1999–2000

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-eighth season of

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

's annual cup competition. It began on August 21, 1999, with the First Round and ended on May 6, 2000, with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2000-01 first round of the UEFA

Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

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were the defending champions, having won their tenth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by

Teuta Teuta (Illyrian languages, Illyrian: *''Teutana'', 'mistress of the people, queen'; grc, Τεύτα; lat, Teuta) was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death ...

. The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

and a penalty shootout, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on August 21 & 28, 1999.

Second round

Games were played on January 22 & 29, 2000.

Quarter-finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round. Games were played on February 3 & 13, 2000.

Semi-finals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round. Games were played on April 12 & 19, 2000.

Final

References

Calcio Mondiale Web

External links

Official website
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1999–2000 domestic association football cups 1999-00