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Other information

Source: Selman Stërmasi stadium

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Nallbani	52	2004	86	1	2010	$1 million
12	GK		Korunovski	41	2008	5	0	2010	undisclosed
31	GK		Kuka	33	2007	1	0	2011	Youth system
3	DF		Dabulla	44	2008	25	0	2010	undisclosed
19	DF		Osmani	38	2008	24	0	2010	€40,000
5	DF		Pashaj	39	2008	4	0	2010	undisclosed
16	DF		Abraham	37	2008	60	0	2010	$160,000
6	DF		Lila	37	2008	30	4	2010	undisclosed
4	MF		Mohellebi	39	2009	0	0	2011	€100,000
14	MF		Devolli	45	2008	31	2	2010	Free
23	MF		Lilaj	34	2008	21	1	2011	Youth system
13	MF		Patushi	47	2009 (Winter)	15	0	2010	Free
8	MF		Sefa	36	2005	75	6	2010	Youth system
27	MF		Tusha	33	2008	3	0	2010	Youth system
10	MF		Mukaj	47	2002	159	50	2010	undisclosed
17	MF		Muzaka	39	2008	30	3	2010	€100,000
7	MF		Hajdari	33	2007	10	0	2011	Youth system
20	FW		Abilaliaj	37	2009	2	1	2011	Free
9	FW		Ferra	34	2008	2	0	2011	Youth system
15	FW		Memelli	43	2008	29	22	2009	undisclosed
11	FW		Sorra	34	2007	5	1	2011	Youth system
18	FW		Rica	33	2009	0	0	2010	Youth system
?	DF		Bicaj	34	2009	0	0	2011	undisclosed
?	DF		Ahmataj	44	2009	1	0	2010	Free
?	DF		Dede	47	2009	0	0	2010	Free
?	DF		Sina	45	2009	0	0	2010	undisclosed
?	DF		Sinanaj	37	2009	0	0	2010	undisclosed
?	MF		Karabeci	36	2009	0	0	2010	Free
?	FW		Çeliku	36	2006	0	0	2010	Youth system
?	FW		Malindi	35	2009	0	0	2010	undisclosed

Ohrid, Macedonia

Tirana's president Refik Halili chose not to reveal where the club would be holding their re-season training camp ahead of the club's appearance in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League until he named the manager and the players had signed new contracts at the club. The two possibilities were either Ohrid in Macedonia or southern Turkey. After winning the 2008–09 Albanian Superliga the players received a three-week break ahead of the new season.^[1] It was announced that the team would be traveling to Oher, Macedonia instead of Turkey for their pre-season training camp on June 24, 2009, this was announced before Halili had signed a new coach which was not expected.^[2] The club along with new coach Ilija Lončarević traveled to Ohrid in western Macedonia for their pre-season training on June 28, 2009, which was four days after previously expected, the club left Tirana at 16:15 local time. The squad along with the staff planned to stay in Macedonia for nine days and had planned to three friendlies against Macedonian sides during their stay there.^[3] The club planned to stay at the 'Mizo' hotel in Oher for the duration of their trip.^[4] The club's first game was planned in Oher against local side FK Karaorman of Struga, however due to heavy rainfall the match was called off, it was due to be staged at a small stadium close to where Tirana was training, however it was expected for the friendly to be staged the next day depending on the weather.^[5] Tirana played their first game of the pre-season against Albanian-Macedonian side KF Vllaznimi on July 1, 2009, this match gave a chance for new coach Lončarević to try out the squad for the very first time and to see the younger and fringe players of the side as well. The 1st preseason game proved to be a success for the champions of Albania and the coach as Tirana won comfortably 6–0 against the Macedonian side. Besa Kavaje bound striker scored 2 goals, the captain Devis Mukaj netted once, as did Jetmir Sefa, Ergys Sorra and new signing Arbër Abilaliaj.^[6] Three days later the club faced their biggest test of the stay in Oher, FK Teteks. The match was played on July 4, 2009 and the scores ended 1–1 with both teams creating chances but neither able to in the end.^[7] Tirana then played local a Struga side who they beat 3–1 with mostly young players and also a Macedonian League selection team on July 6, 2009 who they beat comfortably 6–0, the second time they beat a team with this same scoreline after their first game against KF Vllaznimi. The goals came from doubles from both captain Devis Mukaj and midfielder Gjergji Muzaka and the rest came from Daniel Xhafa and Arbër Abilaliaj.^[8] The team and staff left Macedonia for Tirana on July 7, 2009 after they had finished their last dinner in Macedonia. The club had spent a week and a half in Macedonia and had played 4 friendlies against teams from different levels of football, this gave Lončarević the chance to see his players for the first time since taking on the job at Tirana and to witness some of his younger players. In total Tirana played 4 friendlies in Ohrid, winning 3 of them and drawing just one which was seen as a positive result out of Macedonia ahead of the club's Champions League games and the Albanian Supercup.^[9]

Total Games

Vllaznimi v Tirana

1 July 2009 Friendly	Vllaznimi	0–6	Tirana	Ohrid, Macedonia
			Xhafa Muka Sefa Sorra Abilaliaj	Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori

Karaorman v Tirana

? July 2009 Friendly	Karaorman	1–3	Tirana	Ohrid, Macedonia
				Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori

Teteks v Tirana

4 July 2009 Friendly	Teteks	1–1	Tirana	Ohrid, Macedonia
		Report		Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori

Selection v Tirana

6 July 2009 Friendly	Selection	0–6	Tirana	Ohrid, Macedonia
			Mukaj Muzaka Xhafa Abilaliaj	Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori

Tirana v Kamza

? July 2009 Friendly

Tirana

5–1

Kamza

Tiranë, Albania

Tirana v Olimpiku

25 July 2009 Friendly	Tirana	4–1	Olimpiku	Tiranë, Albania
	Lila Xhafa Ferra Abilaliaj	Report

Tirana v KF Tirana U-19

28 July 2009 Friendly	Tirana	5–1	KF Tirana U-19	Tiranë, Albania
	Sefa Mukaj (p) Hajdari (p) Ferra Abilaliaj	Report

Tirana v Partizani

6 August 2009 Friendly	Tirana	1–1	Partizani	Tiranë, Albania
	Lila 21' (pen.)	Report

Tirana v Kastrioti

9 August 2009 Friendly	Tirana	1–3	Kastrioti	Tiranë, Albania
	Lila 40'	Report

Apolonia v Tirana

10 August 2009 Majaci Cup	Apolonia	0–1	Tirana	Fier, Albania
			Malindi 38'	Stadium: Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium

Apolonia v Tirana

10 August 2009 Majaci Cup	Apolonia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Tirana	Fier, Albania
			Abilaliaj 18'	Stadium: Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium

Albanian Supercup

As 2008–09 Albanian Superliga champions Tirana kicked off the domestic 2009–10 season with the annual Albanian Supercup on August 16, 2009, where they played the 2008–09 Albanian Cup winners Flamurtari. The match was played at the Qemal Stafa Stadium with only a few thousand fans showing up from the start of the game. Tirana were forced to play an unusual line-up due to injury to some of their main players like inspirational leader Devis Mukaj and goal-machine Migen Memelli. Tirana started the game with just Arbër Abilaliaj up front with youngster Blerti Hajdari playing just behind the striker. The fans providing the atmosphere inside the stadium as always were the 'Tirona Fanatics', another notable fan was former chairman of KF Tirana and the president of Albania, Bamir Topi who had taken up his normal place in the V.I.P section of the stadium. The match itself started very slowly with very few chances to shout about until the second half when Tirana whipped in a corner and after confusion in the box former Flamurtari player Arbër Abilaliaj managed to scramble the ball into the back of the net on the 72nd minute mark. This proved to be the only goal in the game.

Tirana v Flamurtari Vlorë

16 August 2009 Final	Tirana	1–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	Tiranë
20:30 CET	Abilaliaj 72'	Report		Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Albano Janku

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Tirana v Stabæk

15 July 2009 First leg	Tirana	1–1	Stabæk	Tiranë, Albania
20:00 CET	Mukaj 50'	Report	Kobayashi 34'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Stabæk v Tirana

21 July 2009 Second leg	Stabæk	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Tirana	Bærum, Norway
20:45 CET	Segerström 15', 17' Berglund 44' Farnerud 55'	Report		Stadium: Telenor Arena Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Albanian Cup		Europe		Supercup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Blendi Nallbani	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	1	0	0
3	DF	Rezart Dabulla	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
4	MF	Laurent Mohellebi	2	0	0	0	2(2)	0	1	0	5(2)	0	1	1
5	DF	Entonio Pashaj	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
6	DF	Andi Lila	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	2	1
7	MF	Blerti Hajdari	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	0	0
8	MF	Jetmir Sefa	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW	Hendrit Ferra	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
10	FW	Devis Mukaj	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
11	FW	Ergys Sorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Pece Korunovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Sajmir Patushi	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Bledar Devolli	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	2	0
15	FW	Migen Memelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Abraham Alechenwu	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
17	MF	Gjergji Muzaka	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	FW	Erand Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	Tefik Osmani	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
20	FW	Arbër Abilaliaj	2	1	0	0	2(2)	0	1	1	5	2	2	0
23	MF	Sabien Lila	2	0	0	0	2	0	1(1)	0	5(1)	0	0	0
27	MF	Gerald Tusha	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
31	GK	Klajdi Kuka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0