KF Skënderbeu Korçë
Klubi Futbollistik Skënderbeu Korçë (Albanian pronunciation: [skəndɛɾbɛu kɔɾtʃə]), is an Albanian professional football club based in Korçë, a city in southeastern Albania. The club plays in the Kategoria Superiore, which is the first tier of football in the country. The club was founded as Vllazëria Korçë in 1909. In 1925, it took on its current form following the merger of several local clubs, and the club's name was changed to Skënderbeu Korçë, after Albania's national hero Skanderbeg. The club's home ground has been the Skënderbeu Stadium since it was built in 1957, and it now has a capacity of 12,343, of which 5,724 are seated.
| Full name | Klubi Futbollistik Skënderbeu | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Ujqërit e Dëborës (The Snow Wolves) Bardhekuqtë (The White and Reds) Juglindorët (The South Easterners) | ||
| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Ground | Skënderbeu Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 12,343 | ||
| Owner | Municipality of Korçë | ||
| President | Ardian Takaj | ||
| Head Coach | Ivan Gvozdenović | ||
| League | Kategoria Superiore | ||
| 2022–23 | Kategoria e Parë, 1st (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Skënderbeu Korçë have won 8 league titles, with the first coming in 1933 before going on 78-year run without winning the league. The club won its first league title since 1933 in 2011, and they have won the league 6 more times since. The club had won six consecutive league titles since 2011, breaking the Albanian record which had been held by Dinamo Tirana who had won four consecutive titles in the 1950s.
In 2015, the club became the first Albanian side to reach the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League but they lost to Dinamo Zagreb and dropped into the UEFA Europa League, and became the first Albanian side to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA competition.