KF Istogu

Istogu
Full nameKlubi Futbollistik Istogu
Nickname(s)Troftat (The Trouts)
Founded1947 (1947)
GroundDemush Mavraj Stadium
ChairmanFazli Bytyçi
ManagerBekim Shotani
LeagueKosovo First League
2022–23Kosovo First League – Group A, 4th of 10

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

History

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  KOS Dardan Podrimaj
GK  KOS Valmir Hajrizaj
DF  KOS Bleon Alushaj
DF  KOS Dardan Bajraktari
DF  KOS Egzon Kurteshi
DF  KOS Fatmir Rexhaj
DF  KOS Granit Ademaj
DF  KOS Ragip Mazrekaj
MF  CMR Dylan Effa (on loan from Ballkani)
MF  KOS Faton Neziri
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  KOS Herolind Zekaj
MF  KOS Kushtrim Sylaj
MF  CMR Marius Stephane
MF  KOS Qëndrim Jahaj (captain)
MF  KOS Qëndrim Krasniqi
FW  KOS Erjon Qeta
FW  KOS Florent Rexhaj
FW  KOS 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

References

  1. ^ FanClub Gjimnat official Facebook profile