KF Spartak Tirana
Albanian football club
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KF Spartak Tirana (Albanian: KF Spartaku Tiranë) is an Albanian football club based in Tirana. They last competed in Kategoria e Tretë, the fourth tier of Albanian football.
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| Full name | Klubi i Futbollit Spartak Tirana | ||
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| Nickname | Gladiatorët | ||
| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Ground | "Marko Boçari" Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Chairman | Artan Vangjeli | ||
| Manager | Telman Perleka | ||
| League | Kategoria e Tretë, Group B | ||
| 2022–23 | Kategoria e Tretë, Group B, 5th | ||
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History
The club was established in 1950 as the football team of Albania’s trade unions. Spartak Tirana competed in Kategoria Superiore during the 1954, 1955 and 1957 seasons. Following a nationwide reorganization of Albanian sports clubs between 1959 and 1960, many of the club’s leading players were transferred to 17 Nëntori (now Sportklub Tirana).
Spartak Tirana was dissolved in 1959 and remained inactive for more than five decades before being re-established in 2012. The revival of the club was led by a group of football enthusiasts and historians, including Artan Vangjeli, Telman Perleka, Rezart Sejdini, Leonard Haroku and Gilbert Hysko, with financial backing from IDS Company, owned by Agron Shehaj and Fatmir Lamcja. Since its reformation, the club has competed in Kategoria e Tretë.[1]
Honours
Domestic
- Albanian First Division
- Winners (2): 1953, 1956
- Albanian Third Division
- Winners (1): 2016 - 2017
Seasons
| Year | League | Level | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position |
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| 1951 | Kategoria e Dytë | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | 6th of 8 |
| 1953 | Kategoria e Dytë | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 23 | 1st of 14 Promoted |
| 1954 | National Championship | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 13 | 11th of 12 |
| 1955 | National Championship | 1 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 22 | 14th of 16 Relegated |
| 1956 | Kategoria e Dytë | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 21 | 1st of 7 Promoted |
| 1957 | National Championship | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 34 | -28 | 2 | 8th of 8 Relegated |
| 2016–17 | Kategoria e Tretë - Group A | 4 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 14 | +48 | 45 | 1st of 10 Promoted |
| 2017–18 | Kategoria e Dytë - Group A | 3 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 38 | 4th of 14 |
| 2018–19 | Kategoria e Dytë - Group A | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 37 | 6th of 13 |
| 2019–20 | Kategoria e Dytë - Group A | 3 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 52 | -24 | 19 | 10th of 12 Withdrawn |
| 2021 | Kategoria e Tretë - Group A | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 15 | 4th of 6 |
| 2021–22 | Kategoria e Tretë - Group A | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 44 | -27 | 11 | 6th of 8 |
Notable players
Loro Boriçi (1957)- Isuf Borova (1957)
Notable managers
- Hivzi Sakiqi (1956)
- Loro Boriçi (1957)
- Adem Karapici (1953)
List of managers
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
| Artan Vangjeli |  |
November 2012 | November 2019 | 106 | 69 | 6 | 31 | 66% | |
| Telman Perleka | |
November 2019 | Present | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sponsorship
- Main sponsor: none
- Official shirt manufacturer: Macron