KF Egnatia

Egnatia

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia
Founded	1934; 88 years ago (1934)
Ground	Egnatia Stadium Rrogozhinë, Albania
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Agim Demrozi
Manager	Zekirija Ramadani
League	Kategoria Superiore
2020–21	Kategoria e Parë, Group B, 1st
Home colours Away colours

KF Egnatia, also known as Egnatia Rrogozhinë, is an Albanian football club based in Rrogozhinë. They play their home games at Rrogozhinë Stadium, which has a capacity of 4000 spectators.

The club was founded on 15 September 1934 under the name 22 Shtatori Rrogozhinë, and in 1991, the name of the club was changed to Vullneti Rrogozhinë, before renaming to its current name KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë in 1998.

History[]

The passion and desire for the game of football was integrated into the hearts of local citizens and patriots since the early years of World War I. Rrogozhinë being neighbours to Kavajë, a city with a long tradition in football on a national level knew how to use this experience to its own advantage by forming initially an amateur level team which would later go on to compete in the second division of Albanian football. The very first match in club history was a friendly between Besa in 1934 which ended in a 1–7 loss. Mustafa Cara, a student of agronomy in Bari, Italy who had returned home for vacation (he was a player for Fidelis Andria, a Serie B club in Italy at the time), scored 5 goals for Besa.

Following the liberation of the country after World War II, the league structure changed by allowing only district level teams to compete in the top two divisions. This made it difficult for Rrogozhinë, a locality at the time, to compete on a national level.^[1]

Egnatia had one season in the top tier of Albanian football after winning promotion in summer 2004.^[2] They were only relegated on the first attempt,^[3] with Alfred Ferko succeeding Hysen Dedja and Petrit Haxhia as first team coach during the season.

In May 2021 Egnatia was promoted to the Albanian Superliga, for the second time in their history.

Current squad[]

As of 8 February, 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ALB Klevis Hasanbelli 2 DF  ALB Franc Ymeralilaj 4 DF  ALB Alessandro Kacbufi 5 DF  ALB Gëzim Krasniqi 6 MF  BRA Guilherme Eller 7 MF  MKD Ilirid Ademi 8 MF  MKD Besar Iseni 9 FW  ALB Artur Magani 10 MF  ALB Ndriçim Shtubina 11 MF  BRA Jackson 12 GK  ALB Bruno Puja 15 MF  GHA Michael Agbekpornu

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  MKD Besart Krivanjeva 17 MF  ALB Bruno Telushi 18 MF  ALB Aleandro Daka 20 MF  ALB Skerdilajd Levendi 23 MF  ALB Ildian Shyti 31 MF  MKD Demir Imeri 71 DF  ALB Ilir Allmuça 77 MF  ALB Bledar Lila 98 GK  ALB Mateo Memolla 99 FW  BRA Pedro — MF  MKD Filip Duranski — FW  CGO Dzon Delarge

See also[]

• Besa Kavajë
• Kastrioti

References[]

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