KF Ada is an

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 ...

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club based in the city of

Velipojë Velipojë ( sq-definite, Velipoja) is a village and a former municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Shkodër. The population at the 2011 census was 5,0 ...

which is situated in

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. The club's home ground is the

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and they currently compete in the

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History

The club was founded on 6 March 1996 as a sports society by Lazër Matia, Alfred Pjetri, Filip Kercunga, Marash Qytetza and Prend Përndreca. The name Ada derives from the

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island of

Ada Bojana Ada Bojana ( cnr, Ада Бојана, ; Albanian: Ishulli i Bunës) is an island in the Ulcinj Municipality in Montenegro. The name ''Ada'' means river island in Serbo-Croatian. The island is created by a river delta of the Bojana River. It is ...

in nearby

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. A previous club had existed in the city under the name KS Velipoja, which was run by the Municipality before funding was stopped and the team dissolved. KF Ada first competed in the

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, but they soon achieved promotion to the

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. In the 2004–05 season KF Ada reached the playoffs of the Second Division and beat

KS Burreli Klubi i Futbollit Burreli is an Albanian football club based in Burrel, Mat District. Their home ground is the Liri Ballabani Stadium and they compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History The club was founded in 1928, but was not an organised club ...

2–1 in the final to achieve promotion to the

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Women's team

National women's football competitions in Albania were first played out in the 2009/10 season. One season later Ada won the

Albanian Women's Cup The Albanian Women's Cup is the annual cup competition of women's football teams in Albania. It was established only in 2009 and is the second most important event after the Championship. Vllaznia have won the Cup 9 times, with four teams winning ...

and the

Albanian women's football championship The Albanian National Football Championship for Women (Albanian Language, Albanian: ''Kampionati Kombëtar i Futbollit për Femra''), primarily referred to as the Albanian Women's National Championship, is the highest division of women's associati ...

. The team then represented Albania in the

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2011−12 UEFA Women's Champions League was the eleventh edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held in the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany on 17 May 2012. As in the past two Champions League seasons, ...

. It was the very first time a team from Albania had entered the competition since its creation in 2001–02. They played three seasons in the Champions League, losing all their nine group matches with 0–34, 2–46 and 1–23 goals. The women's section disbanded after the 2012/13 season. The whole team and personal joined

KF Vllaznia Shkodër Klubi I Futbollit Vllaznia Shkodër, commonly known as Vllaznia is an Albanian football club based in the city of Shkodër. It is the association football branch of the Vllaznia Sports Club, which was founded on 16 February 1919. It is also the ...

where they established a new women's team. In its short history the teams has won the championship three times (2010, 2011, 2012) and won the cup once (2011).

Current squad

References

External links

Soccerway profile
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