2023–24 Kategoria Superiore
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 26 August 2023 – 26 May 2024[1] |
Champions | Egnatia 1st title |
Relegated | Erzeni Kukësi |
Champions League | Egnatia |
Conference League | Partizani Vllaznia Tirana |
Matches played | 184 |
Goals scored | 418 (2.27 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bekim Balaj (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Laçi 6–1 Teuta (15 September 2023) Vllaznia 5–0 Skëndërbeu (22 December 2023) |
Biggest away win | Egnatia 0–5 Tirana (24 December 2023) |
Highest scoring | Egnatia 4–3 Erzeni (14 September 2023) Laçi 6–1 Teuta (15 September 2023) Partizani 4–3 Kukësi (8 October 2023) Tirana 3–4 Skënderbeu (28 January 2024) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Partizani |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Partizani Vllaznia |
Longest winless run | 16 matches Kukësi |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Kukësi |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2024. |
The 2023–24 Kategoria Superiore was the 85th official season, or 86th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships during World War II) and the 24th season under the name Kategoria Superiore. The season began on 26 August 2023 and ended on 26 May 2024. Egnatia won the league title on 26 May 2024, beating Partizani in the final match.
The winners of this season's Kategoria Superiore earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 Champions League, with the second and third placed clubs earning a place in the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 Conference League.[2]
Teams
[edit]Two clubs have earned promotion from the Kategoria e Parë, Dinamo City and Skënderbeu (both promoted after a one-year absence). Bylis (relegated after only one year in the top flight) and Kastrioti (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to Kategoria e Parë at the conclusion of last season.
Locations
[edit]Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2022–23 season |
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Dinamo City | Tirana | Various[a] | Runner-up (Kategoria e Parë) | |
Egnatia | Rrogozhinë | Egnatia Arena | 4,000 | 3rd |
Erzeni | Shijak | Egnatia Arena[b] | 4,000[b] | 8th |
Kukësi | Kukës | Kukës Arena | 6,322 | 7th |
Laçi | Laç | Laçi Stadium | 8,000 | 5th |
Partizani | Tirana | Arena e Demave | 4,500 | Champion |
Skënderbeu | Korçë | Skënderbeu Stadium | 12,343 | Champion (Kategoria e Parë) |
Teuta | Durrës | Niko Dovana Stadium | 12,040 | 6th |
Tirana | Tirana | Various[c] | 2nd | |
Vllaznia | Shkodër | Loro Boriçi Stadium | 16,000 | 4th |
Stadiums
[edit]Dinamo City | Egnatia | Erzeni | Kukësi | Laçi | |
Various | Egnatia Arena | Egnatia Arena | Kukës Arena UEFA stadium category ![]() ![]() ![]() | Laçi Stadium | |
Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 6,322 | Capacity: 8,000 | ||
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Partizani | Skënderbeu | Teuta | Tirana | Vllaznia | |
Arena e Demave | Skënderbeu Stadium | Niko Dovana Stadium | Various | Loro Boriçi Stadium UEFA stadium category ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Capacity: 4,500 | Capacity: 12,343 | Capacity: 12,040 | Capacity: 16,000 | ||
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Personnel and kits
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Dinamo City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | Durrës Yachts & Marina |
Egnatia | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Spitali Amavita |
Erzeni | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | Sinani |
Kukësi | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Suzmar | Kevin Construction |
Laçi | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Uhlsport | |
Partizani | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | |
Skënderbeu | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Uhlsport | Caffè Quaranta |
Teuta | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | Klinika 4-D |
Tirana | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | |
Vllaznia | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Suzmar | Sigal |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vllaznia | ![]() | End of contract | 31 May 2023 | Pre-season | ![]() | 6 June 2023 |
Teuta | ![]() | Mutual consent | 3 June 2023 | ![]() | 16 June 2023 | |
Partizani | ![]() | Resigned | 7 June 2023 | ![]() | 12 June 2023 | |
Dinamo City | ![]() | Mutual consent | 1 August 2023 | ![]() | 1 August 2023 | |
Laçi | ![]() | Sacked | 29 August 2023 | 5th | ![]() | 31 August 2023 |
Kukësi | ![]() | 4 September 2023 | 10th | ![]() | 4 September 2023 | |
Teuta | ![]() | Mutual consent | 24 September 2023 | 8th | ![]() | 25 September 2023 |
Laçi | ![]() | 29 September 2023 | 7th | ![]() | 30 September 2023 | |
Tirana | ![]() | Sacked | 5 October 2023 | 4th | ![]() | 5 October 2023 |
Partizani | ![]() | Signed by Osijek | 10 October 2023 | 5th | ![]() | 10 October 2023 |
Dinamo City | ![]() | Resigned | 22 October 2023 | 10th | ![]() | 25 October 2023 |
Vllaznia | ![]() | Mutual consent | 29 October 2023 | 7th | ![]() | 30 October 2023 |
Partizani | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 26 December 2023 | 2nd | ![]() | 26 December 2023 |
Kukësi | ![]() | Resigned | 31 January 2024 | 9th | ![]() | 31 January 2024 |
Erzeni | ![]() | Mutual consent | 8 February 2024 | 8th | ![]() | 8 February 2024 |
Kukësi | ![]() | Resigned | 17 February 2024 | 10th | ![]() | 17 February 2024 |
Tirana | ![]() | Sacked | 20 February 2024 | 4th | ![]() | 20 February 2024 |
Laçi | ![]() | Mutual consent | 3 March 2024 | 7th | ![]() | 3 March 2024 |
Erzeni | ![]() | 4 March 2024 | 9th | ![]() | 4 March 2024 | |
Vllaznia | ![]() | 25 April 2024 | 2nd | ![]() | 26 April 2024 |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Egnatia (C) | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 63[a] | Qualification for the Final four round |
2 | Partizani | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 63[a] | |
3 | Vllaznia | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 59 | |
4 | Skënderbeu | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 51 | |
5 | Tirana | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 50[b] | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[c] |
6 | Teuta | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 50[b] | |
7 | Dinamo City | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 47 | |
8 | Laçi (O) | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 46 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
9 | Erzeni (R) | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 32 | Relegation to the 2024–25 Kategoria e Parë |
10 | Kukësi (R) | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 27 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Egnatia 6, Partizani 3.
- ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Tirana 5 (+1), Teuta 5 (–1)
- ^ Egnatia, the winners of the 2023–24 Albanian Cup, finished in the top four while Skënderbeu, the fourth-placed team is banned from UEFA competitions. Therefore, the final Conference League berth was transferred from the fourth-placed team to the fifth-placed team.
Results
[edit]Clubs will play each other four times for a total of 36 matches each.
Final four round
[edit]A draw was conducted in order to decide the semi-finals. Seeding of teams was based on their league ranking, with two seeded teams and two unseeded. In the semi-finals, in case of a tie after 90 minutes, the team with the higher league ranking will qualify to the final.
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
17 May | ||||||
Partizani | 1 | |||||
26 May | ||||||
Skënderbeu | 0 | |||||
Partizani | 0 | |||||
19 May | ||||||
Egnatia | 1 | |||||
Egnatia (b.p.) | 0 | |||||
Vllaznia | 0 | |||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
24 May | ||||||
Skënderbeu | 3 | |||||
Vllaznia | 2 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Partizani | 1–0 | Skënderbeu |
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Bintsouka ![]() |
Egnatia qualified to the final as the team with the higher ranking in the regular season.
Third place play-off
[edit]Skënderbeu | 3−2 | Vllaznia |
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Nikaj ![]() Liço ![]() Rashica ![]() | Mala ![]() Balaj ![]() |
Final
[edit]Partizani | 0–1 | Egnatia |
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İbrahimoğlu ![]() |
Relegation play-off
[edit]Laçi | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Flamurtari |
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Cordeiro ![]() Mjaki ![]() | Dajko ![]() |
Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 24 May 2024
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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1 | ![]() | Vllaznia | 18 |
2 | ![]() | Tirana | 11 |
3 | ![]() | Partizani | 10 |
![]() | Tirana | ||
5 | ![]() | Teuta | 9 |
![]() | Dinamo City | ||
![]() | Skënderbeu | ||
![]() | Egnatia | ||
![]() | Laçi |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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![]() | Egnatia | Erzeni | 4–3 (H) | 13 September 2023 |
![]() | Partizani | Kukësi | 4–3 (H) | 8 October 2023 |
![]() | Vllaznia | Skënderbeu | 5–0 (H) | 22 December 2023 |
- Notes
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Discipline
[edit]Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 12
Albano Aleksi (Egnatia)
Ardit Krymi (Vllaznia)
Artan Jazxhi (Teuta)
Blerim Kotobelli (Teuta)
Geralb Smajli (Vllaznia)
- Most red cards: 2
Albano Aleksi (Egnatia)
Bakary Goudiaby (Dinamo City)
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Dinamo City is playing their 2023–24 home games in various stadiums depending on availability including: Arena Kombëtare, Elbasan Arena and Niko Dovana Stadium.
- ^ Erzeni will play their 2023–24 home games at the Egnatia Arena in Rrogozhinë, since their venue, Tofik Jashari Stadium, is not suitable for Kategoria Superiore matches.
- ^ Tirana is playing their 2023–24 home games in various stadiums depending on availability including: Arena Kombëtare, Elbasan Arena and Selman Stërmasi Stadium.
References
[edit]- ^ "Komiteti Ekzekutiv i FSHF miraton datat e nisjes së aktiviteteve kombëtare për edicionin futbollistik 2023-2024". 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Komiteti Ekzekutiv i FSHF-së miraton ndryshimin e formatit të kampionatit "Abissnet Superiore 2023-2024"". 18 July 2023.
- ^ "2023–24 top scorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Albanian)
- Kategoria Superiore at uefa.com