KF Egnatia Rrogozhinë

KF Egnatia Rrogozhinë (Albanian: Klubi i Futbollit Egnatia Rrogozhinë), commonly referred to as Egnatia, is an Albanian professional football club based in Rrogozhinë. The club competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Egnatia Arena, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.

The club was founded on 15 September 1934 under the name 22 Shtatori Rrogozhinë. In 1991 the name of the club was changed to Vullneti Rrogozhinë, before being renamed to its current title of KF Egnatia 1998. The club secured its first championship title in 2024.

History

The passion and desire for the game of football was integrated into the hearts of local citizens and patriots since the early years of World War I. Rrogozhinë, being neighbours to Kavajë, a city with a long tradition in football on a national level, knew how to use this experience to its own advantage by forming initially an amateur level team which would later go on to compete in the second division of Albanian football. The very first match in club history was a friendly between Besa in 1934 which ended in a 1–7 loss. Mustafa Cara, a student of agronomy in Bari, Italy who had returned home for vacation (he was a player for Fidelis Andria, a Serie B club in Italy at the time), scored 5 goals for Besa.

Following the liberation of the country after World War II, the league structure changed by allowing only district level teams to compete in the top two divisions. This made it difficult for Rrogozhinë, a locality at the time, to compete on a national level.

Egnatia had one season in the top tier of Albanian football after winning promotion in summer 2004. They were relegated after their first season, with Alfred Ferko succeeding Hysen Dedja and Petrit Haxhia as first team coach during the season.

Recent years

Egnatia were promoted back to the top flight of Albanian football, the Kategoria Superiore, for the second time in their history on 2 May 2021, following a 1–0 victory over local rivals Besa Kavajë in the Promotion Round of the 2020–21 Kategoria e Parë. Under head coach Gugash Magani, they finished top of Group B during the regular season and qualified for the Promotion Round, where they also finished top, securing their place in the championship final held on 21 May 2021 against the winners of Group A, Dinamo Tirana, where they won 1–0 through a stoppage-time winner from Ndriçim Shtubina. In 26 May 2024, Egnatia won their first title of the Kategoria Superiore, after beating Partizani in the final.

Stadium

The club has played at the existing site of Egnatia Arena, since the team's foundation, the capacity of which was around 1,200, with one small main stand located to the south. The stadium was originally name Rrogozhina Stadium and was also later known as the Egnatia Stadium as well as the Hasan Zyla Stadium.

The club first set foot on the newly named Arena Egnatia on the existing site of the stadium on 17 February 2021, with the club in pole position to achieve promotion to the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football.

In May 2024, it was announced that the club had started working on building the new stand opposite the main Demrozi Stadium stand, to be named posthumously after former player Raphael Dwamena who died playing for the club the previous season. The club was also looking to secure land near the city of Rrogozhinë to build a new training complex in order to move from their existing ground in Lekaj.

Honours

• Kategoria Superiore Winners (2): 2023–24, 2024–25
• Kategoria e Parë Winners (2): 2002–03, 2020–21 Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Kategoria e Dytë Winners (1): 2016–17
• Albanian Cup Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24 Runners-up (1): 2024–25
• Albanian Supercup Winners (1): 2024 Runners-up (2): 2023, 2025

European record

As of match played 14 August 2025

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round
• Biggest ever European home victory: Egnatia 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (July 17, 2024)
• Biggest ever European home defeat: Egnatia 2–4 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana (14 Aug 2025)
• Biggest ever European away victory: Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 Egnatia (24 July 2025)
• Biggest ever European away defeat: Iceland Breiðablik 5–0 Egnatia (15 July 2025)
• Most European appearances: Brazil Fernando Medeiros (12)
• Most European goals: Ghana Raphael Dwamena (3) Albania Regi Lushkja (3)

Egnatia statistics in Kategoria Superiore

Since the Kategoria Superiore began in 2004, KF Egnatia have played 146 Superliga matches, scored 154 goals and conceded 167. The club has collected so far 178 points, won 48 games, drawn 38 and lost 60. The club's goal difference is -13.

Data correct up to 29th May 2024.

Recent seasons

Record transfers

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2026

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

Retired numbers

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Personnel

Current technical staff

Management

World & European Rankings

(As of 26 July 2025)

UEFA club coefficient ranking

Title winning managers

List of managers

• Albania Petrit Haxhia (– 2 Oct 2004)
• Albania Hysen Dedja (5 Oct 2004 – 4 Dec 2004)
• Albania Alfred Ferko (9 Dec 2004– 1 Jul 2005)
• Albania Vladimir Gjoni (1 Sep 2016 — 24 Oct 2018)
• Albania Ilir Duro (25 Oct 2018 — 29 Dec 2018)
• Albania Bledar Sinella (1 Jan 2019– 30 May 2019)
• Albania Ndriçim Kashami (4 Aug 2019 — 29 Oct 2019)
• Albania Artan Bano (30 Oct 2019 — 31 May 2020)
• Albania Eduart Thartori (1 Jun 2020 — 1 Jul 2020)
• Albania Gugash Magani (1 Jul 2020 — 21 Nov 2021)
• Albania Përparim Daiu (22 Nov 2021 — 6 Dec 2021)
• North Macedonia Zekirija Ramadani (6 Dec 2021 — 1 Jun 2022)
• Albania Edlir Tetova (4 Jun 2022 — 15 Oct 2022)
• Albania Shpëtim Duro (16 Oct 2022 — 27 Jan 2023)
• Albania Edlir Tetova (30 Jan 2023 — 3 May 2026)
• Albania Julian Brahja (14 Apr 2026 — 4 May 2026)
• Albania Nevil Dede (4 May 2026 — )

See also

• Besa Kavajë
• Luzi United
• Golemi