KF Egnatia

Football developed as a popular pastime in Rrogozhinë during the early years of the First World War. Being close to Kavajë, a city with one of Albania’s strongest footballing traditions, the town benefited from its neighbour’s influence and gradually formed an amateur team that would later compete in the country’s second division. The club’s first recorded match took place in 1934, when it faced Besa in a friendly and lost 7–1. Besa’s victory was largely inspired from the five goals scored by Mustafa Cara, an agronomy student studying in Bari, Italy, who was also playing for local club Fidelis Astria. After the end of World War II, Albanian football was reorganized, with participation in the top two divisions restricted to district-level representative teams. As Rrogozhinë was still a locality at the time, Egnatia was unable to compete at the national level under the new system.

Egnatia earned promotion to Kategoria Superiore for the first time after winning the 2003–04 Kategoria e Parë season. The club’s first spell in the top flight lasted only one season, as it was relegated at the end of the 2004–05 campaign. During that season, Hysen Dedja and Petrit Haxhia were succeeded as head coach by Alfred Ferko.

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…

Kategoria Superiore Winners (3): 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 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 (2): 2024–25, 2025–26 Albanian Supercup Winners (1): 2024 Runners-up (2): 2023, 2025