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club located in the city of

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. Their home ground is the Alush Noga Stadium and they currently compete in the

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History

Punëtori Patos

The club was founded in 1947 under the name ''Patosi'', which was renamed to ''Puna Patos'' between 1951 and 1958, which was again renamed to ''Punëtori Patos'' in 1958. They first played in the

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in 1974. In 1990, they were finalists in the Albanian National Cup, where they lost to FK Partizani.Sporti – Bashkia Patos
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Albpetrol Patos

In 1992, the club was taken over by petroleum company

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, who changed the name of the club to ''Albpetrol Patos''. The first participation of the club in European football was in the 1993–94

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where they lost 1–3 on aggregate in the qualifying round against

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of Liechtenstein.

Honours

Kategoria e Parë Kategoria e Parë is the second level of professional football in Albania, behind the Kategoria Superiore and above the Kategoria e Dytë. Format Kategoria e Parë was founded in 1930. It is made up of 14 teams. The 2 best ranked teams gain prom ...

** Winners (1): 1973–74 *

** Winners (3):1962–63, 1964–65, 2012–13

European games

* QR = Qualifying Round

Current squad

Historical list of coaches

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(Aug 1992 – Jun 1995) * Vangjel Capo (Jul 1995 – Jun 1996) *

(Jul 1996 – Jun 1998) * Andrea Marko (2006) * Arben Ymeraj (2010 – 2012) * Marjol Miho (2019 – * Elidon Demiraj (Aug 2019 – Jun 2020) * Edison Kapo (Aug 2020 – Jun 2021)

References

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