KS Pogradeci ( sq, Klubi Sportiv Pogradeci) is a professional

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

based in

Pogradec Pogradec () is the eleventh most populous city in Albania and the capital of the eponymous municipality. It is located on a narrow plain between two mountain chains along the southwestern banks of the Lake of Ohrid. Its climate is profoundly inf ...

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 ...

. The club plays in the

Kategoria e Dytë Kategoria e Dytë is the third professional level of football in Albania. It was called the ''Second Division'' until 2003. Kategoria e Dytë has two groups, A and B. which are divided geographically. It is made up of 23 teams. The winners of each ...

, which is the third tier of football in the country.

History

The club was founded in 1932 with name Klubi Sportiv Dragoj Pogradeci. In the 1936 season, the club played for the first time in the highest league in

. During the largest part of the communist era, the club was known as ''KS Ylli i Kuq Pogradeci''. The greatest success of club history is the achievement of the semi-finals of the

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

in the 1992–93 season. Name History 1932 - 1947: KS Dragoj Pogradeci 1947 - 1949: KS Spartak Pogradeci 1949 - 1950: KS Pogradeci 1950 - 1958: KS Spartak Pogradeci 1958 - 1992: KS Ylli i Kuq Pogradeci 1992 - recent: KS Pogradeci

Stadium

The club has played its home matches at the Gjorgji Kyçyku Stadium since 1932.

Honours and achievements

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 ...

** Champions (3): 1963–64, 1990–91, 2010–11 *

** Champions (2): 1959–60, 1984–85 **Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Players

Current squad

Staff

Recent seasons

References

KS Pogradeci Soccerway

KS Pogradeci Matches

KS Pogradeci Squad

KS Pogradeci Statistics

KS Pogradeci Transfers

KS Pogradeci Trophies

KS Pogradeci Venue

External links

FutbolliShqiptar.net

Albanian Soccer News
{{Football in Albania Football clubs in Albania, Pogradeci Association football clubs established in 1932 1932 establishments in Albania Sport in Pogradec Albanian Third Division clubs Kategoria e Dytë clubs