The 2018–19

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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

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, and played the division's final against each other. Bylis and Vllaznia were promoted to the

. Tomori and Vora were relegated to the 2019−20 Kategoria e Dytë. Bylis won their fourth

title on 23 May 2019 after beating Vllaznia in the final match.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë

Promoted to

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Relegated to

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* Tërbuni * Vllaznia B

To Kategoria e Parë

Relegated from

: * Lushnja * Vllaznia Promoted from

: * Elbasani * Oriku * Veleçiku * Vora

Locations

Stadia by capacity and locations

Group A

Group B

First phase

Group A

Group B

Second phase

Promotion round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Group A

Group B

Final

Relegation play-offs

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Extra play−off match

''An extra play−off match was played between the losers of the regular play−offs to replace the vacant spot left by Kamza, who was relegated from the Kategoria Superiore to the Kategoria e Dytë by federation decision.''

References

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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 ...