Makoto Nakamura Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 September 2020 A good win to start the season off on the front foot and a surprising home draw in the 1st leg of the Cup as Bylis are in the division above us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 October 2020 And we can't score. We did well holding out until the 83rd minute against Bylis in the cup and other than the game against Luftetari our defence has looked reasonably solid, we just can not score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 November 2020 The positives, we scored in 2 games and our defence held up against Dinamo Tirana, we were still poor against Elbasani and it sees us down in 8th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 December 2020 Another tough inconsistent month sees us further solidify 8th place, I'm really hoping for a new club in Albania at some point, I really doubt that I'll be able to take Naftetari very far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 February 2021 A nice turnaround to start 2021 and we're in a similar position as I was with Ada, 1 game to go and we could still qualify for the promotion group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 The Ada sacking is bad from the start, but things were good for another team. Probably, I hope you do better than Ada. Did you prefer to hate the sack while you have failed to accomplish or a new board wanted for a better future? Who is the new manager of Ada Velipoje after the board takeover? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 7 hours ago, sherwinriga said: The Ada sacking is bad from the start, but things were good for another team. Probably, I hope you do better than Ada. Did you prefer to hate the sack while you have failed to accomplish or a new board wanted for a better future? Who is the new manager of Ada Velipoje after the board takeover? I dislike the Ada board, they replaced me with Pavli Vangjeli who left after 1 year and they're now managed by regen Eljo Camaj, they're bottom of the other group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 March 2021 We could only manage to draw against Dinamo Tirana which put us in the relegation group where we've started off with a late 1-0 win over Elbasani to put us in the best place possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeJerb Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Anyone else look at the title and instantly think it was a Top Gear thread in the wrong section until you looked at the author? No? Just me then... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 16 minutes ago, TheyCallMeJerb said: Anyone else look at the title and instantly think it was a Top Gear thread in the wrong section until you looked at the author? No? Just me then... That was kind of the point since the real Grand Tour is set in a new country almost every episode and I thought it went quite well together with the worldwide nature of the challenge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 April 2021 Well, it was an unbeaten month and we're 4 points clear with 2 games left so we've pretty much guaranteed 6th place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 End of Season 2020/21 Our fans must love the entertaining football we provide. I haven't yet signed a new contract so we'll have to see if we're still at Naftetari in the pre-season. Key Players: Season | Club | Nation | League | Position | Other ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! 2017/18 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! AFC Cup Group Stage, Resigned EoS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018/19 | KF Ada Velipojë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group A | 6th | Beat Expectations, Sacked by new board EoS 2019/20 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 8th | Joined 7 games left, got 14 points from 21 2020/21 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 6th | Slight improvement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Klubi Sportiv Burreli is an Albanian football club based in Burrel, Mat District. Their home ground is the Liri Ballabani Stadium and they compete in the Albanian First Division. The club was founded in 1928, but was not an organised club until 1935 under the name Deja Burrel. The name was changed in 1945 to 31 Korriku Burreli, which was again changed in 1951 to Puna Burrel. Between 1958 and 1991 the club was renamed 31 Korriku Burrel before changing to its current name Burreli. The club competed in the lower leagues of Albania until 1981 when they participated in the Albanian Superliga for the first time. But they were relegated in their first top flight season after finishing bottom of the table during the 1981–82 season. They were back in the top division after just one season in the Albanian First Division and were part of the Kategoria superiore 1983–84. They were relegated again for the second time in the space of just two-years after finishing rock bottom of the table, again being relegated with just 20 points through the entire season. Key Players: We have a good core of players, better than the standard I've been used to, I just need more depth in attack, on the wings and a goalkeeper. My new home town, not sure if I can spot the stadium though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Pre-Season 2021/22 Started off poorly against 2 obviously much stronger teams in Skenderbeu and Flamurtari before getting some morale back against the smaller teams. It's nice to be not predicted bottom...and ahead of Ada. Key Signings: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 September 2021 Just the 2 games but we were drawn against Ada in the cup and we've won the away leg so I've hopefully already got one over my former employers and hopefully it will mark the 1st time I've managed to get past the 1st Round of the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argento Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 onward and upwards! Good luck for the new season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 October 2021 An almost amazing month, we've got one foot in the next round of the cup and yet we lost 5-1 at Kamza...I honestly can't explain that, the rest of the month showed us with a solid defence and we're in 3rd after 6 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 November 2021 A tough 4 away games this month but we come out in a strong position, facing Skenderbeu in the Quarter Final of the cup and we're only 2nd on goal difference and 5 points clear of Erzeni. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 December 2021 3 more games and we're now undisputed top of the table at effectively the halfway stage, it'll be nice to actually make a promotion group stage for once! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 February 2022 We did well against Skenderbeu but ultimately got knocked out and in the league we're just, and only just managing to hold on to the top spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 March 2022 Ooft this is going to be closely run, a good month overall but our defence is starting to falter, thankfully our attack hasn't given up on us though and with 6 games left we're just 2 points ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 April 2022 As the season hots up to the finale the matches get a lot tighter but after 4 seasons in this bloomin' division we'll finally be saying goodbye to it! And we win with 2 games to spare! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 End of Season 2021/22 And the season comes to a close, I can finally say goodbye to the Albanian 2nd tier after 3 mediocre years and a great one, we ended up a whopping 11 points clear of Beselidhja and then beating Apolonia 3-1 on penalties in the championship final, again I haven't yet signed a new contract so I'll be waiting to see if anything comes up fro next season. Key Players: Season | Club | Nation | League | Position | Other ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! 2017/18 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! AFC Cup Group Stage, Resigned EoS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018/19 | KF Ada Velipojë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group A | 6th | Beat Expectations, Sacked by new board EoS 2019/20 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 8th | Joined 7 games left, got 14 points from 21 2020/21 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 6th | Slight improvement 2021/22 | KS Burreli | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group A | 1st | Promoted as Champions! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Pre-Season 2022/23 An almost flawless pre-season and all we have to do is try to and avoid relegation, We needed to revamp so we have, this really should be enough to stay up, and to show the difference in quality, here's the XI used before the new signings: Compared with the XI we're putting out in the first league game: Key Signings: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 September 2022 Well we seem to be performing decently enough against the lesser teams in the league but we became severely unstuck away to Partizani...everyone bar 2/3 players are rated 5* compared to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 October 2022 If we can stay here come the end of the season then I'll be very happy , just the one defeat to Flamurtari and a very good draw against KF Tirana and we also have a good 2-0 advantage in the 2nd round of the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argento Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 looking good for staying up comfortably on this form! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 4 minutes ago, argento said: looking good for staying up comfortably on this form! Fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 November 2022 A poor month with just a win in the cup, we really need to turn some of these draws into wins as we're only outside the relegation zone on head-to-head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSJ Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I cant keep up with you! Haha. You're flying through mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 20 minutes ago, RSJ said: I cant keep up with you! Haha. You're flying through mate! Sorry haha, I find it so much nicer speeding through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 December 2022 A run of 4 wins sees us shoot up to the European places but there's a twist... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 History: (Translated from Albanian) Spoiler History FK Partizani Tirana is an Albanian professional Football Club based in the capital city Tiranë. The club’s home ground is the “Qemal Stafa” Stadium and they currently compete in the Albanian Superliga, which is the highest tier of Albanian football. The club was founded in 1946 by the Communist Party of Albania, and they first competed in an official competition a year later where they won the 1947 Albanian National Championship, thus being crowned the champions of Albania in their debut season as well as the following two seasons. In total the club have been national champions on 15 occasions between 1947 and 1993, which is the last time the club won the Albanian Superliga. They have won 18 other officially recognised domestic honours, including 15 Albanian Cups as well as Second Division, First Division and Supercup titles. They are also the only Albanian club side to have won an international football competition through their 1970 Balkans Cup campaign in which they beat Bulgarian side Beroe Stara Zagora in the final. Foundation The club was official founded on 4 February 1946 by the Albanian National Liberation Army soon after the end of World War II and the liberation of Albania. However, one year earlier in 1945, there had been two Military division teams competing in the first National Championship following the end of World War II. The teams were called Ylli Shkodër and Liria Korçë, and they were both dissolved as clubs at the end of the season, with their best players moving to Tiranë to join Military, which literally translates to The Army. Military played their first friendly game on 13 January 1946 against the reigning champions of Albania Vllaznia Shkodër, in a game that ended in a goalless draw in Tiranë that was played during heavy rainfall. The team played their first ever match in distinctive red shirts with each player’s initials on their chests. The following month, on 4 February, Military was developed into an organised sports club which was to be named in honour of the Albanian Partisans who had fought for the liberation of the country. In the early history of the club they recruited players from the Scanderbeg Military High School and Albanian Military Academy, as well as players from other clubs who were ordered by the ruling Communists to play for Partizani. On 7 April the club played their first official match under the name Partizani, which was against another team from the same city 17 Nëntori Tirana. Partizani won the match 2-0 .As the club did not participate in the 1946 National Championship, they instead toured Albania playing friendly games against some of the biggest clubs at the time, and ended their 9 match tour with 26 goals scored and 9 against. Early history The club first competed in a national competition in 1947, where they were enrolled into the top flight of Albanian football in their debut season. They played 16 games in their first season, winning 14, drawing 1 and losing 1, which led to them being crowned champions of Albania for the first time. Partizani finished with a goal difference of 41, after scoring 56 goals and conceding just 16, to finish with 29 points, just on ahead of Vllaznia Shkodër. The following season the Albanian Football Association decided to change the format of the championship and divided teams into two groups based on geographical location, with Group A being a northern conference and Group B being a southern conference. Partizani were placed in Group A where they finished top of the group level on points with Vllaznia Shkodër, and due to possessing a better goal difference Partizani were the group winners and reached the championship final on 25 August 1947 against Flamurtari Vlorë. The final was played in Tiranë and Partizani won with an emphatic 6-2 scoreline, Partizani their second consecutive title. In over 69 years Partizani have earned fame in Albania by becoming a legendary club. They have won 15 League titles, 15 Cups and 1 Supercups. Another great achievement is the two silver medals won in Leipzig and Hanoi against well known teams from Eastern Europe. Partizani are also the only Albanian team to have won a trophy abroad. In 1970 they won the prestigious Balkans Cup by overcoming PFC Beroe Stara Zagora in the final matches; the first leg was a 1-1 draw in Tirana and a 3-0 win was awarded for the second leg, as Beroe withdrew from the second leg. They are still the only Albanian club to have ever lifted an international trophy. Partizani and their talented players have long been the base for the national team as well. Hundreds of Partizani players have worn on the national team jersey. Many players from Partizani have received medals in Albania and have also played abroad in Italy, Germany, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland etc. The club are also considered by many to have one of the largest fan bases in Albania. This is not only in Tirana, but throughout the whole country. Partizani have gone through hard times after the fall of communism in Albania in 1990 and they only managed to win the League once in 1993 and the Cup on 4 occasions, 1991, 1993, 1997 and 2004. The club was taken over by Albert Xhani in 2001 and a few years later were relegated for the first time in their history to the second division in 1998. Partizani earned promotion immediately by also winning the second level division trophy. The following season was one of the worst. The bad financial situation brought poor results, so Partizani were again relegated for the second time. While 2013/14 season coincides with the return of the legendary team of Albanian football elite where Partizan direction is taken by known businessman Gazment Demi who is legally Club president with 100 % ownership of the shares. The first season of return can be called successful partly because the team is almost all season in the first three nivels , but in two weeks last fall in fifth place by failing to participate in the European Cups . During last season , the team makes more organic amendments . In these seasons on team was more players from Kosovo, Macedonia, Nigeria, Argentina. Italy. Partizani on last season 2015/16 is done and teams with more players called the National team , four such player . But Makoto, why would you go from a club that's in 3rd to a club that's in 9th?!? Simple, I was overachieving with a weak squad, now I'm hopefully going to achieve with a strong squad that's low on morale, they've got history and a fan base. 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RSJ Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Love it @Makoto Nakamura - think this will be a masterstroke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ha, this was a bit of a surprise to me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just now, RSJ said: Love it @Makoto Nakamura - think this will be a masterstroke! Hopefully! I don't think there's too many better teams I can manage in Albania now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Typical, the best goalkeeper in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 January 2023 Just the 2 games but PArtizani have returned to winning ways and we're only 3 points off of Burreli! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 February 2023 The close to prefect start continues with 3 wins from 4 now sees us overtake Burreli and now we're in the Europa League Qualifying positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 March 2023 The unbeaten run is finally over but we're still looking really strong for the top 3 finish with 9 games to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 April 2023 Disappointing defeats against Apolonia and Flamurtari but we broke our biggest win record with the 6-0 thrashing of Burreli where they were down to 10 men after 6 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 End of Season 2022/23 A perfect end to a very good half season in charge where despite some big injuries we still stormed up the table to finish 3rd, 12 points clear of Skenderbeu in 4th. Key Players: Season | Club | Nation | League | Position | Other ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016/17 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! 2017/18 | Simorgh Alborz | Afghanistan | Roshan Afghan Premier League | 1st | Champions! AFC Cup Group Stage, Resigned EoS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018/19 | KF Ada Velipojë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group A | 6th | Beat Expectations, Sacked by new board EoS 2019/20 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 8th | Joined 7 games left, got 14 points from 21 2020/21 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group B | 6th | Slight improvement 2021/22 | KS Burreli | Albania | Kategoria e parë Group A | 1st | Promoted as Champions! 2022/23 | KS Burreli | Albania | Kategoria Superiore | 3rd | Left in December 2022/23 | FK Partizani Tirana | Albania | Kategoria Superiore | 3rd | Joined in December, Europa League Quals! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Pre-Season 2023/24 I...uh...wow. I was not expecting this at all, Partizani are in the Europa League Group Stage. I have no expectations here. Signings: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 September 2023 A perfect start to the league is absolutely amazing! And we only lost 1-0 to Leverkusen! This has all the makings of a really good season, fingers crossed anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 November 2023 Another really good month with us breezing through in the cup and picking up our first European points with a solid victory away to FC Steaua and also a very odd 5-5 draw against Kukesi where we were 3-1 down, 5-3 up and then gutted for them to bring it back to 5-5 in the 92nd minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
argento Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 look like the old team are struggling without their leader! Great start and remarkable results to get to the group stage, should help the finances as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliep Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 This is looking great. You're flying through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 You're sure bouncing around Albania! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 How the hell did you qualify for the Europa Groups? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Nakamura Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 21 hours ago, argento said: look like the old team are struggling without their leader! Great start and remarkable results to get to the group stage, should help the finances as well! Very disappointing to see them so far down so soon, hopefully they can stay up. The Europa League run has been great! 20 hours ago, olliep said: This is looking great. You're flying through. Thanks Ollie, I love fast seasons 20 hours ago, deltablue said: You're sure bouncing around Albania! This should be my last Albanian club haha. 15 hours ago, Jupjamie said: How the hell did you qualify for the Europa Groups? I....I don't know :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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