Egnatia

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia Rrogozhinë
Founded	15 September 1934; 89 years ago (1934-09-15)
Ground	Egnatia Arena Rrogozhinë, Albania
Capacity	4,000
Owner	Demrozi Costruzioni S.r.l. (37.5%) Foglia Engineering S.r.l. (37.5%) Rrogozhinë Municipality (25%) [1]
President	Agim Demrozi
Manager	Edlir Tetova
League	Kategoria Superiore
2023–24	Kategoria Superiore, 1st (champions)
Home colors Away colors

KF Egnatia Rrogozhinë ( Albanian: Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia Rrogozhinë), commonly referred to as KF Egnatia is an Albanian professional football club based in Rrogozhinë. The club competes in the Abissnet Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Egnatia Arena, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.

The club was founded on 15 September 1934 under the name 22 Shtatori Rrogozhinë, and in 1991, the name of the club was changed to Vullneti Rrogozhinë, before renaming to its current name KS Egnatiain 1998.

History

The passion and desire for the game of football was integrated into the hearts of local citizens and patriots since the early years of World War I. Rrogozhinë, being neighbours to Kavajë, a city with a long tradition in football on a national level, knew how to use this experience to its own advantage by forming initially an amateur level team which would later go on to compete in the second division of Albanian football. The very first match in club history was a friendly between Besa in 1934 which ended in a 1–7 loss. Mustafa Cara, a student of agronomy in Bari, Italy who had returned home for vacation (he was a player for Fidelis Andria, a Serie B club in Italy at the time), scored 5 goals for Besa.

Following the liberation of the country after World War II, the league structure changed by allowing only district level teams to compete in the top two divisions. This made it difficult for Rrogozhinë, a locality at the time, to compete on a national level. ^[2]

Egnatia had one season in the top tier of Albanian football after winning promotion in summer 2004. ^[3] They were only relegated on the first attempt, ^[4] with Alfred Ferko succeeding Hysen Dedja and Petrit Haxhia as first team coach during the season.

Recent years

Egnatia were promoted back to the top flight of Albanian football, the Kategoria Superiore, for the second time in their history on 2 May 2021, following a 1–0 victory over local rivals Besa Kavajë in the Promotion Round of the 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë. ^[5] Under head coach Gugash Magani, they finished top of Group B during the regular season and qualified for the Promotion Round, where they also finished top, securing their place in the championship final held on 21 May 2021 against the winners of Group A, Dinamo Tirana, where they won 1–0 through a stoppage-time winner from Ndriçim Shtubina. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Honours

• Kategoria Superiore
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
• Kategoria e Parë
  • Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21
• Kategoria e Dytë
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
• Albanian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24

European record

As of match played 20 July 2023

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Ararat-Armenia	4–4 ( aet)	1–1	5–5 (2–4 p)
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	1QR

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Egnatia statistics in Kategoria Superiore

Since the Kategoria Superiore began in 2004, KF Egnatia have played 146 Superliga matches, scored 154 goals and conceded 167. The club has collected so far 178 points, won 48 games, drawn 38 and lost 60. The club's goal difference is -13.

Data correct up to 29th May 2024. ^[9]

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Supercup	Europe		Top Scorer
2004–05	Kategoria Superiore	9th	36	7	7	22	26	48	28	FR	—	—	—	Elton Çeno 6
2021–22	Abissnet Superiore	8th	36	8	11	17	30	49	35	QF	—	—	—	Pedro 10
2022–23	Abissnet Superiore	3rd	36	14	10	12	46	32	52	W	—	—	—	Raphael Dwamena 11
2023–24	Abissnet Superiore	1st	36	18	9	9	51	38	63	W	RU	UCO	1QR	Raphael Dwamena 9
2024–25	Abissnet Superiore											UCH

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 May 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ALB Alen Sherri 3 DF   HAI François Dulysse 4 DF   ALB Amer Duka 6 MF   ALB Albano Aleksi 7 FW   FRA Youba Dramé 9 FW   CRC Jurguens Montenegro 10 FW   BRA Fernando Medeiros 12 GK   ALB Ilir Dabjani 13 DF   ALB Renato Malota ( captain) 14 FW   CIV Joël Doukouo 16 DF   ALB Edison Ndreca 17 MF   ALB Arbin Zejnullai 19 DF   KOS Arbenit Xhemajli

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW   ALB Irdi Morina 23 FW   LTU Jouzas Lubas 24 DF   ALB Rezart Rama 28 MF   ITA Alessandro Ahmetaj 29 FW   ALB Mario Gjata 34 DF   ALB Hysen Memolla 44 DF   ALB Abdurraman Fangaj 70 MF   ALB Sebastjan Spahiu 77 MF   TUR Melih İbrahimoğlu 81 FW   ITA Redi Kasa — FW   CIV Soumaila Bakayoko — DF   AZE Zamiq Əliyev — MF   ALB Regi Lushkja

Retired numbers

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW   GHA Raphael Dwamena (2022–2023) – posthumous honour)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Edlir Tetova
Assistant coach	Julian Brahja
Goalkeeping coach	Taulant Guma
Athletic Coach	Andri Babaj
Athletic Coach	Mario Biba
Videoanalist	Revion Mekshi
Physiotherapist	Edmond Cikalleshi
Doctor	Ilir Kapllani
Doctor	Emiljano Bizhdili

Management

Position	Name
President	Agim Demrozi
Board member	Agron Kalaja
Board member	Idajet Roçi
Board member	Gentian Gjuzi
Accountant	Muhamed Kullolli
Shareholder	Demrozi Costruzioni S.r.l. (37.5%)
Shareholder	Foglia Engineering S.r.l. (37.5%)
Shareholder	Rrogozhinë Municipality (25%)

Title winning managers

Name	Period	Trophies	Trophies
Edlir Tetova	2023–	Kategoria Superiore (1) 2023–24	Albanian Cup:(2) 2022–23 , 2023–24

List of managers

See also

• Besa Kavajë
• Kastrioti

References