KF Sopoti 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 ...

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Librazhd Librazhd ( sq-definite, Librazhdi) is a town and a municipality in Elbasan County, eastern Albania. The municipality was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Hotolisht, Librazhd, Lunik, Orenjë, Poli ...

. The club currently competes 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 ...

, the third tier of football in Albania.

History

They were founded in 1948 under the name ''KS Albania Tabak Librazhd'', and they play their home games at the

Sopoti Stadium Sopoti Stadium ( sq, Stadiumi Sopoti) is a multi-use stadium in Librazhd, Albania which is used as the home ground of local football club Sopoti Librazhd. It was built in 1964 and the 3,000 seater stadium has been Sopoti Librazhd's home ground ...

. The club is named after the nearby

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city ...

Mountain. They spent the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons in the ''Kategoria Superiore''. Before the 1996/97 season, they changed their name back to Albania Tabak Librazhd, only to change it to Sopoti Librazhd once more the next year.

Stadium

The club's home ground is the multi-use

which is situated in the centre of the town next to the municipality building. The stadium which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators was built in 1964 and has been the club's home ever since. The stadium is not currently fit for use but the

Albanian Football Association The Albanian Football Association ( sq, Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit; FSHF) is the governing body of football in Albania. The association is based in Tirana, Albania. It organises the national football leagues of the Albanian Superliga, the Fir ...

along with the Librazhd Municipality have drawn up initial plans to reconstruct the stadium in its entirety, but such plans have yet to be materialised due to a lack of funding. As of the 2014–15 season, the stadium does not meet the current

's standard requirements, due to the outdated and run down nature of the building as well as the field.Skandal në Librazhd, fusha kthehet në “moçal”
In the 2017–18 season, Kf Sopoti will play in home stadium with new coach the 25 years old ex player of Sopoti Mr. Klajdi Kënga and the players will be from age groups .

Recent seasons

Current squad

(Captain)

Historical list of coaches

* Kostika Sterja (1992-1994) *

Luan Deliu Luan may refer to: Places * Lu'an, a city in Anhui, China * Luan County, Hebei, China * Luan River, Hebei, China Other uses * Luan (surname), a Chinese surname * Luan (mythology), a legendary bird in Chinese mythology * Trees in the genus ''Sh ...

(1994-1997) * Ylli Hasa (1997-1998) *

Gentian Stojku Gentian Stojku (born 22 July 1974) is an Albanian former football midfielder and football coach who most recently was the head coach of Burreli in the Albanian First Division. Playing career Club He started his career at KF Elbasani, and then p ...

(Aug 2014 - Mar 2015) * Edmond Dalipi (Mar 2015 - May 2015) *

Alpin Gallo Alpin Gallo (born 12 January 1974 in Librazhd, Albania) is an Albanian retired football defender. He last played for KS Shkumbini Peqin in the 2008/2009 Albanian Superliga season. He is also a former Albanian international, having earned 9 caps ...

(Aug 2016 - Oct 2016) * Bekim Kuli (Mar 2017 - Jun 2017) * Klajdi Kënga (Aug 2017 – )

References

External links

FutbolliShqiptar.netAlbanian Soccer News
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