fieri' is Apolonia and 'Shijaku' is Erzeni Results References Kategoria Superiore seasons 1 Albania Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

KF Partizani
Futboll Klub Partizani, or FK Partizani for short, is an Albanian professional football club (association football), football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizani's current temporary home ground is Arena Kombëtare and the newly built stadium at Partizani Complex. The club first competed in an official competition in 1947 where they won the 1947 Albanian Superliga, Albania National Championship, thus being crowned the champions of Albania in their debut season as well as the following two seasons. In total the club have been Kategoria Superiore, national champions on 16 occasions between 1947 and 2019, which is the last time the club won the Kategoria Superiore. They have won 18 other officially recognised domestic honours, including 15 Albanian Cups as well as Albanian Second Division, Second Division. They are also the only Albanian club side to have won an internation ...
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1946 Albanian Superliga
The 1946 Albanian National Championship was the ninth season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Vllaznia won the championship. Regular season Group A Note: '17 Nëntori' is KF Tirana and 'Ylli i Kuq Durrës' is Teuta Group B Note: 'Bashkimi Elbasanas' is KS Elbasani, 'Shqiponja' is Luftëtari, 'Spartak Kuçova' is Naftëtari Finals ---- ReferencesAlbania - List of final tables (RSSSF) Kategoria Superiore seasons 1 Albania Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

1945 Albanian Superliga
The 1945 Albanian National Championship was the eighth season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930. Overview It was contested by 12 teams, and Vllaznia won the championship. Regular season Group A Group B Note: 'Ismail Qemali' is Flamurtari, 'Bashkimi Elbasanas' is KS Elbasani and 'Shqiponja' is Luftëtari. 'Ylli' and 'Liria' were short-lived military teams. Finals ---- ReferencesAlbania - List of final tables (RSSSF) Kategoria Superiore seasons 1 Albania Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

SS Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football. Lazio have been Italian champions twice (1974, 2000), and have won the Coppa Italia seven times, the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion. The club had their first major success in 1958, winning the domestic cup. In 1974, they won their first Serie A title. The 1990s were the most successful period in Lazio's history, with the team reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1998, winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999, and clinching the Serie A title in 2000. Due to a severe economic crisis in 2002 that forced president Sergio Cragnotti out of the club along with several star players being sold, Lazio's s ...
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