Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia Shkodër

Klubi Sportiv Vllaznia Shkodër (Vllaznia) is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KS Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007-08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition. Vllaznia play at the Loro-Boriçi Stadium.


It was founded in 1919. Vllazni is the oldest football team in Albania. In 1929 the club was named "Bashkimi Shkodran". The debut in the league was in 1930. In 1958 it was renamed “KS Vllaznia “. In the European Cup for Champions 1978/79 they beat Austrian team Austria Wien (who went on to the semifinals) 2-0 at home but lost 3-4 on aggregate. In the Cup Winners Cup of 1987/88 they reached the second round after beating Sliema Wanderes from Malta in both games (aggregate 6-0). In the 2001/2002 UEFA Champions league qualifying they beat KR Reykjavik from Iceland 2-1 in Reykjavik and 1-0 in Tirana with two goals from Klodian Duro. In next round KS Vllaznia were eliminated by the Turkish club Galatasaray 2-0 in Istanbul and 1-4 in Tirana. German Uli Schulze, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner with 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974, was appointed as new coach in summer 2006. He was later replaced by Mirel Josa who is currently appealing a six month ban for leading his side off the field in protest at a controversial goal in the final game of last season.