KF Tirana in European football

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KF Tirana are the Albanian football club with the best performance through all European competitions. They have the most participations, matches, wins, points and experience in Europe among all other Albanian clubs.

Tirana holds the record for the most ties won (13) (once directly by draw, without playing) along their road. They are the most successful Albanian team in European competitions, since making their European debut in the 1965–66 European Cup. They reached Round of 16 four times, of which three times in the European Cup (now Champions League) alone in 1980s, making it the Albanian team to have progressed farthest in any European competition. Tirana is the team that were able to overturn the first leg negative result to their advantage in at least four occasions; worth to remember their great second legs wins against Ħamrun Spartans, FC Bobruisk, Dinamo Tbilisi, ND Gorica; additionally good overturns against Apollon Limassol and Ferencvarosi TC. Even though at 13 attempts they have not passed more than one round, KF Tirana are the Albanian team which has won more ties in Europe throughout their long history. Another significant international result comes at Balkans Cup of season 1981 where they went on the final, but lost both matches against Beroe Stara Zagora.

Along their European road, KF Tirana has met many famous squads in Europe, such as: FC Bayern Munich, Standard Liège, AFC Ajax, Malmö FF, IFK Göteborg, Ferencvárosi TC, PFC CSKA Sofia, etc., and in many of such matches has given unforgettable performances.

Additionally, white and blues hold the all-time record for the highest IFFHS ranking of an Albanian football club, being ranked as high as 31st in the world in 1987, as result of good performances preceded 1986–87.[1][2] KF Tirana started competing for the first time in the European Cup 1965–66. Below are all matches played and up-to-date rankings.

European performance table[]

Season Competition Round Country Opposition Home Away
1965–66 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Scotland Kilmarnock F.C. 0–0 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
1966–67 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Norway Vålerenga n.p n.p Symbol delete vote.svg
1969–70 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1970–71 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Netherlands AFC Ajax 2–2 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1982–83 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Northern Ireland Linfield 1–0 1–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv n.p n.p Symbol delete vote.svg
1983–84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Sweden Hammarby IF 2–1 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1986–87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Romania FC Dinamo București 1–0 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Sweden Malmö FF 0–3 0–0 Symbol delete vote.svg
1988–89 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Malta Ħamrun Spartans 2–0 1–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–3 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
1989–90 European Champion Clubs' Cup 1R Malta Sliema Wanderers 5–0 0–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Germany FC Bayern Munich 0–3 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Belarus FC Bobruisk 3–0 1–4 Symbol keep vote.svg
1R Denmark Brøndby IF 0–1 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1995–96 UEFA Cup QR Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1QR Croatia NK Croatia Zagreb 2–6 0–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1QR Slovakia FK Inter Bratislava 0–2 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1999–00 UEFA Champions League 1QR Iceland Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja 1–2 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1QR Moldova FC Zimbru Chisinau 2–3 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Cyprus Apollon Limassol 3–2 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR Romania Național București 0–1 2–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2003–04 UEFA Champions League 1Q Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 (4:2 p) 0–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Austria Grazer AK 1–5 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1QR Belarus FC Gomel 0–1 2–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Hungary Ferencvárosi TC 2–3 1–0 Symbol delete vote.svg
2005–06 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia ND Gorica 3–0 0–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Bulgaria PFC CSKA Sofia 0–2 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1QR Croatia NK Varteks 2–0 1–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Turkey Kayserispor 0–2 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia NK Domžale 1–2 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 2QR Norway Stabæk 1–1 0–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1QR Hungary Zalaegerszegi TE 0–0 1–0 (aet) Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Netherlands FC Utrecht 1–1 0–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2QR Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava 0–0 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1QR Luxembourg CS Grevenmacher 2–0 0–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Norway Aalesund FK 1–1 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. 0–3 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2020/21 UEFA Champions League 1QR Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi N/A 2–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
2QR Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0−1 N/A Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Europa League 3QR BYE N/A N/A Symbol keep vote.svg
PO Switzerland Young Boys N/A 0−3 Symbol delete vote.svg

Balkans Cup performance[]

Season Round Country Country Home Away Qual/Elim
Balkans Cup 1964–66 1R Bulgaria PFC Cherno More Varna 0–0 0–1
Balkans Cup 1964–66 1R Turkey Beşiktaş J.K. 2–0 1–1
Balkans Cup 1964–66 1R Romania FC Rapid București 1–2 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
Balkans Cup 1975 1R Greece Panionios G.S.S. 6–0 1–2
Balkans Cup 1975 1R Serbia FK Radnički Niš 0–0 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
Balkans Cup 1981 1R Greece Larissa F.C. 3–0 1–3
Balkans Cup 1981 2R Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sloboda Tuzla 3–0 3–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
Balkans Cup 1981 Final Bulgaria PFC Beroe Stara Zagora 1–3 0–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
Balkans Cup 1990 1R Montenegro FK Budućnost Podgorica 0–0 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
  • QR = Qualifying Round
  • 1R = 1st round
  • 2R = 2nd round
  • n.p = non participation
Overall GP W D L GF GA GD
Home 9 4 3 2 16 5 +11
Away 9 1 1 7 7 17 −10
Total 18 5 4 9 23 22 +1

By country[]

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Q E
 Austria 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0 1
 Belarus 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 2 0
 Belgium 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 0 1
 Bosnia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 1 0
 Bulgaria 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10 0 3
 Croatia 4 1 1 2 5 11 −6 1 1
 Cyprus 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 0 1
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 1
 Germany 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 1
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 2 0
 Greece 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 2 0
 Hungary 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 1 1
 Iceland 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 1
 Israel 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0 2
 Luxembourg 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 1 0
 Malta 4 2 0 2 8 3 +5 2 0
 Moldova 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 0 1
 Montenegro 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 0 0
 Netherlands 4 0 2 2 3 9 −6 0 2
 Northern Ireland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0
 Norway 4 0 2 2 2 11 −9 0 2
 Romania 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 1 2
 Scotland 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 0 1
 Serbia 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 0 1
 Slovakia 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 0 2
 Slovenia 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1 1 1
 Sweden 6 1 1 4 2 11 −3 0 3
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0 1
 Turkey 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 1 1
 Ukraine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  • Q = Qualified
  • E = Eliminated

UEFA club competition record[]

Last Update: 01 October 2020

Competition GP PP W D L GF GA GD P
Champions League 38 15 8 4 26 36 62 −26 –
Cup Winners' Cup 10 3 4 1 5 9 16 −7 –
UEFA Cup / Europa League 28 11 5 7 16 20 54 −34 –
Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Intercontinental Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Total 76 29 17 12 47 65 132 −67 46
Overall GP W D L GF GA GD
Home 37 11 8 18 43 53 −10
Away 39 6 4 29 22 79 −57
Total 76 17 12 47 65 132 −67

Europe and Balkan total[]

Overall GP W D L GF GA GD
Home 46 15 11 20 59 58 +1
Away 48 7 5 36 29 96 −67
Total 94 22 16 56 88 154 −66

World and European rankings[]

References[]

  1. ^ "UEFA Rannking". Kassiessa.
  2. ^ "Skenderbeu 178th but Tirana 31st". Archived from the original on 2014-03-16.
  3. ^ "Club coefficients". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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