1996–97

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() was the forty-fifth season of

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's annual cup competition. The football competition began in August 1996 with the First Round and ended on 3 May 1997 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1997-98 first round of the

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were the defending champions, having won their ninth Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by Partizani.RSSSF Albanian Cup
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, if necessary.

First round

Games were played on August & September 1996

Second round

All sixteen teams of the 1995–96 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played in January 1997.

Quarter-finals

In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.

Semi-finals

In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.

Final

References

Calcio Mondiale Web

External links

Official website
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