KFF Albiks were an Albanian women's professional football club based in Rubik. They last competed in Kategoria Superiore Femra during the 2010–11 season, finishing at the bottom table in a nine-team league.
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| Full name | Klubi i Futbollit për Femra Albiks | ||
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| Founded | 2007 | ||
| Dissolved | 2011 | ||
| Ground | Rubik, Albania | ||
| League | Kategoria Superiore Femra | ||
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History
editThe small town of Rubik is renowned for its Minatori women's volleyball team and local football hero, Fatmir Vata, a former Albania national team player who competed in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld.
Efforts to form a women's football team in Rubik date back to the late 1990s, when amateur coaches Zef Lleshi and Nikoll Doçi recruited several young talents such as Majlinda Malshi, Flora Ndoji, Vera Sako, Valbona and Vera Lleshi, Ida Ndreca, Diana Lleshi, Lola Lusha, Vera Gjoni and Lati Ruçi.
With the support of Prengë Gjergji (Kaçaçi), Ilir Gjergji, Pashk Zefi, Viktor Pepa, Sandër Marku, Leonard Vuka, and Mark Ruçi, a women's team was established in the summer of 2007 – Albiks – a name paying homage to the local fans.
The team debuted in the Promotion Cup held in Sarandë in 2007, under the coaching of Prengë Gjergji (Kaçaçi) and Flora Jushi. They later participated in Albania's first national women's football championships, achieving modest results. Interestingly, three American members of the Peace Corps stationed in Rubik at the time, Kathleen Gustafsson, Trisha Elizabeth and Frances Anderson also joined and played for the team.[1]
References
edit- ^ Hoxha, Florent (2020). Futbolli Femëror Shqiptar. Shtëpia Botuese "ADA". pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-9928-326-47-8.