| Full name | Klubi i Futbollit Teuta | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Djemtë e Detit Durrsakët | ||
| Founded | 29 January 1920; 105 years ago (1920-01-29) asKlubi Sportiv Urani (Uranus Sport Club)[1][citation needed] | ||
| Stadium | Stadiumi "Niko Dovana" | ||
| Capacity | 12,040[2] | ||
| President | Fatos Troplini | ||
| Manager | Enkeleid Dobi | ||
| League | Kategoria Superiore | ||
| 2024–25 | Kategoria Superiore, 6th | ||
| Website | kfteuta | ||
Klubi i Futbollit Teuta, commonly referred to asTeuta, is anAlbanian professionalfootball club based inDurrës. The club competes in theKategoria Superiore, the top tier ofAlbanian football. Their home ground is theNiko Dovana Stadium.
The club was founded on 29 January 1920 asKlubi Sportiv Urani (Uranium Sport Club), and they were a founding member of theAlbanian National Championship in 1930, as well as runners-up in the1931 National Championship. They have won theKategoria Superiore twice in 1994 and in 2021, and they have also won theAlbanian Cup four times, as well as finishing runners-up in threeAlbanian Supercups.
The club was founded on 29 January 1920 as Klubi Sportiv Urani, which literally translates to Uranium Sport Club, and they changed their name toSport Klub Durrës just two years later 1922. They kept the same name until they joined theAlbania national championship as one of the original six members alongsideSK Tiranë,Skënderbeu Korçë,Bashkimi Shkodran,Urani Elbasan andSportklub Vlorë. In 1930, before entering the National Championship, the club changes its name to theKlubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës, in reference to QueenTeuta of Illyria. In the first national championship they finished fifth out of six teams, collecting three wins and two draws out of ten games.[3] The following season they finished as runners-up in the league, as they lost 4–1 in the championship final against SK Tiranë, where the club's goalkeeperNiko Dovana famously scored the equaliser in the first leg which ended in a 1–1 draw.[4][5]
After Communism took control of Albania the club was forced to change its name toKS Ylli i Kuq Durrës, literally meaning KS Red Star Durrës. Just 3 years later in 1950 the club dropped KS Red Star Durrës from its name and was simply called SK Durrës once again, before renaming toSK Puna Durrës a 1-year later in 1951. The club changed its name again in 1958 toKS Lokomotiva Durrës which they kept until the fall of Communism in Albania in 1991. Since 1991 the club has renamed KS Teuta Durrës, with the football team being called KF Teuta.
In 1999 local businessman and owner of Eurotech Cement Edmond Hasanbelliu he was named as the new president of the club, he brought inHasan Lika as manager immediately. He began investing in the club and introduced Albanian internationalsSokol Prenga andSuad Liçi in the club, alongside a host of other players includingOrges Shehi andArjan Sheta.[6] In the club's first season under Hasan Lika and Edmond Hasanbelliu they finished in third place, behindTomori Berat and eventual winnersKF Tirana. They also had a successfulAlbanian Cup run as they eliminatedFlamurtari Vlorë,KF Tirana andDinamo Tirana to reach the final againstKS Lushnja, which ended 0–0 after extra time and Teuta won the game 5–4 on penalties. They qualified for the second qualifying round of theUEFA Cup in the following season, where they faced Austrian sideSK Rapid Wien. They were eliminated following a 6–0 aggregate loss, after 4–0 and 2–0 losses.
In November 2013 the president Hasanbelliu announced that the club had sold a 50% stake toSwiss company Gea Sport, who promised investment in the club in order to achieve domestic success as well as have good runs in Europe. The firm's first action as shareholders was to replace the Albanian coachGugash Magani with the ItalianRoberto Sorrentino, who became the club's first ever foreign coach.[7][8] Following less than 2 months as shareholders Gea Sport were instrumental in bringing in 11 players during the January transfer window, most of which were foreigners, in an attempt to push for the title. On 24 February 2014, Sorrentino was fired as the first team coach following a string of poor results. The club announced the appointment of Ilir Daja the day after Sorrentino's departure.[9]

The club play their home games at theNiko Dovana Stadium which was built in 1965 and currently has a capacity of around 13,000. The stadium was previously known as the Lokomotiva Stadium between 1958 and 1991 during Communism while the club was named Lokomotiva Durrës. The stadium has also been host to theAlbania national team in 2010 where they played a friendly againstUzbekistan.[10] During the 2013–14 season, according to the club's official website the average league attendance was 2,638.
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | €250k | 2009 | ||
| 2. | €200k | 2007 | ||
| 3. | €150k | 2020 | ||
| 4. | €120k | 2024 | ||
| 5. | €100k | 2018 | ||
| 6. | €100k | 2024 |
Teuta's fans are known as Djemtë e Detit 1994 (Boys of the Sea).[11] andPIRATËT 2016 (PIRATES 2016) andMARINSAT 2017 (MARINSAT 2017)
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1992–93 | Balkans Cup | QF | Beroe Stara Zagora | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| SF | Edessaikos | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (3–5 pen) | |||
| 1994–95 | UEFA Cup | QR | Apollon Limassol | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–8 | |
| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | TPS Turku | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| 1R | AC Parma | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |||
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | 1QR | FC Kosice | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–6 | |
| 1999 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | IA Akranes | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | 2QR | SK Rapid Wien | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | |
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | Valletta | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2R | Gloria Bistrița | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | FK ZTS Dubnica | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1QR | NK Široki Brijeg | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–4 | |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1QR | NK Slaven Belupo | 2–2 | 2–6 | 4–8 | |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | FC Metalurgi Rustavi | 0–3 | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Dacia Chișinău | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 (a) | |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Kairat | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–6 | |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Ventspils | 1−0 | 0−3 | 1–3 | |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Beitar Jerusalem | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | |
| 2QR | Granada | 0–4 | — | 0–4 | |||
| 2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Inter Club d'Escaldes | 0–2 | 3−0 (aet) | 3–2 (aet) | ||
| 3QR | Shamrock Rovers | 0−2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Head Of Youth | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Physiotherapist & Doctor | |
| Doctor |