kf shkëndija tiranë is an albanian football club based in tiranë, and is the football team of the sports mastery school loro boriçi. the academy is famous for being one of the most successful in the country and has produced 35 albanian international footballers. the club's glory days were in the 1970s where they were regulars in the albanian superliga and when they also featured in the balkan cup in 1971–72. in 1986 the club was renamed studenti ilfk tirana, but was reverted to shkëndija tiranë. the club currently compete in the albanian third division.