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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

Personnel

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

References

  1. FanClub Gjimnat official Facebook profile


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