Albanian Superliga 2008-09
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The Albanian Superliga 2008–09 was the sixty-eighth season of top-tier football in Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 and the eleventh season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 24 August 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009. The defending champions were Dinamo Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

.

KF Tirana won their 24th national league title and qualified for the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League 2009–10
The 2009–10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played on 22 May 2010, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home ground of Real Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. The final was won by...

; Vllaznia Shkodër
KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...

, Dinamo Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

 and Albanian Cup 2008–09 winners Flamurtari Vlorë
KS Flamurtari Vlorë
Klubi Sportiv Flamurtari Vlorë or KS Flamurtari Vlorë is an Albanian football club based in Vlorë, Albania. It plays in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. Their home ground is Stadiumi Flamurtari....

 gained access to the UEFA Europa League. On the bottom end of the table, Lushnja
KS Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in Lushnjë. Their home ground is "Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium" , named for Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu....

 and Elbasani
KS Elbasani
Klubi i Futbollit or KF Elbasani is an Albanian football club, which plays in the city of Elbasan. The club was founded in 1913, from the fusion of two teams, "Aferdita Elbasan" and "Perparimi Elbasan", under the name "Klubi Futbollit Urani Elbasan"....

 were directly relegated. Bylis Ballsh
KS Bylis Ballsh
Klubi Sportiv Bylis Ballsh is an Albanian association football club based in Ballsh city. Their home ground is "Agush Maca Stadium" ....

 and Partizani Tirana
KF Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub or Klubi Sportiv Partizani is an Albanian football club, playing in the capital, Tirana, and founded in 1946. Their first participation in the Albanian National Championship was in 1947....

 had to face teams from the First Division
Albanian First Division
The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....

 in relegation matches. Both teams lost and thus were demoted as well.

Promotion and relegation

Besëlidhja Lezhë
KS Besëlidhja Lezhë
Klubi Sportiv Besëlidhja Lezhë is an Albanian football club based in the northern city of Lezhë. Their home ground is the Brian Filipi Stadium which has a seating capacity of 7,000.-History:...

 and Skënderbeu Korçë
KS Skënderbeu Korçë
K.F. Skënderbeu Korçë is a football club based in Korçë, a city in southeastern Albania . They play in the Albanian Superliga, which is the top tier in the country and are currently reigning champions. The club is named after Albania's greatest hero of all time, Skanderbeg...

 were directly relegated to the First Division after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They were replaced by First Division champions Bylis Ballsh
KS Bylis Ballsh
Klubi Sportiv Bylis Ballsh is an Albanian association football club based in Ballsh city. Their home ground is "Agush Maca Stadium" ....

 and runners-up Apolonia Fier
KS Apolonia Fier
Klubi Sportiv Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded as "KS Apollonia" in 1925 - a name derived from the nearby ruined ancient city of Apollonia. They play at the Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu...

.

9th placed Teuta Durrës
KS Teuta Durrës
Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës or KS Teuta is an Albanian football team, with its base in the city of Durrës. The club was founded in 1925 with the name of "KS Urani". In 1927, the club renamed themselves to "SK Durrës", in 1930, "KS Teuta Durrës", in 1946 "Ylli i Kuq Durrës" , in 1950 "SK Durrës", in...

 and 10th placed Kastrioti Krujë
KS Kastrioti Krujë
Klubi Sportiv Kastrioti Krujë is an Albanian football club based in Krujë.They currently play in the Albanian Superliga, which is the top division in Albania. They play their home games at the Stadiumi Kastrioti, which has a capacity of over 8,500.-History:The club was founded in 1926...

 had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Krujë were relegated in the process by losing on penalties against the 3rd placed team from First Division, Lushnja
KS Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in Lushnjë. Their home ground is "Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium" , named for Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu....

. On the other hand, Teuta Durrës saved their place in Albania's top league by beating Burreli
KS Burreli
Klubi Sportiv Burreli is an Albanian football club based in Burrel, Mat District. The club has had very little success since its creation in 1952...

, who had finished in 4th place in the First Division, with 2–1 after extra time.

Stadia and locations

Team City/Area Stadium Capacity
Apolonia
KS Apolonia Fier
Klubi Sportiv Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded as "KS Apollonia" in 1925 - a name derived from the nearby ruined ancient city of Apollonia. They play at the Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu...

Fier
Fier
Fieri is a city in southwest Albania, in the district and county of the same name. It is located at , and has a population of 82,297 . Fier is from the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Apollonia.-History :...

Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu
Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu
Loni Papuçiu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Fier, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Apolonia Fier. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people.-References:...

6,000
Besa
KS Besa Kavajë
Klubi Sportiv Besa Kavajë is an Albanian football club based in Kavajë. They play in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. Their home ground is Stadiumi Besa.-History:...

Kavajë
Kavajë
Kavajë or Kavaja, capital of Kavajë District, Tirana County is a city situated on the western inlands, just a few kilometers off the Adriatic Sea, in Central Albania.The District of Kavajë has a population of 82,921 inhabitants as of January 1, 2010....

Stadiumi Besa
Stadiumi Besa
Besa Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kavajë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Besa Kavajë. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people.-References:...

12,000
Bylis
KS Bylis Ballsh
Klubi Sportiv Bylis Ballsh is an Albanian association football club based in Ballsh city. Their home ground is "Agush Maca Stadium" ....

Ballsh
Ballsh
-Overview:The city's surrounding fields are rich in crude petroleum and are dotted by a series of oil wells established during the communist dictatorship. Only a fraction of these wells are operating today, but the city includes a working refinery, and outputs of naphthas are significant...

Stadiumi Agush Maca 6,000
Dinamo
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...

Selman Stërmasi stadium
Selman Stërmasi stadium
Selman Stërmasi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tirana, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Tirana. The stadium holds 12,500 people . It is named after Selman Stërmasi, one of KF Tirana's best players of all time. The stadium is also used...

12,000
KS Elbasani
KS Elbasani
Klubi i Futbollit or KF Elbasani is an Albanian football club, which plays in the city of Elbasan. The club was founded in 1913, from the fusion of two teams, "Aferdita Elbasan" and "Perparimi Elbasan", under the name "Klubi Futbollit Urani Elbasan"....

Elbasan
Elbasan
Elbasan is a city in central Albania. It is located on the Shkumbin River in the District of Elbasan and the County of Elbasan, at...

Stadiumi Ruzhdi Bizhuta
Stadioni Ruzhdi Bizhuta
The Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Elbasan, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Elbasani. The stadium holds 13,000 people.-References:...

13,000
Flamurtari
KS Flamurtari Vlorë
Klubi Sportiv Flamurtari Vlorë or KS Flamurtari Vlorë is an Albanian football club based in Vlorë, Albania. It plays in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. Their home ground is Stadiumi Flamurtari....

Vlorë
Vlorë
Vlorë is one of the biggest towns and the second largest port city of Albania, after Durrës, with a population of about 94,000 . It is the city where the Albanian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1912...

Stadiumi Flamurtari
Stadiumi Flamurtari
Flamurtari Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vlorë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Flamurtari Vlorë. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people....

8,500
KS Lushnja
KS Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in Lushnjë. Their home ground is "Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium" , named for Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu....

Lushnjë
Lushnjë
Lushnjë or Lushnje is a city in Central-West Albania located at 40.95°N, 19.71°E. It is the center of the District of Lushnje in the County of Fier and has a population of about 54,813. The town was founded in late medieval times by a Turkish widow called Salushe. She built a rest stop on the...

Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium
Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium
Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lushnjë, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Lushnja of the Albanian Superliga. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000. -External links:*...

6,000
Partizani
KF Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub or Klubi Sportiv Partizani is an Albanian football club, playing in the capital, Tirana, and founded in 1946. Their first participation in the Albanian National Championship was in 1947....

Tirana Selman Stërmasi stadium 12,000
Shkumbini
KS Shkumbini Peqin
Klubi Sportiv Shkumbini is an Albanian football club based in Peqin. They play in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. They play at the Fusha Sportive Peqin.-Supporters:...

Peqin
Peqin
Peqin is the capital of the Peqin District in central Albania. The town has a population of 10,000.The ancient name of Peqin was Claudiana. The city's modern name derives from the Ottoman form Bekleyin, which means a place of hospitality. During Ottoman rule Peqin belonged to the Sanjak of Elbasan...

Stadiumi Peqin
Stadiumi Peqin
Fusha Sportive Peqin is a multi-use stadium in Peqin, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KS Shkumbini. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.-References:...

6,000
Teuta
KS Teuta Durrës
Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës or KS Teuta is an Albanian football team, with its base in the city of Durrës. The club was founded in 1925 with the name of "KS Urani". In 1927, the club renamed themselves to "SK Durrës", in 1930, "KS Teuta Durrës", in 1946 "Ylli i Kuq Durrës" , in 1950 "SK Durrës", in...

Durrës
Durrës
Durrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana. It is one of the most ancient and economically important cities of Albania. Durres is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari...

Stadiumi Niko Dovana 12,000
KF Tirana Tirana Selman Stërmasi stadium 12,000
Vllaznia
KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...

Shkodër
Shkodër
Shkodër , is a city located on Lake of Shkoder in northwestern Albania in the District of Shkodër, of which it is the capital. It is one of the oldest and most historic towns in Albania, as well as an important cultural and economic centre. Shkodër's estimated population is 90,000; if the...

Stadiumi Loro-Boriçi
Loro-Boriçi Stadium
Loro Boriçi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shkodër, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Vllaznia Shkodër. The stadium holds 16,000 spectators and was reconstructed in 2001. It is named in honour of Loro Boriçi, famous player in 1940s and 1950s...

20,300

League table

Relegation play-offs

Bylis Ballsh
KS Bylis Ballsh
Klubi Sportiv Bylis Ballsh is an Albanian association football club based in Ballsh city. Their home ground is "Agush Maca Stadium" ....

 as 9th-placed team (against the 4th-placed team of the First Division
Albanian First Division
The Albanian First Division is the second level of association football in Albania. The league was first created with the name Kategoria e Dytë and has also been named Kategoria A2 in recent years....

, Gramozi Ersekë
KS Gramozi Ersekë
Klubi Sportiv Gramozi Ersekë is an Albanian football club based in Ersekë.The club played the 2008-2009 season in the Albanian First Division. They reached Kategoria e pare after winning the Kategoria e dyte title in the 2007/2008 season. They finished fourth with 55 points and, having won 5-2 a...

) and 10th-placed Partizani Tirana
KF Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub or Klubi Sportiv Partizani is an Albanian football club, playing in the capital, Tirana, and founded in 1946. Their first participation in the Albanian National Championship was in 1947....

 (against 3rd-placed First Division team Kastrioti Krujë
KS Kastrioti Krujë
Klubi Sportiv Kastrioti Krujë is an Albanian football club based in Krujë.They currently play in the Albanian Superliga, which is the top division in Albania. They play their home games at the Stadiumi Kastrioti, which has a capacity of over 8,500.-History:The club was founded in 1926...

) both competed in relegation play-off games after the end of the season. Superliga sides Partizani and Bylis lost their matches and were thus relegated to the First Division.
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Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round


















































































































































Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
1 – 12 11 – 1 1 – 10 9 – 1 1 – 8 7 – 1
2 – 11 10 – 2 2 – 9 8 – 2 2 – 7 6 – 2
3 – 10 9 – 3 3 – 8 7 – 3 3 – 6 5 – 3
4 – 9 8 – 4 4 – 7 6 – 4 4 – 5 4 – 12
5 – 8 7 – 5 5 – 6 5 – 12 11 – 9 8 – 11
6 – 7 6 – 12 12 – 11 10 – 11 12 – 10 9 – 10

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
1 – 6 5 – 1 1 – 4 3 – 1 1 – 2
2 – 5 4 – 2 2 – 3 2 – 12 11 – 3
3 – 4 3 – 12 11 – 5 4 – 11 10 – 4
11 – 7 6 – 11 10 – 6 5 – 10 9 – 5
10 – 8 7 – 10 9 – 7 6 – 9 8 – 6
12 – 9 8 – 9 12 – 8 7 – 8 12 – 7

















































































































































Top goalscorers

Source: soccerway.com

23 goals Migen Memelli
Migen Memelli
Migen Memelli is an Albanian footballer. The striker currently plays for the Al Taawon in Saudi Arabia. During the 2008-2009 season he was loaned out to KF Tirana from Swedish side GAIS, where he scored 22 league goals in 28 games and won the Golden Boot for the first time in his career.- SK Brann...

 (KF Tirana)

17 goals Sebino Plaku
Sebino Plaku
Sebino Plaku is an Albanian football striker. He currently plays for KS Flamurtari in the Albanian Superliga, having previously played for Dinamo Tirana, KS Apolonia Fier and KF Tirana...

 (Dinamo Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

)


14 goals Vioresin Sinani
Vioresin Sinani
Vioresin Sinani is an Albanian professional football striker who currently plays for Vllaznia Shkodër in the Albanian Superliga.- Career :...

 (Vllaznia
KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...

)


12 goals Emiljano Vila
Emiljano Vila
Emiljano Vila is an Albanian footballer who plays as midfielder. He currently plays for Greek club PAS Giannina F.C. and the Albania national football team.-Career:...

 (Teuta
KS Teuta Durrës
Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës or KS Teuta is an Albanian football team, with its base in the city of Durrës. The club was founded in 1925 with the name of "KS Urani". In 1927, the club renamed themselves to "SK Durrës", in 1930, "KS Teuta Durrës", in 1946 "Ylli i Kuq Durrës" , in 1950 "SK Durrës", in...

)


10 goals Xhevahir Sukaj (Vllaznia
KS Vllaznia Shkodër
Klub Futboll Vllaznia Shkodër is an Albanian football club based in Shkodër. KF Vllaznia have been Albanian champions nine times and won the National Cup six times, the last success coming at the end of the 2007–08 season, after a long 21 year drought in the competition...

)


9 goals Mladen Brkić
Mladen Brkic
Mladen Brkić is a Serbian football player. The striker currently plays for Flamurtari in Albanian Superliga. He was loaned out to Dinamo Tirana for the club's participation in the Europa League, Brkić played in the 1st leg against FC Lahti which ended 4-1 to the Finnish side...

 (Apolonia
KS Apolonia Fier
Klubi Sportiv Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded as "KS Apollonia" in 1925 - a name derived from the nearby ruined ancient city of Apollonia. They play at the Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu...

)
Marius Ngjela (Partizani
KF Partizani Tirana
Futboll Klub or Klubi Sportiv Partizani is an Albanian football club, playing in the capital, Tirana, and founded in 1946. Their first participation in the Albanian National Championship was in 1947....

)
Fatjon Sefa
Fatjon Sefa
Fatjon Sefa is an Albanian football player. He can play in both midfield and as a forward. He currently plays for KS Besa in the Albanian Superliga-Dinamo Tirana:...

 (Dinamo Tirana
KS Dinamo Tirana
Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

)


8 goals Endri Bakiu (Bylis
KS Bylis Ballsh
Klubi Sportiv Bylis Ballsh is an Albanian association football club based in Ballsh city. Their home ground is "Agush Maca Stadium" ....

)
Vilfor Hysa (Teuta
KS Teuta Durrës
Klubi Sportiv Teuta Durrës or KS Teuta is an Albanian football team, with its base in the city of Durrës. The club was founded in 1925 with the name of "KS Urani". In 1927, the club renamed themselves to "SK Durrës", in 1930, "KS Teuta Durrës", in 1946 "Ylli i Kuq Durrës" , in 1950 "SK Durrës", in...

)
Erjon Rizvanolli
Erjon Rizvanolli
Erjon Rizvanolli is an Albanian football player. The striker currently plays for KF Partizani Tirane.-Career:Rizvanolli previously played for Croatian side NK Zagreb, appearing in seven Prva HNL matches during the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons.-References:* at Playerhistory.* at...

 (Shkumbini
KS Shkumbini Peqin
Klubi Sportiv Shkumbini is an Albanian football club based in Peqin. They play in the Albanian Superliga, the top division in Albanian football. They play at the Fusha Sportive Peqin.-Supporters:...

)

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