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Tifozat Kuq e Zi logo with Big Sabit as its mascot
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Nickname | Kuq e Zi (Red and Black) |
Abbreviation | TKZ |
Founded | 25 December 2003 |
Type | Ultras group |
Team | Albania national football team |
Motto | Një Komb, Një Kombëtare (One Nation, One National Team) |
Headquarters | Tiranë, Albania |
Arenas |
Elbasan Arena (2014– ) Qemal Stafa Stadium (2003–2014) |
Stand | Greater Albania |
Coordinates | 41°19′48″N 19°49′12″E / 41.33000°N 19.82000°E |
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Website | tifozatkuqezi.com |
Tifozat Kuq e Zi (English: Red and Black Fans, also known as the Albania National Football Team Supporters Club) is a non-profit football supporters' association for the Albania national football team and various national team sportive activities. It was founded on December 25, 2003. In cooperation with FSHF, it organises trips for football fans to visit games, and develops and sells merchandise to support itself and fund sporting related projects.
Tifozat Kuq e Zi stands firm in the political view that Albanians should share only one national team and have continuous aspirations to join in one state (Një Komb, Një Kombëtare), i.e. unification of Albania, Kosovo, etc. In this sense, TKZ is joined by different supporters' associations throughout Albanian-speaking regions mainly in Kosovo (Kuqezinjet e Jakoves of Gjakova, Plisat of Pristina, Torcida of Mitrovica, Shqiponjat of KF Besa Pejë, etc.), Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Ballistët of Tetovo, Ilirët of Kumanovo, Shvercerat of Skopje, etc.) and in Albania itself (Ultras Guerrils of Partizani Tirana, Tirona Fanatics of KF Tirana, Vllaznit Ultras of Vllaznia Shkodër and many other different Albanian fans).