 However, due to changes in the format of footballing competitions by the Albanian Football Association, in order to employ a western format, the club was unable to play in the 1948–49 Albanian Championship as they were placed in the new eight-team Second Division, where they were ranked second behind Partizani Tirana B before the competition was annulled under Soviet pressure who ordered the reinstatement of the Soviet format.After the fall of communism just like in every club in Albania, many players left to continue their career abroad.In 1992, the football branch was separated from the main club and continued as KF Apolonia Fier under chairman Koço Kokëdhima.