The 2009–10

Kategoria Superiore Kategoria Superiore (), also known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons with internet service provider, Abissnet, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Albania. At the top of the Albanian football league syste ...

was the 74th season of top-tier football in

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and the twelfth season under the name ''Kategoria superiore''. The season began on 23 August 2009 and ended on 19 May 2010.

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was the defending champions.

Team changes from last season

Lushnja and Elbasani were directly relegated to the

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after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They were replaced by Kategoria e Parë champions Laçi and runners-up

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. 9th placed Bylis and 10th placed Partizani had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Both teams were relegated in the process by losing against the third and fourth-placed teams from Kategoria e Parë,

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and Gramozi.

Teams

Stadia and last season

Personnel and sponsoring

League table

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

Third round

Relegation playoffs

and

finished 9th and 10th, respectively, in the league competition and therefore had to participate in a relegation playoff to keep their spots in the league. Skënderbeu Korçë faced Kamza, who finished third in the

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and Kastrioti Krujë faced Lushnja, who finished fourth in the

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Top goalscorers

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Season statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season: Robert Alviž for

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against

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, 11 minutes (23 August 2009). *Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute – Daniel Xhafaj for

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against Vllaznia Shkodër (29 November 2009). *Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+3 minutes **

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for Vllaznia Shkodër against

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(30 August 2009). ** Robert Grizhaj for Kastrioti Krujë against

(7 November 2009). ** Robert Alviž for

against Kastrioti Krujë (21 November 2009). *First own goal of the season: Shpëtim Moçka (

) for

Teuta Durrës Klubi i Futbollit Teuta, commonly referred to as ''Teuta'', is an Albanian professional football club based in Durrës. The club competes in the Kategoria Superiore, the top tier of Albanian football. Their home ground is the Niko Dovana Stadiu ...

, 24 minutes (19 September 2009). *First penalty kick of the season: 37 minutes – Devis Mema for

against

(23 August 2009). *Widest winning margin: 4 goals **

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4-0 Gramozi Ersekë (31 October 2009). **

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4-0

(19 December 2009).

Championship-winning squad

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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