KF Oriku
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| Full name | Klubi i Futbollit Oriku | ||
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| Founded | 1955 | ||
| Ground | Orikum Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| President | Muharrem Jazoj | ||
| Manager | Sherif Idrizaj | ||
| League | Kategoria e Parë | ||
| 2025–26 | Kategoria e Dytë, Group B, 1st (promoted) | ||
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Klubi i Futbollit Oriku is an Albanian football club based in the town of Orikum. They last competed in Kategoria e Dytë during the 2023–24 season, finishing fourth in Group B.[1]
Football club "Oriku" was founded in the summer of 1955, when some local navy soldiers along with Soviet specialists from the Pashaliman military base, decided to create a football team which took part in a tournament held that year between the country's military units.
Named after the ancient Illyrian city of Oricum, the club encompasses a fanbase that covers the Orikum–Dukat–Tragjas–Radhimë region.
In May 2013, former mayor Gëzim Çapaj (today the club's administrator), together with head coach Albert Haxhiaj and a group of young talented players, in the qualifying matches of Kategoria e Tretë earned the right to take part in Kategoria e Dytë (South Group), for the 2013–14 season.
After five full seasons, Orikum climbed the ladder, joining Kategoria e Parë for the 2018–19 season where they finished fifth in Group B.[2]
