2018–19 Kategoria E Parë
The 2018–19 Kategoria e Parë was the 71st official season of the Albanian football second division since its establishment. The season began on 9 September 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. There were 20 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups, each with 10 teams. The top 5 teams from each group qualified to the promotion round, while the last teams qualified to the relegation round. The 2 winners of the qualification round gained promotion to the 2019–20 Kategoria Superiore, and played the division's final against each other. KF Bylis Ballsh, Bylis and KF Vllaznia Shkodër, Vllaznia were promoted to the 2019–20 Kategoria Superiore. Tomori Berat, Tomori and FK Vora, Vora were relegated to the 2019−20 Kategoria e Dytë. KF Bylis Ballsh, Bylis won their fourth Kategoria e Parë title on 23 May 2019 after beating KF Vllaznia Shkodër, Vllaznia in the final match. Changes from last season Team changes From Kategoria e Parë Promoted to Kategoria Superiore: * KS Kastrioti, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kategoria E Parë
Kategoria e Parë is the second tier of professional football in Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ..., positioned below Kategoria Superiore and above Kategoria e Dytë. Established in 1930, the league comprises 12 teams. The top two teams earn direct promotion to Kategoria Superiore, while the teams ranked 3rd to 6th enter a playoff tournament. The winner faces the 8th-placed team from Kategoria Superiore in a promotion play-off match. At the other end of the table, the bottom two teams are relegated to Kategoria e Dytë, while the teams finishing 9th and 10th must compete in a relegation play-off to retain their spot in the league. Clubs (2024–25) Champions See also * List of football clubs in Albania References {{UEFA second leagues 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Tirana
Klubi i Futbollit Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital city, Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. The men's football club is part of the multi-disciplinary sports club SK Tirana, and is the most successful in Albania, having won 54 major domestic trophies. They are the only football club in Albania with two stars in their crest after winning their 20th league championship in 2003 (each star corresponds to ten championships), making them the first and only Albanian club to have achieved this feat to date. They play their home games at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana. The club was founded on 15 August 1920Official webpage of KF Tirana as Sport Klub Tirana, but were renamed to Shoqata e Futbollit Agimi (English: Agimi Football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Besa Kavajë
Besa or BESA may refer to: Arts & entertainment * ''Besa'' (newspaper), a newspaper published in Albania * ''Besa'' (TV series), a Serbian-British television series produced by Adrenalin and Red Planet Pictures * ''The Besa'', a novel by Albanian-American actress, author, producer and humanitarian Masiela Lusha * '' Solemn Promise'' (), a 2009 Serbian drama film directed by Srđan Karanović Organizations * Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center), an Israeli think tank * British Educational Suppliers Association, a trade association of manufacturers and distributors of equipment for the education market * Building Engineering Services Association, the main UK trade association for HVACR companies Football * FC Besa Pejë, a football club based in Peja, Kosovo * KF Besa Kavajë, a professional Albanian football club based in Kavajë * KF Besa Sllupçan, a football club based in the village of Sllupçan near Kumanovo, North Macedonia Places * Besa (Attica), a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apolonia Fier
Futboll Klub Apolonia Fier is an Albanian football club based in Fier. The club was founded on 17 June 1925 and took its name from the nearby ruins of the ancient city of Apollonia. The club currently competes in Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Loni Papuçiu Stadium. History Early years During the early 1920s, sports activities began being organised in the city of Fier, much like other cities in Albania at the time. Students from the region returning from their studies in larger Albanian cities and abroad had learned about football, which they then played back in Fier, which soon became so popular that almost every neighbourhood in the city had children and adults alike playing football. The first official football game to be held in Fier was organised by the Bashkimi Culturual Society on 17 July 1924, which was played between a selection of players from Fier and neighbouring city Vlorë. The following summer in 1925, a group ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Korabi Peshkopi
KF Korabi is an Albanian association football, football club based in Peshkopi, named after the nearby Mount Korab, which is the tallest mountain in Albania and North Macedonia. The club's home ground is the Korabi Stadium. History Early years The club was founded on 3 March 1935 as ''Bashkimi Dibran Peshkopi'', and they competed in the Albanian First Division for the first time in 1936, where they were placed in Group B alongside Bilisht Sport, Devolli Bilisht, and the eventual group winners Shkumbini Peqin. The club did not compete in another national competition before it was dissolved in 1944, which led to the creation of the Shoqeria Sportive Korabi (Korabi Sports Society) in 1945 with a total of 60 members and 32 associates. The club changed its name to ''Peshkopia'' in 1949, as they competed in the First Division once again, where they were placed in one of 13 regional groups alongside local amateur clubs Brezhda, Dohoshisht, Greva, Homesh, Maqellara and Shupenza. Peshkopia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KS Iliria
KS and variants may refer to: Businesses and organizations * , a German postwar commando frogman force * , a Norwegian type of company * Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities * Keenspot, a webcomics/webtoons portal founded in March 2000 by cartoonist Chris Crosby * KS, IATA code of :de:AirConnect, a Romanian airline * KS, then-IATA code of PenAir, Peninsula Airways, a defunct airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, US Language * Kashmiri language, a Dardic language of Kashmir (ISO 639 alpha-2 language code "ks") * Kernowek Standard, an orthography for Revived Cornish * Kiasu, Hokkien (a Chinese spoken variant) word for 'extreme fear of losing' (怕输) * Sound of the Latin letter X in many languages Places * Kansas (US postal abbreviation KS) * South Kalimantan, Indonesia (ISO 3166-2 province code) * Krems an der Donau, Austria (vehicle plate code) * Kassel, Germany (vehicle plate code) * Khatumo State, an unrecognised proto-state in northern Somalia * Northampto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dinamo Tirana
Football Club Dinamo City, commonly referred to as Dinamo City and colloquially known as Dinamo, is an Albanian professional football club based out of Tirana. They compete in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Founded in 1950, the club was historically affiliated to the Interior Ministry and having won 18 National Championships, it is considered to be the second most decorated club after local rivals KF Tirana. History The club was officially founded on 3 March 1950 by the Interior Ministry of Albania during the communist regime under dictator Enver Hoxha. They won four consecutive championships from 1950 to 1953. During this time, Dinamo recorded a hot streak of 25 consecutive wins, a record in Albanian football and 4th longest domestic winning streak in Europe. In 1967, Dinamo won its 9th championship by leaving Tirana, then 17 Nëntori, one point behind, who was expelled for the tournament three weeks before the end. This championship is not officia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Elbasani
Klubi i Futbollit Elbasani was an Albanian professional football club based in the city of Elbasan, that last competed in the Kategoria e Dytë, the third tier of football in the country. History The club was formed in 1929 as Klubi i Futbollit Urani Elbasan, the result of the fusion between two clubs, ''Afërdita Elbasan'' and ''Përparimi Elbasan''. Urani translates to uranium in Albanian, and the club was named this due to the city's association with the metal. The club changed its name to ''KS Skampa Elbasan'' briefly before 1930. They first participated in a nationally recognised competition in the first top flight football league in Albania, the 1930 Kategoria e Parë, where the club finished in 5th place, second from bottom, with a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. The following season they again finished in penultimate place, this time in 7 team league format. In the 1932 champion, they finished bottom of the league, gaining no points after 8 straight losses, whi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Lushnja
Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in the city of Lushnjë in the County of Fier. Their home ground is the Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History Early years The club was originally formed in 1930 and the first football game held in the city of Lushnjë was played shortly after. This was a friendly game against Tomori Berat and the team consisted of young men from Lushnjë. The club was named Kongresi i Lushnjës following a proposal from a member of parliament and signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence Ferit Vokopola to name the club after the Congress of Lushnjë, which was where Vokopola himself was elected secretary. In 1927, a young man named Ali Funga returned from his studies in Austria and joined the club as a player and the head coach. He returned to Albania from Austria with shirts that would be used by the club, and they had green vertical stripes which were used to sy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Vllaznia Shkodër B
KF Vllaznia Shkodër B (), commonly known as ''Vllaznia Shkodër B'' was a Football team, football club based in Shkodër, Albania that folded in October 2020. It is the reserve team of KF Vllaznia Shkodër. The club last played in the Kategoria e Dytë, which is the third tier of football in the country. Current squad References Football clubs in Albania Defunct football clubs in Albania KF Vllaznia Shkodër, B Team {{Albania-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KF Tërbuni Pukë
Klubi i Futbollit Tërbuni Pukë, also known as ''Tërbuni'', is an Albanian football club based in the city of Pukë. The club's home ground is the Ismail Xhemali Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Dytë. History Early years The club was founded in 1936 but were not active until the 1940s. Their first competition in a national championship was in 1949, where they contested under the name Puka in the second tier championship. In their inaugural campaign they competed in group 3 of 13, which featured Kopliku, Lezha and the Shkodër agricultural enterprise. During the 1949 campaign, they were knockedout in the first round as Kopliku and Lezha progressed to the second round, with Lezha finishing as joint champions alongside Spartaku Pogradec. The following year, the club again competed in the second tier championship, being eliminated in the first round by Kopliku, losing 5–3 on aggregate following a 4–3 and 1–0 victory. In 1950, the ruling Communist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |