KF Shkëndija Tiranë is an

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club based in

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, and is the football team of the Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi. The academy is famous for being one of the most successful in the country and has produced 35 Albanian international footballers. The club's glory days were in the 1970s where they were regulars in the

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and were featured in the

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in 1971–72. In 1986, the club was renamed Studenti ILFK Tirana, but was reverted to Shkëndija Tiranë. The club currently competes in the

Kategoria e Tretë Kategoria e Tretë is the fourth and lowest professional level of football in Albania. In the 2022−23 season Kategoria e Tretë has 13 teams participating, split in 2 groups. The winners of each group earn the right to be promoted to the Kategor ...

History

In December 2010,

Sulejman Mema Sulejman Haxhi Mema (born 17 November 1955) is a former player and manager of Tirana Youth. He has also been head of refereeing at the Football Association of Albania. International career He made his debut for Albania in an April 1983 Europe ...

took over the club, as principal of the Loro Boriçi School. The club uses the Albania national team sport centre in

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Tiranë Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea ...

for training and matches.

Honours

Under-17s

*Tirana U17 Championship: 2012–13

Under-19s

*National U19 Championship (15): **1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2002–2003, 2012–13, 2018-2019Shkëndija U-19 fiton titullin kampion pas 10 vitesh

References

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