Klubi Futbollistik Teuta Durrës, commonly referred to as Teuta, is an Albanian professional football club based in

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...

. They currently compete in the

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and they play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium. The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as ''Klubi Sportiv Urani'' (Uranium Sport Club), and they were a founding member of the Albanian National Championship in 1930, as well as runners-up in the 1931 National Championship. They have won the

twice in 1994 and in 2021, and they have also won the Albanian Cup four times, as well as finishing runners-up in three

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History

Early history

The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani, which literally translates to Uranium Sport Club, and they changed their name to '' Sport Klub Durrës'' just two years later 1922. They kept the same name until they joined the Albania National Championship as one of the original six members alongside SK Tiranë, Skënderbeu Korçë, Bashkimi Shkodran, Urani Elbasan and Sportklub Vlorë. In 1930, before entering the National Championship, the club changes its name to the ''Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës'', in reference to Queen

Teuta of Illyria Teuta (Illyrian languages, Illyrian: *''Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; grc, Τεύτα; lat, Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death ...

. In the first National Championship they finished fifth out of six teams, collecting three wins and two draws out of ten games. The following season they finished as runners-up in the league, as they lost 4–1 in the championship final against SK Tiranë, where the club's goalkeeper

Niko Dovana Niko Dovana was a former Albanian football player who played for Teuta Durrës during the 1930s and 1940s. He is considered one of Teuta Durrës's most important players and was the main financier of the club until his death in 1949. The club's ...

famously scored the equaliser in the first leg which ended in a 1–1 draw. After Communism took control of Albania the club was forced to change its name to ''KS Ylli i Kuq Durrës'', literally meaning KS Red Star Durrës. Just 3 years later in 1950 the club dropped KS Red Star Durrës from its name and was simply called SK Durrës once again, before renaming to '' SK Puna Durrës'' a 1-year later in 1951. The club changed its name again in 1958 to ''KS Lokomotiva Durrës'' which they kept until the fall of Communism in Albania in 1991. Since 1991 the club has renamed KS Teuta Durrës, with the football team being called KF Teuta.

Hasanbelliu era

In 1999 local businessman and owner of Eurotech Cement Edmond Hasanbelliu he was named as the new president of the club, he brought in Hasan Lika as manager immediately. He began investing in the club and introduced Albanian internationals Sokol Prenga and Suad Liçi in the club, alongside a host of other players including

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and Arjan Sheta. In the club's first season under Hasan Lika and Edmond Hasanbelliu they finished in third place, behind Tomori Berat and eventual winners KF Tirana. They also had a successful Albanian Cup run as they eliminated Flamurtari Vlorë, KF Tirana and Dinamo Tirana to reach the final against KS Lushnja, which ended 0–0 after extra time and Teuta won the game 5–4 on penalties. They qualified for the second qualifying round of the

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in the following season, where they faced Austrian side

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. They were eliminated following a 6–0 aggregate loss, after 4–0 and 2–0 losses.

Recent years

In November 2013 the president Hasanbelliu announced that the club had sold a 50% stake to Swiss company Gea Sport, who promised investment in the club in order to achieve domestic success as well as have good runs in Europe. The firm's first action as shareholders was to replace the Albanian coach Gugash Magani with the Italian Roberto Sorrentino, who became the club's first ever foreign coach. Following less than 2 months as shareholders Gea Sport were instrumental in bringing in 11 players during the January transfer window, most of which were foreigners, in an attempt to push for the title. on 24 February 2014, Sorrentino was fired as the first team coach following a string of poor results. The club announced the appointment of Ilir Daja the day after Sorrentino's departure.

Stadium

The club play their home games at the Niko Dovana Stadium which was built in 1965 and currently has a capacity of around 13,000. The stadium was previously known as the Lokomotiva Stadium between 1958 and 1991 during Communism while the club was named Lokomotiva Durrës. The stadium has also been host to the Albania national team in 2010 where they played a friendly against

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. During the 2013–14 season, according to the club's official website the average league attendance was 2,638.

Honours

: ** Winners: 1993–94, 2020–21 ** ''Runners-up:''

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, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2006–07, 2011–12 * Albanian Cup: ** Winners: 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2019–20 ** ''Runners-up:''

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, 1974–75, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07 *

** Winners:

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** ''Runners-up:''

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, 2005 * Kategoria e Parë: ** Winners: 1959, 1961 * Sporti Popullor Cup: ** Winners: 1982 * Ylli Cup: ** Winners: 1985

Supporters

Teuta's fans are known as '' Djemtë e Detit 1994'' (Boys of the Sea). and ''PIRATËT 2016'' (PIRATES 2016) and ''MARINSAT 2017'' (MARINSAT 2017)

European record

* QR = Qualifying Round * 1R = First Round * 2R = Second Round

Players

Current squad

Current staff

Records

* Biggest ever victory: Teuta Durrës 16–0

KF Elbasani Klubi i Futbollit Elbasani is an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Elbasan, that last competed in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in the country. History The club was formed in 1913 as Klubi Futbollit U ...

(17 April 1932), ( 1932 Superliga) * Biggest ever defeat: Teuta Durrës 0–9 KF Tirana (15 April 1934), ( 1934 Superliga) * Highest league points tally: 67 points from 33 games ( 2006–07 Superliga) * Lowest league points tally: 4 points from 10 games ( 1946 Superliga) * Best league goal difference: +28 from 34 games ( 1995–96 Superliga) * Worst league goal difference: -22 from 18 games ( 1937 Superliga) * Most league wins: 20 wins from 34 games ( 1995–96 Superliga) * Least league wins: 1 win from 10 games ( 1946 Superliga) * Most league losses: 16 losses ( 1989–90), ( 2004–05), ( 2005–06 Superliga) * Least league losses: 1 loss from 8 games ( 1931 Superliga)

Historical list of coaches

* Adem Karapici (1956-1957) * Skënder Jareci (1960) * Tom Gjini (1963-1964) *

Loro Boriçi Lorenco Boriçi (4 August 1922 – 25 April 1984), commonly known as Loro Boriçi was an Albanian association football forward and is regarded as one of Albania's football legends. He played mostly for Partizan Tirana (won the 1949 and 1954 A ...

(1965-1967) * Refik Resmja (1971-1973) * Skënder Jareci (1970s) * Bejkush Birçe (1980s) * Kristaq Toçi (1990-1991) * Edmond Miha (1992-1993) * Haxhi Ballgjini (1994) * Bashkim Koka (1994-1996) * Shkëlqim Muça (Jul 1, 1996 – Jun 30, 1998) * Enver Shehu (1998) * Hasan Lika (1999-2001) * Hysen Dedja (2001) * Hasan Lika (2002) * Edmond Zalla (2002) * Hasan Lika (2003) * Vasil Bici (Jun 1, 2003 – Sep 18, 2003) * Hasan Lika (Sep 18, 2003 – Mar 13, 2004) * Stavri Nica (Mar 20, 2004 – Jun 1, 2004) * Edmond Zalla (Jul 1, 2004 – Sep 28, 2004) * Stavri Nica (Sep 29, 2004 – Oct 4, 2004) * Neptun Bajko (Oct 15, 2004 – Feb 27, 2005) * Stavri Nica (Feb 27, 2005 – Jun 1, 2005) * Hasan Lika (Jul 1, 2005 – Feb 24, 2006) * Stavri Nica (Mar 1, 2006 – Mar 18, 2006) * Alfred Ferko (Mar 19, 2006 – Jun 1, 2006) *

Sulejman Starova Sulejman Starova (born 12 December 1955) is an Albanian football coach and retired player. Managerial career As a manager, he has been in charge of his previous club Partizani Tirana as well as KF Tirana, Besa Kavajë and Teuta Durrës. He has al ...

(July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007) * Hysen Dedja (July 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2007) * Gentian Begeja (Oct 1, 2007 – Nov 27, 2007) * Kristaq Mile (Nov 28, 2007 – Jun 1, 2008) *

(Aug 24, 2008 – May 30, 2009) * Mirel Josa (Jul 1, 2009 – Jan 31, 2010) * Ylli Shehu (Feb 4, 2010 – Jun 3, 2010) *

Edi Martini Eduard "Edi" Martini (born 2 January 1975) is an Albanian football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Teuta in the Kategoria Superiore. Playing career Club During his playing career, Martini represented mostly Vllaznia ...

(Jun 9, 2010 – May 24, 2011) * Hasan Lika (May 27, 2011 – Sep 3, 2012) * Gentian Begeja (Sep 14, 2012 – Jan 22, 2013) * Gugash Magani (Jan 28, 2013 – Nov 16, 2013) * Roberto Sorrentino (Nov 18, 2013 – Feb 24, 2014) * Ilir Biturku (Feb 25, 2014 – May 30, 2014) * Hasan Lika (Jun 5, 2014 – Nov 24, 2014) * Gentian Begeja (Nov 24, 2014 – May 2015) * Gugash Magani (Jun 2, 2015 – May 2016) * Julian Ahmataj (Jun 2016 – Jul 2016) * Hito Hitaj (Jul 2016 – Sep 2016) * Cesare Beggi (Sep 2016) * Roberto Cevoli (Oct 2016) * Gugash Magani (Oct 2016 – Dec 2017) * Stavri Nica (Dec 2017 – Feb 2018) * Gentian Begeja (Feb 2018 – May 2018) * Bledi Shkëmbi (Jun 2018 – Dec 2019) *

(Dec 2019 – Nov 2021) *

Renato Arapi Renato Arapi (born 28 August 1986) is an Albanian professional football coach, former left-back and centre-back. Club career Early career Arapi first joined local club Teuta Durrës in 1993 as a young child, where he would remain for 9 years, ...

(Nov 2021 – Dec 2021) *

(Dec 2021 – Jan 2022) *

(Jan 2022 – Sep 2022) * Bledi Shkëmbi (Sep 2022 – Nov 2022) *

(Nov 2022 – )

Title winning coaches

References

External links

Teuta Durrës at EUFO.DE
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