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Klubi i Futbollit Laçi is an Albanian professional football club based in Laç that competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top flight of Albanian football. Founded in 1960 as Industriali Laç, it became KS Laçi in 1991 and KF Laçi in 1997. The club's home ground is the Laçi Stadium which has a seated capacity of 2,300

KF Laçi

Full name	Klubi i Futbollit Laçi
Founded	1960; 62 years ago (1960)
Ground	Laçi Stadium
Capacity	2,300
Owners	Pashk Laska (75%) Municipality of Laç (25%)
President	Pashk Laska
League	Kategoria Superiore
2021–22	Kategoria Superiore, 2nd of 10
Home colours Away colours

Under the ownership of local businessman and club president Pashk Laska Laçi has established itself as a top-half Kategoria Superiore side since being promoted back to the division in 2009, with their highest-ever finish coming in the 2013–14 Kategoria Superiore season where they finished third. The club have also won the Albanian Cup on two occasions during this period, in 2013 and 2015, they have qualified for the Europa League seven times, reaching the second qualifying round on three occasions, and they have qualified for the Europa Conference League one times, reaching the third qualifying round in 2021.

History

Early years

The club was founded in 1960 under the name Industriali Laç, and they competed in the Albanian Second Division, the third tier, for the majority of their early years. They reached the championship final of the 1974–75 Second Division, but lost to Vetëtima Himarë and were subsequently not promoted to the First Division. The name was changed to KS Laçi in 1991 when the club first participated in the Kategoria Superiore, the name was changed for the last time to KF Laçi in 1997. The first trophy won by the club was the 2008–09 Albanian First Division.

Altin Cuko is the only Laçi player to have won the Kategoria Superiore Golden Boot whilst still playing for the club.[1] This was achieved in the 1995–96 season where KF Laçi finished in 12th place, out of 18. Cuko had already scored 5 goals for Tomori Berat before moving to KF Laçi in January 1996, where he netted another 16 times to give him the Golden boot with a total of 21 goals throughout the entire season with both Tomori and Laçi.[2]

Kategoria Superiore era

The club played their first season at the top tier, the Kategoria Superiore, in the 2004-05 season. They relegated back to the First Division after just one season, setting many records along the way. They returned to the Kategoria Superiore in 2009 and brought in new players such as Erjon Vucaj, Arlind Nora, Julian Brahja, Emiliano Çela, Emiliano Veliaj and Ervin Llani. They narrowly lost their first game of the campaign to Skënderbeu Korçë 4–3[3] and they only won one of their first seven games, which was win against Apolonia Fier. After spending the early stages of the season in the relegation zone, the club hit form and finished in fourth place head of more established clubs such as Flamurtari Vlorë and Vllaznia Shkodër, which also meant they qualified for Europe for the first time in the club's history.

Ahead of the 2010–11 season the club brought in new players in order to build upon their fourth-place finish the previous season as well attempt to go through to the next round of the UEFA Europa League. They were drawn against Belarusian side Dnepr Mogilev in the first qualifying round of the 2010–11 Europa League, and they played their first ever European game on 1 July 2010 at the Niko Dovana Stadium due to the Laçi Stadium not meeting the UEFA criteria to host European games. Bledar Marashi opened the scoring just before half time, scoring the club's first ever goal in a European competition, but his goal was cancelled out in added time as the game ended in a 1–1 draw.[4] However, the second leg proved to be a failure as the club was sent crashing out of the competition following a 7–1 loss, with Valdan Nimani scoring the only goal for the club.[5] Following their exit from Europe, the club brought in players such as Elton Doku, Vangjel Mile and Stipe Buljan ahead of the Kategoria Superiore campaign in order to build upon their fourth-place finish the previous season.

The club defeated FK Kukësi 2–1 in the 2015 Albanian Cup Final to win the Albanian Cup for a second time, meaning they qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.[6]

KF Laçi statistics in Kategoria Superiore

Since the Kategoria Superiore began in 1930, KF Laçi have played 675 Superliga matches, scored 733 goals and conceded 839. The club has collected so far 848 points, won 251 games, drawn 153 and lost 271. The club's goal difference is -106 and the winning difference is -106.

Historical	Goals	Wins	Draws	Losses	+/-Goals	+/- Wins	Points	Matches
TOTAL	733–839	251	153	271	-106	-20	675	844

Recent seasons

Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Supercup	Europe		Top Scorer
2009–10	Kategoria Superiore	4th	33	14	9	10	35	28	51	SR	—	—	—	Arlind Nora 10
2010–11	Kategoria Superiore	4th	33	14	5	14	44	44	47	QF	—	UEL	1Q	Vilfor Hysa 13
2011–12	Kategoria Superiore	8th	26	11	7	8	26	28	34	SR	—	—	—	Vilfor Hysa 10
2012–13	Kategoria Superiore	7th	26	11	5	10	32	31	38	W	—	—	—	Erjon Vuçaj 8
2013–14	Kategoria Superiore	3rd	33	16	6	11	41	28	54	QF	RU	UEL	1Q	Erjon Vuçaj 8
2014–15	Kategoria Superiore	5th	36	20	9	6	46	19	69	W	—	UEL	2Q	Segun Adeniyi 10
2015–16	Kategoria Superiore	7th	36	8	12	16	30	48	36	RU	W	UEL	1Q	Valdan Nimani 10
2016–17	Kategoria Superiore	6th	36	10	10	16	23	35	40	QF	—	—	—	Emmanuel Mensah 5
2017–18	Kategoria Superiore	4th	36	16	8	12	45	39	56	RU	—	—	—	Reginaldo 18
2018–19	Kategoria Superiore	6th	36	12	13	11	33	30	49	QF	—	UEL	2Q	Ndriçim Shtubina 10
2019–20	Kategoria Superiore	3rd	36	19	7	10	61	34	69	SR	—	UEL	1Q	Kyrian Nwabueze 23
2020–21	Kategoria Superiore	4th	36	16	13	7	41	26	61	SF	—	UEL	2Q	Kyrian Nwabueze 7 Mentor Mazrekaj 7
2021–22	Kategoria Superiore	2nd	36	18	9	9	52	33	63	RU	—	UCO	3Q	Saliou Guindo 19
2022–23	Kategoria Superiore										—	UCO	2Q

Management

The club appointed current manager Stavri Nica on 7 July 2006, ahead of the 2006–07 season in the Albanian First Division. The owner of the club Pashk Laska revealed the new manager at the club's Stadiumi Laçi in front of a considerable number of fans.[7] Nica has guided the club to promotion to the top tier of Albanian football and won the Albanian First Division title in the 2008–09 season. Laçi made their best finish in the Kategoria Superiore in the 2009–10 season; where they finished 4th and qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the purpose built Laçi Stadium located in the centre of Laç, which has an official seated capacity of 2,300, but attendances have reached 4,000 in recent years. The stadium was renovated following the club's promotion to the Kategoria Superiore and further work was carried out when in the summer of 2010 as they qualified for Europe for the first time in their history. Laçi had hoped that they would be able to host their home Europa League at their own stadium, but they were not able to complete the reconstruction in time, meaning their first home European tie against Dnepr Mogilev of Belarus was held at the Niko Dovana Stadium in Durrës. During the reconstruction, the three stands surrounding the playing field were renovated and around 2,300 blue plastic seats were installed to turn the stadium into an all seater. The newly renovated stadium was inaugurated in a home league game against Shkumbini Peqin on 30 August 2010 in front of 1,500 spectators, where Laçi won 2–0.[8][9] During the summer of 2015 the stadium's turf was replaced for the first time since 2006, and minor cosmetic renovation was carried out throughout the rest of the stadium.[10]

European competitions record

Laçi first qualified for European play after a very good 2009–10 domestic campaign in which they finished 4th to earn a place in the Europa League. The club's first ever European game was played on 1 July 2010 at the Stadiumi Niko Dovana in Durrës. They played Dnepr Mogilev of Belarus in the Europa League 1st qualifying round and their first ever match finished 1–1. Although Laçi had the lesser of the chances and only had 2 goal attempts in the match, they still led for much of the second half through a goal by youngster Bledar Marashi in injury time in the first half. However Dnepro equalised in the 92nd minute through Dmitri Turlin which ruined a dream European debut for Laçi.[11]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Dnepr Mogilev	1–1	1–7	2–8
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Differdange 03	0–1	1–2	1–3
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rudar Velenje	1–1	1–1	2–2 (p 3:2)
		2Q	Zorya Luhansk	0–3	1–2	1–5
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Inter Baku	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Anorthosis Famagusta	1−0	1−2	2−2 (a)
		2Q	Molde	0−2	0−3	0−5
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	0−1	1−2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Keşla	—	0–0 (p 5:4)	—
		2Q	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1−2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Podgorica	3−0 (a.e.t.)	0−1	3–1
		2Q	Universitatea Craiova	1−0	0–0	1−0
		3Q	Anderlecht	0−3	1−2	1−5
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Iskra	0–0	1−0	1–0
		2Q	Petrocub Hîncești	1−4	0–0	1−4

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round

Honours

• Albanian Cup
  • Winners (2): 2012–13, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (3): 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22

• Albanian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2015
  • Runners-up(1): 2013

• Kategoria Superiore
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22

• Kategoria e Parë
  • Winners (2): 2003–04, 2008–09

• Kategoria e Dytë
  • Runners-up (1): 1974–75

Records

• Biggest ever home league victory: KF Laçi 7–0 Albpetrol Patos – Sept 27, 1997
• Biggest ever home league defeat: KF Laçi 1–7 Vllaznia Shkodër – Dec 18, 2004
• Biggest ever away league victory: Shkumbini Peqin 2–5 KF Laçi – March 11, 2011
• Biggest ever away league defeat: KF Skënderbeu Korçë 6–1 KF Laçi – March 4, 2016
• Biggest ever European away defeat: Dnepr Mogilev 7–1 KF Laçi – July 8, 2010

Albanian records from September 1997

Players

Current squad

As of 25 October 2022

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 Ortelio Biba 2 DF  SRB Luka Cucin 4 DF  MNE Marko Roganović 6 MF  POL Ariel Borysiuk 7 MF  ALB Fatmir Prengaj 8 MF  ALB Klinti Qato 9 FW  SRB Djordje Ivković 10 FW  NGA Michael Babatunde 11 DF  ALB Rudolf Turkaj 12 GK  ALB Klajdi Kuka 14 MF  KOS Mentor Mazrekaj (captain) 17 FW  NGA Adeleke Akinyemi

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ALB Vasil Shkurti 20 MF  ALB Isi Manellari 24 DF  ALB Albi Alla 26 DF  ALB Nikolin Duka 27 MF  ALB Mario Barjamaj 33 MF  ALB Renato Ziko 34 DF  MKD Viktor Velkoski 36 MF  ALB Serxho Ujka 49 MF  ALB Sebastjan Spahiu 77 FW  ALB Segerso Geci 98 GK  ALB Mario Dajsinani 99 MF  UKR Mykyta Peterman

Records

Below is the list with top ten players with most appearances in all competitions for KF Laçi.

Most appearances

		Player	Apps
1		Stipe Buljan	182
2		Regi Lushkja	181
3		Taulant Sefgjinaj	180
4		Erjon Vuçaj	161
5		Valdan Nimani	153
6		Alfred Zefi	141
7		Saimir Kastrati	139
8		Emiljano Veliaj	114
9		Elton Doku	110
10		Emiliano Çela	108

Historical list of coaches

References

External links

• Official website
• Laçi at Soccerway
• Laçi at Eurorivals
• Laçi at Betstudy
• Laçi at IMscouting
• Laçi at Football.co.uk

На других языках

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[de] KF Laçi

Klubi Futbollit Laçi (KF Laçi) ist ein albanischer Fußballclub aus der Stadt Laç.

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- [en] KF Laçi

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[es] Klubi Futbollit Laçi

El K. F. Laçi es un club de fútbol de Albania de la ciudad de Laç en el distrito de Kurbin, condado de Lezhë. Fue fundado en 1960 y juega en la Kategoria Superiore.

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[ru] Лачи (футбольный клуб)

«Лачи» (алб. KF Laçi) — албанский футбольный клуб из одноимённого города, выступающий в Суперлиге Албании. Основан в 1965 году, домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Лачи», вмещающем 5 000 зрителей. Главным достижением клуба является четвёртое место в Суперлиге Албании в сезоне 2009/10, этот успех позволил «Лачи» дебютировать в еврокубках. В сезоне 2012/13 команда впервые выиграла Кубок Албании.

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