Flamurtari FC
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"Flamurtari" redirects here. For Kosovan club, see KF Flamurtari. For other sports clubs with similar names, see List of sports clubs named Flamurtari.
Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country.
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Full name | Flamurtari Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks) Flota Kuq e Zi (The Red and Black fleet) | ||
Founded | 23 March 1923; 101 years ago (1923-03-23) as Shoqeria Sportive Vlorë | ||
Ground | Flamurtari Stadium | ||
Capacity | 8,500[1] | ||
Owner | Municipality of Vlorë, Air Albania, TRK | ||
President | Sinan Idrizi | ||
Head coach | Eqerem Memushi | ||
League | Kategoria e Parë | ||
2022–23 | Kategoria e Parë, 3rd | ||
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Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, also being one of its most successful clubs, having won one Albanian Superliga title in 1991, four Albanian Cups, and two Albanian Supercups. Flamurtari is also known for their European runs in the 1980s, where they famously reached the last sixteen in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, where they beat Spanish giants Barcelona in Vlorë but lost on aggregate.