KF Tirana Info

The First Steps

A great event would rise at August,16-th1920,when soccer club "Futboll Klub Tirana"(KF Tirana) was born.
However,it was not named KF Tirana from the very beginning but 'Shoqeria Agimi' dedicated of the place where KF Tirana different patriots and benevolents used to gather and later decided to create this society at 1925.Then,it was appointed with the new name two years later.Initially,KF Tirana played only few national and international friendlies.

Championships before Second World War.

The first National Albanian Championship was played at 1930.There took part only 6 teams and KF Tirana was crowned Champion of Albani for the first time.White and blues were a very strong team at that time with famous players,also wellknown at Europe.'KS Vllaznia' of Shkodra and 'KS Skenderbeu'of Korca were the only decent rivals to emulate KF Tirana,however,without being able to affect a lot its successes for another 6 years to come,where KF Tirana won 5 more Championships and lost only one intermediate(won from'Skenderbeu' Korce)
From 1930-1938 KF Tirana was an absolute team in Albania.

Championships and Cups after the Second World War(' 40-60 years)

Immediately after the War,KF Tirana original name would be transformed as '17 Nentori' and later as 'Puna e Tiranes' in interest of the albanian authorities at that time(17 Nentori was appointed after the day of Tirana Liberation)
Also,the big affection for KF Tirana and all other albanian soccer clubs would be the creation of the so-called "ministral clubs",FK Partizani and KS Dinamo reflecting a sample from the East Europe clubs at that time.These "ministral clubs" collected the most talented players,taken of course from other teams,mostly from KF Tirana as the best team.This affected the quality of albanian soccer and gave unfair priorities to those "ministral clubs" along many years to come.
Therefore,KF Tirana was harmed a lot,losing many top players and so, started the downfall and could not return to be among the elite teams,or win a Championship for almost 19 years!
But,it was the sacrifice and spirit of KF Tirana's players and coaches of a soccer club that has never ever run short of talents,that managed to create an useful group of fine players slowly,but successfully as KF Tirana later re-consolidated itself winning 4 Championships out of 5 between 1964-1970,thus defying the so-called"ministral clubs" of the capital !

' 70-80 years

Since 1970 and further,things changed for better in Albanian soccer.Following KF Tirana example,many other clubs as 'KS Vllaznia' etc dared to win Championships and Cups,and the "ministral clubs" superiority started to fall,thus equalling all teams slowly and creating stronger and more competitive Leagues.
Additionally,another success was remarked from 1982-1989 from KF Tirana,now a true legend,to teach all rivals a very good lesson,winning 4 Championships,2 runners-up and 3 Cups within few years!
Like the period 1964-1970,they showed everyone once again that the success and fame can't be earned artificially,but only from your own skills,hard work and talent.
Also,this period would indicate a very fascinating performance in Europe !
KF Tirana started performing several successes out of albanian borders and get known better in Europe.

KF Tirana from 1990 till present and players who contributed for National Team.

Year 1990 brought completely a new era for Albania,entering the Democratic Process of big changes.This influenced soccer too,as many clubs started to look soccer as business,appointing club presidents,bying,swapping players,thus approaching the proffesional soccer level in West Europe.
KF Tirana received its original name from'17 Nentori' and the club had a very big merit to organise again a very strong,longlasting group of players,supported from a strong presidency and financial means too,instead of the confusion that covered other rivals.KF Tirana became the first ever most organised club after 1990.
As a result,from 1993 until present,logically KF Tirana has always dominated Albanian soccer winning many,many trophies.However,from our point of view,this period was not that successful at European appearances,as period '82-89 was.

KF Tirana is remarkable at the number of players to dedicate our National Teams(U-21 and National)in years.There are over 60 players to have played and still play at these teams ,borrowed from KF Tirana.
Players to mention:
S.Llambi,B.Fagu,P.Pano,V.Bicaku,R.Spahiu,Q.Teliti,F.Frasheri,
S.Halili,A.Lekbello,A.Minga,M.Josa,A.Kola,Sh.Muca,S.Malko,S.Hodja,
B.Omuri,B.Nallbani,A.Gallo,M.Baci,A.Bushi,A.Rraklli,D.Muka,I.Fortuzi,N.Dede,S.Prenga,etc.

Traditional club emblem,flag and uniforms.

The emblem is an oval shape with vertical white and blue strips in the main background.In the top part are 2 golden stars that represent the 23 championships earned so far from KF Tirana.Should 30 such be won,another star will be added.
Inside the emblem,in the above part and in a white background,is the name of the club "F.K.Tirana"(Futboll Klub).Under that,in a yellow background,is the tower in centre of Tirana City,part of which is KF Tirana,as the virtual capital-city football club.And,in the bottom,in white colours,is the year when club was born"1920".

KF Tirana traditional flag is triangle with white and dark blue strips.Inside on top is the soccer club name"FK Tirana",the general name"SK Tirana",the year of club creation,symbols of trophy and a soccer ball.

KF Tirana actually has 2 traditional uniforms.
KF Tirana plays home,almost always with a traditional White & Blue T-shirts(vertical strips),Blue Shorts and white or blue
Socks.
Whilst away the team uses most times Light grey T-shirts,shorts and socks.