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Klubi Futbollit Laçi is an Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

n football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Laç
Laç
Laç or also Laçi is a city in northwestern Albania. It is the administrative center of the Kurbin District, which is part of Lezhë County. The official population is 23,400, however, the accuracy of official population statistics is questionable....

. They play their home games at the recently renovated Laçi Stadium which has a seated capacity of over 5,000 and an overall capacity of 11,000.

History

The club was founede in 1960 under the name Industraili Laç, the name was changed to KS Laçi in 1991 when the club first participated in the Albanian Superliga, the name was changed for the last time to KF Laçi in 1997. The firtst trophy won by the club was the 2008-09 Albanian First Division
Albanian First Division
The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....

.

Altin Cuko is the KF Laçi player to have won the Albanian Superliga Golden Boot whilst still playing for the club. This was achieved in the 1995-1996 season where KF Laçi finished in 12th place, out of 18. Cuko had already scored 5 goals for KS Tomori Berat
KS Tomori Berat
Futboll Klub Tomori Berat are an Albanian football club playing in the city of Berat. Their home ground is Tomori Stadium...

 before moving to KF Laçi in January 1996, where he netted another 16 times to give him the Golden boot with a total of 21 goals throughout the entire season with both Tomori and Laçi.

Management

The club appointed current manager Stavri Nica on 7 July 2006, ahead of the 2006-2007 season in the Albanian First Division
Albanian First Division
The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....

. The owner of the club Pashk Laska revealed the new manager at the club's Stadiumi Laçi
Stadiumi Laçi
Laçi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Laçi, Albania. It was is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of KF Laçi of the Albanian Superliga...

 in front of a considerable number of fans. Nica has guided the club to promotion to the top tier of Albanian football and along with it has managed to win the Albanian First Division
Albanian First Division
The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....

 title in the 2008-2009 season. Laçi made the best finish in Superliga as 4th in 2009-10 season and qualified for UEFA Europe League once.

Stadium

The club currently play their home games at the Stadiumi Laçi
Stadiumi Laçi
Laçi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Laçi, Albania. It was is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of KF Laçi of the Albanian Superliga...

 which has a capacity of around 11,000 people. Following a very impressive 2009-2010 campaign the club's directors turned to reconstructing the current stadium in hope of gaining the UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 licence to stage their Europa League games at their home ground. The club installed 4500 plastic seats into the "Karshi" stand.

Europe

Laci have only ever competed in Europe just once in 2010 in the Europa League, they achieved this through their very good 2009-2010 campaign in which they finished 4th and earned a place in Europe for the first time. The club's first ever European game was played on 1 July 2010 at the Stadiumi Niko Dovana in Durres
Durrës
Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana. It is one of the most ancient and economically important cities of Albania. Durres is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari...

. They played FC Dnepr Mogilev of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 in the Europa League 1st qualifying round and their first ever match finished 1-1. Although Laçi had the lesser of the chances and only had 2 goal attempts in the match, they still managed to lead for much of the second half through a goal by youngster Bledar Marashi
Bledar Marashi
Bledar Marashi is a Albanian footballer currently under contract for Albanian side KF Laçi.- Career :Marashi made his debut for KF Laçi on week 11 of the Albanian Superliga against the champions KF Tirana...

 in injury time in the first half. However Dnepro equalised in the 92nd minute through Dmitri Turlin which ruined a dream European debut for Laçi.

Europe Statistics

  • QR1=1st Qualifing Round
    Season Competition Country Team Home Away Aggregate
    2010-11 UEFA Europa League QR1   Dnepr Mogilev 1-1 1-7 2-8

Current squad

Notable players

Julian Brahja
Julian Brahja
Julian Brahja is an Albanian football player. The defender currently plays for Flamurtari Vlorë in the Albanian Superliga.He played in UEFA Champions League 2008-09 1st qualifying round as unused sub...

 Edmond Dalipi
Edmond Dalipi
Edmond Dalipi is an Albanian football player who last played for KF Laçi.Dalipi played for Apollon Athens F.C. and Trikala F.C. in the Greek Alpha Ethniki....

 Edmond Dosti
Edmond Dosti
Edmond Dosti is a retired Albanian footballer. He previously played as a striker for Partizani Tirana in Albania and also Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia. He was the Albanian Superliga top goalscorer for the 1992–1993 season with 21 goals, he won this golden boot whilst he was at Partizani Tirana...

 Gzim Ferati Julian Gjeloshi
Julian Gjeloshi
Julian Gjeloshi is an Albanian footballer who plays for KF Laci in Albania.Gjeloshi played for Atromitos F.C. in the Beta Ethniki during the 2002–03 season. He joined Proodeftiki F.C. in the Alpha Ethniki for the next season, but did not appear in any league matches.-References:*...

 Kreshnik Ivanaj Akil Jakupi Alket Kruja Ervin Llani
Ervin Llani
Ervin Llani is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for KS Elbasani in the Albanian Superliga.-Career stats:-References:...


Rezart Maho
Rezart Maho
Rezart Maho is an Albanian football player. The midfielder currently plays for KF Partizani Tirana.-Dinamo:Started the career with Dinamo Tirana in the season 2001-2002 and in that time didn't get too much playing minutes in the league.He played in the final of the Albanian Cup in 2002-2003 season...

 Julian Malo Elton Muçollari Alban Neziri Arlind Nora
Arlind Nora
Arlind Nora is an Albanian footballer who, since 2011, plays as a forward for Luftëtari Gjirokastër in the Albanian First Division.-Career stats:-References:...

 Leonard Perloshi Andi Rënxa Taulant Sefgjini Renato Sula
Alsid Tafili Eduart Tanushaj
Eduart Tanushaj
Eduart Tanushaj is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a forward for KF Laçi in the Albanian Superliga.-External links:* at UEFA* at Football Database...

 Sokol Toma Bledar Vashaku
Bledar Vashaku
Bledar Vashaku is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for KF Laçi in the Albanian Superliga.-KF Tirana:...

 Saimir Xhetani Kléber Ismet Munishi
Ismet Munishi
Ismet Munishi is an Kosovar footballer who plays as a midfielder for KF Vëllaznimi.-External links:* at TFF.* at National-football-teams.* at PrvaLiga....

 James Osusi Charles Udeke

Records

  • Biggest ever home league victory: KF Laçi 7-0 Albpetrol Patos
    KS Albpetrol Patos
    Klubi Sportiv Albpetrol Patos is an Albanian football club located in the city of Patos. Founded in 1947, they played the first Albanian First Division in 1974. In 1990, they were finalists in the Albanian National Cup, where they lost to FK Partizani...

     - 27 September 1997
  • Biggest ever home league defeat: KF Laçi 1-7 Vllaznia Shkodër - 18 December 2004
  • Biggest ever away league victory: Shkumbini Peqin 2-5 KF Laçi - 11 March 2011
  • Biggest ever away league defeat: Vllaznia Shkodër 5-1 KF Laçi - 5 March 2005
  • Biggest ever European away defeat: Dnepr Mogilev 7-1 KF Laçi - 8 July 2010


Albanian records from September 1997

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