KS Burreli
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Klubi Sportiv Burreli 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
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 Burrel
Burrel, Albania
Burrel is a city in northern Albania, 91 km from Tirana. It is the centre of the District of Mat.The city's population is 15,539 . Burrel is one of the largest districts in Albania. It is also known among Albanians as the "Land of Kings", as Gjon Kastrioti, the father of George Kastrioti,...

, Mat District
Mat District
The District of Mat is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Dibër County. It is named after the Mat River, that flows through the district. It has a population of 48,803 , and an area of 1,029 km². Its capital is Burrel...

. The club has had very little success since its creation in 1952. They are currently participating in the Albanian First Division where they narrowly missed out on a playoff place in the 2008-09 season.

History

The club was founded in 1952 by a group of local people in Burrel under the name KS 31 Korriku Burrel. The club played in the lower leagues of Albania from its creation in 1952 until 1981, when the club first participated in the Kategoria superiore
Kategoria superiore
The Albanian Superliga , the highest level of association football in Albania, was founded in 1930 under the name Kategoria e Parë ....

. However, the 1981-82 season saw 31 Korriku relegated back to the Kategoria e parë after finishing second from bottom of the table with just 20 points in total. They were back in the top division after just one season in the Kategoria e parë and were part of the Kategoria superiore 1983-84
Kategoria superiore 1983-84
-League standings:Note: 'Labinoti' is KS Elbasani, '17 Nëntori' is SK Tirana, 'Lokomotiva' is Teuta, 'Traktori' is KS Lushnja, '31 Korriku' is Burreli-References:*...

. They were relegated again for the second time in the space of just 2 years after finishing rock bottom of the table, again being relegated with just 20 points through the entire season.

Current squad

As of September 2011

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