KF Ada Velipojë was an

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club which was based in the city of

Velipojë Velipojë ( sq-definite, Velipoja) is a village and a former municipality in Shkodër County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform, it became a subdivision of the municipality of Shkodër. The population at the 2011 census wa ...

which is situated in

Shkodër County Shkodër County () is a county in northwestern Albania, with the capital in Shkodër. The county spans and had a total population of 154,479 people as of the 2023 census. The county borders on the counties of Lezhë, Kukës and the country of M ...

. The club's home ground was the

Fusha Sportive Adriatik Fusha Sportive Adriatik is a multi-use stadium in Velipojë, Albania. The stadium has a capacity of 1000 people and was called Fusha Sportive Velipojë prior to its renovation in 2010. It used to be the home ground of the local club Ada Ada may ...

History

The club was founded on 6 March 1996 as a sports society by Lazër Matia, Alfred Pjetri, Filip Kercunga, Marash Qytetza and Prend Përndreca. The name Ada derives from the

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island of

Ada Bojana Ada Bojana ( cnr-Cyrl, Ада Бојана, ; ) is an island in the Ulcinj, Ulcinj Municipality in Montenegro. The name ''Ada'' means "river island" in Montenegrin language, Montenegrin. The island is created by a river delta of the Buna (Adriat ...

in nearby

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. A previous club had existed in the city under the name KS Velipoja, which was run by the municipality before funding was stopped and the team dissolved. KF Ada first competed in the Albanian Third Division, but they soon achieved promotion to the

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. In the 2004–05 season KF Ada reached the playoffs of the Second Division and beat

KS Burreli Klubi Sportiv Burreli is an Albanian football club based in Burrel. Their home ground is the Liri Ballabani Stadium and they compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History The club was founded in 1928, but was not an organised club until 1935 un ...

2–1 in the final to achieve promotion to the

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Women's team

National women's football competitions in Albania were first played out in the 2009/10 season. One season later Ada won the

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and the Albanian Championship. The team then represented Albania in the

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. It was the first time a team from Albania had entered the competition since its creation in 2001–02. They played three seasons in the Champions League, losing all their nine group matches with 0–34, 2–46 and 1–23 goals. The women's section disbanded after the 2012/13 season. The whole squad and personnel joined

KF Vllaznia Shkodër Klubi i Futbollit Vllaznia Shkodër, commonly known as Vllaznia is an Albanian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Shkodër. It is the association football branch of the Vllaznia Sports Club, which was founded on 16 February 1 ...

where they established a new

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. In its short history the teams has won the championship three times (2010, 2011, 2012) and won the cup once (2011).

Current squad

References

External links

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