2008–09 Albanian Superliga

Albanian Superliga
Season 2008–09
Champions Tirana
24th Albanian title
Relegated Bylis (via play-off)
Partizani (via play-off)
Lushnja
Elbasani
Champions League Tirana
Europa League Vllaznia
Dinamo
Flamurtari
Matches played 198
Goals scored 427 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Migen Memelli (23 goals)
Biggest home win Tirana 6–2 Bylis
Dinamo 5–1 Bylis
Teuta 4–0 Vllaznia
Flamurtari 4–0 Besa
Biggest away win Lushnja 1–4 Vllaznia
Elbasani 1–4 Vllaznia
Highest scoring Tirana 6–2 Bylis

The 2008–09 Albanian Superliga was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Albania and the eleventh season under the name Kategoria superiore. The season began on 24 August 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009. The defending champions were Dinamo Tirana.

KF Tirana won their 24th national league title and qualified for the UEFA Champions League; Vllaznia Shkodër, Dinamo Tirana and 2008–09 Albanian Cup winners Flamurtari Vlorë gained access to the UEFA Europa League. On the bottom end of the table, Lushnja and Elbasani were directly relegated. Bylis Ballsh and Partizani Tirana had to face teams from the First Division in relegation matches. Both teams lost and thus were demoted as well.

Promotion and relegation

Besëlidhja Lezhë and Skënderbeu Korçë were directly relegated to the First Division after finishing 11th and 12th in the previous year's standings. They were replaced by First Division champions Bylis Ballsh and runners-up Apolonia Fier.

9th placed Teuta Durrës and 10th placed Kastrioti Krujë had to compete in single-match relegation play-offs. Krujë were relegated in the process by losing on penalties against the 3rd placed team from First Division, Lushnja. On the other hand, Teuta Durrës saved their place in Albania's top league by beating Burreli, who had finished in 4th place in the First Division, with 2–1 after extra time.

Teams

Stadia and last season

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityLast season
Apolonia Fier Loni Papuçiu Stadium 6,000 First Division
Besa Kavajë Besa Stadium 12,000 3rd
Bylis Ballsh Adush Muça Stadium 6,000 First Division
Dinamo Tirana Selman Stërmasi Stadium[note 1] 12,000 Champions
Elbasani Elbasan Ruzhdi Bizhuta Stadium 13,000 4th
Flamurtari Vlorë Flamurtari Stadium 8,500 8th
Lushnja Lushnjë Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium 6,000 First Division
Partizani Tirana Selman Stërmasi Stadium 12,000 2nd
Shkumbini Peqin Shkumbini Stadium 6,000 5th
Teuta Durrës Niko Dovana Stadium 12,000 4th
Tirana Tirana Selman Stërmasi Stadium 12,000 6th
Vllaznia Shkodër Loro Boriçi Stadium 15,000 7th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tirana (C) 33 19 11 3 58 27 +31 68 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Vllaznia Shkodër 33 19 7 7 49 29 +20 64 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Tirana 33 14 10 9 48 34 +14 52
4 Teuta Durrës 33 12 8 13 32 34 −2 44
5 Shkumbini Peqin 33 12 8 13 32 38 −6 44
6 Flamurtari Vlorë 33 10 12 11 33 33 0 42 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Besa Kavajë 33 10 10 13 31 41 −10 40
8 Apolonia Fier 33 11 5 17 36 43 −7 38
9 Bylis Ballsh (R) 33 9 10 14 28 38 −10 37 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Partizani Tirana (R) 33 9 9 15 27 36 −9 36
11 Lushnja (R) 33 8 12 13 25 35 −10 36 Relegation to the Albanian First Division
12 Elbasani (R) 33 7 14 12 28 39 −11 35
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in head-to-head matches; 3) goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) total goal difference; 6) total goals scored; 7) draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Vllaznia Shkodër qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2008–09 Albanian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

Bylis Ballsh as 9th-placed team (against the 4th-placed team of the First Division, Gramozi Ersekë) and 10th-placed Partizani Tirana (against 3rd-placed First Division team Kastrioti Krujë) both competed in relegation play-off games after the end of the season. Superliga sides Partizani and Bylis lost their matches and were thus relegated to the First Division.

Partizani Tirana 0 – 1 Kastrioti Krujë
Report Prela  42'
Bylis Ballsh 2 – 5 (a.e.t.) Gramozi Ersekë
Bakiu  18'
Muça  28'		 Report Bejollari  4'
Peçi  73'
Juriander  91'
Lena  101'
dos Santos  111'

Results

The schedule consisted of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then 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

Home \ Away[1] APO BES BYLDINELBFLALUSPARSHKTEUTIRVLL
Apolonia Fier 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Besa Kavajë 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–0
Bylis Ballsh 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Dinamo Tirana 3–2 4–2 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–4 1–1
Elbasani 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0
Flamurtari Vlorë 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Lushnja 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4
Partizani Tirana 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2
Shkumbini Peqin 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Teuta Durrës 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–0
Tirana 3–0 1–1 6–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1
Vllaznia Shkodër 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

23rd round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 – 1211 – 11 – 109 – 11 – 87 – 1
2 – 1110 – 22 – 98 – 22 – 76 – 2
3 – 109 – 33 – 87 – 33 – 65 – 3
4 – 98 – 44 – 76 – 44 – 54 – 12
5 – 87 – 55 – 65 – 1211 – 98 – 11
6 – 76 – 1212 – 1110 – 1112 – 109 – 10
29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round
1 – 65 – 11 – 43 – 11 – 2
2 – 54 – 22 – 32 – 1211 – 3
3 – 43 – 1211 – 54 – 1110 – 4
11 – 76 – 1110 – 65 – 109 – 5
10 – 87 – 109 – 76 – 98 – 6
12 – 98 – 912 – 87 – 812 – 7
Home \ Away[1] APO BES BYLDINELBFLALUSPARSHKTEUTIRVLL
Apolonia Fier 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1
Besa Kavajë 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1
Bylis Ballsh 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Dinamo Tirana 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–3
Elbasani 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–4
Flamurtari Vlorë 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2
Lushnja 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Partizani Tirana 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2
Shkumbini Peqin 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2
Teuta Durrës 1–0 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0
Tirana 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–1
Vllaznia Shkodër 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Source: soccerway.com

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Albania Migen Memelli Tirana 23
2 Albania Sebino Plaku Dinamo 17
3 Albania Vioresin Sinani Vllaznia 14
4 Albania Emiljano Vila Teuta 12
5 Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Vllaznia 10
6 Serbia Mladen Brkić Apolonia 9
Albania Marius Ngjela Partizani
Albania Fatjon Sefa Dinamo
9 Albania Endri Bakiu Bylis 8
Albania Vilfor Hysa Teuta
Albania Erjon Rizvanolli Shkumbini

Notes

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