 Naftëtari means "Oilmen", with Kuçovë being the center of the Albanian oil industry.Founded in 1926, they first participated in the Albanian Superliga in 1946 as "Spartak Kuçovë".During the communist era they were first known as "Puna Qyteti Stalin", then "Spartaku Qyteti Stalin" and for most of the time "Naftëtari Qyteti Stalin".