2007–08

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 ...

() was the fifty-sixth season of

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's annual cup competition. It began in August 2007 with the First Preliminary Round and ended on 7 May 2006 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2008-09 first qualifying 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 first Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by

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.2007-08 Albanian Cup
/ref> 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

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, if necessary.

Preliminary Tournament

First Preliminary Round

Second Preliminary Round

Third Preliminary Round

First round

The first legs were played on 27–28 November with the second legs between 2–5 December 2007.

Second round

The first legs were played on 13 February with the second legs on 27 February 2008.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 5 March and the second legs were played on 12 March 2008.

Preliminary Tournament

First Preliminary Round

Second Preliminary Round

Third Preliminary Round

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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