KF Butrinti Sarandë

KF Butrinti Sarandë

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Butrinti Sarandë
Nickname(s)	Detarët
Founded	November 25, 1939 as Shoqeria Sportive Butrinti March 2, 1963 as Klubi Sportive Butrinti
Ground	Butrinti Stadium Sarandë, Albania
Capacity	5,500
President	Stefan Cipa
Manager	Mustafa Hysaj
League	Albanian First Division
2013–14	Albanian First Division, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Klubi i Futbollit Butrinti Sarandë is an Albanian football club based in the southern city of Sarandë. The club's home ground is the Stadiumi Butrinti and they currently compete in the Albanian First Division. The club falls under the KS Butrinti sports club which also features one of the most successful swimming teams in the country, with football being the second priority by the club.^[1][2]

History

The first sports club in the city of Sarandë was formed by Kristoforidh Harito, Ruhi Selfo and Nazar Sefo on 25 November 1939 as the Shoqeria Sportive Butrinti, which translates to the Butrint Sports Society. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek city of Buthrotum, which in Albanian is called Butrint. The current club was merely a continuation of the original Butrint Sports Society and it was formed on 2 March 1963 as Klubi Sportive Butrinti, which in English would be Butrint Sports Club. However, other sources including prominent football historian Giovanni Armillotta believe the club was formed in the mid-1940s as Butrinti Sarandë and they changed their name shortly after in 1949 to simply Sarandë for two years before being renamed Puna Sarandë by the ruling Party of Labour of Albania between 1951 and 1958. In 1958 the club reverted to its original name of Butrinti Sarandë.

Honours

Albanian Second Division

• Winners (1): 2010–11

Albanian Third Division

• Winners (4): 1961, 1963–64, 1979–80

Sporti Popullor Cup

• Winners (1): 1980

Current squad

As of 7 November 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ervin Hallunaj 2 DF Sokol Xhuvani 3 DF Adrian Xhibro 6 MF Artan Meçani 7 MF Mariglen Nela 8 MF Dhiogjen Muço (Captain) 9 FW Petref Dorti 16 FW Ergys Kuçi 18 DF Bernardo Bazaj

No. Position Player 19 MF Skerdi Murtaj 23 FW Aleksandro Cakalli 4 DF Gelbert Koshi 10 FW Andri Rugji 12 GK Marjus Sejdinaj 14 DF Justin Dadaj 20 FW Ardian Kola 21 FW Kelvi 22 FW Stilian Barka 12 GK Mario Merkuri

References

1. Soccerway profile
2. FSHF profile