Flamurtari FC

Flamurtari FC is a professional football club based in Vlorë, Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria e Parë, which is the second tier of football in the country.

Flamurtari
Full nameFlamurtari Football Club
Nickname(s)Kuq e Zinjtë (The Red and Blacks)
Flota Kuq e Zi (The Red and Black fleet)
Founded23 March 1923 (1923-03-23) as Shoqeria Sportive Vlorë
GroundFlamurtari Stadium
Capacity8,500
OwnerMunicipality of Vlorë, Air Albania, TRK
PresidentSinan Idrizi
Head coachEqerem Memushi
LeagueKategoria e Parë
2022–23Kategoria e Parë, 3rd

Founded in 1923, the club is one of the oldest in Albania, also being one of its most successful clubs, having won one Albanian Superliga title in 1991, four Albanian Cups, and two Albanian Supercups. Flamurtari is also known for their European runs in the 1980s, where they famously reached the last sixteen in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, where they beat Spanish giants Barcelona in Vlorë but lost on aggregate.

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