The Kukes football team has entered entered in the history of Albanian football.
Although created in 1930, only this year managed to win the Albanian football champion, the 2016-2017 season. The team with the passionate president Safet Gjici, headed by the coach Ernest Gjoka beat 2-0 the Skanderbeg of Korca, the champion in power, securing the title a week before the end of the championship.
The Croatian Pero Pejic is the hero of Kukesi after scoring two goals and leading to delusions Kukesi fan.The meeting had some difficult moments. The Skanderbeg is punished with a red card at the 10th minute after the referee Jorgji pulled out of the game Micin who forcibly pushed Pejic while he was just in front of the goalkeeper. The penalty given returned to goal by Pejic himself.
At the start of the second half Scanderbeg's players insisted 11 meters, but referee Jorgji gave red card to Osman.
The further continuation of the game was quite tense. Skanderbeg made the utmost effort, but the Kukesi defense was solid. And in the extra minutes was again Pero with his second goal of the match, who marked the beginning of the fiesta of Kukes./Oculus News