Draft:Vlora FC

Vlora FC
	Badge of Vlora FC
Full name	Vlora Football Club
Founded	2012; 13 years ago
Stadium	Bob Pates Stadium, Burnsville, MN
General Manager	Adi Bilani
Head Coach	Christian Peréz
League	UPSL
2024	6th, Midwest Conference; Playoffs: Division Semis
Website	https://vlorafc.com/

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Comment: None of these sources help to establish notability. One is the subject's own website, the others are all brief passing mentions, or routine listings. Greenman (talk) 21:59, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. DomBisogno16 (talk) 16:32, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Vlora FC (known informally as Vlora and formerly as Vlora City) is an American soccer team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 2012, the team has played in the United Premier Soccer League, a national league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, since 2019.

History

Founded in 2012 as a tournament soccer team in Minneapolis, Vlora was created by Adi Bilani. The club formed after Bilani left the Minnesota Kings, another local team. He gathered players to take part in a Latino league in Burnsville. He eventually reconnected with players he met in high school and college, putting together a team that would go touring around futsal leagues in the cities and tournaments between 2011 and 2012. Bilani entered Vlora into the Minnesota Amateur Soccer League soon after, replacing an Edina-based team named the Super Eagles.^[1]

Vlora joined the UPSL in 2019 and won the UPSL Midwest-West Conference in its first year taking part. The club has remained a competitive member of the UPSL since.

Vlora has taken part in the National Amateur Cup every year since 2021 and made its deepest run in the tournament in 2024 by reaching the region II semifinals, in which they lost to Milwaukee Bavarians.

Multiple Vlora players have gone on to play professional soccer, including Daniel De Leon, who moved from Vlora to the New York Red Bulls II.^[2]

Honors

2019 UPSL Midwest-West Conference championship

Season-by-season

Season	Division	League	Wins	Draw	Losses	Regular season	Playoffs	US Open Cup	US National Cup
2019	Premier	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	8	1	1	1st^[3]	Qualified	Did not enter	Did not enter
2021	Premier	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	2	0	6	8th^[4]	Did not qualify	Did not enter	Region II quarterfinals
2022	Premier	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	8	2	0	1st^[5]	Qualified	Did not enter	Region II quarterfinals
2023	Premier	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	5	3	2	4th^[6]	Qualified	Did not enter	Region II Round of 16
2024	Premier	UPSL (Midwest Conference, West Division)	4	2	4	6th^[7]	Qualified	Did not enter	Region II semifinals

References

^ "Vlora's Mission to Become a Home for Soccer". March 22, 2025.
^ "New York Red Bulls II Sign Defender Daniel de Leon".
^ "Standings".
^ "Standings".
^ "Standings".
^ "Standings".
^ "Standings".

[1] "Vlora's Mission to Become a Home for Soccer". March 22, 2025.

[2] "New York Red Bulls II Sign Defender Daniel de Leon".

[3] "Standings".

[4] "Standings".

[5] "Standings".

[6] "Standings".

[7] "Standings".

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