2008–09

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

() was the fifty-seventh season of

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's annual cup competition. It began on September 24, 2008 with the First Preliminary Round and ended on May 6, 2009 with the Final. The winners of the competition qualified for the

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of the UEFA Europa League. Vllaznia were the defending champions. 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

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and a

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, if necessary.

Preliminary Tournament

In order to reduce the number of participating teams for the First Round to 32, a preliminary tournament was played. Only teams from the

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(III) were allowed to enter. Each Kategoria e Dytë group played its own tournament. In contrast to the main tournament, the preliminary tournament was held as a single-leg knock-out competition.

First Preliminary Round

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Second Preliminary Round

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First round

All twenty-eight teams of the

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and

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entered in this round. First legs were played on October 29, 2008 and the second legs were played on November 12, 2008.

Second round

In this round entered winners from the previous round. First legs were played on December 3, 2008 and the second legs were played on December 17, 2008.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 25, 2009 and the second legs were played on March 11, 2009. ¹

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were excluded from the Cup because they fielded Elis Bakaj although he previously played in the Cup for Partizani. Second leg's 0–0 score was annulled and Vllaznia were awarded a 2–0 win.Vllaznia në gjysmëfinale, ndeshje shtesë Partizani-Flamurtari
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and Elbasani, respectively. The match was one-legged, played on Stadiumi Niko Dovana,

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on April 8, 2009.

Semi-finals

First legs were played on April 15, 2009 and the second legs were played on April 29, 2009.

Final

External links

Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Albanian Cup Cup, 2008-09 Albanian Cup, 2008-09 Albanian Cup seasons