San Giorgio Piana, the Arbëresh football team in Italy

 The new football season finds engaged the team of Arbëreshë, in the largest municipality inhabited by Arbëresh in Southern Italy, Piana degli Albanesi. Today the mayor of this municipality Rosario Petta wishes success to the team San Giorgio Piana, which plays in the first category (Prima Categoria). 

Below it refers to the official website of the team, where the leading organization chart has been announced, at the top of which is Evis Troka, also of Albanian origin. Troka previously gave an interview to the writer from Piana degli Albanesi, Mario Caliva, which was published in September this year.

Members of the team A.S.D. San Giorgio

Troka had pointed out that at the time of the pandemic, in addition to the difficulties brought by isolation and the lack of training opportunities under normal conditions, the team also felt the lack of fans. Asked how difficult it is to undertake the advancement of a team of such a small community, he replied that thanks to the collaborators and the sacrifices of the team, they will try to continue this sports project that the Piana degli Albanesi community deserves.

This is the first year that Troka leads this team and in the previous three years, he has run his company called "Italtop", which has been the general sponsor of the team he leads today. In this team, 70% of the players are Arbëresh and locals, residents of Piana degli Albanesi..