2011–12 Albanian First Division

Albanian First Division
Season 2011–12
Champions Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Promoted Luftëtari Gjirokastër
FK Kukësi
Relegated Gramozi Ersekë
KF Vlora
KF Skrapari

The 2011–12 Albanian First Division (Albanian: Kategoria e Parë) was the 65th season of a second-tier Association football league in Albania.

Teams

The league was comprised fourteen teams, the teams ranked fifth through twelfth from the 2010–11 season, two relegated teams from the 2010–11 Superliga, the two group winners of the 2010–11 Second Division, the two losing teams from the promotion/relegation playoffs between First Division and Superliga teams and the two winning teams from the promotion/relegation playoffs between First Division and Second Division teams.

Pogradeci have earned direct promotion to the 2011–12 Superliga season. They will be replaced by Elbasani, who were relegated at the end of the 2010–11 Superliga season. Three additional directly promoted teams, as well as the other team to be directly relegated from the 2010–11 Superliga, are yet to be determined.

Partizani Tirana were directly relegated to the 2011–12 Second Division after finishing the 2010–11 First Division season at the bottom of the table. The other team to be directly relegated, as well as both Second Division group winners, which will earn direct promotion, are yet to be determined.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Luftëtari (P) 30 23 3 4 59 22 +37 72 Promotion to 2012–13 Albanian Superliga
2 Kukësi (P) 30 21 4 5 63 24 +39 67
3 KS Lushnja (Q) 30 19 7 4 49 16 +33 64 Promotion play-off
4 Besa (P) (Q) 30 17 4 9 44 33 +11 55
5 Besëlidhja (Q) 30 16 6 8 38 16 +22 54
6 KS Elbasani 30 11 6 13 44 48 −4 39
7 KS Burreli 30 12 3 15 36 43 −7 39
8 KF Gramshi 30 10 8 12 37 44 −7 38
9 Butrinti Sarandë 30 10 7 13 32 36 −4 37
10 KS Ada 30 9 9 12 34 35 −1 36
11 KS Iliria 30 11 3 16 38 44 −6 36
12 Adriatiku Mamurrasi 30 10 4 16 35 48 −13 34
13 Himara 30 9 5 16 38 43 −5 32 Relegation playoffs
14 Gramozi Ersekë (R) 30 9 2 19 25 60 −35 29
15 KF Vlora (R) 30 6 6 18 24 54 −30 0181 Relegation to Albanian Second Division
16 Skrapari (R) 30 4 9 17 22 52 −30 0182

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 KF Vlora had 6 points deducted.
2 Skrapari had 3 points deducted.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

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