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SportPesa signed a sponsorship deal with Gor Mahia FC in September 2022. The three-year deal will cover the team playing in the Africa CAF championships and the Kenya Premium League. [20] In December 2022, SportPesa reaffirmed its support for Kenyan rugby by continuing its sponsorship of the National rugby 7s team, the Shujaa.
Sporti Shqiptar was established on 28 November 1935 by Luigj Shala and Anton Mazreku and was considered at the time the first sports publication in the region.
Kategoria e Parë is the second tier of professional football in Albania, positioned below Kategoria Superiore and above Kategoria e Dytë. Established in 1930, the league comprises 12 teams. The top two teams earn direct promotion to Kategoria Superiore, while the teams ranked 3rd to 6th enter a playoff tournament.
Kategoria Superiore (transl. Superior Category), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania.
2019–20 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the sixty-eighth season of Albania's annual cup competition. Kukësi are the defending champions. [ 1 ] Teuta won the cup for the fourth time in their history.
The Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started.
Former Tërbuni player and wealthy businessman Petrit Syla, who owned Albania's largest scaffolding firm Skela Syla, became the club's president in 2007 and immediately invested heavily in the club in order to improve the club and achieve promotion to the Albanian First Division. [2]
The sport is governed by the Football Association of Albania (Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit). The first recorded match was between students at a Christian mission in Shkodër . Other towns and cities followed suit and on 6 June 1930 the Football Association of Albania was established.