KS Selenica is an
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football
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club that was based in
Selenicë
Selenicë ( "Selițcă") is a municipality in Vlorë County, southwestern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Armen, Brataj, Kotë, Selenicë, Sevaster and Vllahinë, that bec ...
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Vlorë County
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. Their home ground is the
Selenicë Stadium
Selenicë Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Selenicë, Albania
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, which has a capacity of around 4,000. The club was founded in 1930 as KS 21 Shkurti and competes in the lower divisions of Albanian football, but they did compete in the
1991–92 Albanian National Championship under manager Sotir Seferaj as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the
Albanian Cup in the same season.
History
The club was founded in 1930 as ''KS 21 Shkurti Selenicë'' and they competed as an amateur team for the majority of their early history, playing against teams representing other towns and cities in Albania at the time. The club first competed in a national competition during the
1949 Albanian Second Division under the name SK Selenicë, where they competed in Group 11 of a 57-team tournament. They faced local sides Mifoli, Ndërmarrja Bujqësore e Shtetit Llakatundi and Narta in Group 11, but none of these sides progressed through to the next round. They competed in the same competing the
following season where they were knocked out in the first round by Narta in the first round after losing 1–0 and then 3–0 in a two-legged tie. In 1951, the club was forced by the
ruling communist party to change its name to ''Puna Selenicë''; Puna literally translates to 'work'. The club dissolved in 1997 due to financial difficulties. However, it reemerged in the
2019 season of the Kategoria e Tretë under the name KF Selenica.
Honours
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Kategoria e Dytë
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** Champions (1):
1988–89
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Kategoria e Tretë
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** Champions (1):
2019
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References
Football clubs in Albania
Defunct football clubs in Albania
Association football clubs established in 1930
1930 establishments in Albania
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