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KS Devolli

association football club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ861835
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Klubi Sportiv Devolli is an Albanian football club based in the town of Bilisht.

History

Bilisht Sport

Klubi Sportiv Devolli was founded in 1927 and played under the name Devolli Bilisht. They were renamed to just Bilishti between 1949 and 1950, before changing to Puna Bilisht between 1951 and 1958. The club then reverted its name back to Devolli Bilisht in 1958 which it kept until 2006 when they change their name to Klubi Futbollitik Bilisht Sport.

In the 2010s, another club from Bilisht emerged and called KF Devolli.

They were champions of the Albanian Second Division for the 2018-2019 campaign, which promoted them to the Albanian First Division upcoming season. Currently they play in the Albanian Second Division, after suffering relegation from the Albanian First Division in the 2019-20 season.

Current squad

As of 8 December 2019

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

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The public source identifies “KS Devolli” as association football club. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Devolli, association and football.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1927, 1949, 1950, 1951—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1927. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Devolli, association and football providing the first useful test.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q861835. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927, 1949, 1950 and 1951.

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This entry incorporates text from KS Devolli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.