KF Liria Prizren

The first football arrived in Prizren in 1922 from Skopje by an unknown photograph. Although little is known about the clubs history, it was found in 1930. They played in the Yugoslav lower leagues until the beginning of World War II, and during this times as an organized club it changed its name to Sharr, probably after the Sharr Mountains. In this time it competed in different places in the region. When the region was annexed by Albania. Liria, then was renamed as Prizreni, participated for one season in the 1942 Albanian Superliga. By winning the North Zone, they qualified to the final stage of the tournament, where they lost in the semifinals against Tirana.[1]

After the end of the World War II, the club returned to the Yugoslav football league system. During these time, the regime in power calls the club by its new name, Metohija. The club had this name until 1970 when it was given the name it has today, Liria. The name comes from the Albanian word for "Freedom". From 1945 to 1991, Liria competed in the Kosovo Province League which was a part of the Yugoslav football system. The winners of this league would get promotion to the Yugoslav Second League. During this period, Liria won four province league titles, earning them promotion to play on Yugoslav Second League on series of occasions. With this achievements, Liria was one of the most successful clubs in the Kosovo Province League.

In 1991, the Football Federation of Kosovo organized the independent system of football competitions in Kosovo. Liria, played a very historical role in these developments, playing the first historical match, with Ballkani in the village of Studenqan in Suhareka. The match was played on 20 August 1991 and ended with a draw. The first historical goal of the newly league was also scored by Lirias, Flamur Bytyqi. In the 1994–95 season, Liria managed to win their first Kosovo league title.

After the Kosovo War, Liria continued competing in the top tier of Kosovan football. In the 2002/03 season, Liria finished second last in the league which resulted relegation to the second division. And after one season, they came first in their group(B) and won promotion to the recently formed elite league, Kosovo Superleague. In the season 2004/05 they finished in 6th place enough for the qualifying rounds of championship playoff. They ended up in 5th place in the playoff with Besa Peje being champions. After some disappointing results in the 2006/2007 season the club was relegated back to the second division. However the club managed to win the 2006–07 Kosovar Cup, beating Flamurtari 3–0 on penalties in the final held at Fadil Vokrri Stadium. The club stayed in the second tier for two seasons, until they got their promotion back in the 2008–09 season. The next year, the club won the 2009–10 Kosovar Cup, beating Vëllaznimi 3–1 in extra time.

The seasons after winning the Kosovar cup in the 2009/10 season, things went well for Liria until the 2012/13 season. After one of the worst ever seasons in the clubs history, they were relegated after finishing last in the league. Back in the second division, they played there only for two seasons, before finishing 2nd in the 2014/15 season after Llapi and getting promoted back to the elite. First season after promotion, Liria came in the 7th place avoiding relegation playoff with four points. The next season did not go any well either, with the 2016/17 season ending in 8th place and avoiding relegation playoff again by two points. 2017/18 season ended, with Liria in 7th place and once again avoiding relegation playoff by four points. After all of these disappointing season results the 2018/19 season saw Liria being relegated to the second division, after finishing second last with poor results. In the 2019/20 season in second division, Liria finished 3rd and almost got promoted back with only 5 points between them and the second place, Arbëria.

Second season in the second division after their relegation in 2018/19, the club ended the 20/21 season in 5th place in their group (A).

Liria's rivals in Kosovo are mostly from the large cities in Kosovo. One longtime rival is Vëllaznimi, as the teams played often in the Yugoslavian periods. Another historical rival is Prishtina, and their rivalry is between two of the largest cities in Kosovo. Their local rival is A&N, even though there is no big and historical clashes between them since their club were only formed in 2017.

• Superliga e Kosovës/Kosovo Superleague
  • Winners (1): 1994–95
• Liga e Parë/Second Division
  • Winners (2): 2003–04 (joint-winner), 2008–09
• Kupa e Kosovës/Kosovar Cup
  • Winners (2): 2006–07, 2009–10

• Kosovo Province League
  • Winners (4): 1974–75, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87

As of 15 August 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KOS Drilon Hodaj 2 DF  COL Armando Nieves 3 DF  KOS Rilind Kastrati 4 DF  KOS Ragip Thaqi 5 DF  ALB Florian Daci 6 MF  KOS Edmond Likaj 7 FW  KOS Albin Memaj 8 MF  VEN Guillermo Ramírez Valdivia 9 MF  URU Pio Martins 11 DF  KOS Qëndrim Gashi 12 GK  KOS Flamur Gashi 13 MF  VEN Luís Jiménez Vivas 15 DF  KOS Behar Dina

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  KOS Gentian Benishi 18 FW  HON Roby Norales 19 FW  KOS Fatih Karahoda 20 DF  KOS Valon Bytyqi 21 MF  ALB Diellor Biseni 23 DF  COL Jhonny Riascos 27 MF  KOS Fitim Susuri — GK  KOS Adel Salihi — DF  MNE Adrian Rudović — DF  KOS Jenuz Koloni — MF  KOS Edison Rakaj