KF Istogu

KF Istogu (Klubi Futbollistik Istogu) is a football club in Istok, Kosovo[a].

KF Istogu
Full nameKlubi Futbollistik Istogu
Nickname(s)Troftat (The Trouts)
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundDemush Mavraj Stadium
Capacity6,000
ChairmanFazli Bytyci
ManagerKemal Saliagić
LeagueFirst Football League of Kosovo
2019–20First Football League of Kosovo, 4th of 16

The club have been playing in the lower divisions of Yugoslavia and now Kosovo for almost all the time since they were founded. KF Istogu don't have any big merits which they have been winning. In the season 2007–08, their best scorer ever, Suad Saliagić was sold to FC Prishtina for an unknown sum, he scored 26 goals in 11 games which is a record in Kosovo. Since the 1960s, the club has always been a "middle club" in the lower divisions.

Supporters

Their fan club is known as Gjimmat and they were formed in 2000. [1]

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  KVX Valmir Hajrizaj
GK  KVX Kushtrim Hoxhaj
GK  KVX Dardan Podrimaj
DF  KVX Kadri Kastrati
DF  KVX Egzon Kurteshi
DF  KVX Adnan Maxharraj
DF  KVX Ragip Mazrekaj
DF  KVX Arian Qeta
DF  KVX Fatmir Rexhaj
DF  KVX Dardan Sekiraqa
MF  KVX Qendrim Jahaj (captain)
MF  KVX Ardi Krasniqi
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  KVX Qendrim Krasniqi
MF  KVX Ramë Krasniqi
MF  ENG Mërgim Qarri
FW  KVX Malsor Blakaj
FW  KVX Florent Rexhaj
FW  KVX Herolind Zekaj
 KVX Erjon Thaqi
 KVX Erjon Qeta
 KVX Ylli Buleshkaj
 KVX Enis Deliaj
 KVX Lunder Ademaj

Notes and references

Notes:

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 98 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 113 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References:

  1. FanClub Gjimnat official Facebook profile
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