 In 2015 the club became the first Albanian side to reach the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League but they lost to Dinamo Zagreb and dropped into the UEFA Europa League, and became the first Albanian side to qualify for the group stages of a UEFA competition.The first football club in the city of Korçë was formed on 15 April 1909 under the name Vllazëria by politician and poet Hilë Mosi.The rise in the popularity of the sport resulted in a number of clubs being formed between 1920 and 1922, including clubs such as "Përparimi" and "Sport Klub Korça".