FC Internacional Tirana 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 ...

n football club based in Pezë Helmes,

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 ...

. The club was created in August 2014 as a private academy by Ervin Canollari who was the sole investor in the club. They play their home games at their state of the art academy headquarters called the Internacional Complex.

History

The club was originally formed as a

football academy In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if t ...

by a sole investor Ervin Canollari, who had planned to build a state of the art academy by 2014 to develop youth players. Originally wanting to focus on only youth football, Canollari decided to create a senior team to represent the academy in national competitions, so within 40 days he created FC Internacional Tirana and registered for the club to compete in the 2014-15 Albanian Third Division. A former head coach of KF Butrinti Sarandë and KF Albpetrol was appointed as the club's first manager and in September 2014, just before the start of the Albanian Third Division season, the club held open try outs where young players who were left without a club after leaving other youth teams in Albania participated. These players were mainly from the established teams in the

district. On 10 March 2015, the club signed a co-operation agreement with Italian side

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, who were to help develop young players in the academy through coaching and guidance from the Italian club.

Managers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Internacional Tirana, FC Football clubs in Albania Association football clubs established in 2014 2014 establishments in Albania Football clubs in Tirana Albanian Third Division clubs Kategoria e Dytë clubs