KF Sopoti Librazhd

"Sopoti" redirects here. For the village, see Sopot, Albania.

Klubi i Futbollit Sopoti Librazhd is an Albanian sports club based in Librazhd. The club currently competes in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in Albania.

Sopoti

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Sopoti Librazhd
Nickname(s)	Sopotarët
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Ground	Sopoti Stadium
Capacity	3,000
President	Bashkia Librazhd
Chairman	Kastriot Gurra
Manager	Klajdi Kënga
League	Kategoria e Dytë, Group A
2024–25	Kategoria e Dytë, Group A, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

History

They were founded in 1948 under the name KS Albania Tabak Librazhd, and they play their home games at the Sopoti Stadium. The club is named after the nearby Sopot Mountain. They spent the 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons in the Kategoria Superiore. Before the 1996/97 season, they changed their name back to Albania Tabak Librazhd,^[1] only to change it to Sopoti Librazhd once more the next year.^{[citation needed]}

Stadium

The club's home ground is the multi-use Sopoti Stadium which is situated in the centre of the town next to the municipality building. The stadium which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators was built in 1964 and has been the club's home ever since. The stadium is not currently fit for use but the Albanian Football Association along with the Librazhd Municipality have drawn up initial plans to reconstruct the stadium in its entirety, but such plans have yet to be materialised due to a lack of funding.^[2][3]

As of the 2014–15 season, the stadium does not meet the current Albanian Football Association's standard requirements, due to the outdated and run down nature of the building as well as the field.^[4] In the 2017–18 season, Kf Sopoti will play in home stadium with new coach the 25 years old ex player of Sopoti Mr. Klajdi Kënga and the players will be from age groups .

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
2017–18	Albanian Second Division	24	6	5	13	35	44	23	10th/14	First round
2018–19	Albanian Second Division	22	12	5	5	51	25	41	5th/13	—

Current squad

As of 27 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 69 GK  GRE Kleris Dobra 4 DF  ALB Orgest Tanushi 6 DF  ALB Shaqir Jugu 7 DF  ALB Klejvi Spahiu (Captain) 19 DF  ALB Shaqir Jugu 24 DF  ALB Jordi Koxha 2 DF  ALB Ergys Alliu 23 DF  ALB Ernest Xhakeri 8 MF  ALB Erando Seferi 29 MF  ALB Xhoi Xhani

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  ALB Endri Goci 11 MF  ALB Migers Sollaku 16 MF  ALB Alban Dosku 17 MF  ALB Serxhio Mehmeti 18 MF  ALB Ralf Koxha 14 FW  ALB Martin Rreshka 9 FW  ALB Silvestro Karaj 20 FW  ALB Kreshnik Rroca 22 FW  ALB Ersel Dosku 21 FW  ALB Arnold Rreshka

List of managers

• Kostika Sterja (1992–1994)
• Luan Deliu (1994–1997)
• Ylli Hasa (1997–1998)
• Gentian Stojku (Aug 2014 - Mar 2015)
• Edmond Dalipi (Mar 2015 - May 2015)
• Alpin Gallo (Aug 2016 - Oct 2016)
• Bekim Kuli (Mar 2017 - Jun 2017)
• Klajdi Kënga (Aug 2017 – )

External links

• FutbolliShqiptar.net(in Albanian)
• Albanian Soccer News(in Albanian and English)