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Egnatia
Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia Rrogozhinë
Founded	15 September 1934; 90 years ago
Ground	Egnatia Arena; Rrogozhinë
Capacity	2,196
Owner	Demrozi Costruzioni S.r.l. (37.5%); Foglia Engineering S.r.l. (37.5%); Rrogozhinë Municipality (25%)
President	Agim Demrozi
Manager	Edlir Tetova
League	Kategoria Superiore
2023–24	Kategoria Superiore, 1st (champions)
Home colours	Away colours

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. The club secured its first championship title in 2024.

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]

Stadium

The club has played at the existing site of Egnatia Arena, since the team's foundation, the capacity of which was around 1,200, with one small main stand locate to the south. The stadium was originally name Rrogozhina Stadium and was also later known as the Egnatia Stadium as well as the Hasan Zyla Stadium.

The club broke ground on the newly named Arena Egnatia on the existing site of the stadium on 17 February 2021, with the club in pole position to achieve promotion to the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football.^[9]^[10]

In May 2024, it was announced that the club had started working on building the new stand opposite the main Demrozi Stadium stand, to be named posthumously after former player Raphael Dwamena who died playing for the club the previous season. The club was also looking to secure land near the city of Rrogozhinë to build a new training complex in order to move from their existing ground in Lekaj.^[11]

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
Albanian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2024

European record

As of match played 1 August 2024

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	Borac Banja Luka	2–1 (aet)	0–1	2–2 (1–4 p)
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2QR	Víkingur Reykjavík	0–2	1–0	1–2

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.^[12]

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Supercup	European competitions		Top goalscorer
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Cup	Supercup	European competitions		Player	Goals
2004–05	Superiore↓	36	7	7	22	26	48	28	9th	R1	—	—	—	Elton Çeno	6
2021–22	Superiore	36	8	11	17	30	49	35	8th	QF	—	—	—	Pedro	10
2022–23	Superiore	36	14	10	12	46	32	52	3rd	W	—	—	—	Raphael Dwamena	9
2023–24	Superiore	36	18	9	9	51	38	63	1st	W	RU	Conference League	QR1	Raphael Dwamena	9
2024–25	Superiore											Champions League Conference League	QR1 QR2

Key

League: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points won; Pos = Final position;

Cup / Europe: PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; Group = Group stage; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final; RU = Runner-up; W = Competition won;

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 October 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	Klajdi Kuka
2	DF	ALB	Amer Duka
3	DF	HAI	François Dulysse
4	DF	AZE	Zamiq Əliyev
5	DF	ALB	Frédéric Veseli
6	MF	ALB	Albano Aleksi
8	FW	NGA	Daniel Wotlai
9	FW	ALB	Dardan Vuthaj
10	MF	ALB	Regi Lushkja
11	FW	CIV	Soumaila Bakayoko
12	GK	ALB	Ilir Dabjani
13	DF	ALB	Renato Malota (captain)
14	FW	CIV	Joël Doukouo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ALB	Edison Ndreca
17	MF	ALB	Arbin Zejnullai
18	FW	GHA	Mohammed Yahaya
19	DF	KOS	Arbenit Xhemajli
22	MF	KSA	Yazan Madani
24	DF	ALB	Rezart Rama
27	FW	FRA	Youba Dramé
28	MF	ITA	Alessandro Ahmetaj
36	MF	ALB	Serxho Ujka
44	DF	ALB	Abdurraman Fangaj
70	MF	ALB	Regi Lushkja
82	FW	ALB	Redi Kasa
98	GK	ALB	Taulant Troshku

On Loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ALB	Irdi Morina (at Besa Kavajë)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	LTU	Jouzas Lubas (at Ferizaj)

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%)