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Albania Gift - Vllaznia Shkoder Football Team Fridge Magnet

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 before they were eliminated by the Turkish club Galatasaray. 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.

In the 2000's Vllaznia went through changes, in 2003 the President of Vllaznia, Myftar Cela was shot in Montenegro. The President was loved from every Vllaznia fan, because of his generosity and he loved the team. After Cela died, a group of businessmen gathered to help the team.

In 2006 an Albanian businessman became Vllaznia President, Valter Fushaj. Since then he has been criticized by the fans for corruption and not wanting the best for the team.

In the 2009-2010 Vllaznia went to some rough changes, having to change 3 coaches, getting new and replacing players Vllaznia went to the bottom of the table, and having been criticized by the fans, Vllaznia went through some bad positions.

On 17 April,2010 Vllaznia won 3-2 to Skenderbeu Korçe but lost 2-0 because the player Ansi Nika wasn't on the team roster but got into the game anyway, which led to protests by the fans, saying that the Vllaznia staff, the President Valter Fushaj specifically did it for bribing reasons.

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