KF Istogu

KF Istogu (Albanian: Klubi Futbollistik Istogu), commonly known as Istogu is a football club based in Istog, Kosovo.[a] The club plays in the First Football League of Kosovo, which is the second tier of football in the country.

Istogu
Full nameKlubi Futbollistik Istogu
Nickname(s)Troftat (The Trouts)
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundDemush Mavraj Stadium
ChairmanFazli Bytyçi
ManagerBekim Shotani
LeagueFirst Football League of Kosovo
2020–21First Football League of Kosovo – Group A, 3rd of 10

History and supporters

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.

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 Dardan Podrimaj
— GK  KVX Valmir Hajrizaj
— DF  KVX Bleon Alushaj
— DF  KVX Dardan Bajraktari
— DF  KVX Egzon Kurteshi
— DF  KVX Fatmir Rexhaj
— DF  KVX Granit Ademaj
— DF  KVX Ragip Mazrekaj
— MF  CMR Dylan Effa (on loan from Ballkani)
— MF  KVX Faton Neziri
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  KVX Herolind Zekaj
— MF  KVX Kushtrim Sylaj
— MF  CMR Marius Stephane
— MF  KVX Qëndrim Jahaj (captain)
— MF  KVX Qëndrim Krasniqi
— FW  KVX Erjon Qeta
— FW  KVX Florent Rexhaj
— FW  KVX Malsor Blakaj
— FW  ENG Yoan Marc-Olivier
— FW  TLS Bertrand Dorsalfin

Personnel
Current technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Bekim Shotani
Assistant coaches Hysni Kabashi
Mehdi Arifaj
Goalkeeping coach Kemajl Saliagić

Notes and references

Notes
a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

References
  1. FanClub Gjimnat official Facebook profile
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